class notes
Class Notes 1950’s Patti and Don Hall ’59 continue to serve as lead pastors in Colfax, CA after 55 years of full-time ministry. Don is a jail chaplain in Sacramento and provides training for YWAM and Teen Challenge. They have served in 70 countries in evangelism and training ministries. As founders of Teen Challenge in Southern California and Hawaii, they look forward to participating in the 50th anniversary events for SoCal Teen Challenge this year. The frst center was started in LA in 1963 with the help of a 10 student team from Vanguard (SCC). Don is deeply grateful for the positive infuence Vanguard had on forming his character and preparing him for a life of restoring broken lives.
1960’s Brenda (Tatham ’64) and Jerry English ’63 live in Fresno, CA. They teach a series, The Feasts of the Lord, a study in prophecy. Sharon “Smitty” (Smith ’63) Saalinger lives in Bakersfeld. She retired in 2006 after 40+ years in the health feld. Smitty is active in her ladies Bible study group at Bakersfeld First Assembly. She has loved being a part of the SCC Decade of the 60’s Reunion Committee and is busily preparing for their third reunion this year. Her life is full with lots of activities and lunches with friends. Melvin “Mel” Hurley ’68 just fnished serving as the director of Evangelical Christian Academy in Madrid, Spain. ECA is a school
primarily for missionary children but serves Spanish children who desire an American curriculum. He retired in 2000 after 30 years in education; the last 18 were as an elementary school principal. Mel now lives in Oregon.
1970’s Cheryl Freese ’74 and husband, Mike, live in Bend, OR. They founded Jesus Frees Ministries and are committed to following Jesus’ command to “preach the Gospel” around the world while ministering the love of God to the fatherless and impoverished. www.JesusFreesMinistries.org Dale Coad ’76 and wife, Patti, are the Caribbean Area Directors for Assemblies of God World Missions. They recently returned from the Dominican Republic, where they were able to help Matt and Carrie Love host 92 high school students from Fountain Life Church in New Jersey. Dale is currently preparing to spend two weeks teaching about Pentateuch in the Caicos and Turk Islands.
1980’s Tana (Aivaz ’83) Colburn and husband, Tom, live in Carmichael, CA and have two children, Taryn and Nathan. Tana is a licensed minister with the Evangelical Church Alliance. She continues to serve as Dean of Women and Chair for the General Education Department at EPIC Bible College in Sacramento. Cathie (Quackenbush ’84) Wilson and husband, Larry, lived in Springfeld, MO for 13
years. They have two children ages 17 and 4. Their daughter is involved in church ministries, high school color guard, riding horses, and playing the guitar. They are sure their son will grow up to be a pastor or involved in missions/music ministry. Larry works for the Assemblies of God headquarters as an Audio/ Video Producer and manages the department. Cathie and Larry have been married for 23 years. Patrick Klein ’89 teaches English in Asia. His ministry, Vision Beyond Borders, helps to rescue women and children from sex-traffcking. Patrick was recently on TBN with Kirk Cameron sharing about his ministry. www.visionbeyondborders.org
1990’s Brian Conklin ’90, wife Dawn, and their daughters, Kaylee and Elysse, are fnishing a twoyear tour of duty in Washington, DC and moving to Ghana. Brian is a Foreign Service offcer with the U.S. Agency for International Development and Dawn works with grass-roots women’s organizations. In Ghana, Brian will lead a multi-million dollar agriculture and food security program called Feed the Future. Toni (Accardo ’94) and Steve Cuffari ’93 live in Foothill Ranch, CA. They are proud parents to their sons, Dylan, 12, and Logan, 10. Steve is an assistant professor of Psychology at his alma mater, Vanguard University. Camie (Grasser ’99) and Kevin Doyle ’99 live in Henderson, NV with their two girls, Selah and Mercy, and son Ayin. Camie and Kevin are worship pastors at Green Valley Christian Center. Their second child, Mercy, has been battling a rare disease for almost two years. Through her illness,
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