Carol and Mike Kurtyka have been in Europe since 2002 and were part of the team that launched Communitas’ original church plant in Glasgow. They have three adult children Harrison, Lily and Sophie.

Mike is a trustee with CAI UK and supports Upper Room church, a ministry to asylum seekers and refugees. He helps in the church through discipleship and as the church treasurer. Carol leads the church’s children’s ministry, is involved in one­-to-­one discipleship and providing hospitality for the many activities around Communitas & Upper Room Church.

Upper Room Church, is an English & Farsi based church made up of Iranian, Kurdish and Afghan refugees. From a small home-based Bible study of ten people in 2014, it has now grown into a church that meets weekly in a local rented church building. To see the church online, visit https://www.youtube.com/UpperRoomChurchGlasgow