The love of God, love of truth and love of God’s way of life is the guiding force that can see us through all trials in life. We must let God’s love nurture and guide us as we humbly cling to Him and surrender our lives wholly and completely to Him. God will produce fruits of His holy spirit in us as we become more kind, gentle, humble, loving, joyful and peaceful.

Mark Welch

Pastor, United Church of God

Mark graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree, Theology major, from Ambassador College, Pasadena, CA in 1978.  He married Barbara Lemke in October of 1978 and they have two grown children, Jaime and Matthew.  Mark was ordained in 1985 and hired into the full-time ministry in 1989.  Mark is the coordinator for United’s Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Services and his wife, Barbara, is an interpreter for the Deaf.