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Brad serves as the Madison Square at the Ford Campus Pastor in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Brad loves Jesus, the Gospel, and how the Holy Spirit is at work in his city. He believes he is called to listen to and serve the needs of the school in which the church meets, the community, and church body. His passion is to fan into flame gifts-based, team-based vision, ministry, and evangelism. 

MacKenzie Knoll serves as the Communications and Events Coordinator for ThereforeGo Ministries. MacKenzie enjoys traveling, both for fun and for missions. She also enjoys playing pickleball, cheering at youth group kids’ sporting events, and going to concerts. 

Jodi Koeman is the Pastor of Community Restoration at New England Chapel in Franklin, Massachusetts. She usually asks more questions than she gives answers, which can be frustrating for people. She believes that how we treat our neighbors may be the best way for people to see God. You’ll find her shoveling neighbor’s sidewalks in winter and getting her hands dirty with neighborhood kids in her garden in summer. She’s learning about justice and wishes she were further along.

Heather Kooiman has worked as a nurse in many northern Ontario communities and now teaches nursing. 

Rev. Kate Kooyman is a minister in the Reformed Church in America, and lives in Grand Rapids. She worships at Grace Christian Reformed Church.  Find out more at her website: https://katekooyman.com/

Curtis Korver recently dragged his family over the Rockies and across some water to Port Alberni, BC to serve the Alberni Valley CRC. There were many reasons for the move, among them a desire to join the good work the church is doing as they get to know their neighbours. Curtis is part of the CRC committee that supports the Centre for Public Dialogue in Ottawa.

 

Janina Krabbe is a settler of Dutch immigrant ancestry. She is an ordained CRC minister, currently working with Mosaic Church as a Community Chaplain. When not in the city, you will find her sailing with her husband Silas on the Salish Sea and playing in the coastal mountains.

Silas Krabbe is a settler of Dutch immigrant ancestry. He is the Community Theologian and Coordinator at Mosaic Church. When not in the city, you will find him sailing with his wife Janina on the Salish Sea and playing in the coastal mountains.

Cameron Kritikos is a Masters of Divinity and Masters of Environmental Management candidate at Yale University in New Haven, CT. Previously, Cameron served as the Mobilizing and Advocacy Fellow at the Christian Reformed Church’s Office of Social Justice where he connected communities of faith in the U.S. and Canada to sustainable technologies, elected officials, worship resources, and educational opportunities to address climate change. He received his Bachelor of Arts in International Development Studies from Calvin University in 2017, and concurrently studied at Universidad Pedagógica Nacional Francisco Morazán in Tegucigalpa, Honduras.

Rick Kruis, M.D. is an emergency room physician who recently retired from the Indian Health Service. He has served the CRC Office of Social Justice as Regional Organizer for the Climate Witness Project in Classis Red Mesa. He is a graduate of Dordt College where he met his wife, Mary Poel, M.D. Rick and Mary are members of Bethany CRC in Gallup, NM.

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