By the time she enrolled in Wycliffe’s MDiv program, Kathleen Krynski had already responded to God’s call to ministry in concrete ways while studying at Queen’s University in Kingston: she had cancelled her final year at teacher’s college and interned for a year with Power To Change at the university.
Arriving at Wycliffe, she found a diverse student community, a world-class faculty, and a commitment to evangelical Anglicanism that enriched her spiritual formation in ways she had not expected.
Though Kathleen grew up and continues to flourish in the Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada, having Anglican grandparents meant she was already familiar with the rhythm of Wycliffe College’s Chapel services. “Allowing liturgy and Scripture—whether spoken, sung, or read from The Book of Common Prayer—to permeate every aspect of collective worship is a beautiful thing,” she says. She realised how being grounded in Scripture enhances the call to experience the presence of God emphasized by her Pentecostal upbringing. “God is showing me the value of staying open to how He can use different traditions to reveal Himself to people.”
This broadening of Kathleen’s spiritual formation hasn’t stopped there. “My biggest take away from Wycliffe will be what faculty and peers from all denominational streams have taught me—to not allow anything to eclipse Jesus Christ and my devotion to Him.”
Katheen’s calling has shifted during her time at Wycliffe. With her love of learning and academics affirmed by others at the College, she wants to do further studies and possibly teach. But her immediate next step after finishing this program will be to continue to serve in a church.
