Pastor Austin Vondracek joined the Rosewood team in 2018 with an excitement to carry on Jesus’ work to reach those who are far from Jesus. Austin, his wife Leah, son Ford and daughter Helen, love getting outside and soaking up West Michigan summers as a family. As Lead Pastor, Austin preaches most Sundays, serves with…

Pastor Lindsey Burkey joined the Rosewood staff in 2017 and served as Director of Worship before becoming Pastor of Worship and Congregational Life. Lindsey has a Bachelor of Music in Worship Arts from Grace Christian University and completed her Commissioned Pastor training through Coram Deo Association of Churches. She was commissioned by the Great Lakes…

Hi, my name is Kaitlyn Peterson and I’m the First Step Director. In this position I get to welcome visitors, plan outreach and service opportunities for Rosewood and our community,  lead programs like Mom’s Round Table, Summer of Service, and weekly community outreach gatherings. I recently took over as our Hand 2 Hand Coordinator. The…

Alisha joined our staff January 2021 and has a degree in early childhood and elementary education form Northwestern College. She also has extensive experience in Christ centered childcare and educational settings.  Alisha has also volunteered at Rosewood in many of our programs from Youth Group to Little Kids and is heavily involved in our Mom’s activities…

Hey! My name is Jay Schipper and I’m the guy that has the awesome opportunity to be the Student and Young Adult Ministries Director here at Rosewood! I graduated from Grand Valley State University in 2011 with a degree in Nursing.  During my time at Grand Valley I met my wife, Britni. I later graduated…

Tyla joined staff at Rosewood in late 2013.  As the office and business administrator and creative director, she does everything from financial and business matters to website, event coordination, tech, various clerical and more. She is married to Brian, they have 2 children, an adult son, Blake, and a daughter, Jalyssa, who passed away October…

Shawn Szafarski joined the team in October of 2022. Over the past decade, Shawn has been involved with and served with a worship team in varying capacities. He loves reaching people through music, and over the past few years has grown in to the tech aspect of the worship team. Always happy to learn and…

My name is Yvonne Williams and I have been a member of Rosewood for many years. I am currently one of three sign language interpreters and a Sunday School teacher. My official role at Rosewood is the Accessibility Director and Church Disability Advocate. I am also the Regional Disability Advocate for the Greater Grand Rapids…

Graham is our Supervisor of Building and Grounds. He joined staff December 2019. He is married to Kristin and they have two children, Brianna and Logan. Their family have been members since Summer of 2019. Graham maintains our facilities and assists in all events that take place on the property.