New Senior Pastor - Todd Arnett

We are so excited to announce that Pastor Todd Arnett will be the next Senior Pastor of High Desert Church! Pastor Todd was affirmed at our Special Business Meeting on February 27 as HDC's next Senior Pastor. Todd's first day on Staff at HDC will be March 31 with his first Sunday being April the 3rd. We will be having an installation service on Sunday, April 11 at 4:00 pm.

Todd has been the Lead Pastor of Trinity Church since 2016. Prior to that, he served on staff at High Desert Church for 14 years in various roles that included Family Pastor, Managing Associate Pastor and Campus Lead. He is incredibly blessed to be the husband of Joanna, dad to Jackson (married to Sky), Aleah, Kendie and Ellie. He and Joanna are extremely excited to welcome their first grandchild into the world this summer! He loves helping people be better equipped to live lives that are rooted in Jesus as they're reaching their worlds with Jesus' love and life. He's a big fan of So Cal teams like the UCLA Bruins and the LA Dodgers and he just won his first-ever Fantasy Football championship!

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Town Hall

Did you miss the townhall? You can watch it below to hear all of Todd's answers to the questions you asked.

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TOM AND SHERYL MERCER

We are very excited about the prospect of Todd and Joanna Arnett leading our church. We thoroughly enjoyed the privilege of serving with them here at HDC for 15 years, prior to their leaving to lead Trinity Church in Redlands.

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HDC SEARCH TEAM

The journey to search for a new Senior Leader for High Desert Church began in October 2017, where Pastor Tom and Sheryl shared with a five-year plan for his succession. That plan was slated to conclude in 2022 with a new senior leader!

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AGORA SEARCH GROUP

AGORA Search Group considered it an honor to partner with HDC in their search for Tom Mercer’s successor as Senior Pastor. At the outset of the search, we quickly recognized some key criteria for the ideal candidate.

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JOHN VANDER FEER

On behalf of the High Desert Church Administrative Board, I am pleased to announce that the Board has unanimously voted to recommend to the membership that Pastor Todd Arnett become our next senior pastor.