Name, Title & How long you’ve been here at ALFC:
Sr. Associate Pastor, XO, Utility Infielder, building guru…and others as assigned. I have been here at ALFC since January 1995, so 17 years. I was a volunteer for four years overseeing small groups that we called Nehemiah Support Groups. I came on staff full time in 1999 when I retired from the United States Navy.
My Family:
I married my best friend Pam and we are surrounded by the worlds greatest family. Ken III and Mandah live two minuets away from us and we get to be Nana and Papa of five wonderful grandchildren, Krystal (Stitches), Kaylynne (Bug), Katrina (Kat Kat), Klaire (Bear) and now introducing Kenny IV (K4). We also have grown children in South Carolina, and Georgia.
Where I grew up:
I grew up all over the South and Mid-West. Born in Roanoke Virgina, I lived most of my life in Virginia, Indianapolis IN, Mt. Prospect IL, and Roswell and Lawrenceville Georgia. My particular speech patterns make me easily recognizable. Shalom Y’all from Warshington.
Education:
Twenty two years United States Navy as a Nuclear Reactor Operator on submarines. I also served most of the commands I was on as the Protestant Lay Leader because submarines do not have chaplains. I also was a Washington State Certified chemical dependency counselor. I graduated from Vincennes University about five years prior to retiring from the Navy.
Favorite Books:
One I am sure seems obvious, the Bible, but I love it I really do. If I miss a day of reading I can feel the power draining out of my life.
Books by Tom Clancy: Hunt for Red October, Patriot Games, Red Storm Rising…
Books by Frank Peretti: This Present Darkness, Piercing the Darkness, The Prophet and The Oath
The Lord of the Rings trilogy, including the Hobbit
Stick and Rudder
Favorite Music:
New Country, many of the songs tell real stories I can relate to. Carrie Underwood, So Small & Temporary Home… Keith Urban, Stupid Boy Trace Adkins, Your Going to Miss This and Gilrs Love Country Boys… George Straight, I saw God today… Rodney Adkins, I’ve Been Watching You and These are My people… Brad Paisley, Online and I’m Still a Guy
Smooth Jazz: FourPlay, Spiro Gyra, Kiko Matsui, and many more
Classical: Beethoven especially the 5th and 9th symphonies, and the Moonlight Sonata. Other classical pieces 1812 Overture, Handel’s Messiah, Pacabells Cannon in D, Fanfare to the Common Man
Praise and Worship and Contemporary: Hillsong, Michael W. Smith, WOW compilations
Favorite Movies:
Apollo 13, Independence Day, Top Gun, Hunt for Red October, Sleepless in Seattle, While you were sleeping, You’ve Got Mail, Jurassic Park all 3, Star War’s all six, Lord of the Rings, The Village, Signs, Inception, Second Hand Lions, Bucket List, The Greatest Gift, Blindside, Secretariat, Monsters Inc, Mary Poppins, Up, Cars – the grandchildren like to come to my house to watch movies
Hobbies:
I am a private pilot and I love to fly. I share a Cessna Cardinal with Pastor Terry.
I love to read. I enjoy listening to music.
Football, I love to go to games and be with people who love to yell at the game or the TV set. Sea Hawks, Falcons, Huskies, the SEC, and O’Dea
I absolutely love to spend time with friends and family, hanging out, watching a movie or a football game.
I want to learn to play the Sax
Favorite Scripture verse(s):
Philippians 4:6-9, Pam and I have this on the wall in our home to remind us what to set our hearts and minds after.
Ezekiel 34 – God used this passage to confirm my calling into pastoral ministry
Matthew 6:33
Heros:
My father, he showed me how to love others and put them first.
Jesus, he showed me what it means to be a man’s man and defines masculinity. He is my perfect mentor and example to follow.
Martin Luther King Jr., Tony Dungee