Kayy Gordon

Kayy Gordon

3 Sermons
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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