Ordination and Standing / Rostered
United Church of Christ, 1971
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America 2001
Work Record
Pastor, Gomer United Church of Christ, Gomer, OH 1970-1979
Pastor, First United Church of Christ, Fremont, OH 1979--1991
Sabbatical and service, AIDS Educator and Physician Recruitment, 1991
Pastor, First United Church of Christ, Sandusky, OH, 1991-2000 (near Fremont)
Pastor, St. John's Lutheran Church, Fremont, OH 2000-present
Volunteer Work History
Board of Directors, Sandusky Erie County Community Foundation
Board of Directors at the Montessori Children's House, a pre school begun in 1993
and founder of the school at the First United Church of Christ in Sandusky.
Volunteered to work toward defeat of Issue #1 the 1996 gambling/casino issue in Ohio
Board of Directors, Our Lady of the Pines, Sisters of Mercy Roman Catholic
Retreat Center, where I was the first Protestant president
Habitat for Humanity, Fremont. Began the chapter, and led in building the first three
houses. I do their web page
http://www.pinesretreat.org
Board of Directors, Homes/Casas, where we built three senior citizen low income
residence complexes, and maintained three others.
http://homescasas.net
Chaplain for Memorial Hospital, assisted in founding the volunteer chaplaincy program
Chaplain for Allen County Jail, implemented program
Board of Directors, Church People for Change and Reconciliation, Allen County
Sandusky Area Ministerial Association
Fremont Clergy Fellowship
Elida Ministerial Association
Kiwanis Club - Reading is Fundamental Program
Internet Author
http://www.rawdat.org/ a Palestinian school in East Jerusalem where I support a child,
http://www.pinesretreat.org/, a Roman Catholic Retreat Center in Fremont: the web site of the church I serve,
http://www.stjohns-fremont.org/
-- Also,
http://www.institchescenter.com/ which is a liturgical arts business that sells paraments and stoles and other creative art works. I have done others in business and volunteer sector.
# Began and developed
http://www.nwoa.org/ web page from 1998
