LaGrange church of christ – home page and index

 

To follow these leadership appointments, refer to the men’s meeting minutes and bulletins. 

 

First 30 years of Church Leaders at LaGrange

 

Preachers:

Jun 1953- Jun 1954

Paul Sumney

06/20/1954 - 05/26/1957

William (“Bill”) J. Stowers

07/04/1957 - 06/29/1959

Paul W. Hosse (first full-time)

07/05/1959 - 02/01/1964

Earl T. Garner

02/05/1964 - 07/23/1972

Earl Gieseke

08/01/1972 - 06/14/1987

Norm Herron *

* From December 1984 to December 1986, Eddie McGuiggan was pulpit minister

 

 

Treasurers:

 

06/12/1953 - 05/31/1959

Carl Pieratt

06/01/1959 - 06/02/1965

Fred Cox

01/01/1964 - 03/23/1964

Claude B. Warble - in Fred Cox's absence

06/02/1965 - 12/31/1969

Devon Hostetler

01/01/1970 - 05/06/1971

Jerry Pace - building fund Treasurer

01/01/1970 - 07/07/1971

Phil Brust

07/08/1971 - 01/05/1972

Jerry Pace

01/05/1972 - 07/16/1975

Joe Oakley

07/16/1975 - 11/05/1977

Max Litke – 1st term

11/05/1977 - 04/03/1978

James McAlpin

04/03/1978 - 09/01/1980

Max Litke – 2nd term

09/01/1980 - 06/06/1983

Jim Lee

06/06/1983 - 09/30/1985

Gil Hanson (Stan Palmer was Assistant Treasurer June 1983 to Aug 1984)

10/01/1985 - current

Dave Kimpel

 

Elders:

Dean Hoggatt and Devon Hostetler were appointed elders on November 17, 1971.  Norm Herron was added as an elder January 8, 1978.  Devon Hostetler moved to Wapakoneta OH in November 1985.  Dean and Norm continued serving as elders until Norm moved to Hastings MI in 1987.  There were then no elders until August 19, 1990, when Dean Hoggatt, Perry Miller and Joe Oakley were appointed.

19780108 Installation of Norm as Elder and Jim Pieratt as Deacon

 

Deacons:

Perry Miller and Jerry Pace were appointed deacons December 17, 1972.  Jerry Pace resigned the office when he moved to Michigan in April 1973.  Joe Oakley was added as a deacon on August 3, 1975.  Jim Pieratt was added as a deacon on January 8, 1978 and served until the end of 1981.  On October 17, 1982, Joe Hughes, Fred Oakley, and Stan Palmer were added as deacons.  Stan served until he moved in August 1984 to Auburn IN.  Joe Hughes, Perry Miller, Fred Oakley and Joe Oakley served as deacons until the eldership was dissolved in 1987.