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THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
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Adrian College
Adrian, Michigan
June 12, 1971
IMMEDIATE RELEASE, PLEASE
Rev. Thomas G. Badley, minister of the Harbor Beach United
Methodist Church of Harbor Beach, Mich., was received into Full Membership of the Detroit Conference of the United Methodist Church
during the 130th annual meeting of the Conference at Adrian
Coll ege in Adrian, Mich. June 8-12.
Mr. Badley was also or-
dained an Elder by Bishop Dwight E. Loder.
The Rev. Badley graduated from Port Huron High School
in Port Huron in 1961.
He received a B.A. degree from Adrian
College in 1967 and a Master of Divinity degree from Methodist
Theological School in Ohio of Delaware, Ohio in 1971.
Badley also is vice president of the Harbor Beaclt Rotary,
treasurer of the Jay Gee's of Harbor Beach and secretary-treasurer
of the ministerial association of Harbor Beach.
Mrs. BAdley is the former Darlene Miller, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur E. Miller, Sr. of St. Cillir Shores .
Rev.
Badley is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Alex Badley of Port Huron.
The couple has two children, Rebecca Lynn and Thomas Gary II .
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Name:
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THOI1AS
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GARY
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Mother 1 s Maiden Name
Occupation Re t ired
Eldora G. 3 vtl ; n
Date of birth 12/7/21
Any Notable item in family hi st ory (Publi c Service, Authorship 1 Invent ion?
Ed ucat ion 7 Medicine, etc. 1 et c.
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Re li gious Experience and Church Work before entering the Minist ry I Held
UMYF Local, Sub-District, & District Offices;
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Ca 1 1 to t ·he Mini str·y _\afhile serving_ as R~~rea~ ion Su pervisor fo r _the
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Port Kuron Township & as l ifeguard at Lakepo rt Sta t e Park, seeing
teens searching, and my desire to lead teens to a new way of living.
Ed ucat ion: Schoo ls and Degrees - - - High Schoo iPort Huron, Michigan
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Por~o~Wg~:;d:Jr • Col 1 ege- ABss;/!'fe~~nary Meth odist Theological School,
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Delaware, Ohio - M. Div.
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Admitted on Tr ia l 7 an d Ordinations:
,Admitted on Triam- June, 1968
Ordained: Deacon - June. 1968;
Elder - June 1971
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Marriage :
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Wi fe ' s rna i den name ...:D.arl en.e R . 1J.liller
Education· Port Huron Sigh School
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Date _ 6tl2./-.65- ... ___ __ Piace _Eor_t Huron, Mich . - Wa shington Ave. UMC
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Rebecca L. B.adl.ey,_________ Date of Birth 6/22/.£1._ _ __
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Thomas
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Appointments served , with dates :
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Con£erence Co-Operative Parish Policy Committee; Con£erence Board of
Equitable Salaries and Sustentation; Detroit East District Council;
Detroit East Sub-Distri ct Convenor.
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Thomas G. Badley
"... I am the Alpha and the Omega the beginning and the end.
To the thirsty I will give water as a .gift from the spring of the water of life."
Revelation 21:6
Life is full of beginnings and endings. At the outset, I focus my life on my beginnings. I start with
my birth on January 24, 1943 to Alex and Eldora Badley in Detroit, Michigan. Their Christian nurture
and love drew me into a deep faith relationship with Jesus Christ, for which I'll forever be indebted. My
beginnings in the ministry may have its origin as far back as when a 3rd grade boy accompanied his
Sunday School Superintendent (Mr. Gurdon Watson) with his accordion at the Port Huron Rescue
Mission. Throughout my high school and junior college years, I continued to express my faith through
music and testimony as part of a music trio "The Gospelaires. 11
The more formal beginnings in the ordained ministry go back to March 11 , 1962, when I received
my Local Preacher's License from my home church, the Mills Memorial Methodist Church of Port
Huron. At that time, I was a part time pastor working with youth and visitation under the shepherding
of Rev. Harry Brakeman. The first full appointment in the Detroit Conference was June 15, 1965. I give
thanks to Rev. Joe Edwards who presented me with the opportunity to serve the churches of ReaCone-Azalia. Further beginnings were presented with appointments to Macon, Harbor Beach-Port
Hope, Rochester : St. Pauls, Pontiac: Aldersgate-Elmwood; Roseville: Trinity; Hancock: First; Clio:
Bethany and Livonia: Newburg.
Among the persons who have been with me through every new beginning is my childhood
sweetheart and high school classmate, Darlene. She went with me to countless concerts and speaking
engagements as a youth. We were married June 12, 1965 (thus still on a honeymoon when we assumed
our first appointment in the conference). Out of love, we were gifted with two wonderful childrenRebecca born in 1967 and Thorn born in 1969. We were filled with joy at the addition of our daughterin-law, Lori, in 1989 who, with our son, made possible our pride and joy, our only grandchild, Kyle,
born in 1990.
Life has been good as I look back on the beginnings of my life. As I approach my retirement at the
end of this conference, I mark the conclusion of 37 years of continual service to the Detroit
Conference. I do not look on this as an ending of my life, instead as a new beginning. We look forward
to having time to pursue our recreational passion on a full-time basis. Our fifth wheel will take us
between our home town of Port Huron where our 3 surviving parents reside, and to Las Vegas, NV
where our son and family reside. It will take us to many beautiful places across our country where
we've always dreamed of traveling. However, it will never take us far from friends we've met and the
God we love, who has been there through all the beginnings and endings.
T.tiUNJAS G. BADLE Y
THEIR UVES AND EV.
Harbor Beach Church I t;l21/1/
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DARLENE BADLEY graduates from
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Harbor Beach Church on October 10.
May 13, recei ving her Associate Degree
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Parhc~p~tmg ~ere D1str1ct Supen~t~nden t W1lliam Rickard ; Rev. 0 . W1lham
Cooper of Elkton, representing the Conference Board of Ministry; Rev. Roberl
Garrett of Port Austin, and Rev. Harry
Brakeman of Washington. Also taking
part were lay leaders Edwin Donahue ol
Harbor Beach an d Clarence Cook of Port
Hope Church, and Rev. J ames Stewart of
the H arbor Beach Presbyterian Church.
Soloist was Mrs. Dianne Charlton of the
H ar bor Beach Baptist Church.
Ordained an Elder by Bishop Dwight
E . Loder J une 8 at the Detroit A nnual
Conference, the r ecognition service was
observed to bring out its significance for
local United Methodist laity .
A reception was held in the basement
of the church in honor of Mr . and Mrs.
Badley with the WSCS acting as hosts.
in nursing . She has accepted a position
on the staff of the S th M
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Hospital m Warren ..She has studied for
her career as a registered nurse while
teach ing a church school class at the
Trin ity UMC in Roseville, where her
husband, Tom, is the minister. She has
Darlene
Badley
also been active in leadership of the
U.M.W., and other church respo ns ibilities . A reception celebrating her
accompl ishment is being held at her
church's fellowship hall on Sun day,
May 15, from 3:00 p.m. to 6 :00 p.m .,
hosted by her daughter Rebecca, son,
Thorn, and husband. Friends from their
previous appointments as well as
colleagues in ministry are invited to
share in this time of joy.
BdOl RNf: To ~Rev. and Mrs. Thomas G.
B
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o the Macon Church a son, Thomas
Gary Badley II, on December 4 in St. J oseph Mercy Hospital, Ann Arbor. The
Badleys a lso ha ve a daughter, Rebecca
Lynn,. two and a half years of age, and
they live at 8280 Macon Road, ,Clinton
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A P P 0 I N T M E N T S q~?'
By Bishop Edsel A. Ammons
Announcement is made by the district superintendent on whose
district the new appointment will be served.
Carroll Felton is appointed, effective May 1, to the Second Grace UMC,
Detroit, as senior pastor. He has not had a previous appointment.
Samuel Van White is appointed, effective May 1, to the Trinity UMC, Detroit
as senior pastor. He has been serving as pastor at Second Grace UMC,
Detroit.
Robert G. Williams is appointed, effective July 1, to the Calvary UMC as
senior pastor. He is serving as pastor of Flat Shoals UMC, Atlanta, Ga.
-Anthony J. Shipley
Detroit West District Superintendent
,Thomas G. Badley is appointed, effective July 1 to the Hancock First UMC
as pastor. He is serving as pastor at Roseville UMC.
-Theodore E. Doane
Marquette District Superintendent
Otto F. Flachsmann is appointed, effective July 1 to the Fairgrove-Gilford
Charge as pastor. He is serving as pastor at the Capac First-Zion Charge.
-James W. Thompson
Saginaw Bay District Superintendent
Hancock UMC and
North Wales toJP~s
Exchange Pastors
The First United Methodist Church of
Hancock will welcome an exchange
minister to its pulpit beginning June 16.
Rev. S. K. Lawry will be coming to Hancock from Mold Methodist Church , Mold,
North Wales, Un ited Kingdom.
During this time, Rev. Tom Bad ley will
serve in No. Wales ,~ in the six
churches that comprise the Mold circuit
from June 16-July 21.
Rev. and Mrs. Lawry are the parents of
five children and Susanna, their youngest
daughter, will accompany them. This is
not Rev. Lawry's first trip to the U. S. or
to Hancock, as he visited the area during
his college years as a guest of James Dale
and family of Hancock.
Rev. Lawry, previous to serving in the
Methodist ministry, was a headmaster at
Rydall Academy in Colwyn Bay, No.
Wales. Rev. Badley, his wife Darlene, son
Tom and daughter Becky will leave Hancock to begin their pastoral exchange after
Becky's graduation from Hancock High
School, June 3, returning to the area Aug.
ALEXANDER CLIFFORD BADLEY, 70,
of Freemont Township, died December 5
in his home. He was the father of Rev.
Thomas G. Badl~. pastor of the First
UMC, Hancock. Born June 20, 1915, he
remained a lifelong resident of Freemont 9.
Alexander
Clifford
Badley
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Township. He married Eldora G. Butlin
January 1, 1942, in Port Huron. He was
a member of Washington Avenue UMC,
Port Huron , and served as a choir member
and lay leader. He was a lay m·ember of
the Detroit Annual Conference for 16
years. After 22 years as a driver-salesman
with Troy Cleaners, Badley retired in 1975.
He is survived by his wife; three sons and
daughters-in-law, Rev. Thomas G. and
Darlene Badley, Hancock, Charles A. and
Sandy Badley, Port Huron , and David~
and Barbara Badley, South Haven ; SIX
grandchi ldren ; three brothers , Cecil
Badley, Mount Dora, Florida; Loren
Badley, Port Huron , and Clifford Badley,
Marysville; and one sister, Mrs . Thomas
(June) Sawdon , Port Huron. Funeral services were held at the Washington Avenue
UMC on December 8, with Rev. Bob
Burkey officiating. Memorials may be
made to the church.
First Methodist of Hancock invites
anyone interested in hearing Rev. Lawry
to their Sunday morning worship at 10:45
or to visit at the parsonage. First Methodist
will be planning many activities in hosting
Rev. Lawry and hoping to make his stay
in the U.P. a memorable one.
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Five Michigan pastors ~xchange
plac.es with English counterparts
KATHY GOOLIAN r/1/f//fO/
MCA StaH Reporter
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(MCA)- Five Michigan United
Methodist pastors participated in
an exchange program with
English Methodist pastors this
summer. The Advocate contacted the pastors on this side of
the water to find out how the exchange was going.
The Rev. Thomas Badley of
Clio Bethany UMC exchanged
places with the Rev. Robert Cyril
Murrish of Newquay, Cornwall.
Murrish reported that he pastors
four churches in England: Claremont, St. Columb-Minor, Crantock, and Culbert. He has 230
parishioners total. He spent six
Sundays at Clio, from July 8 to
August 19.
The two pastors met when
Murrish was showing Cornish
slides in the UP at Hancock UMC
to Cornish parishioners.
Murrish was born in Flint and
spent his first Sunday in the U.S.
at Flint Asbury, where he was
baptized . He has visited Frankenmuth and lots of Bethany
parishioners' homes. Clio is near
Flint.
THE REV. ALAN Hardy of
Newton Abbot exchanged places
with Detroit Conference Council
Director Ted Doane. In Doane's
absence he has been learning
how the UMC in America works,
under the training of the Revs.
Stan Sutton and Bill Verhelst of
the Conference staff.
Doane is at Newton Abbot Circuit serving as pastor of six churches. Three of the churches are
in Dartmoor National Park.
The Rev. Carol Johns of
Owosso UMC traded places with
the Rev. Brian James Snellgrove
of Gravesend, Kent. Johns was in
England from May 28 to J.uly ~·
She was in an urban sett1ng 1n
Gravesend. She pastored at
Milton Road, in the city, Dene
Holm, a housing estate , and
Shorne, a sm9,1 1village . Because
of the availability of lay preachers, the pastor does not preach
in every church every Sunday.
"I came back more appreciative of the American UMC,"
Johns said . "I appreciated the
differences and the opportunity to
serve in England and experience
the faith within the church there.
But I came back very glad my
ancestors had chosen to become
American. Every Michigan pastor
should try it at least once. People
couldn 't have been more gracious."
The Rev. Gilson Miller of Highland UMC exchanged places with
the Rev. John David Howard,
who pastors in W. Smethwick (an
inner city church) and.St. ~o~ ~s,
less than a mile apart 1n Birmingham, 100 · miles northwest of
London.
HOWARD WAS IN Highland
from June 29 to Aug. 5, then touring the Rockies for two weeks.
The Highland church is southeast
of Flint in Oakland County, "an
affluent area compared to what
I' m used to," Howc;trd says.
Most of the services during his
time here were done in English
style. Songs of Praise is a service
in which parishioners choose a
hymn to sing and tell why they
like it. Howard and his wife were
heavily involved, in the church's
Vacation Bible School.
While here he visited Cass
Community UMC, Baldwin Ave.
Community Center in Pontiac,
and the Pontiac Alternative Transitional Housing. He had a long
talk with Detroit East District
Superintendent Phylemon Titus.
In England people get dependent on benefits, Howard said,
while in the U.S. they can slip
through the benefit net. Local
governments in England are by
statute to house all fam ilies.
" There are signs of God's
grace that become evident as
time goes on ," Howard said. " It
gives hope."
The Rev. Mary Albery of
Berkley First UMC has spent the
summer in Liverpool. Her exchange pastor is the Rev. John
Arthur Fisher. Albery arrived in
London June 25 and was due
back Aug. 9. She phoned a
parishioner in the U.S. who had
heart bypass surgery.
Fisher pastors Crosby church
in Liverpool and Moor Lane
church. While here he has been
taken to Tiger baseball games,
Meadowbrook to hear the Detroit
Symphony, Detroit Metropolitan
Church and Belle Isle. He participated in a midweek service at
Berea St. Paul's and a partnership picnic .
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Badley, Thomas G.