Ashleigh- I just ran across your Substack page. I've communicated with you before several years ago when my church in Florence, SC was looking for a Christian Education/Youth Director. I knew of you two ways- You Dad was a lawyer (so am I, but I retired), he handled legal matters for my parents, the Rev. Dr. Curtis E. Derrick, Jr. and Rebecca W. Derrick. Also, your grandfather, the Rev. Raymond D. Ellsworth, was pastor at St. Luke Lutheran Church, here in Florence- and my Dad followed your grandfather at St. Luke. As I recall, at that time, you were on the staff at a church camp I believe in the northeast. In your recent post, you mention your family's friendship with Heyward Sims and going with the Sims family to their place at Folly Beach. My older brother is married to Heyward 's older sister. It never cease to amaze me how interconnected people in South Carolina appear to be. I have joined your page, "Home is a Changling" and look forward to reading your future posts. In addition to your beach post, I also read your post about your time at LTSS. My Dad's last call was as the Director of Development there (from 1972 until his death in 1985 while on a development trip to Florida with then Seminary President Dr. Mack Branham). He worked very hard to keep LTSS in Columbia when efforts were being planned to move it to Atlanta. Although he had ties to LRU (he went there for his first year of college before transferring to Newberry College and he was honored with a Doctor of Divinity degree by LRU), I feel sure he would have grieved with you and me over the closure of the Columbia campus- there are so many wonderful memories of the people and facilities there. My Dad's funeral was held at Christ Chapel and my other brother and my younger sister were both married there. I went to Newberry and I also had several friends who graduated from the Seminary, who I visited on numerous occasions while they were there. Needless-to-say, I am not happy about that development and question whether the LRU Board and administration,cas well as the Bishops of the S.C. and N.C. Synods have been forthright about how that decision was made.
I hope your current calling is fulfilling. Take care.
Ashleigh- I just ran across your Substack page. I've communicated with you before several years ago when my church in Florence, SC was looking for a Christian Education/Youth Director. I knew of you two ways- You Dad was a lawyer (so am I, but I retired), he handled legal matters for my parents, the Rev. Dr. Curtis E. Derrick, Jr. and Rebecca W. Derrick. Also, your grandfather, the Rev. Raymond D. Ellsworth, was pastor at St. Luke Lutheran Church, here in Florence- and my Dad followed your grandfather at St. Luke. As I recall, at that time, you were on the staff at a church camp I believe in the northeast. In your recent post, you mention your family's friendship with Heyward Sims and going with the Sims family to their place at Folly Beach. My older brother is married to Heyward 's older sister. It never cease to amaze me how interconnected people in South Carolina appear to be. I have joined your page, "Home is a Changling" and look forward to reading your future posts. In addition to your beach post, I also read your post about your time at LTSS. My Dad's last call was as the Director of Development there (from 1972 until his death in 1985 while on a development trip to Florida with then Seminary President Dr. Mack Branham). He worked very hard to keep LTSS in Columbia when efforts were being planned to move it to Atlanta. Although he had ties to LRU (he went there for his first year of college before transferring to Newberry College and he was honored with a Doctor of Divinity degree by LRU), I feel sure he would have grieved with you and me over the closure of the Columbia campus- there are so many wonderful memories of the people and facilities there. My Dad's funeral was held at Christ Chapel and my other brother and my younger sister were both married there. I went to Newberry and I also had several friends who graduated from the Seminary, who I visited on numerous occasions while they were there. Needless-to-say, I am not happy about that development and question whether the LRU Board and administration,cas well as the Bishops of the S.C. and N.C. Synods have been forthright about how that decision was made.
I hope your current calling is fulfilling. Take care.
Conrad Derrick