DETROIT, MI (June 23, 2017) — The Evangelical Covenant Church honored clergy with “Lifetime Service Recognition” awards during the denomination’s 132nd Annual Meeting today.
With so many ministers and missionaries who continue to serve in various capacities of ministry rather than retiring at 65, the ECC honors all clergy when they reach 65. Plaques were presented to clergy who were in attendance.
Clergy are honored at the conference level, and the denomination also provides recognition at the national level because many pastors retire from conferences in which they did not spend the majority of their ministry years.
The citation honors them for “lifetimes of faithful service and godly obedience.”
Jesse B. Adams, Robertsdale, Alabama
Mark R. Alberici, Columbus, Georgia
Paul R. Allen, Clarendon, Illinois
Lon Allison, West Chicago, Illinois
Kirt E. Anderson, Naples, Florida
Robert H. Anderson, Roseville, California
Gregory E. Asimakoupoulos, Mercer Island, Washington
Michael R. Baker, Sugar Land, Texas
Paul A. Barnes, Turlock, California
David P. Benedict, Bemidji, Minnesota
Mark A. Bengtson, Sargeant, Minnesota
Gregory J. Bestland, Buffalo, Minnesota
Paul D.G. Bramer, Toronto, Ontario
Dorothy H. Brown, Leawood, Kansas
Thomas L. Cameron, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Keith E. Carlson, Dassel, Minnesota
Keith W. Carpenter, Kent, Washington
T. Daniel Clayborne, New Sweden, Maine
Hugh Milton Coke, Tucker, Georgia
Paul A. Day, Portland, Maine
Dwight A. Diller, Riley, Kansas
David K. Eaton, Duluth Minnesota
Daniel R. Edwards, Neenah, Wisconsin
Harvey J. Fiskeaux, Nome, Alaska
Gerald Froese, Sarnia, Ontario
Jorge L. Garcia, Chula Vista, California
Scot Gillan, Naperville, Illinois
Jules D. Glanzer, Hillsboro, Kansas
Steven E. Grubbs, San Diego, California
Ali Hasan, San Jose, California
Steven M. Hoden, Oakland, Nebraska
Lawrence C. Hudson, Spokane, Washington
David R. Johnson, Durban, Manitoba
Raymond W. Johnston, Loomis, California
Jae H. Koo, Mt. Prospect, Illinois
Richard E. Krasky, Elk River, Minnesota
Joel A. Kruggel, Bedford, New Hampshire
David W. Lindfors, Rockford, Illinois
Robert A. Linscheid, Stockton, California
Lawrence W. Linsenmaier, Lakewood, Colorado
Marilyn C. Lynch, Redwood City, California
Mary C. Miller, Middletown, Connecticut
Mark D. Mosher, Mesa, Arizona
James D. Oberg, Owatonna, Minnesota
Robert L. Owens, Lithia Springs, Georgia
Sally A. Pierce, Batavia, Illinois
Craig E. Roberts, Loomis, Nebraska
Alberto R. Ruiz, Ceres, California
Stephen E. Salowitz, Two Harbors, Minnesota
Thomas F. Sharkey, Youngstown, Ohio
Ronald F. Short, El Dorado Hills, California
Peter D. Sjoblom, Chicago, Illinois
Stephen A. Tousseau, Venice, Florida
Gamaniel Valle, Canoga Park, California
Raymond W. Wall, Rosebud, Alberta
Daniel M. Ward, Spring Valley, California
Mark G. Westlind, Chicago, Illinois
Douglas R. Wootten, Madison, Alabama
