{"id":13497,"date":"2017-06-21T14:48:32","date_gmt":"2017-06-21T21:48:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/dminlgp\/kevin-norwood-spotlight-bio-story\/"},"modified":"2017-06-21T14:48:32","modified_gmt":"2017-06-21T21:48:32","slug":"kevin-norwood-spotlight-bio-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/dlgp\/kevin-norwood-spotlight-bio-story\/","title":{"rendered":"Kevin Norwood Spotlight Bio Story"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Kevin Norwood<\/p>\n

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Kevin started in youth ministry under Paul Abner at Lakeside Assembly in Oklahoma City in 1987.\u00a0\u00a0 Paul was a veteran youth minister who had been at Lakeside for fifteen year.\u00a0\u00a0 After serving with him for five and half years, as one of the nations first junior high pastors, Kevin moved to a small church in Owasso, Oklahoma.\u00a0\u00a0 Starting with twelve students in 1994, Xtreme Youth Ministries quickly grew to over 200 students within two years. \u00a0He is still the youth pastor in Owasso and has the Enerje Event Centre as their ministry building.<\/p>\n

Kevin is driven by discipleship so he started Family Groups early on \u00a0and its implementation is a trademark of Xtreme. Peer to peer ministry is the foundation for developing students into leaders. \u00a0Developing this concept over his 26 years in youth ministry, Kevin has helped to launch many students into full time ministry and now has started to send students overseas into full time mission work.<\/p>\n

Kevin is passionate about helping other pastors succeed. Paul Abner handed him fifteen years of practical youth pastor experience as a young intern.\u00a0 Kevin took that foundation and built upon it and he believes now is the time for him to hand to others that same knowledge and wisdom.<\/p>\n

Kevin is the founder of XM Productions. XM Productions is a traveling drama and illustration team from Owasso, Oklahoma. \u00a0Made up of junior high through college students, the team has traveled internationally, performing on stages across the US, Ireland, and the UK, from Winterfest in Knoxville to Summer Madness in Belfast. \u00a0Cutting edge creativity, full-scale props and elaborate costuming sets them apart as they masterfully tell stories through drama.<\/p>\n

Kevin is the president\/ owner of the non profit organization Wired Inc.\u00a0\u00a0 Wired is a non profit organization that develops afterschool programs for students and hosts school assembly tours across America and internationally.\u00a0 This ministry is focused on bringing a message of hope to students. \u00a0\u00a0Teaming up with speakers Reggie Dabbs and Jason Maupin, there have been thousands of students affected by the message.<\/p>\n

Kevin is a ministry coach.\u00a0 He started a small business at www.kevinnorwood.com<\/a> to help youth pastors but it has evolved into a ministry to pastors and to church staffs.\u00a0\u00a0 Longevity is one of the hallmarks of his ministry and the way to navigate the landmines of being on church staff is one of the topics that he teaches.\u00a0 He is an exceptional question asker and can get conversations started that helps others discover the answers for themselves.<\/p>\n

Kevin has an earned Master\u2019s Degree in Practical Theology from Oral Roberts University and is pursuing his Doctorate in Leadership and Global Perspectives from George Fox University.\u00a0 He will complete this in 2018.\u00a0 \u00a0Dr. Mark Rutland has been a powerful influence in his life.<\/p>\n

Kevin has an amazing wife of 25 years, Ann, she is an RN who is a clinical documentation specialist but more importantly she is a partner in ministry.\u00a0\u00a0 Maci, his daughter, is 16 and an avid horse rider and competes in Western Pleasure and English disciplines.\u00a0 She was a champion at this years World Color Congress in the skill of halter with her horse Charlie.\u00a0 London, his son, is 5 and is an absolute joy.\u00a0 He is a very funny and quick young man causing much laughter in the Norwood home.<\/p>\n

Kevin loves to be on the water, boating, skiing, riding the waverunner. (Two times he has chartered a pirate ship for 150 students on Lake Michigan out of Navy Pier) \u00a0\u00a0He is also an avid snow skier (loves to race down the mountain) \u00a0and spends lots of time riding bikes.\u00a0 Learning about horses and building a barn was not on his to do list but daughters can cause you to do some amazing things.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Giving up their house on the golf course to move to the country is one of the simple sacrifices that he has made to put family first.<\/p>\n

Kevin interned in London while in college, hence the name of his son.\u00a0 This started him on a really unique journey of thinking differently than the American church.\u00a0 It has propelled him to think outside the box and do things that have not been done in the ministry with students in the leadership positions.<\/p>\n

Kevin has an adopted country.\u00a0\u00a0 He has traveled to Ireland 21 times over the past 11 years.\u00a0 He has seen the transformation of churches going from being missions receiving churches to being missional churches.\u00a0\u00a0 One of this greatest joys is the fact that churches where he has taken students on\u00a0 mission\u2019s trips to help then start taking missions trips themselves to help others.<\/p>\n

Follow Kevin @ knxtreme on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Snap Chat, etc\u2026<\/p>\n

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www.kevinnorwood.com<\/a><\/p>\n

www.facebook.com\/xtremefamilylife<\/a><\/p>\n

www.xmproductions.org<\/a><\/p>\n

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