Susquehanna Daily LINK - June 10, 2016 Retirees’ Ministry


Plum Hollow Youth Ministry Resources. Forever grateful!


Rev. Robert Arnold Graybill


Rev. Graybill was recommended


for


ministry by East Salem. He was ordained in 1975 and 1977. He


served as Student Chaplain, Philadelphia State Hospital; Assistant Director of Admissions, Methesco; McElhattan Cooperative


Parish; Oberlin Neidig


Memorial; New Cumberland Baughman Memorial; Juniata Area Group Ministry Mexico/Ebenezer; JAGM Faith/Mexico/ Ebenezer; and Middletown Evangelical.


Rev. Graybill and his wife, Barbara’s, address will be PO Box 92, Mexico, Pennsylvania 17056-0092.


In reflection upon my forty-plus years of ministry, I have found the peace of our Lord as I treasured and tried to live out the words of the minor prophet Micah. He once shared these words in chapter 6: “He has showed you, O man, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God.” The challenges of ministry had the ability to encourage my selfish biases, raise up unknown fears, and make painful cuts deep into my soul; however, Micah’s wisdom has offered sound guidance and sincere comfort on my journey in ministry and life.


Pastor Troy R. Harrold


Pastor Harrold was recommended ministry


for by Violet


Hill. He was licensed to preach in 2008. He


served Loganville and Adamsville/Yoe.


Pastor Harrold and his wife, Faye, will reside at 1119 Ruxton Road, York, Pennsylvania 17403-3037.


Before my ministry, I knew that God was with me as I went through life as a professional soldier, civilian employment, and providing for and raising my family. It was when I entered the ministry and became engaged with people who knew God, those who thought they knew God, and those who did not know God that I felt him using me for his purpose and not my own. During baptisms, confirmations, celebrations of life and death, weddings, consultations, and worship I felt him working through me to bring his love to them. I will always serve him.


Pastor Vicki A. Jordan


Pastor Jordan was recommended


for


ministry by Park Coudersport. She was licensed to preach in


2002. She served Snyder’s; Sullivan County Co-op Parish 3/Forksville and Hillsgrove; Wolfsburg/Trans Run; and Shade Valley UM Parish.


Pastor Jordan and her husband, Daniel, will reside at 3915 Scotland Street,


Chambersburg, Pennsylvania 17202-7473. ...Creating New Places for New People Main


My greatest joy is knowing the hope and completeness of being a child of God. This knowledge of God’s great love has given me guidance, courage, and the desire to be in ministry, and share God’s love, grace, and forgiveness with those entrusted to my ministerial care. I am very grateful for the local pastor’s path that has given me many opportunities to be in ministry and to share the gifts and graces God gave me. My biggest regret is that I resisted God’s call early in my life to declare my candidacy.


Pastor Brenda D. Mitchell


Pastor Mitchell recommended ministry


2006. She served Sugar Valley.


Pastor Mitchell and her husband, Farley, will reside at 149 South Mill Street, Loganton, Pennsylvania 17747-9647.


What an adventure this time of ministry has been! Farley and I have truly been blessed. I never thought becoming a lay speaker would eventually lead to full-time ministry in a sweet place called “Sugar Valley.” But that’s where God called us, walked with us, and watched over us. At the times I was pushed out of my comfort zone, God was there to show the way. I look forward to the future and what lies ahead.


Rev. Jay A. Morris


Rev. Morris was recommended ministry


by Williamsport.


Middlebury Parish; Dellville; East Canton; Belleville;


St. for


Paul He


was ordained in 1984 and 1987. He served Bigler;


Williamsport


Balls Mills; Mehoopany; and Bellwood Extended: Tipton, Trinity Bellwood.


Rev. Morris will reside at 104 4th Avenue, Burnham, Pennsylvania 17009-1609.


It’s been real and it’s been fun, but it’s not been real fun. It has been a God-led, grace- and mercy-filled faith journey that I’ve been privileged to share with my Lord and sisters and brothers throughout central Pennsylvania.


Rev. Thomas Arnold Page


Rev. Page was recommended for ministry by Cheverly, Maryland. He was admitted on trial in 1968 and ordained in 1968. He served as associate editor for The Upper Room, Nashville, Tennessee, and Dust and Ashes Music Ministry.


Rev. Page and his wife, Mary Lou


Troutman, will reside at 1405 Addor Road, Aberdeen, North Carolina 28315- 5011.


Dr. Rarich


Rev. Dr. Jeffrey L. Rarich was recommended


Rev. Sprenkle and his wife, Nancy, will reside at 415 Riviera Street, Mount Wolf, Pennsylvania 17347-9219.


for


ministry by Berwick Bethany. He was ordained in 1977, Central Pennsylvania Conference; 1981, Wyoming Conference. He served Maple Grove; Wallenpaupack Area; Paupack; New York Conference:


In November 1981, the Lord said to me, “I have work for you to do in my church.” Since then, the Lord has opened doors and I just walked through. It has been quite an interesting journey. I hope I helped make a positive difference.


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was for


by Salem


Airville York. She was licensed to preach in


Pastor Runnels and her husband, Charles, will reside at 639 Beeber Street, Williamsport, Pennsylvania 17701-4403.


It has been an honor and a joy to serve God by serving his people. There have been many joys to celebrate, and I give thanks for the people who have shared them with me.


Rev. Dr. Michael Shambora


Dr. Shambora was


licensed to preach in 1983 and associate member in 1991. He served Christian


Missionary Alliance; Lehman; Newton; Newton/Ransom Coop Parish; Wyoming; and Duryea.


Dr. Shambora and his wife, Kimberly, will


reside at 14 Cherrywood Drive, Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania 18702-7256.


Rev. Thomas Jenkins, a United Methodist Church clergy, told me the denomination I was in was too narrow, and I needed theological elbow room. He was right. For ten years, as a fundamentalist clergy, I was repeatedly criticized for my unorthodox views of the Bible. All that was changed when I entered the UMC thirty-three years ago and was allowed safe space to understand Jesus in a new way. Since then the study of Jesus has challenged and fascinated me so much, that I still have the zeal of a convert.


Rev. Chuck Sprenkle


Rev. Sprenkle was recommended ministry


for by Bethany


Red Lion. He was ordained in 1986 and 1990. He served


Violet Hill; Windsor Emmanuel; Jefferson-Greenmount; Lemoyne Calvary; Lewistown Grace; Halifax; and Manchester St Paul.


Rev. Dr. E. Ann Walker


Dr. Walker recommended ministry


was for


Sebring, Florida.


by First, She


was licensed to preach in


1997 and ordained in 1998 and 2001. She served New Millport; Delta-Bryansville; Neidig Memorial; and Neidig Memorial Extended.


Dr. Walker will reside at 402 Oak Avenue, Sebring, Florida 33870-3731.


My ministry has meant love and surprise at all hours, sacred moments at kitchen tables and dying bedsides, and has been a sacred opportunity to be partners in ministry with some of the most remarkable, honorable, and faithful people alive. I have felt wonder at being a spiritual midwife, gratitude for support and encouragement from colleagues and congregations, and have lived ordinary days spent among extraordinary


people, nurturing and


being nurtured by, challenging and being challenged by God’s people to live a life pleasing to God. My ministry has brought the full range of emotions, save one – I have never regretted saying, “Here I am Lord, send me.”


Executive Director NY/CT UM


Foundation; Director of Planned Giving, Guideposts Foundation; and Associate Director Special Gifts, Eastern Territory of the Salvation Army.


Dr. Rarich and his wife, Suzanne’s, mailing address will be PO Box 328, Paupack, Pennsylvania 18451-0328.


Pastor Ann R. Runnels


Pastor Runnels was recommended


for


ministry by Grace Williamsport.


She


was licensed to preach in 2001. She served Renovo/Westport and Nisbet.


Pastor Vaux was recommended


for


ministry by Grays. She was licensed to preach in 1995. She served


Morgan Run; Bellwood/Pinecroft; and Mountainview Parish.


Pastor Vaux and her husband, Kenneth, will


reside at 105 Indigo Lane, Port


Matilda, Pennsylvania 16870. It has been a humbling and


joyful


pleasure to serve God for twenty-one years as pastor. Blessed by “thin spots” overwhelmed by God’s nearness, most often experienced


at births, rebirths,


and as saints were birthed into heaven. What other life offers such intimacy? My first season as disciple-maker was in serving a school board, working small groups as Bible study facilitator, living on dairy farms, and raising children. My second season of disciple-making was behind a pulpit and aside others in their faith journey. I am excited to follow God’s open doors into this next season of discipleship.


Pastor Jean L. Swett


Pastor Swett was recommended


ministry by Athens. She was licensed preach


for to


in 2001. She


served Lounsberry; Mehoopany; and Sideling Hill.


Pastor Swett will be living in the state of New York.


Pastor Donna Lynne Vaux


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