A Larger Circuit
An Odyssey in Ministry
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I told Dr. Galatas that I wasn't sure as a seventeen year old college freshman, even with my licensing, that I knew how to be a pastor. His reply, which has stuck with me in the years since was, "You go out there and love those folks and they'll teach you what you have to know." He was right!...At 5:36 p.m. on March 27, 1964, the largest earthquake ever recorded in North America, and the second largest in history, rattled coastal Alaska for close to 5 minutes. ...I was not home! But Pat and the children were!
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About the Book
I began this effort to tell the story of our ministry in order that our grandchildren might know something of our lives before they came along. All of them arrived on the scene after my retirement from the Air Force Chaplaincy. Most of them remember us only later after we had retired from serving Methodist churches and were living at Canyon Lake, Texas. Because of distances most of them have heard only bits and pieces of our (Pat and myself) ministry challenges throughout the world. This is an effort to share with them the exciting and sometimes difficult experiences of those earlier years.
About the Author
A Missourian originally, Bill holds degrees from numerous academic institutions. He was ordained as a minister in the United Methodist Church and served as a pastor in Missouri and Maryland before being commissioned as a Chaplain in the United States Air Force. He spent twenty-six years on active duty, retiring in 1980 in the grade of colonel. Following this, he pastored in Texas for many more years. He and his wife, Pat, of sixty-one years have three children and eight grandchildren.