Gordon Kirk has been the senior pastor at Lake Avenue Church in Pasadena, CA, for 14 years. no SP is perfect — but this guy was darn close. visionary, compassionate, insightful, wise. and, what can i say? he believed in me when i was a punk junior high pastor, and asked me to be the executive pastor at a 100+ year old church of 6000 people. it was unheard of. some of the church leaders thought he must have had a serious brain-fart.
any institution of 100 years needs a continuous process of change, or atrophy will (or has) set in, usually followed by death. gordon knew this, saw it, and — for the most part — was able to articulate a path forward. he was passionate about lake ave not being an oasis of middle-class white people in the midst of a completely diverse (racially and economically) neighborhood; and the church has made massive strides in this direction over the last 10 years. i’ve really been hoping and praying that lake avenue would become a model of a big ol’ church that was found a path from mono-cultural, through multi-racial, though multi-cultural, all the way to kingdom-cultural. at this moment, i’m feeling a bit less hopeful. the youth ministry of this great church is well on the way to living this reality — please, lord.
gordon’s resignation was due to ongoing attacks and nipping and plain-old wearing him down by critics.
i would absolutely not be sitting in my seat at ys today if gordon had not believed in me.
Here’s Pastor Gordon’s updated teaching schedule: 3/11, 3/18, 3/25, 4/22, 4/29, 5/6, 6/10, 6/17, 6/24, 7/1, 7/8, 7/15, 7/22, 7/29, 8/5*, 8/12, 8/19, 8/26
*August 5th: one combined service @ 10:30 am. All other Sundays are two services: 9:30 am & 11 am.
Which service will Gordon Kirk minister on 3/25 thru April, 9:30 or 11?
Here’s Pastor Gordon’s updated teaching schedule: all of May, July & August! (5/6, 5/13, 5/20, 5/27*, 6/24, 7/1, 7/8, 7/15, 7/22, 7/29, 8/5*, 8/12, 8/19, 8/26)
*5/27 & 8/5: one combined service @ 10:30 am. All other Sundays are two services: 9:30 am & 11 am.
Thanks Julie for posting Pastor Kirk’s teaching schedule — it’s appreciated — but sometimes it’s not accurate. There have been a couple times recently when my husband and I went to CFTN specifically to hear Gordon Kirk teach (this past weekend for example, 4/29), but Alan was teaching instead. Do they switch up at the last minute? It’s a bit frustrating because we seem to keep missing his teaching weekends.
Here’s Pastor Gordon’s updated teaching schedule through November: 6/17, all of July!, 8/5*, 8/12, 8/19, 9/9, 9/16, 10/7, 11/4 & 11/11. *August 5th: one combined service @ 10:30 am. All other Sundays are two services: 9:30 am & 11 am.
Good News! The plan is for Pastor Gordon to preach at CFTN all of October! Praise the Lord!
Great news for 2013! Pastor Gordon plans to continue his series on the Holy Spirit in February & March: 2/17, 2/24, 3/3, 3/10 & 3/17! What a blessing!!
Here’s Pastor Gordon’s teaching schedule through June: 4/21, 5/5, 5/12, 5/19, 5/26, 6/9, 6/16, 6/23 & 6/30! CFTN Sunday services: 9:30 am & 11 am.