Centennial Sunday
April 19, 2009
Pastor/Seminarian Visitors
| It was great to have the following Pastor/Seminarian visitors join our Centennial Celebration and participate in our April 19, 2009, worship service and/or in our processional during the service. We enjoyed the opportunity to see them and visit with them at a reception at the Carol Stream Holiday Inn on Saturday, April 18, as well as at our celebration in Stewart Hall following the worship service on Sunday, April 19, 2009. |
Rev. Margaret Fox, Director of Christian Education 1975-1985;
Now Honorably Retired, Lincoln, MI |
Rev. Paul S. Stavrakos, Senior Pastor 1980-1989;
Now Honorably Retired, Philadelphia, PA |
Rev. Karen Terada, Associate Pastor 1988-1990;
Now Pastor, Eastminster Presbyterian, Columbus, OH
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Rev. Pamela Gilbert, Associate Pastor 2000-2002;
Now Member at-large, Chicago Presbytery |
Rev. Dr. Lynne M. Myers, Interim Associate and Senior Pastor 2003-2004;
Now Executive Presbyter, Presbytery of de Cristo, Tucson, AZ |
Dr. Mabel Koshy: Seminarian from First Presbyterian, Northern Seminary;
Now Doctor of Ministry Candidate, Northern Seminary |
Chuck Lindberg, Member Beginning Prior to 1983 until 2005.
Rev. Katie (Jeffress) Lindberg, Associate Pastor September 1992 - May 2005;
Now Pastor, St. Johns United Church, Chesterton, IN
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Karen Parkinson, Member over 25 Years.
Rev. Ericka Parkinson Kilbourne, Seminarian from First Presbyterian, Princeton Theological
Seminary;
Now Associate Pastor, Richland Presbyterian, Richland, MI |
Rev. Dr. Jerald B. Landry, Interim Pastor, Head of Staff, 2005-2006;
Now Honorably Retired, Sarasota, FL,
and Carolyn Landrey |
Peter Wilkie and Rev. Caryle Aitken Wilkie, Interim Associate Pastor 2006-2008;
Now Pastor, First Presbyterian, Brookfield and North Riverside, IL |
Rev. Ed Lanier, Honorably Retired, Wheaton, IL;
Now Parish Associate, First Presbyterian, Wheaton, IL |
Ms. Patricia Locke, Seminarian from First Presbyterian, McCormick Theological Seminary;
Candidate for Ordination |
Phil Slocum and Diane Slocum, Former Director of High School Youth Ministry 1995-2005, Seminarian from First Presbyterian, Northern Seminary;
Now Candidate for Ordination and Pastoral Staff, Elmhurst Presbyterian, Elmhurst, IL |
Rev. Glauber Ribeiro, a Parish Associate at First Presbyterian, attended the Saturday evening reception but not the Centennial Sunday celebration. He filled in for Katie Lindberg on Sunday, preaching at St. Johns United Church, Chesterton, IN. |
Dr. Douglas J. Brouwer, Pastor, Head of Staff of First Presbyterian Church of Wheaton 1991-2004, and his family were missed at our Centennial Sunday celebration.
Doug was Pastor, Head of Staff at First Presbyterian Church, Ann Arbor, MI, from 2004 until April 5, 2009. He began his new position as Senior Pastor, First Presbyterian Church, Ft. Lauderdale, FL - http://www.firstpres.cc - on Easter Sunday, April 12, 2009. Congratulations, Doug!
Doug and his wife, Susan DeYoung, have been married
for nearly 32 years. Their daughter Sarah Brouwer is now in
her final year at Luther Theological Seminary. Under the care of Twin Cities
Presbytery, Sarah is hoping to be ordained in the PCUSA within the next year.
She was married last summer—the joyous occasion for their family photograph. Their daughter
Elizabeth is a senior at the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, University of
Michigan. She is hoping to find an internship for next year in government before
applying to graduate school for the following year.
This information and the above photo are from the brochure on the website of the First Presbyterian Church of Ft. Lauderdale, FL - http://firstpres.cc/images/Brouwerbrochure.pdf.
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Our thanks to Phyllis Josephson and Bob Stevensfor the photos!
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