Pastor Bill and Gloria Hayden’s Journey to the Villages Pastor Bill and Gloria Hayden have been residents of the beautiful Villages community for the last thirteen-years. They moved there by invitation after a long career with Fortune 500, non-profits and at congregations throughout the Bay Area, including cities of Oakland, Fremont, Palo Alto and San Jose. But, let’s begin at the beginning. Bill, better known now as Pastor Bill was born and raised in Gary, Indiana. Like many families of the time, he is one of a large family, five boys and six girls. Reminiscing, he remembers his best friend. “Once in seventh grade, while they walked down the school hall with his best friend to their next class, there was a young girl on the other side of his …show more content…
He was a Sophomore and she was a Junior. They married on June 8th 1968, just a few years after Gloria graduated. Gloria attended Tennessee A & I, later returning home to attend Indiana University. He attended Wilberforce University in Ohio for a semester and then also returned home to attend Indiana University with her. It wasn’t until ten-years after their anniversary that Gloria shared with him, that she was the girl who’s braids he pulled in junior-high, so many years ago. Bill remembers, he was speechless. He had no …show more content…
While there, Bill also served as volunteer with CAPE, a community outreach and Prison Pre-Release Program for Vietnam Veterans and At-Risk-Youth. He had the opportunity to traveled to most of the prisons throughout California, preparing these individuals for what lies for them in the outside world. Bill was highly successfully placing individuals with companies for competitive employment. For some, it was just a step. For others, it was life changing. Yes, he had found his calling. Acknowledging his ability to counsel and help those in conflict, Bill decided to attend the campus, for the Southern California School of Theology, under Dr. Cynthia James, where graduated in 1985. Bill has been ministering over the last forty years to congregations, spending the last 10 years at the Evergreen Valley Church of San Jose. He’s also ministered to the Foursquare Church and the Church of God, in San Jose Bill and Gloria had the perfect family, one daughter and one son. Both are now married with their own families. Their daughter lives in Akron, Ohio, and son lives in Sacramento, California. Bill and Gloria have been blessed with two grandsons and four granddaughters. In 2018, Bill and Gloria will be celebrating their 50th anniversary in the
Ms. Mickens is native of Gary Indiana, current lives in Monee IL, and married 40 years to Bishop Charles Mickens, pastor of Lights of Zion Ministries of Chicago IL. Lady Mickens is also a graduate of Governor’s State University and the mother of 3 wonderful sons, whom all are ministers of the gospel.
...9, 1997, Rev. Miles preached his last sermon at HCC. Since our newly selected minister, Rev. Kurt A. Kirchoff, was not scheduled to arrive until mid August, Romi Chaffee - long-time HCC member and ordained UCC minister, provided pastoral care and Sunday sermons for this interim six-week period. Finally the Kirchoff family arrived, and Rev. Kirchoff preached his first sermon at our church on August 17, 1997.
N.T. Wright: During my first semester at Northwestern College, I was assigned the book, “The Challenge of Jesus” by N.T. Wright for one of my Biblical Studies courses. This book and every other book Tom Wright has written has dramatically impacted my Christian faith. Dr. Wright has not only defended the basic tenants of the Christian faith, but also has shown how an academically-minded pastor ought to love and care for his or her congregants. N.T. Wright was previously the Bishop of Durham and pastored some of the poorest in the United Kingdom. His pastoral ministry has helped shape his understanding of God’s kingdom-vision which he is diagramming within his magnum opus “Christian Origins and the Question of God”. This series has instructed myself and countless other pastors to be for God’s kingdom as we eagerly await Christ’s return. Additionally, I have had the privilege of meeting with N.T. Wright one-on-one on numerous occasions to discuss faith, the Church, and his research. I firmly believe Tom Wright is the greatest New Testament scholar of our generation and he is the primary reason why I feel called into ministry.
Why I Left the Church” by Richard Garcia is a poem that explores the ongoing and conflicting relationship between a child’s fantasy and the Church. Although the majority of the text is told in present tense, readers are put through the lenses of a young boy who contemplates the legitimacy of the restricting and constricting nature of worship. It is a narrative that mixes a realist approach of storytelling with a fantasy twist that goes from literal metaphors to figurative metaphors in the description of why the narrator left the church. The poet presents the issue of childhood innocence and preset mindsets created by the Church using strong metaphors and imagery that appeal to all the senses.
While comparing her time, theology and spiritual practice we realize she lived during the time of immense change, similarly we are living on the edge of a challenged modernity. Her spiritual direction allows us to recognize and develop further abilities in our pastoral ministries of caring for one another as participants within the corporate communities as well as within the mission fields.
In 1965, Bill Cosby married his wife, Camille Hanks. They have celebrated 35 years of marriage, and this year will make 36 years. They had five children: Erika, Erinn, Ens, Evin, and Ennis (who was tragically killed in January of 1997).
John MacArthur is a well-known and sometimes controversial pastor that holds a strong conservative viewpoint of the Scriptures. As a graduate of Talbot Theological Seminary, MacArthur’s ministry has covered a wide spectrum of Christian fields including pastor, author and radio host. MacArthur currently serves as the Pastor of Grace Community Church in Sunny Valley, California. For over 45 years his pastoral ministry at Grace Community Church has given evidence of a deep abiding love for the exposition of the Scriptures. Beyond his role as pastor, MacArthur serves as the president of the Master’s College and Seminary, which functions to train men to work in various areas of Christian ministry. As a successful author, MacArthur continues to write many books ranging from culturally and theological relevant issues to New Testament expositional commentaries and study guides. Macarthur also serves as the lead teacher of Grace to You, an everyday radio and television ministry, which centers on verse by verse exposition of Scripture. MacArthur is not known for shying away from controversial topics that Christianity struggles with. He seeks to use scripture to help modern Christians think through these topics.
"This is the Hour of Decision with Billy Graham, coming to you from Minneapolis Minnesota" Billy Graham, has preached to more than 210 million people through a live audience, more than anyone else in history. Not only that, but Mr. Graham has reached millions more through live televison, video and film. This has led Billy to be on the "Ten Most Admired Men in the World" from the Gallup Poll since 1955 a total of thirty-nine times. This includes thirty-two consecutive more than any other individual in the world, placing him as the most popular American for about forty years. This essay is going to talk about Graham's personal life, and what kind of family he grew up in and im also going to talk in detail about how he became an evangelist, because I feel it is very important yet interesting. His accomplishments in the fifties are uncomparable, so I will be including a considerable amount of information concerning that topic. Finally I will be talking about his personal achievements, books written, and how he has been a companion to some of the American Presidents. William Franklin Graham Jr. was born in Charlotte, North Carolina on November 17, 1918. Graham was raised on a dairy farm by William Franklin (deceased 1962) and Morrow Coffey Graham (deceased 1981). In 1943 he married his wife Ruth McCue Bell, and had four children Virginia 1945, Anne Morrow 1948, Ruth Bell 1950, William Franklin, Jr. 1952, and Nelson Edman 1958. At age eighty, he keeps fit by swimming, playing with is nineteen grand children, and from aerobic walking, in the mountains of North Carolina, where he currently lives. (Billy Graham Best Sellers, 1999) Billy Graham told Time Magazine in one article about his life before becoming a preacher. "I lived on a farm. The only difference was I had to get up early in the morning and go milk cows. When I came back from school that day, I had to milk those same cows. There were about twenty cows I had to milk. By hand. That was before they had those machines. I loved being a farmer. But God called me to this work that I'm in now. I knew it was God calling. I said, "Yes. I will follow what God wants me to do." And so I went to two or three schools to get education.
Bill Cosby was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on July 12, 1937. He was the oldest of four boys. He had three brothers, and their names were: James, Russell, and Robert. His father ran away near Christmas time when he was very young and he had to get a job to help support the family.
helped support the struggling couple. They divorced in 1942. She lived in Carmel Valley, CA after and died February 8, 1983.
At age 26, David Platt was hired to be the pastor of The Church at Brook Hills. He became to be the youngest pastor of a megachurch in America. Platt’s education is comprised of three advanced degrees. He also holds a doctorate from New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. He is currently the president of the Southern Baptist Convention’s International Mission Board. Platt also recently founded a resource ministry called Radical.net.
After getting married to his wife Peay then welcomed two children into the world a boy named Austin and a girl named Amaryllis. While enjoying his children Peay work at his law firm for 6 years.
Mead, Loren B. The Once and Future Church Reinventing the Congregation for a New Mission Frontier . The Alban Institute, Inc., 1991. Kindle eBook file.
They fell in love and planned to get married once they graduated and got jobs.
His church is a “good sized” suburban church that has been around for 295 years. He describes the parishioners as having a “broad tent” of theological views. This congregation is open to new ideas and re-visiting the old. They appear to be carrying out intentional missional work in their community