Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First

Friends and Neighbors: Mars family

"As a father, I enjoy watching each of my children grow in their own unique ways, developing into the men and women God created them to be. What a privilege and joy to share that great adventure with my wife. Nothing is more joyous!" shared Pastor and father of seven, Kenneth Mars.

Mars, the pastor at St. John's Lutheran Church in Kimball, met his wife Vickie, in his hometown of Lubbock, Texas, and they married nineteen years ago on May 30, 1997. The couple had four children of their own, Nathaniel (15), Timothy (13), Lydia (8) and Abigail (7).

They decided to consider fostering and adopting o...