| Church
Highlights Since 1963 |
|
1963 |
Dedication
service held on September 1, 1963. |
| Rev.
Richard Moore was called to pastor the new work. |
|
1964 |
In November, the
church held its first revival that was preached by Dr. Ray P.
Rust of First Baptist Church - Bastrop, Louisiana. |
|
1965 |
Edward Owens
began his preaching ministry at Glacier Valley. |
| The
church was getting support that year but the church was
already beginning a history of giving as well - our gift to
the Cooperative Program amounted to $393.00 that year. |
|
1966 |
Stanley File
began his preaching ministry at Glacier Valley. |
|
1967 |
Nominations for
officers included Mae Callahan and Bob and Barbara Hopson. |
| Total
Disbursements in August, 1967 was $814.51! |
| Budget
for 1967 was $14,000. As of this writing, the current budget
for 1992 is $197,080 - we've come along way! |
|
1969 |
Olyn Roberts
began his preaching ministry at Glacier Valley. |
|
1970 |
Construction on
the original sanctuary was finished. |
|
1972 |
W.D. Kirk began
his preaching ministry at Glacier Valley. |
| Television
ministry was taken over from Hollis Bryant of First Baptist.
The program was called, "Contact." |
| Summer
missionary program was begun. |
| A
bus ministry was begun. |
|
1974 |
Preschool was
begun in what is now the fellowship hall. |
|
1975 |
Group from
Mississippi arrives to put new peaked roof was built and extra
room upstairs was added. |
| 1976 |
Deaf and
handicapped ministry was begun. |
| 1978 |
Curtis McClain
begins his preaching ministry at Glacier Valley. |
| 1980 |
Valley Baptist
Academy opens it doors. |
| 1983 |
Ground breaking
for school building occurred this year. |
| 1984 |
School moved
into their new building. |
| 1986 |
Mike Procter
begins his preaching ministry at Glacier Valley. |
| 1987 |
Pelican mission
started with Mike Procter flying there to preach. The mission
responsibilities later were transferred to Sitka. |
| Tenakee
Springs was also started with Mike Procter preaching and
later, missionary Gary Thomas assumed the preaching
responsibilities. The mission has since been transferred to
Emmanuel Baptist. |
| 1988 |
The church
started a mission in Elfin Cove. |
| 1989 |
Fellowship hall
was remodeled and enlarged. |
| Skagway
mission got its start this year with missionary Hewitt
Hazelton. |
| 1990 |
Church sanctuary
was enlarged to its current capacity with the help of
missionary team from outside and the faithful members of
Glacier Valley. |
| Douglas
Island mission was started with missionary Ralph Duddles in
leadership there. |
| Gary
Thomas, from Missouri, starts as missionary in Tenakee
Springs. |
| 1991 |
The Whitehorse
mission was started with Mike Procter preaching and continued
on with Hewitt Hazelton. The mission incorporated into a
church in 1993. |
| 1992 |
This year saw
much construction going on with the church, including
reroofing the entire church and parsonage, a covered
cross-walk was built and the kitchen remodel was completed. |
| 1993 |
Church calls new
pastor, Randy Smith. |
| Church
participation in mission and cooperative giving is $35,538.00. |
| 1994 |
Jae
McKee, a US2 Missionary, is serving as Youth Minister |
| Paul
Tsika lead revival meetings in June. |
| Vision
2000 Committee elected to chart vision for church for next
several years. |
| Horace
Burns arrived as Interim Pastor |
| Church
purchased the Ferguson property adjoining the church property
and parsonage property. |
| AWANA
program is started |
| 1995 |
Melvin
Jones arrives in January to serve as Interim Pastor in Skagway
while Hazeltons are in Girdwood |
| Church
calls new Pastor, Royce Christmas. |
| Youth
Evangelism Conference hosted by GVBC. |
| Parking
lot was paved, Praise the Lord! |
| Church
calls Tom Gordy as Minister of Education and Youth. |
| Guy
Crockcroft is serving as Pastor of Douglas Mission. |
| 1996 |
New
hymnals for the church were purchased. |
| A
major revision to the church by-laws was approved. |
| Vision
2000 Report approved by church. |
| 1997 |
Hew
Hazelton resigned as Pastor of Skagway Mission. |
| High
attendance day in Sunday School - 249! |
| New
director for VBA is Shannon Midkiff. |
| Youth
attended LA '97 Conference in California. |
| Church
sanctuary underwent a major expansion by removing hallway
walls, removing pews and replacing with chairs and turning
chairs to face the opposite direction. Sanctuary now
seats 200-240 people. |
| Glacier
Valley Messengers made three mission trips that included
Tenakee Springs, Gustavus, and Haines. |
| An
emphasis on evangelism resulted in 35 professions of faith,
over a 2-month period and resulted in a baptism service being
held at the city swimming pool. |
| Sunday
School average attendance for past year is 187. |
| Todd
and Joice Lynn serve as missionaries in Haines. |
| MOPS
ministry is started. |
| 1998 |
Carpet
is replaced in Valley Baptist Academy. |
| New
furnace is installed in church. |
| Wayne
Eurich serves as Interim Pastor. |
| New
Director for Valley Baptist Academy is Sandy King. |
| GVBC
partners with sister church in Russia on Sakhalin Island. |
| 1999 |
Church
calls new Pastor, Greg Clark. |
| Budget
for this year totals $302,000. |
| GVBC
posts their own website on the Internet. |
| Work
team from Plano, Texas comes up to replace fence surrounding
church grounds and remodels parsonage kitchen. |
| 2000 |
Average
attendance in Sunday School 155, AWANA 170. |
| Conceptual
drawing for Family Life Center completed and a committee
elected to oversee design and construction. |
| Todd
Buck hired to fill the vacant Associate Pastor position. |
| Youth
Mission Teams to Guatemala and Prince of Wales Island in
Southeast Alaska during summer. |
| Middle
school youth form their own age youth group. |
| Sister
church partnership started with church in Sakhalinski, Russia. |
| 2001 |
GVBC
agreed to again sponsor a mission in Skagway, Alaska with
Chris and Dorothy Grooms as church planters and missionaries. |
| Major
fund raising campaign for Family Life Center kicked off in
April. |
| Family
Life Center construction was broke into three phases. Ground
was broken for Phase One (site work and foundation) in May and
Phase One was completed in early October. |
| Baby-Grand
Piano to enhance worship services was purchased. |
| Mission
giving increased so that now 24.5 percent of undesignated
funds goes to missions. |
| 2001 |
Happy
New Year! |
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