I am pleased to report that we recently were able to rehire Mr. David Gray, a local elder and 1975 graduate of Ambassador College in Big Sandy. Mr. Gray had been laid off in December, 1982 due to a budget crunch while serving in Corpus Christi, Harlingen and Victoria, Texas as assistant pastor to Mr. Dennis Van Deventer. After the layoff, the Grays moved to Ft. Collins, Colorado, where Mr. Gray served as a local church elder in the Ft. Collins, Colorado; Wheatland, Wyoming; and Scottsbluff, Nebraska congregations, assisting Mr. Chuck Zimmerman. Mr. Gray is now serving as a full-time assistant pastor to Mr. Zimmerman. Mr. Gray and his wife, Ronnie, a 1973 graduate of Big Sandy, have two children — Eric, who is six, and Charles, two.
I hope that we will be able to hire a few more assistant pastors in the coming months to help relieve the increasing workload in the field. Please continue to pray that God will give us the increase needed to be able to do the hiring.
We also had some exciting news regarding one of our student employees here in Ministerial Services. In the College Forum on Thursday, March 28, it was announced that the new Student Body President for the 1985-86 school year will be Paul Bennett. Paul has been working for us for the past several months and has proven to be quite a valuable asset to the department. We are very pleased about the new opportunity he will have during the coming school year.
As Passover is only days away, let each of us as God's ministers really examine ourselves and our commitment to the great responsibility to which God has called us. As leaders, we have the greater accountability. Let's ask God for His Spirit to lead us in diligently teaching His people the true words of eternal life, and setting the example of overcoming in our own Christian lives.
This week we are including several comments from our fellow ministers in Australia. As you will see, the highlight during the month of January was Mr. Waterhouse's visit to the land down under, where he spoke 27 times.
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