David Moe:  

After a lifetime of trying to decide what I wanted to do when I grew up, in 1992 God called me into pastoral ministry, and I retired in March of 2008 from the oldest church in Osceola County (MI). Those who've known me in the past all have the same response: "PASTOR Dave Moe? You've got to be KIDDING!" I still fill the pulpit for several area churches, but it's wonderful to be out from under the daily pressures of the non-preaching side of ministry. Over the years, I finished my BA (partied hearty and squeezed four years of college into seven), completed law school, picked up my Masters in Theology, worked for two and a half years in Europe for an Italian firm, wrote two books, have been published in numerous national and regional periodicals, have owned and published six different newspapers, and owned one printing/publishing company (the latter cost me 8 years of my life and half a million dollars -- groan!). I've also visited or lived in 11 foreign countries outside of North America,15 total when you include Canada, Mexico, and Brazil. My wife Cheryl (a Reed City class of '71 alum) and I own and live on a small farm. With all our children gone and out on their own, we're suffering from a little "empty nest" syndrome. As far as livestock goes, we're down to three dogs and two cats (but I'd like to get a couple of horses ... or maybe a couple of goats ... or a couple of steers ... or ... well, you get the idea). Our children and three grandsons aren't in the area, but we work hard at keeping close to them. James, our eldest son, is 27, now resides in Lakeland, FL, and is still single but looking. Heather, our oldest daughter, is 25, and in 2007, she and her husband, Bill, presented us with grandson Cooper William Stevens -- they live in Defiance, OH (in a home on the Maumee River) where Bill is employed as an engineer. Bill and Heather are expecting another boy mid-August 2009. Brandon, our youngest son (whom we adopted in 2002), is 23 and father of our eldest grandson, Conner. (Sadly, we and Brandon are mostly estranged.) Amanda, our youngest daughter, is also 23 and was a student at New Tribes Bible Institute in Jackson, MI, where she met her husband, Travis Koop -- they married in June of 2008 in Douglas, AZ (I officiated). The newlyweds are now living in Chicago while Travis competes his BA at Moody Bible Institute and where Amanda works for Pooch Hotel (daycare for wealthy pet owners). My stepson, Nick (Smith) and his wife Bobbie, who live in Kalamazoo...Expand for more