Happy Foster Kinnear

Pastor Happy graduated from Northwestern College in Orange City, IA having majored in music and French. She furthered her studies at the Sorbonne University in Paris, France and then at Western Theological Seminary where she received her Masters in Divinity. Happy has served congregations in Indiana, Michigan, Illinois, Florida, North Carolina, and France where she has sought to empower others through her leadership, to help others grow passionate in their faith, to lead inspiring worship, and to create loving communities that reflect the beautiful diversity of God’s people. Happy is married to Kent Kinnear and has three children: Anika, Etienne, and Inali. Happy enjoys traveling with her family, taking care of her chickens and goats, making goat-milk soap, and playing board games.