Retired Aurora Rev. Kevin Michael Horak reflects on a life of service

Rev. Kevin Michael Horak holds a large light bulb he used as a teaching tool in his first few weeks at The Church in Aurora. Jeremy Brown/The Portager

Retired Aurora Rev. Kevin Michael Horak reflects on a life of service

- Jeremy Brown

Since Rev. Kevin Michael Horak began serving The Church in Aurora in 1981, he performed 499 baptisms, 489 confirmations, 547 weddings, 358 sermons and 505 funerals, as well as constructed several programs for youths and adults, including an intergenerational and leadership development program, the first of its kind at the church.  

In December 2023, after 42 years, Horak retired at the age of 67.

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