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Kay Gordon (birth year unavailable–) is a Canadian lay preacher and community leader whose ministry emerged from her deep faith and service within the United Church of Canada, particularly in northern British Columbia. Born and raised in Canada, she moved to Fort Nelson, B.C., in 1968 with her husband, Jack Gordon, a United Church minister, and their five children—Kimberley, Kevin, Karen, Kelly, and Kristyn. After Jack’s death from cancer in 1978 at age 45, Kay stepped into a preaching role, initially as a lay minister, serving the Fort Nelson United Church congregation. Her leadership grew alongside her extensive community involvement, including 24 years as a school board trustee, work with battered women’s shelters, and fostering over 70 children, earning her the "Northerner of the Year" title from the Alaska Highway News in 1992. Gordon’s preaching ministry was characterized by her ability to connect with people across denominations and her practical, heartfelt approach to faith, often filling pulpits in Dawson Creek, Prince George, and other northern communities when ministers were unavailable. Ordained later in life—exact date unspecified—she became a paid accountable minister, continuing to preach into her later years despite battling cancer herself, surviving a prognosis given in 1987 to outlive expectations by decades. Her sermons, while not widely recorded, reflected her resilience and community focus, as noted in her 1992 profile where she credited God and family support for her strength. As of her last known activity in the early 1990s, Gordon’s legacy as a preacher endures through her service to both church and community, though specific details about her later life or death remain undocumented in accessible sources.
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This sermon shares the inspiring journey of Cameron, a missionary who dedicated his life to reaching the Inuit villages in the high Arctic with the gospel. It highlights the challenges faced, the transformation of lives through the power of the Holy Spirit, the establishment of churches, and the ongoing need for support to reach more unreached communities, especially the struggling Inuit youth.
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My name is Cameron, a pioneer architect missionary from Milwaukee's church in Vancouver, Canada. I was 19 years old when the war broke out and I moved out to Yolo, Illinois. For three years I worked on a fire pit. Finally, in 1956, I began traveling nomadically with the Isle of Women murderers in Vancouver. Their homotops became our first vehicles on the barren lands, and many received Jesus as Lord and Savior. With me in their station, I continued living in my small tent all winter, learning a lot about survival real fast. When we gathered together in house meetings, many were filled with the Holy Spirit of fire. I was the greatest to read along. In the early years, I traveled hundreds of miles and walked in to preach the gospel. Later, travel was fostered by the snow mob. How can you battle a world of ice and snow? So, 18 years later, a great game turned out to be a lot larger and vastly bigger than most of all their crew. Now, we could span those thousands of miles of barren lands to reach unreached Inuit villages. It was past time for the Inuit. Many villages called out, come. So, we went hand in hand with Inuit gospel teams. The response was overwhelming. First, the house meetings. Then, again, the larger venues. Young and old received Jesus. Lives were transformed, set free, and filled with the Holy Spirit of fire. Often, 80% of the village attended the proceedings, running a challenge to the ancient Inuit. Remember, these were believers. The main witness closely worked many times, teaching short-term Bible school courses. That came from great missionaries like Bell and Ethel Bell. Bell also piloted our aircraft for many times. And there was Lynn Patterson, who became a founding pastor of our young house church and continues to serve as an important supervisor to me. Many other of the militant servants of God wanted to help us. They would like to teach these Inu-tolerant Inuit. Soon, a number of new churches in the eastern part were established, and the Lord raised up several dedicated Inuit ministers to assist the new pastors in the upcoming leaders' conferences and seminars with all-day teaching classes and great revival services each year. Also, there were many powerful village-wide crusades, ranging largely from Jesus. In 1985, we, by faith, helped a 22-man Bible school residence to accommodate long-term Bible school students. We prayed together, rejoiced together, studied together, and put our faith as graduates in turn of time, while fathers were gone in their villages. Yes, these changed lives are changing others. How we rejoice to see the mantle of leadership falling heavily on Inuit shoulders today, as God is raising up pastors and teachers and evangelists among them. But the job is not yet finished. There still are Inuit villages unreached with the gospel that are waiting. The sad plight of the Inuit youth today is alcohol, drugs, and even suicide. They wander aimlessly in life, without God and without hope. We must reach them quickly. But we cannot do it alone. We need you to help us. Will you join us in believing, prayer, and financial support as the Lord speaks to your heart? The Bible says, how can they preach unless they are sent? In this 11th hour, will you be God's sender to the high Arctic? God bless you.
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Kay Gordon (birth year unavailable–) is a Canadian lay preacher and community leader whose ministry emerged from her deep faith and service within the United Church of Canada, particularly in northern British Columbia. Born and raised in Canada, she moved to Fort Nelson, B.C., in 1968 with her husband, Jack Gordon, a United Church minister, and their five children—Kimberley, Kevin, Karen, Kelly, and Kristyn. After Jack’s death from cancer in 1978 at age 45, Kay stepped into a preaching role, initially as a lay minister, serving the Fort Nelson United Church congregation. Her leadership grew alongside her extensive community involvement, including 24 years as a school board trustee, work with battered women’s shelters, and fostering over 70 children, earning her the "Northerner of the Year" title from the Alaska Highway News in 1992. Gordon’s preaching ministry was characterized by her ability to connect with people across denominations and her practical, heartfelt approach to faith, often filling pulpits in Dawson Creek, Prince George, and other northern communities when ministers were unavailable. Ordained later in life—exact date unspecified—she became a paid accountable minister, continuing to preach into her later years despite battling cancer herself, surviving a prognosis given in 1987 to outlive expectations by decades. Her sermons, while not widely recorded, reflected her resilience and community focus, as noted in her 1992 profile where she credited God and family support for her strength. As of her last known activity in the early 1990s, Gordon’s legacy as a preacher endures through her service to both church and community, though specific details about her later life or death remain undocumented in accessible sources.