Bell, Gary W.

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Bell, Gary W.
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Gary

William
Bell

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Age 26; single; home church: Ann
Arbor First; graduate Oakland University 1972, B.A . degree; post grad .
courses at Wayne State University
1973; 1st year at Colgate Rochester
Divinity School.

JUNE 19, 1975

~RIESS ~IELIEASIE

THE UNITED MET HODIST CHURCH
D ETR OIT CONF E R E N C E HEADQU A RTE R S
2111 WOOD WAR D A V EN U E
DET RO IT , M IC H IGA N 48201

CO M M I SS I ON O N PUBLIC RELATI O N S

Ph on e 313/ 961-8340

By :

Con f e r ence Press Room
Adri an Col l ege
Adri an, J1ichigan
Ph one (313) 263 - 0180

Doug Ol s en
June 6 , 1975

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE , PLEASE :

The Rev . Mr . Gary \<li l liarn Be ll Ha s electe d to Deacon' s Orders , and received
as a Probationary member of The Detroit An n ua l Con f erenc e o f The United Meth odis t
Ch ur c h on l'ied nesda y afte rnoon, June 4th , as the 1 34th consecu t ive a nnual session
beg an in Dawson Aud i toriwn on the campus of Adrian Col l ege , Adrian , Michiga n .
On vle dnesday evening, h e v1as ordained a De a con in th e United Hethodist Church
b y Bi shop Dwight E . Loder,

R~sident

Bi s hop of Th e Michi gan Area of The Un i te d

Me thodist Church .
Son of Mr . and !1rs . Willi am Bell of Livonia , 11ic h i gan.

The Rev . Mr . Bell was

gradua ted f rom De ntley High Sch ool in Li vonia, !·lichigan.
He r e ce i v e d n . A . degree f rom Oak l and Uni vers i ty in Roc h es ter , t-1id1iga n in 1972 ;
and is pre s e nt l y enrolled as a studen t a t Colgate- Roches ter Divini ty Schoo l 1n
Roch es t er , Nevi Yo rk.
Recommended for a Li cense to

Preac~

Me thod i st Church, Ann Arbor, Michigan.

by the Char ge Con ference of First United
Th e Rev . Mr. Bell is pursuing the course of

s tudy required for full membership in the Detroit Annua l

Conf~ ren cc .

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