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Thank you for ‘turning’ to my page … but why did you ??? Is it
possible that you are ‘maturing’ also ? ( … that’s a polite term for
‘getting older’.) That’s what we’re about, us ‘Amazing Grayers’. Yes,
me too.
I’m in my 56th year of Pastoral
Ministry, so I also qualify for our ‘Seniors Group’, the name of which is
‘Amazing Grays’ ! Actually our boundaries are set at 50 years old and up.
up, up … Once you get so up that you are in heaven, well, you don’t need
us anymore. In reality we don’t ask your age. If you feel ‘mature’,
come on along … we’ll welcome you.
… A Word (several) about who I am and what
our ‘amazing gray’ group is about. I was born 79 years ago and got married
sometime back then …(not the same year.) My wife, Barbara, and I have six
children and 10 grandchildren. We grew up in the Chicago suburbs, went to
the same high school, got married after college, started a ‘Wesleyan
Methodist’ church in our home town, and six years later moved to the ‘new
‘community of Elk Grove Village where we started another new Wesleyan
Church. We literally ‘built’ the ‘church’ and its building and stayed as
Pastor for 24 years. We both taught school for several years to financially
help get the church on its feet. We were active in many ways in the
community, and most of our children grew up there. In the early 80’s we
moved to Wisconsin Rapids to pastor the Wesleyan Church … for 11 years. I
left for some other assignments for a few years, and in semi-retirement, I
was invited to become part-time Pastor to the Seniors back in this same
Wesleyan Church here in Wisconsin Rapids. It all adds up both to 56 years
of marriage and 56 years of ministry as of now!!
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