Christmas
Greetings from Bob and Doris Reid 2015
We trust you
and your family have had a good year. It has been a good year for us and one in
which we praise the Lord for many of His blessings. It is hard for us to
realize that it has been four years since we left the pastoral role in a local
church and settled into a role of serving on a college campus at Lancaster
Bible College (LBC). Much has happened in this past year and since it has been
several years since we gave you an update, we decided to do a more formal
summary.
Bob continues to serve as Pastor at Large
at LBC. In this capacity he spends his time divided among students, faculty,
staff, administration, pastors and churches. After serving two years as Interim
Chair of the Bible and Theology Department, a new chairman was hired and much
of the administrative load was removed. Following this he was asked to chair
several projects to rewrite and develop several documents for the college and
completed them this Fall. Now he spends his time relating to students, pastors,
and churches. Additionally, he preaches almost every weekend either at churches
or conferences. He was able to fill the pulpit for 8 months for New Life Bible
Fellowship in Oley, PA, which was without a pastor.
After being away from our former
church for almost 2.5 years, they invited us to return and teach in Adult Bible
Fellowships when our schedule permits. Doris teaches about twice a month and
Bob when he is not preaching elsewhere – about every six weeks. We enjoy again
connecting to a congregation we deeply love and appreciate.
Bob also writes a newspaper article every
six weeks, and has been asked to Tweet (twitter.com/Bob_Reid_In_Him) and Blog
(http://reidsreflection.blogspot.com/). He also enjoys reading Facebook entries
of family, friends, and ministry associates from around the world – “friend”
him!
Doris continues to be busy in numerous
endeavors like: ministering to students at LBC with her gift of hospitality;
serving on the board of Lancaster Child Evangelism Fellowship; officiating
lacrosse; engaging in a number of other volunteer opportunities at Calvary
Fellowship Homes (CFH) including serving on their Strategic Planning Committee.
She likes to stay busy! Probably her greatest joy is to get a call that
indicates that grandchildren need babysat! She also joins Bob in working with students
from LBC in a group called Generation to Generation. This pairs students from
the college to older saints from CFH.
We celebrated or 45th wedding
anniversary this year. We were in beautiful Dresden, Germany this November with
a small team from our church serving with Jeff and Anne Ingram who are planting
a new church in the area. We have enjoyed short trips here and there but like
to use the time off to be with our children.
Our children and grandchildren are doing
well. Andy and Kristine are still in upstate New York where he teaches history
and English in a public school and raises steers, chickens, and a large garden.
Kristine is a busy homemaker and home schools 2 of her children. This year
Kathryn (13) became a teenager and now attends South Lewis Middle School where
her Dad teaches. She skis, reads, and loves the outdoors. Emma (10) is home
schooled and enjoys ballet, crafts, and skiing. Calvin (7) is also home schooled
and loves his four-wheeler, playing outside, skiing, and wrestling sisters. 
Charlotte and Jamie continue to live in
the Bucks County area of PA. Charlotte teaches English part-time at Carin
University and home schools the children. Jamie is Senior Enrollment Advisor
for Capture Higher Education where he works with a number of universities in
the Northeast region of the US. Reid (9) loves mechanics/ and reading. Meg (8) engages
in sports, reading, and social life. Lewis (4) loves everything and is full of
energy. We are so thankful for our
family. We enjoy times with them and wish it could be more often.
We would love to see you and have an open
guest room for your visit. We would love to hear from you too and hear what is
happening in your life!
