Olathe Life Fellowship
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Olathe Life FellowshipOlathe, KS Timmy and Jana Gibson Hello, welcome to our little bio page… Here is our story… Jana and I come from totally different backgrounds. She comes from a non-church background, and I come from a church background (which doesn’t mean much except I was forced to attend church as a child. which I am grateful now, but at the time not so much). Both of us came from divorced homes, so we, like so many others, have experienced some of life’s difficult situations. Jana and I met at bible school where it was love at first sight. Actually, it was for me, but not for her–though it did not take her long to be captivated by my charm and my muscular physique (I wish that was true). We were married just a month after my graduation from Bible College, and six months after that we entered into church ministry. I must say that I was reluctant to be a “minister” really! I had seen the ugly side of “religious” people and really didn’t want anything to do with “those” people. But as I grew in my relationship with God and cared less about what others thought of me (still growing in this) then I could truly serve God in true freedom. Free from the religious crud that keeps so many people away from church by the thousands! Jana also has simluiar resevations about being a “pastor’s wife”, so that is why I told her I was going to be a country singer (she likes country) so she would marry me! Anyway, we do our best to live a life that is a reflection of Jesus by LOVING GOD, LOVING PEOPLE and ENJOYING LIFE. We believe God is a good God, as the Bible says in Romans 2:4b, “it’s the GOODNESS of God that leads people to repentance” not harsh, mean judgment. Who am I to judge anyone? This is one of those “areas” of Christianity that so many people despise - judgementalism! I do to! Even though I am a pastor I am just like everyone else. I face struggles, doubts and have questions like you. We’ve learned over the years that God is gracious and merciful and He understands. And He believes in you! We love to laugh, a lot! We believe life is challenging enough without us being too serious. That is why we are light hearted in personality, yet still very serious and committed to the task of leading people to Christ. We have a lot of fun, love the outdoors and couldn’t wait to get back to Kansas. We love spending time with family and enjoy riding motorcycles. I like to watch Late Night w/David Letterman (if I could only stay awake that late), Jana likes the old movies with Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire (I do as well - though I am a sucker for the “tough guy” action movies - like who can forget Patriot with Mel Gibson). We enjoy reading. We try to eat as healthy as possible and exercise often. We enjoy and play most all sports. In high school Jana was a cowgirl, and I was a break dancer (don’t tell anyone about that!). Jana was and is a great dancer; she was in several Carman music videos back in the mid 90’s (you’ll have to ask her which ones). |
