Garry Janzen
My blogs
| Occupation | Executive Minister, Mennonite Church British Columbia |
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| Introduction | Diane and I have been married for 32 years. We have 3 children - ages 27, 24 and 20. Our daughter, Jill, got married in April of 2009 to Andrew Goertzen. They live in Vancouver. She is the Executive Assistant to one of the Presidents of an oil and gas shipping company called Teekay. Our son, Mark, got married on August 7th, 2010 to Lisa Guptell. He is the Assistant Sports Information Director at Trinity Western University in Langley, BC. Our youngest son, Jonathan, is in his third year of studies in graphic design for marketing at Kwantlen University in Richmond, BC. We live in Ladner where Diane is working casual as an admitting clerk at the Delta Hospital and is working one day a week at a plastic surgeon's office in Richmond. We are on our 4th assignment as servant-leaders in the Mennonite Church - mission workers in Botswana (1985-88), pastor in Langham, SK (1989-98), pastor in Vancouver, BC (1998-2007), Executive Minister with Mennonite Church BC (2008- ). |
| Interests | my family, people, hockey - playing & watching, sports in general, riding motorcycle, my favourite sports teams: Saskatchewan Roughriders, Green Bay Packers, Vancouver Canucks. |
| Favorite music | Christian worship music, U2, Michael W. Smith, Steve Bell, Bruce Cockburn |
| Favorite books | The Bible, The Upside Down Kingdom, many Anabaptist writings, The Myth of the Christian Nation, The Secret Message of Jesus, The Naked Anabaptist |