-Email Pastor Matt Vikdal-

 In my senior year of high school the Lord pulled me from the miry pit and I had accepted Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior. I married my beautiful wife Jean along with her three boys in 1994 and we began attending Calvary Aurora in the fall of 2002.  Our two younger boys are married, and our oldest is serving in the military.  Jean and I became involved in the marriage ministry shortly after we were taken through a premarital class ourselves and then after taking other couples through the class, we came to oversee the marriage ministry.  My life verse is Matthew 11:28-30, “Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.  Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.”

FAMILY

Married in 1994 to my wife Jean. Three boys, two daughter In-laws and one granddaughter, Justin, Joshua and Sarah, Jacob, Nicole and Little Emma.

HOMETOWN:

Los Alamos New Mexico

WHERE DO YOU LIVE NOW?

Aurora, CO

WHAT'S YOUR ROLE AT CALVARY AURORA?

Assistant Pastor/Pastoral Care

WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE THING AT THE CHURCH?

Counseling, Marriage Ministry and Building Maintence.

TOP THREE BOOKS OF ALL TIME:

The Word of God, that’s a give me.
Married and how to stay that way by Ken Ortiz
Marriage the way it’s made to be by Steve Carr
Wiersbe’s Commentaries

WHAT ADVICE WOULD YOU GIVE TO A NEW BELIEVER?:

Be strong, stay focused, and fight a good fight.

WHAT'S MOST PLAYED ON YOUR IPOD?

Ipod, what’s that? Don’t own one.

FAVORITE SPORT?

Football and playing softball.

FAVORITE COLOR?

Midnight blue.

COFFEE BEVERAGE OF CHOICE?

Just a good cup of plain coffee, no foo foo stuff.

DESCRIBE "THE PERFECT DAY":

Getting up in the cool of the day, grabbing a cup of coffee with God's word and a devotional book sitting on my deck, as the day goes by spending time with my awesome wife and if I can, some good hard laborious work around the yard.

WHAT BLOWS YOUR MIND MOST ABOUT JESUS?:

That He gave up heaven for time to live as a man, to be beaten, scourged and to hang on a cross just to say I love you and that He wants to spend eternity with you.