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THIS IS LYNDON A.K.A. PATOW! HE WORKED AT SMC FROM 2003 TO 2011 SINCE LEAVING SMC HE HAS WORKED AS A YOUTH PASTOR IN A SMALL- TOWN CHURCH, THEN MOVED FROM THE OTTAWA-AREA TO TORONTO IN 2012 TO BEGIN A MASTER OF DIVINITY (MDIV) AT WYCLIFFE COLLEGE (U OF T), AT WHICH TIME HE BEGAN WORKING WITH THE SCOTT MISSION'S O'CONNOR FAMILY CENTRE (OFC) PART-TIME AS A YOUTH OUTREACH WORKER. PATOW ALSO PROPOSED TO HIS THEN-GIRLFRIEND, LAMI, GOT MARRIED IN 2013, AND HAD 3 KIDS SINCE THEN--NAOMI (5), KNOX (YES, LIKE THE CABIN; 2), AND MICAH (BORN ON GOOD FRIDAY 2020). HE LEFT OFC IN 2014 TO TAKE UP A PASTORAL INTERNSHIP WITH HIS CURRENT CHURCH, GRACE TORONTO, AND SINCE THEN COMPLETED HIS MDIV, STARTED A PHD IN THEOLOGICAL STUDIES, GOT ORDAINED AS A PRESBYTERIAN MINISTER (PCA), AND NOW SERVING AS ASSISTANT PASTOR AT GRACE TORONTO SINCE 2015 AND HOPES TO COMPLETE HIS PHD BY NEXT YEAR!
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