YEARS MARRIED: 40
CHILDREN: 4
GRANDCHILDREN: 6
YEARS IN THE DIACONATE: 1
HOW THEY MET: “At a high school dance”
WHAT THEY DO FOR FUN: “Travel, wine tasting, movies”
HIS ROLE IN THE CHURCH: “I serve at my bishop’s and pastor’s beck and call.”
HIS MOST MEMORABLE EXPERIENCE: “Three events in no particular order: my first time at the altar, baptizing two of our granddaughters, and my first wedding of my Jan’s cousin and husband.”
WHAT DREW HIM TO THE DIACONATE: “I had a strong sense of God’s call, especially after I had turned Him down the first time, and He pursued me a second time.”
HIS GREATEST CHALLENGE: “Time management”
FAVORITE SCRIPTURE: Psalms 51 & 139