Dennis Cole:
CLASS OF 1967
Sierra Vista High SchoolClass of 1967
Baldwin park, CA
Dennis's Story
Life
Right after graduating mid-term in 1967 I enlisted in the U.S. Coast Guard and they sent me to Alaska for a year and a half. Returning to Long Beach, CA for my last duty station I married Nancy Butler my Rowland High School sweetheart. When I was discharged from the military I entered Bible School at Azusa Pacific and studied there for two years. I transferred to Warner Pacific College in Portland, OR, where I graduating in 1975. I entered full time ministry in the Church of God being ordained in 1980. In 1991 I graduated from Anderson Theological School (seminary) and continued to serve in the church as a Pastor. Currently I serve a small church in Clinton Township, MI (Detroit area) and work full-time as a hospice chaplain for The Beaumont Hospital System. I am also doing Clinical Pastoral Education studying to become an Association of Clinical Pastoral Educator. I want to teach others how to be good hospital chaplains. We have lived in CA, OR, WA, W.Va., OH, FL, IN, MT and MI, all while ...Expand for more
serving the church. I am also a National Board Certified Chaplain with the Association of Professional Chaplains. Want to talk? Drop me a line. I'm check my web address daily. Who ever thought I'd do all of this? Not me, that's for sure! Life is full of surprises.
Life is full of surprises. I applied for a management job at the hospice I work for and to my surprise I was the one selected out of 5 candidates. It seems that my total life experience has taylor made me the one truly qualified for this job. I am the Manager of Volunteers for Hospice. That means I will oversee 135 volunteers, be responsible for the daily operation of the Volunteer Dept. and suprvise two full-time employees. It also means I have a private office with a view (of the parking lot), however humble and I won't have to share a cubicle with two other people anymore. I also join the management team and can now have input on the decisions of the company. Of course, I continue with my church. That doesn't change. I'm excited.
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