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Author of Vfuat Books
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Clubs and Fraternal Organizations :
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17. Any Additional Information of Interest:
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Officiating Ministers
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--Additi onal Biographical Experiences, Episodes or Further
REV. AND MRS. RALPH CHURCHILL
of Detroit will be guests of honor at a
(reception in St. James United Methodist
Church, Puritan at Archdale, November
16, from 2 to 4 p.m. in observance of their
·25th wedding anniversary, which occurs
on November 20. The members of the
church are sponsoring the event and
friends from former _.Pas~~rates are welcome to attend. J/-ft>- 19 q
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DETROIT CONFERENCE HISTOR ICAL SOCIETY FILE
Name : Churc hill
(last)
Ralph
(f irst)
Date of Recor d __________
Donald
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Famil y Background:
Father 1 s name i n f u I I_________.:_R:..:U:..:S::..:s::..:e::..:l=-1=----------------------------------------Date of b i r t h---------------- Nat ion a I it y,__________ Occ upat i on ____________
Mother 1 s Maiden Name
Margaret
Frink
Date of birth ________________ Nationality__________________________________
An y Nota ble item in family histor y (Pu b li c Ser vice, Aut horship 1 Invention,
Education 1 Medic ine, et c . 1 et c .
PERSONA L HISTORY:
I.
Re li gious Experi ence and Church Work before entering the Minlst r v------------Commitment made when it appeared that I would ei t her die or be
paralyzed when ill with Polio when fourteen years of age.
2.
ca 1 1 to the Mi n 1stry I followed through on this adolescent commitment
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until I entered seminary during W.W . II. I quit seminary and enlisted
in navy hos~ital corus . God wou ld not let me go . I returned to seminary
l"O 1 lOWlng S1SCharge !·rom navy,
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Ed ucat ion: Schoo Is and Degrees - --High Schoo 1 McKenz1e- Detro1 t
Co l lege __~A~l~b~i~o~n~-------------Seminar y ____~G~a~r~r~e~t~t~------------------Post-Graduate __________________________________________________________
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Admitted on Tri a l, and Ordinat ions :
1947 - deacon
1949- Elde r
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Marri age:
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Wi fe's ma iden name ..:.__J ean...Rickard :-
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( Wm. Rickard)
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May 16 ' 19 50
June 10 , 1953
January l, 1966
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Appo intments served, with dates :
Cedarburg , Wi~~-·___ 1947_::~----Court Street, Flint, Mich 1948-50
Epworth- Sag inaw
Caro
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1950-56
1956- 63
First - Saginaw
1963-67
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1967-73
Central- Ponti'ac
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Conference Camp Commission
Director of ministeria l recruitment
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Conference Youth Commission
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Conf er enc e Committe e on
Christiani~g~at
Vie- pres. Board of Pensions
Pre. Bd. of Support System s
Pres. Council on Prof MinE s try and Supp<
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Trustee conferenc e Revolving Fund
Pub I lc or Community Offi ces :
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Ser vice Record with U. S. A~me d Forces :
U.S. Navy -Ph. M. 2/c 1943-1945
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Writings - - Ar t ic les or Books :
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Recreat ion , Hobbi es, et c. Wei g htlifting- body buildi ng
Swimming
Sai l ing
p i ng p ong
golf
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Clubs and Fraternal Organ i zations :
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List one or two i tems wh ic h you consider outstBnding in yo ur Min i stry ;
s uch as a Sui !di ng Program, an Evangelistic Crusade , an exceptiona l Class
of New Members, some bit of community ser v ice, etc.
Organized and coac~~a body-building charabter development club for
boys and men in Caro, Michigan ( Caro Strength And Health Club)
Received 560 members in four years at Saginaw First
Had combines choirs of 180 voices in Caro.
Organied St. James Singers ( Gospel Folk Group)
Took Epworth when it was about to be abandoned and in six years trippled
membership and built it to aveage attendance of 230.
C L I P P I NGS
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Detroit Retirees ' Experiences
ADRIAN (MCA)-Each year the time
shared with the retiring clergy families is
one of the highlights of the Detroit Annual
Conference.
This year 13 clergy retired and shared
their experiences on Friday afternoon,
June 15. We have highlighted some of
sharing from Gary and Mildred Kellermann on page 1 and from Bishop and Lois
Thompson on page 7 in a different feature
story. Some of the higlights include:
Ralph and Jean Churchill-He told
about how he had polio at 14 and was temporarily paralysed. It ~as at thi.s po~n~ that
he was willing to be mvolved 1n m1mstry,
and has never regretted it. He did marry
another Detroit Conference pastor's sister
(Jean's brother is :rex ~ic~a.rd). Jean
recalled a time early 1n the1r m1n1stry when
someone asked: "What do you feel about
the new minister?""l'm married to him"
was her reply.
Floyd and Nancy Ellison were not present retiring on the twenty year rule.
G~rald and Norma Fisher-Their
retirement is going to be hard, with all the
travel between Traverse Cityin the summer and Fort Myers, Florida in the winter!
She retired from teaching _last year, and
was asked: "What will you do with all your
tree time?" Her answer, It's a myth that
ou have free time! "Unknowns can be
if it is true that you,have a P?sitive
known in your life, God. Jerry sa1d th~t
ever since he accepted Jesus as h1s
savior at 17, I've had a reason to get up
in the morning."
Jack and Winifred Fulcher-She said,
"I'd like to thank God and this conference
tor keeping us employed for 40 years!
Also, we are grateful for the Methodist
Children's Village where we adopted ?ur
0 children and the Chelsea U.M. Retlre:ent Home where Jack's mother died
with dignity." Jack related how he use.d
to worry about being short, an~ one of h1s
friends said, 'Jack, they're ~aymg us. from
He ment1oned th1s to
he neck up.'
tWinifred
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whY 1 had to work!" When he was you.n g
d discouraged, someone sa1d,
?,~espise not thy youth," and he knows
hat is true today.
t Gary and Mildred Kell~rman-~i~dred
as enjoyed being the w1fe o! a mm1ster,
~hanks God for the four sons g1ven to them
and is grateful for the church and all the
rtunities we've had. Gary remembers
~:a~ they went to conferenc~ and did not
know where they were movmg. He was
b.K.
Gary and Mildred Kellerman share their
experience at retirement.
appointed to Chatham Village and asked
where that was. 'You are starting itt' was
his D.S.'s reply.
George and Minnie Kllbourn-He
retired from General Motors after 26 years
and then came to Lola Valley for the past
ten years. He has really enjoyed the work
there, especially with children. She had
heart surgery seven weeks ago, but would
not miss this.
Lou and Beverly Reyner-missed
because of his health, on disability since
1978.
Clyde and Helen Smith-Clyde mentioned that he always made it a point to
attend this service. "It always inspired me
and sent me out to be a better minister."
Dale and Carol Stewart-He ha~ been
an Air Force chaplain for the past 28
years. Carol could not be present because
she has been on kidney dialysis for the
past eight years in San Antonio. He then
gave a powerful and moving testimony to
her faith and spirit and what it has meant
to his ministry. "Like Clyde Smith, I'm going to keep my three minutes to 15!"
Bishop and Lois Thompson-He said,
"If you want a good wife, pray to the Lord
for one! I did. No black preacher can
preach in three minutes, we haven't even
given the introductions by then." She
said, "We don't know what the future
holds, but we know who holds the future."
They introduced their family and the bus
load of Conant Avenue members who had
come down to see them off.
Bishop and Mrs. Ammons hosted the
group for dinne r following the
presentations.
Detroit Annual Conference
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OBITUARIES
. Jean R. Churchill
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EAST TAWAS - Jean R.
Churchill, 84, of East Tawas and
formerly of Oscoda, 'died Monday,
Dec. 29, 2003 at home .
She was born March 29, 1919
in Houghton. She was a member of
Tawas United Methodist Church
and United Methodist Women. She
and her husband, Rev. Ralph
Churchill, founded the Tawas FISH,
Inc. organizatiOJJ. She was an internationally published poet and was
active in rriany church and civic activities. She and her husband retired
to their home along Cedar Lake
which they had owned since the
950's.
Surviving are her husband, Rev.
alph D. Churchill; two daughters,
Jea1mine Denton and her husband,
Rev. Bruce Denton, of Flushing and
Jan Kalo and her husband, Gordon,
ofTawas; a son, Scott Churchill and
his wife, Tammy, of Newport; six
grandchildren, Cory and Aaron
Kalo, Joshua and Zachary Churchill
and Michael and Christopher
Denton; a brother, Rev. William
Rickard ofHarrison Township; and
two sisters-in-law, Ruth Taylor of
Tifford Grove, Ore. and Evelyn Richard ofMt. Clemens. She was pre- ·
ceded in death by two daughters,
Colleen and Judith; and by two
brothers, Robert and Edwin
Rickard.
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A memorial service will be held
Saturday, April3 at 2 p.m. at Tawas
United Methodist Church with Rev.
David Huseltine officiating: The
cremains wilf be interred in the
Clinton Grove Cemetery in Mt.
Clemens. Arrangements are by
Jacques and Kobs Funeral Home in
Tawas .City. The family suggests
memorial contributions be directed
to Tawas FISH, Inc., P.O. Box 548,
East Tawas, MI 48730.
J~~ CHURCHILL, wife of
the Rev. Ralph D. Churchill
(retired Detroit Conference
pastor), died Dec. 29. A
memorial service will be held
on Apr. 3, 2004 at Tawas
UMC, 20 East M-55, Tawas,
Michigan. Condolences may
be sent to the Rev. Ralph
Churchill, c/o Mrs. Jeannine
Denton, 1159 Clearview
Drive, Flushing, MI 48433.
JEANNINE ANN CHURCHILL, daughter
of Rev. and Mrs. Ralph D. Churchill of
Detroit, and BRUCE MICHAEL DENTON,
~ son of Mr. and Mrs. Douglass 0 . Denton
-, · of Mahwah, New J ersey, were united in
~"marriage May 20 at St. James United
~ Methodist Church in Detroit. Rev. Joseph
~H . Ablett of Marysville and the bride's
father performed the double-ring ceremony. Given in marriage by he r father,
the bride was attended by Christine Carelli,
Mary Pritchard, Kathleen Franek and
Janice Churchill. The groom was attended
by Dale Denton, Douglas Spade, Lawr ence
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Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Denton
Angelo and Ronald Mead. Mark Westfall and Darrell Knox served as ushers
and Tracey Jenkins and Scott Churchill
were flower girl and ring bearer. Following a reception in the fellowship hall, the
' newlyweds departed for a honeymoon in
Bermuda. The bride is a graduate of University of Michigan School of Nursing. The
groom graduated from Adrian College and
plans to enter Garrett Theological Semiin Se tember.
Churchill, Ralph D.