Uilani and Aaron Cordiero, center, are prayed over by Aaron's father, Wayne Cordiero, right, and members of the church council during Sunday's service.

Since graduating from Kaiser High School and later the Foursquare-affiliated Life Bible College in 2002, the 27-year-old Aaron Cordiero has served as a youth pastor for New Hope. This will be his first permanent assignment with a church; he previously served as interim at Hawaii Kai New Hope.