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Fairview Mennonite Brethren Church |
Founded: 1895 |
January, 2009 |
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Pastor Paul Bartel, Associate Interim Pastor
B-day: March 9, 1980
Place of Birth: Fairview, OK
Family: We have been married for five years. We have two sons. Micah, who is 14 months old, and Silas. 99.9% of Paul's family live in Fairview, and Amanda's parents live in Minnesota. Amanda's extended family live all over the Midwest and California.
Hobbies: I love to play golf and go running. I also enjoy cooking, video editing and watching sports (particularly OU football).
Favorite Verse: Lamentations 3:21-23 and Micah 6:8
Short Bio on coming to Ministry: In my junior year of high school, I made a life commitment to serving Jesus. Following that time, I changed a great deal over my senior year. Several adults, including my youth sponsor Jana Baum, noticed and pointed out gifts of ministry in me. At that point, I wanted to study journalism and become a journalist. But through the shoulder-tapping of adults, and several ministry and missions opportunities, I realized that I did have gifts for ministry. Throughout the years following my commitment to Jesus in high school, God put a desire in my heart to serve the church, and to reach out to the marginalized (those society and often times the church choose not to love). By my sophomore year in college, I knew that I was being called to full time ministry.
10 facts about the Bartels: :
- We have moved five times in five years of marriage.
- Micah has flown 7 times since he was born (14 months).
- We love to play board games, especially Settlers of Catan.
- Amanda was a swimmer and cross-country skier in high school.
- Our two favorite places to vacation are Monterey and San Diego, California.
- We love to cook, especially gourmet dishes.
- Our favorite bands are David Crowder Band, Caedmon's Call, MAE, and U2.
- Amanda hates country music.
- Micah loves dogs, even big, scary ones, but he is afraid of the tiny frogs in our backyard.
- We love to eat fish tacos!
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