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Back in the spring, the Aylmer Christian Reformed Church prayfully decided to seek a Pastor of Youth and Outreach to assist the Church in an area we felt needed growth. Last summer Jason Postma was asked to help us with this work and he accepted.

Below is a bit about Jason, and his wife Natalie, that we asked him to write. Feel free to contact him at anytime by emailing him.

“Along with my two younger brothers and younger sister, my parents, George and Hetty Postma, raised me in the small town of Blenheim. I attended both public and Christian elementary and secondary schools in Blenheim and Chatham and was actively involved in various worship teams and music groups. I also played basketball, acted on the drama team, and served on student council. From my small-town, I moved to the city to study at history the University of Waterloo, where I met my intelligent and beautiful wife, Natalie Dushney, an English Literature major. We were both very interested in the immigrant experiences of our grandparents, which lead us both to write our senior theses on post-war immigration to Canada. I focused on the Dutch experience and Natalie examined the Ukrainian experience. From the big city, we moved to the biggest city in Canada, Toronto, where I began my graduate studies in theology and philosophy at the Institute for Christian Studies. Life in the big city was exciting for us as newly-weds and lovers of culture. Toronto is literally an ethnic food buffet, something we especially enjoyed. From the biggest city, we moved halfway across the world to Japan where we taught English in the Japanese school system. After our two-year tenure in Japan, we returned to Blenheim. I worked for my father’s business while Natalie earned her Bachelor’s of Education degree from the University of Windsor before taking my current position as Pastor of Youth and Outreach at Aylmer Christian Reformed Church where I am responsible for discipling the youth and young adults of our church and for developing our community outreach ministries.

I enjoy movies, reading, playing bass guitar, basketball, eating
ethnic food, playing Scrabble and dominoes with Natalie, and drinking
Fair-Trade coffee at Coffee Culture in St. Thomas.

Fun facts – both of my grandmothers are twins, as is my father. Each member of my immediate family is born in a month that corresponds with the letters of my first name.”