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Class Notes ’40s Clarence “Eugene” Hunt ’48 lives with his wife Mary Olive, their daughter Merry-zoe and her husband Harry in Tomball, Texas. Eugene continues his calling of evangelism wherever he is able, while Mary Olive has her own ministry of praying for women. Before settling in Texas, the Hunts ministered in Venezuela for 28 years. They now keep in touch with their Venezuelan friends through Facebook. They praise God for 63 years of marriage and ministry.
’50s Ralph Hiatt ’56 served with his late wife Frances (Bingham 1953-1954) as pastors in Northern California after graduating from SCBC. They moved to Argentina in 1963, spending their life there in ministry and retiring from Assemblies of God World Missions in 2008. Since Frances went to be with the Lord, Ralph has returned to Cordoba, Argentina, and ministers there with thrilling results. He keeps up with old friends and shares his adventures at his blog, ralphhiatt.blogspot.com.
’60s Gary Archer ’68 and wife Sharon recently celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary. Gary spent many years in pastoral ministry before working at Vanguard as the director of church relations for eleven years. He is now the senior adults pastor at Ventura Missionary Church (vmc.net).
John Snyder ’68 is the founder and pastor of Community321, an online church and community (community321.com). John has had many articles in academic journals and newspapers, and authored a new book from Thomas Nelson, Your 100 Day Prayer. He and his family are planting churches in Europe and will be starting the first online church of Basel, Switzerland. Carolyn (Haugan 1965-1967) and James Tracy ’70 live in Loveland, Colo., where Jim is the senior pastor of Celebration Church (celebrationchurch.me). Carolyn teaches piano lessons and is a care-giver with Visiting Angels, a national company that helps senior citizens remain in their homes despite failing health. They both enjoy working in the church together. Carolyn especially enjoys teaching children’s church and interpreting for the deaf.
’70s Charles Barfoot ’70 is completing his PhD at Graduate Theological Union and UC Berkeley. He works at Arizona State University as a faculty associate. His work on the role of women in Pentecostalism has been widely cited in the Sociology of Religion. A major biography of the famous evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson and the Making of Modern Pentecostalism, 1890-1926 was published this year. His other research interests include a sociohistorical study of A.A. Allen and Miracle Valley in southeastern Arizona. Kurt Dahlin ’78, MA ’92 founded The Breakwater Church where he pastors and has a
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ministry bringing the gospel and water to Africa for over 16 years (waterwellsforafrica.org). This past summer, Kurt’s outreach led multiple teams that ministered to 15,000 people in Malawi, Africa. He is grateful for his time at Vanguard and continues to celebrate what God is doing at Vanguard and in his own life. Daniel Holford ’75 is director of Trinity Ministries Group, a private non-profit counseling center. Trinity Ministries was recently awarded a citation by the Tulare County District Attorney’s office for “dedication to helping crime victims and our community.” He is especially delighted at the accomplishments of his Vanguard Alumni daughters, Mikaela ’09 who was recently promoted to case supervisor at CASA Orange County, a children’s advocacy group, and Cambria (Holford ’06) Larson, the assistant stage manager for the East Coast tour of Cathy Rigby-McCoy’s Peter Pan. Peter Kuzmic ’71 co-founded and directs Evangelical Theological Seminary in Osijek, Croatia, the first evangelical theological school in Eastern Europe and the Balkans. He also founded Timisoara Theological Institute in Romania and is a distinguished professor of world missions and European studies at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. He continually thanks God for Vanguard and is thoroughly blessed by the growth of his ministry. Rebecca (Mitchell ’65-’66) and Dale Myhill ’70 relocated from Alaska to Lake Stevens, Wash., to be near their sons and grandchildren Noah, 5, and Sophia, 3. Dale worked as a case manager for Volunteers of Alaska, finding homes for the chronically homeless. Since retiring from the University of Alaska at Anchorage in 2007, Rebecca enjoys volunteer work and watching her grandchildren. They attend Snohomish Faith Assembly where