Staff
Macey Merlak
Macey is on staff as the Student Ministries director alongside her husband, Ian. She also heads up the graphic design for the church! She started attending Redeemer in 2017 after she graduated from Boyce College in Louisville, KY. Macey is originally from the Detroit area of…
Ian Merlak
Ian is on staff as the Student Ministries Director alongside his wife, Macey, and has been a member of Redeemer since October, 2016. Ian graduated from Aurora University and started attending Redeemer as a college student; he instantly fell in love with Redeemer’s commitment…
Jill Poel
Jill has lived in many places in this big beautiful world and never imagined Aurora, Illinois would be home for 15 years! The Redeemer family has made life here an unexpected delight. Jill is married to Rick, and they have three daughters and two grandchildren. Rick and Jill came…
Linnea Bonenberger
Linnea is originally from Colorado with stops in Oklahoma, Alaska, Texas, and Maryland on her way to settling down in Illinois in 1998. As founding members, Linnea and her husband, Tom, have been at Redeemer since 1998. She enjoys…