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MINISTERIAL BIOGRAPHICAL FORM
DETROIT CONFERENCE
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Date of b1rtb5/5/1901
SNedish Occupat 1on Telephone co.
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Religious Experience and
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Call to the fJiinistry
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1959 - Garrett
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Honorary Degrees
A historian, a former congressman,
two United Methodist clergymen, and a
member of the Adrian College faculty
received honorary degrees at the 119th
commencement at Adrian College on
May 20 .
Dr. Ray Allen Billington, senior
research associate at the Huntington
Library in San Marino, California, will be
awarded an honorary Doctor of Letters.
Dr. Billington received his Ph .D. from
Harvard and is a consultant to the
Library of Congress. He will deliver the
commencement address.
Receiving an honorary Doctor of
Divinity is Rev . Paul F. Blomquist. He
attended Aarian College and graduated
Rev. Paul A.
Blomquist
from Fort Hays State College and
Garrett.Theological Seminary. A native
of Boston, Mass ., Re v. Blomquist has
been for the past six years superintendent of the Flint District of the United
Methodist Church .
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Paul Blomquist
Superintendent,
His Appointment
Effective in June
ISHOP Dwight E. Loder announces
that Rev. Paul Blomquist, pastor of
the First United Methodist Chw-ch of
Warren, will become the new superintendent of the Flint District effective at the
June session of the Detroit Annual Conference. Mr. Blomquist will succeed Dr.
Garfield H. Kellermann who is completing
the limited six-year term. In making the
announcement, Bishop Loder had hlgh
praise for Dr. Kellermann's effectiveness
Garfield H .
Kellc1mann
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Paul F.
Blomquist
as a superintendent and for the r ecord Mr.
Blomquist has had as a pastor.
Mr. Blomquist was hom in Melrose,
Mass., graduated from Kansas State College, Garrett Theological Seminary and
joined the West Michigan Conference on
probation in 1957. He served as an associate pastor at Niles and later was appointed to Coloma. He transferred to the
New England Conference in 1962 and transferred to the Detroit Conference in 1964.
Since then. he has served as an associate
at Femdale First; Troy Big Beaver; and
his present appointment at Warren. Bishop
Loder rates him as one of the conference's
best preachers and pastors and one who
"relates to people."
Mrs. Blomquist is a Michiganian having
come from Dundee where her parents are
active church members. Commenting on hls
appointment, Mr. Blomquist says he is
committed to the importance of the local
church and believes that more of the
younger ministers hold a similar commitment. He also feels there is a more balanced ministry emerging between the personal
and social emphasis.
Dr. Kellermann was a minister in the
former Evangelical United Brethren
Church and had served churches of that
denomination in Detroit, Grand Rapids,
Flint and was Conference Superintendent
at the time of unification. Since then he
has been serving his present appointment. •
Conference honors
four retiring pastors
ERIK ALSGAARD
MCA editor
The Detroit Annual Conference honored four pastors
granted retirement status in
1996. The number was down
this year compared to years
past, but the speeches and the
emotions felt were still present.
G. Charles Ball - 41 years
service. Rev. Ball came from
the
Evangelical
United
Brethren Church, and was
ordained an elder in 1961 . He
served many churches, last
serving the Frankenmuth
UMC. He and wife Margaret
will be living in Saginaw, where
Charles will continue his minis try part-time on the staff of
Midland: First.
Paul F. Blomqu~ 4 1
years service. Rev. Blomquist
has served as d elegate to five
General and Jurisdictional
C onferences .
He
served
churches in the West Michigan,
New England, and D etroit
Conferences, and was F lint
District Superintendent in the
mid-70's. Paul and wife Bea
'are m oving to the C larkston
area, where they look forward
to " n ew adventures and holy
surprises."
James A. Craig - 40 years
service. Rev. Craig has spent
the las t 25 years in appointments beyond the local
church, most recently the Congregational Development Unit
of the Na tional D ivision, G eneral Board of Global Ministries. H e served churches in
the Central Illinois, New York
and D etroit Conferences, and
was F lint District Superintendent from 1979 to 1985, following Paul Blomqu ist. H e
and wife Phyllis will reside in
Montclair, New Jersey, in retirement.
Wayne D. Jensen - 35
years service. Rev. Jensen
served primarily in the town
and country parish, and grew
up in the Millington Methodist
Church. He served part-time
in the p arish and part-time as
a professor of Sociology. "In all
endeavors," he writes, "I h ave
sought to be faithful to the call
of the Master." H e and wife
Yvonne will spend retirement
years traveling and listening to
grand ch ildren sing in their
church choir.
Also retiring: Marion A.
Poh1y - local pastor; Don Silvis - honorable location.
Being acknowledged for service - Rothwell McVety local p as tor; Anna Marie
Austin - Pastor from another
den omination .
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