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Name: Michl Kohl
Nationality: Austrian (no, not Australia - kangaroos only in zoos!)
Occupation: Pastor & Part time Driving Instructor (I do the former with a passion and the latter to relax!)
Family: Tracy, from Burnley, Amy and Matthias
Favourite Food: Chocolate in all shapes and sizes (especially large ones)
Hobbies & Interests: Music (Jazz), squash, kayaking, and having a laugh
Pet hate: Boring church services, especially boring and irrelevant sermons aaaaargh; people who take advantage of others and out of tune guitars.
Passion: equipping & leading people into being fully devoted followers of Jesus Christ, so that God's church is built up.
Gifts: Teaching, Faith, Leadership and yodelling
Most significant experience with God:
When I first came to England from Austria spending a week in London on my own. Didn't know anyone else but God. Grew so close to him in that week.
michl@mcc.uk.com
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Name: Tracy Kohl
Occupation: Mother: Training 2 wonderful young human beings to be able and capable of coping with the demands and expectations of life, and leading them towards mature adulthood, and hopefully a strong faith in God.
Pastor: too little space to write about that here...
Manager of West End Impact
Family: Crazy as hatters, oh sorry, Michl,
Amy aged 11, Matthias aged 6
Favourite Food: Steak, Chinese
Hobbies & Interests: Eating out. Tracing my family tree, travelling, visiting new countries, meeting new people.
Our most recent hobby is looking after our pet rabbit Nibbles.
Pet hate: Mediocre, luke warm or dying churches that do more damage to the Kingdom of God than good. They give such a wrong message of Christianity.
Passion: Church, building God's Kingdom and preparing "his bride" for His return (see 'the dream' for details)
Gifts: Apostleship, Hospitality, Intercession
Most significant experience with God:
There are so many significant experiences with God in the last 29 years that it's hard to single one out but I think my baptism was one of the most significant turning points. It was then that I started to really serve God and find my gifts and use them. It was soon after then that God called me out of a full-time job to Bible School and eventually to where I am now.
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Name: Neil S Hamilton
Occupation: IT Consultant/Programmer
Family: One wife, one bump, no cats!
* Update * bump has mysteriously turned in to Lauren Elizabeth, born 23 Sep 2005 8lb 11oz!! See this picture
Favourite Food: Minted Lamb Chops
Hobbies and Interests: Music, Computers, Remote Control Cars, playing with bump!
Pet Hate: People getting hurt by churches, and then having that define the rest of their Christian lives. Other than that, I don't generally hate pets. Apart from large dogs. I don't like them.
Passion: Hurting Christians. No, that sounds bad... Helping people who have been hurt by church!
Gifts: In order: Helps, Craftsmanship, Teaching. Perhaps Creative Communication should be in there too.
Most significant experience with God:
Scripture Union Holiday, years ago. An evening meeting, and someone asked the question "Who wants to be 'sold-out' for God?". At that point, I felt what I know now to be the Holy Spirit in a way I'd never felt before, and I haven't been the same since. That was the point when I chose not to be "just another comfortable Christian".
neil@mcc.uk.com
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Name: Emma Hamilton
Occupation: Textile and Arts technician and part of leadership team of MCC.
Family: Husband Neil and daughter Lauren.
Favourite Food: Prawns
Hobbies and Interests
Hobbies: Art/ Music / Sewing.
Interests: I am passionately interested in my church and all that goes on there when God is at work you are taken over by it and its great. I am also interested in seeing better sex and moral education for teenagers because I am fearful for young girls who believe they are worth nothing unless they are sexually active by 14. They need to have better self esteem and the church should be facing the challenge.
Pet Hate: Navel gazing, selfishness especially in people that should know better and toenails!
Passion: To see people reach there full potential in life and not hold on to the past but look to what God has for them. To see people tied up with bitterness and resentment who have been hurt find new life in God. To communicate to people that god can take away anything its only there for as long as we want to hold on to it.
Gifts: Creative Communication, Shepherding and Hospitality.
Most significant experience with God:
Lots of them most recently sitting in Lancaster Royal Infirmary in January and after years of being told I could probably not have children being told the black spot on the screen was our 3 week old baby. And I know that nothing but the miraculous power of God and the faithful prayer of my church has made that happen. When I think about it I feel overwhelmed and a bit tearful.
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Name: Val Mills
Occupation: retired for 8 years from the care of ex-offenders as a residential social worker for Langley House Trust.
Family: I was married for over 40 years to Bert, before he died of prostate cancer seven years ago. I still miss him. Together we have 2 fine sons and 2 lovely daughters. Between them they have blessed us with 9 grandchildren and 1 great grandchild.
Favourite Food: I enjoy eating fish and chocolate, not necessarily at the same time.
Hobbies & Interests: watercolour painting, knitting, gardening and golf (used to anyway)
Pet hate: Bullying, intimidation and disrespect.
Passion: My passion is being with people, supporting and encouraging them.
Gifts: faith, encourager, intercessor, helps and evangelism
Most significant experience with God:
Apart from the initial realization that I could through the cross have a personal relationship with my heavenly father (in 1966), standing on the Mount of Olives in Israel, knowing Jesus had stood there and was taken up to heaven, and the assurance that he will come back on that place one day.
val@mcc.uk.com
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