Ray House to Richardson SDA Church 50 Year Celebration

House Happenings Motto

“Love cannot long exist

without expression”

Issue 01, April 18, 2012

Update on Us While pastoring the Gentry Church at Ozark Academy, Ray finishes his Doctor of Ministry degree (the one he started in Richardson L too long). Becky earns her Masters degree in Marriage & Family Counseling at John Brown University and Josh graduates with a GED.

Currently Becky travels with Ray doing youth classes in our SDA Schools, youth rallies, family life seminars and the biggy – planning for Summer Camp 2012 at Camp Yorktown Bay. Hiring, interviewing and placing 60 staff members is no small feat. We feel like we’re in our sweet spot working with youth and families and traveling from church to church much of the time.

Joshua is taking college classes toward a Criminal Justice degree and working at Dominoes Pizza in N.W. Arkansas. He has no significant others yet and no grandbabies. We hope to be proud grandparents when the time is right.J Josh has become a very sociable guy, loves to have conversations with many of his adult friends as well as classmates from the past. (Thank

the Lord for AT&T).

Our Marriage Motto

“We are a fabulously fun-loving and faithful couple”

Where we’ve been since Richardson

Summer 1998

Summer 2000

Fall 2004

Summer 2011

Amazing Facts Evangelistic meetings from coast to coast, ending in Hawaii

Huntsville, Alabama, pastor of the Whitesburg

Ave. SDA church.

Gentry, Arkansas, pastor of the Ozark Academy church.

Youth Director of the Arkansas-Louisiana

Conference.

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Celebrating 29 Years of blissful marriage!

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Things we like to do:

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Lessons in life we’ve learned along the way:

* Fulfillment comes from knowing your weaknesses & using your strengths. * Powerful people are honest with their emotions and value reconciliation more than self ambition. * Look into others eyes; they are the windows to their soul. *You won’t know where you are going until you know where & what you’ve come through.

Taking long walks together, experiment reaching kids hearts so they can see themselves as highly favored and gifted beyond imagination, praying together, working out with the P90X DVD,

dreaming of the next home to build (small and cheap), growing a garden, doing mission trips and sharing time with friends.

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* Look into others eyes; they are the windows to their soul. *You won’t know where you are going until you know where & what

When you are too serious, you miss the fun!

Memories of Richardson: * Worshiping with people from every tribe and nation. * Facing my fears. The first person to welcome me was Lonnie Duncan, a man I had been insensitive to as a teenager. Confession was good for my soul. * How to start a second worship service. * Love & commitment to God & others ooze from the pores of Richardson members. * Great socials with Sharon Petchkurow and crew. * Winning people to Jesus is a passion (100+ baptized while I was pastor).

Our Wishes for Richardson: * The leadership of Richardson has empowered many young people through RAS and direct involvement in the ministry of the church. * You helped me grow up from a timid, fearful young pastor, to a successful leader. Continue empowering and entrusting leadership to the younger generations * That you each open your heart to move out of your routine & comfortable space into the lives of a dying, confused and lonely world.

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