Rev. Carol Clements installation March 25 at St. John's United Church of Christ
A service of installation for Rev. Carol A. Clements, pastor of St. John's United Church of Christ, will be held during at 1:30 p.m., Sunday, March 25, worship service.
Rev. Daniel L. Busch, Northwest Ohio Association Minister for the United Church of Christ will preside and preach the sermon. The Association will also be represented by Rev. Catherine Costello.
Prior to the afternoon service a catered meal will take place in Oppermann Hall at noon.
Rev. Clements, a graduate of the denomination's Lancaster (Pa.) Seminary, was appointed to pastor the Bluffton congregation after 10 years as pastor of St. John UCC, Bolivar (Tuscarawas County) Ohio. A Pennsylvania native, she earned her Bachelor of Science and master's degrees at Bloomsburg University, Bloomsburg, Pa.
She spent most of her early years at Williamsport, Pa., both teaching at Pennsylvania College of Technology and working in the courts system. From 1990-1996 she was a Victim Witness Advocate, creating programs for victims of domestic abuse/battery and a victim impact panel for first time DUI offenders.
She's served the larger church at the association, state-wide conference, and national levels as a camp director, departmental secretary, chair of multi-county association meeting, and delegate to the denomination's national-level General Synod.
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