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Tavis Tavis KGF

I have been a Christ follower for as long as I can remember (maybe longer).  I grew up in a wonderful Christian home and was raised by my parents to love and follow God.  I can't remember an exact time when I ‘accepted Jesus into my heart’, I just kind of always had.  I don't know what it is like to live without Christ in my life.  When we talk about the "old life" I don't quite know first hand what that means.  I'm grateful that I never had an "old life" but the weird thing is I sometimes feel like I'm missing out.  I think I might appreciate grace more if I knew what it was like without it.

God has continually been faithful in providing for me just what I need, just when I need it.

After high school my friends went to Bible college but I couldn't afford to go so I got a job and saved up for a year.  I remember waiting a long time for an acceptance letter from the college and worrying that I wouldn't be able to go.  Eventually I forced myself to stop worrying and give it up to God.  A week later I got the acceptance letter.

Then I lost my job and had to trust the Lord again.  I got a new job and soon was working overtime and made most of the money I needed just that summer alone.

God provided again after film school.  Just as I was down to my last few hundred dollars, I got a job.  The same thing happened when I got laid off last year.

Whenever things get really desperate and I trust in the Lord, He provides.

The last few years I've just been coasting along, spiritually speaking.  I haven't exactly backslid but I haven't been growing much either.  Now I feel I have found a new home, a church where I feel I belong.  I am getting more involved and active in my walk with God and am more purposeful in my pursuit of it.

I feel it is now time for me to stay put and make a commitment to my new church family.

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Mike Penninga

Mike Penninga is first a foremost a son of God, a husband of Michelle, a father of 3, and a pretty good tennis player. A grad of Trinity Western University and ACTS seminary with a background in broadcast journalism, Mike has a passion for sharing the life changing news of Jesus Christ in understandable and captivating ways. He has been the lead pastor at KGF since March 2009.

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