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services effective January 10, 2002. Subsequently Terri was commissioned as a chaplain and first lieutenant in the US Air Force stationed at Laughlin Air Force Base near Del Rio, Texas. We wished Terri godspeed and thanked her for her eighteen months of ministry to Westminster. In 2005 news was received that Terri was serving as a chaplain in South Korea, close to the North Korean border. On October 2, 2002, a letter was sent to the congregation from Pastor Lenz announcing that he had accepted a call to become pastor of Hope Presbyterian Church in Richfield, Minnesota. The congregation was saddened at the news of his departure. During his five years here, David and Cynthia had become an integral part of Westminster, David as pastor and Cynthia as choir director of the Celebration Singers. A farewell party was held for Pastor Lenz and his family on November 1 where they were bid a fond farewell. Their last day at Westminster was Sunday, November 3, 2002. Throughout his time at Westminster, David’s ministry greatly nurtured our commitment to Jesus Christ. With the departure of David Lenz in November of 2002, the session hired Rev. Kenneth Kaibel to serve as interim pastor effective January 21, 2003. Ken had previously served as installed pastor of several churches, held three other interim positions and served as a chaplain in the US Army Reserves. This last activity was to have an immediate effect on the congregation. Ken was called into active duty in March 2003 to be stationed at an airfield in Uzbekistan. He was surprised, as were the congregation and his wife Sharon, that he was called up at the age of 54, but he had to report for duty as ordered. Because Ken remained as the official interim pastor for the duration of his one year contract, his replacement would be a “temporary supply pastor,” and referred to by the congregation as our “interim interim.” Sharon Flynn was hired to fill the role of staff administrator until a temporary supply pastor ministerial leadership—95
was in place. Larry Woodruff served as pulpit supply after the departure of Rev. Kaibel. On May 20, 2003, the Interim Pastor Task Force recommended to Session the hiring of Rev. Loren Scribner to fill the role of temporary supply pastor effective June 8, 2003. Pastor Scribner and his wife Sharon had moved back to Michigan after his retirement from his position as chaplain and associate professor of religion at Schreiner University in Kerrville, Texas. Before that he had served churches in Sturgis and Westland in Michigan, and in Kouts, Indiana. Loren served as temporary supply until the arrival of the new pastor. A farewell reception was held on Sunday, January 4, 2004, for Loren and Sharon where they were honored with gifts made in their name to the Heifer Project, complete with the arrival of a “cow.” On August 20, 2003, Rev. Larry Woodruff announced his retirement from the position of parish associate, effective October 31, 2003. He and his wife, Louise, planned to move to Cincinnati where Larry had spent his early years. On November 2 the congregation gathered to honor Larry and Louise for their five years of service to Westminster Church. We bid them a fond farewell with many thanks for their caring ministry. On December 29, 2002, a Pastor Nominating Committee (PNC) was elected by the congregation to fill the position of senior pastor and head of staff. Elected to the committee were David Hammond (chair), Josie Babcock, Cindy Harvey, Mike Klein, Bill Kuhn, Emily Nease, Katherine Simpson, Marcy Teppo and Jim Whitman. After reading 132 Pastor Information Forms (PIFs), conducting seven telephone interviews and two on-site visits, the committee enthusiastically recommended that Rev. Stephen Carl be called to serve as senior pastor and head of staff. On October 19, 2003, the congrega- 96—the story continues
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Contents The First Twenty-Five Year
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DEDICATION to The First Twenty-Five
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Theology we have left to the theolo
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ten) membership had increased to 10
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January 7, 1957, with Samuel Porter
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the early years!) authorization of
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day, January 11. A community open h
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A pastoral nominating committee con
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work of the church in our part of t
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month was out. Chairman MacDonald r
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32—the first twenty-five years Th
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God moves in mysterious ways - and
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The formal dedication service was a
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ing lot were necessary as was a new
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Porter), baptismal urn, appliances
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After maturity to self-support and
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Page 59 and 60: Assembly rules. In April 1957 a dra
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Page 67 and 68: There are of course many loyal memb
Page 69 and 70: held frequently at the home of Mart
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