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Church & People News for June 23, 2005

NewsReligious Herald  |  July 11, 2005

Staff changes

Mark T. Lewis, now serving as full-time pastor of Community Church, Fal-mouth.

Rick Kallstrom, resigning as pastor of Mount Hermon Church, Bedford.

Charles Chandler has concluded his ministry as pastor of Trinity Church, Richmond.

Scott Covington has concluded his ministry as pastor of Bethel Church, Fredericksburg.

Rick Wheeler, resigning as minister with students at First Church, Waynesboro, to accept a similar position at Second Church, Memphis, Tennessee.

Allen Greenwood, to Olive Branch Church, Black Ridge, as minister of students.

Zac Ashley, to Mount Ararat Church, Stafford, as pastor for student ministries.

Debbie Burton, to Richland Church, Hartwood, as minister of music.

Jason R. Booth, to Zoan Church, Fredericksburg, as youth pastor.

Andrew “Jed” Brown, to Salem Church, Fredericksburg, as associate pastor/youth minister.

Cindy Weston, to Mount Olivet Church, Beaverdam, as part-time minister of youth.

Marjorie Button, to Chesterfield Church, Moseley, as music director.

Retirement

William T. Vest has retired as pastor of Norwood Church, Forest.

Ordinations

Jonathan Adam Tyler, a student at the Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond, was ordained to the gospel ministry by Blacksburg Church, Blacksburg, on June 5.

Joan Williams was ordained to the gospel ministry by Tabernacle Church, Salem, on June 18.

Church News

Jerusalem Church, Warsaw, will hold homecoming June 26. Guest speaker at the 11:00 a.m. service will be Jay Smith of Virginia Beach. The service will be followed by lunch and a musical will begin at 1:30 p.m. featuring Kori Kiss, Michael Milstead, Eleanor Dawson, the 11-21 Club and the Jerusalem Church choir.

Death

Katherine McLaughlin Kitchen died on June 13 in Richmond. She had served as associate director of the Hillside Baptist Center in Richmond from 1955 until 1982. She is preceded in death by her husband, Albert C. Kitchen. She is survived by a sister, Dorothy M. Griggs; and a number of nieces and nephews. A funeral service was held June 16 at Bon Air Church, Richmond, with interment in Sunset Memorial Park.

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