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Local Church Updates: 30 Years of Service Recognized

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Local Church Updates

30 Years of Service Recognized

On Nov. 18, 2006, the Watertown and Sioux Falls, South Dakota, congregations had the pleasure of giving special recognition to Harlan and Janice Spieker for their 30 years of dedicated service in the ministry of Jesus Christ. The pastor, Mitchell Knapp, presented the Spiekers with a beautifully engraved mahogany clock commemorating the occasion.

Mr. Spieker was called in 1957 when he answered an ad for The Plain Truth in Capper's Farmer magazine. He and his wife, Janice, were baptized on April 11, 1968, in North Dakota . Later that summer the Sioux Falls congregation was established, and the Spiekers began attending and serving the brethren.

In June 1973, the Watertown congregation was established, and Mr. Spieker was ordained as the first deacon in the area. Three years later on the Feast of Trumpets, he was ordained as an elder.

Mr. and Mrs. Spieker continue to serve both congregations. Among Mrs. Spieker's many responsibilities is playing the piano for services. Mr. Spieker maintains a rigorous schedule of preaching, counseling, etc. The Spiekers have been pillars in these congregations for nearly four decades, and the congregations were pleased to recognize their dedication, service and love!