Kurt Holm, Pastor
Kurt, his wife Melinda and two boys, Jordan and Taylor, ages 20 and 16, have lived in the Walnut Creek area for over 20 years. Kurt and Melinda met in college at Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo and married two years later. After studying at North Park Seminary in Chicago, Kurt completed a Master of Divinity degree at Fuller Seminary in Pasadena. For 14 years he served Hillside Covenant Church in Walnut Creek as Pastor of Student Ministries. Melinda teaches her passion of vocal music with children at Indian Valley School in Walnut Creek and teaches private piano lessons. Kurt loves all sports and extreme adventures including the startup and leading of The Creek.
Marsha Harris, Creekids Director, Gradeschool
Sabrina Gilliam, Spiritual Formation
Sabrina and her husband, Terry, have been a part of The Creek since the early days, and they have two boys, Jackson and Carson. Sabrina came to faith in Jesus in 1993 after a life-altering situation. This is her 6th (and last!) year at Fuller Theological Seminary, where she is completing a master’s degree in theology with a biblical studies emphasis. She works part time at the State Department of Public Health and cannot wait to dump this job in favor of full-time work helping women heal and find their purpose. She is very passionate about studying the word of God and sharing what she learns from this time. Sabrina also loves to water ski, mountain bike, and take her children on adventure trips!
Wayne Hofer, Spiritual Formation
Wayne and his wife Caron live in Martinez. They have been married nearly 37 years, have two married daughters, and three grand-daughters. At The Creek, Wayne serves on the spiritual formation team and the Leadership Team. He leads a life group, and with Caron, serves on The Creek hospitality team. Wayne retired from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in 2001 after 36 years as an electrical engineer. He is a fly fishing fanatic and enjoys woodworking. His passions for The Creek include strong godly leadership, church growth, and understanding of cultural issues that impact The Creek.
Cynthia Sevin, Creekids Director, Nursery - K
Cynthia has always had a passion for teaching. After graduating from Fresno State, she taught science and ESL classes at Antioch High School for nearly 15 years. She has been involved with the creekids ministry at nearly all age and grade levels, in addition to serving on other creek ministry teams. Her passport includes mission work in Croatia, Nepal and France. She and her husband, Eric, are active members of a non-profit organization started by his family. They enjoy spending family time with their two young daughters swimming in their pool, sailing the San Francisco Bay and teaching their girls about God’s love.
JD Sarginson, Youth Intern
JD was born in Walnut Creek and lived in Contra Costa County for most of his life. He grew up in a Christian home with two unbelievably supportive parents, a younger brother, Brad, and a younger sister, Kelly. There was also lots of extended family nearby.
He feels incredibly blessed to have grown up attending Hillside Covenant Church, where he was cared for in the nursery, the high school group, and everything in between. By the end of high school, JD began to let sports move to the periphery of his life, and became much more involved in high school youth group where he began volunteering to help out with the middle school youth group. This led to an internship and then the job of Director of Student Ministries.
He loves working with students, and especially enjoys getting to walk with them as they wrestle with tough questions and begin discovering how to use their gifts to serve God, the church, and the world.
In his free time he loves to read, share meals with friends, play or listen to music, watch movies and follow sports, especially hockey.
