OUR STAFF

Meet the staff of The Adventure Church

  • Justin Stapel

    FAMILY Ministry Director

    Pastor Justin has been married to his lovely wife Tia for the last 18 years.  Together they have one son, Isaiah along with a lazy great dane named Rocket and a tiny puma named Spartan.  Justin and his family love spending time outside camping, hiking, hanging at the beach, fishing, and bike riding.  Justin and Tia are long-time Muskegon-people who love serving where they are planted.  Justin graduated from Reeths-Puffer High School and then attended Trinity International University. Justin has served in ministry here in Muskegon for two decades through youth ministry, college/young adult ministry, and most recently as the family pastor at Olivet Church.  Justin is passionate about being a disciple who creates more disciples and believes strongly that discipling families is at the core of living out and sharing the gospel with the world around us.  We are called to live out the adventure that God has called us to and this starts with our families.  At the Adventure Church, Justin hopes to develop a community of families who live on adventure together as parents and adults who disciple the next generation of believers and help them live out the adventure to which God has called them.    

  • ASHLEIGH FOWLER

    Administrative assistant

    Ashleigh grew up in West Michigan, graduating from Grand Haven High School, Grand Valley State University, and Western Michigan University. Ashleigh graduated from GVSU with a Bachelor's degree in Secondary Education and Group Social Studies with an emphasis in History. Ashleigh also has her Master's in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL).On top of working at the Adventure Church, she is the elementary ESL (English as a Second Language) teacher at a local school district. Ashleigh's interests include; reading, cooking, traveling, politics/current events, spending time with her parents and grandparents, and catching up on historical dramas. Ashleigh grew up in the church, however, she didn't comprehend what it truly meant to be a Christ follower until a few years ago. She now knows that the Gospel is for everyone and that all Christ followers are meant to be disciples. Because of her social studies/education background, Ashleigh's favorite Bible verse is Galatians 3:28. In the past, Ashleigh has worked at the Adventure Church as the interim children's ministry director. Currently, she works as the administrative assistant.  Ashleigh enjoys working "behind the scenes" and getting things ready for Sunday mornings and creating/publishing all of The Adventure Church's forms of communication.