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EARL w. DOWNING - CANDIDATE
FOR TRUSTEE, BOARD OF EDUCATION
BRIGHTON AREA SCHOOLS
3422 West Hilt on Estates Drive,
Brig~ton,
MI - 227 -7 215
PER S ONAL DATA
Brighton Tmmship resident 11 years. T1'1 0 children Brighton High School
graduates~
One son presently B.H.S. s tu dent.
EDUCATION
O.A. in Sociology, Wayne State University; M.Div., Oberlin Graduate School;
M.S.W . in Psychiatric Social Work, Wayne State University
D1PLOYMENT
Presently : Licensing Consultant, Child Care Agencies, MI Department of Social
Services. Previously: Ex ecutive Director of child care agencies in Iowa, Nebraska , and Michigan (serving emotionally impaired, ment ally impaired, and
pre-delinquent children and youth); family counselor, university faculty,
community pl anner , pastor
PROFESSIONAL , AFFILIATIONS
National Association of Social Workers , MI Association of Child Care Agencies,
Regional All i<~mce of Child Care Agencies, Child \•lel fare League of ·America, ~II
Task Force on Mental Health Pl anning, .MI State Employees Association
OTHER AFFILIATIONS AND INTERESTs ·
Previous: Eastern Nebraska ~1 e ntal Health Association; Im'la \vel fare Association,
Iowa Crime and Delinquency Council, Im-.Jm Governor's Committee on Youth, I owa
Round Tabl e of Catholics , Protestants, and Jews; MI Youth Protection Agency,
Oakland Community Coll ege Planning Committee , NASW General Assembly Del egate ,
tviSEA General Assembly Delegate Present: Li vingston Players, Hartl and Players,
First United Hethodist Church, Brighton
ABILITIES AND EXPER I ENCE APPLICABLE TO BOARD OF EDUCATlO~ POSITION
28 years experi ence working with and in behalf of children, youtb, and
families
/\dmini::;t rati vc cxpcriE;nce in design anc! cperotlon o f programs for children
and youth
Experience in organizational budgeting, staffing, staff development , consultati on, and negotiation
Experience in organizational goal sett i ng, objectives determinati on, and
development of plans of action
Experience in developing community support for programming
Teaching experience with adolescents and adults
·. ***Pr e13ared· by the Committee to Elect Earl Downing.***
( See other s ide for candidate ' s position statement on education in the
Brighton Area Schools.)
MINISTERIAL BIOGRAPH ICA L FORM
DETROIT CONFERENCE HISTORICA L SOCIETY FILE
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Fam l ly Backgr.ound:
Fathe.r 's name in f u I I
Date of b irth
Mother ' s Maiden
Sept .
Col JJmhJJs Arthur Down; ng
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1908
Nat l on a 1 i t-hmeric an
Occupation For eman, Ford Co.
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Any Notab le item In fami ly history (Publi c Service, Authorship, Invention;.
Education 1 Medicine, e t c. , etc.
PERSONA L HISTORY :
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Re I i g Jous Ex per Jence and Church Work before enter Ing the Ml n I st ry Hom@ Church,
Ford Memorial Active in Dist.ri ct. Conference and Ar ea Youth !lar k in Method ist Church
and Council of Churches. ~ ~- - .
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Cal 1 to the Mi n istry
other than War .
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Ed uca tion:
VJ Day, 1945 t o dedicate mys elf and life t o finding Peace
Sc hools and Degrees ---High Sc hool McKi nsey Hi gh Sch ool , 1946
Co I Iege Wayne IInilrersit.Jr 1 951
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Seminary Oberlin,
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Pos t-Gr ad uat e Prese ntly working on Master ' s Degree in Social Wor k
ceive degree in 1961.
Ad mitted on Tr ial 1 and Ordina t ions :
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Local Preacher s license , 1946 . On Tria l, 1951, Received full membership ,
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Marriage :
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Wife's maiden name ~Gloria ~~~e Kleps er
Date _Feb . lO., .. .l951
~aptist
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Associa t e Pastor
Offices held in the Conference, or on Di strict: Dean, Officers ' Training Campi . 1956 , 5758
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Sub- Dist. M.Y.F. Counselor, 1 955- 56; In structor, Schools of Churchmanship; Bib e & Yout
Wor k; Board of Tr nstee s, We.sley_ Eoundation, Way_n.e__$tJ3..te Univ.; Cha irman of Commission .
Recreation & Community of the Dist . M. Y.F . ; Pres i dent of Dist . M.Y. F.; Cha irman of
Conference G.DmmJmitjLS.er.Y.icJL.M •.Y....F as... ..we.lL...a.s_Area Cha irman_._ _ _ __ __ _ _ _ _ __
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Pub I ic or Community Offices:
Cha irman, Madison He i gh ts Pastors ' Assoc ., Cha irman, Youth Protection Committee, Mad i s on
"tte i ghts, Member of Bciarcr of ·so: Oakland co;united Communf-ty -Serv-ices·~
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Se r v ice Record with U.S. Armed Forces:
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Clubs and Frater nal Organizations :
RotAry Club, Madison Heights , 1957- 58
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Li st one or two items wh i ch you cons ide r outstandin g in your Ministry;
s uc h as aBuild i ng Program, an Evangelistic Cru s ade, an exceptiona l Class
of New Membe r s , some bit of community serv ice, etc.
One of my goals in this community, apart from my re gul ar pastoral work, is
to develop a spirit of cooper ation among the ministers i n t he area of the
various de nominations . Out of t his was bor n a Community Census which I
directed . Over 200 people partic ipated t o make a r e ligious census of t he
c ommunity. ne , as a group , have gone on t o community service s a nd other
c ommunity projects . It is my personal hope that though the cooperation
of the churches, the c ommu nity a s a whole will be uhified and ma ny of the
deve lopmental growing pains in t he c ommunity hea led . The only ot her item
of a ny consequence is the c ooperPtion with the schools, the Probat e Court
to organize a Youth Protection Association . The purpose of the group is
to seek out children
C L I P P I N G S who are disturbed because of
(about you personal ly or your mi nistry)
personal or f amily probl ems a nd give them help be fore these problems manif e st themselves in breaking t he l aw . This program has been very successful in Haze l Park, Mich ., and we have like hopes it will r ender a real s er vice to t he young people in our community .
REV. EARL W. DOWNING, former
m ember of the Detroit Conference, serving in Iowa as the branch director of
Hillcrest Services to Children and Youth,
has recently received a special appointment to the position of executive director
of the Creche Home for Children, 3713
No. 52nd, Omaha, Nebraska. The home
provides a group living experience for
a capacity of 30 children ran_ging from
first through six th grades.-5"- IS' ,.. (g 'f
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If the s ubject of this Sketch is deceased , p lease enter :
Date of death _________________________ P lace _____________________________________
P lace of Bur ia l ______________________________________________________________________
Earl and Gloria Down ing,
42 years; honorable location:
Earl, whose home church was
Ford Memorial in Detroit, recalled deaconess Marybelle Stewart,
who inspired him to do youth ministry. Downing has worked as a
social worker to "help heal young
lives and young families that have
been badly hurt." He expressed
regret that he was unable to find
a position as a church social
worker. However, he said , "God
has been good to me, blessing
me with ministry and marriage."
He concluded his remarks with
advice given him by a high school
speech teacher: "To be seen,
stand up; to be heard, speak up;
to be appreciated, sit down."
Gloria added, "As we are last, I
will get the last word. 'Amen' to all
that has been said about Christian ministry." "'/01-1)93
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