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"Jesus grieves for sheep
without a shepherd and
that seemed to be a charac-
teristic of this church - that
they were looking for a
shepherd. A shepherd
knows his sheep and has a
genuine con-
cern for them,"
he says.
Kennedy,
who's been a
minister for
24 years,
was raised
in Sarnia
but has
spent close
to 20 years
in Britis
Columbia
where he
met his wife.
He and his
f a m i l
returned
from B.C.
six and a half years ago to
Arnprior, Ont., his last
charge before Seaforth.
"I miss the mountains
and the ocean but Lake
Huron's not far away," he
says. "We really sensed the
Lord opening an opportu-
nity to come here."
Before making any plans
for his time at Bethel
Bible, Kennedy says it's
very important to get to
know the congregation's
vision about the church's
role in the community.
"I'm a firm believer in
Mark Kenne
Susan H u n d e r t m a r k
With his primary aim to
get to know people at his
new job as Bethel Bible's
minister, Mark Kennedy is
finding it harder now that
his four children have
grown and
left the nest.
But, since
moving to
Seaforth in
June after
beginning
the job in
April, he's
finding his
walks to
work are
helping him
make con-
nections.
"This is
the first
church we've
gone to as
empty -nesters and kids
.really plug you into the
schools and the neighbour-
hood. I never. realized . how
important my kids were to
my ministry," he says.
"And, I had no idea that
being a part of the commu-
nity would be so important.
People tell me all the time
how good it is to see the pas-
tor walking to work," laughs
Kennedy.
Using the Biblical
metaphor of the good shep-
herd, Kennedy says he's
hoping tobecome a shep-
herd to the 60 families now
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Mark Kennedy
team leadership and work-
ing together. If I'm leading
and no one's following, I'm
just going for a walk," he
says.
So far, Kennedy says he's
enjoying the community in
Seaforth and has joined in
events such as July.'s
Moonlight Madness, where
Bethel Bible held a barbe-
cue.
"This is just a great little
community. Seaforth has got
a lot of civic pride and I've
been quite impressed by it,"
he says.
And, as he gets to know
his congregation, Kennedy
extends a welcome to the
whole community.
"Some people think
church is like a club where
only members can go but
that's not so. There's a
warm welcome to anyone
who wants to check things
out," says Kennedy.
"I'm pleased there's a good
group of people here but we
do have room to grow," he
says.
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