Carolyn Martens - Staff Profile

Carolyn (75x75)
Duties as a Pastor:  Overseeing the kids’ church ministry at SouthSide, making it an awesome place for kids to learn about Jesus and have a lot of fun in the process; overseeing after school divorce care for kids.

Contact: kids@southsidelife.com

Spouse: Doug – whom I have known since I was 12 years old.  We’ve now been married 25 years and counting….

Children: We have 2 of the best kids you could ever have! Lyndsay (1986) and Bryce (1988)

Hope and Vision for Southside:  That we will always be a community of caring people believing in Jesus, striving daily to become more like Him and never, ever failing to show His love to the community and the world.  

How you got involved with SouthSide: Doug and I felt God’s challenge for some time to move from the church where we had been since we were children and follow Him for new direction in our lives.  When Southside started in Oct 1993 we visited once and knew instantly that this was the place God was leading us to.  We’ve never looked back!  In 2001 I was asked to come on staff and take over the children’s ministry--children are amazing and Southside has some of the best!

A few of my favourite things:  my family, books, creating, painting, cooking … and a great cup of Starbucks coffee!

Etc.These children are the kingdom’s pride and joy.  Mark this:  Unless you accept God’s kingdom in the simplicity of a child, you’ll never get in.”  Luke 18:16-17 (Message)