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Pastor KenKen Blanchard was appointed Coordinating Pastor of Christ Church United Methodist in Southwick in July 2014. He was assigned 1/4 time responsibilities effective July 2016. He conducts worship services every Sunday at 9:00 in this church and also serves as 1/4 time Pastor of the Agawam United Methodist Church in Feeding Hills, conducting Sunday worship services there at 10:30. He holds a Bachelor's Degree in Philosophy from UMass and a Master's Degree in Applied Theology from Elms College. He was approved as a Licensed Local Pastor in February 2012 and pursues continuing education with Wesley Theological Seminary. In 2013 he retired from MassMutual after 35 years of service in Information Technology and Human Resources. Pastor Ken and his wife Meri reside in Enfield, CT. They have been married for 42 years and have one son, a daughter-in-law, and two granddaughters. Ken will be retiring from pastoral ministry effective July 1, 2022.
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Pastor Ron Jackson (March 15, 1935 - May 4, 2016)
Ron Jackson attended UMASS, AIC , and Wesley Theological Seminary. He served churches on an interim basis in Granby, CT, and Sunderland and Montgomery, MA. He pastored United Methodist churches under appointment in Ashley Falls, MA, Vernon, CT and Leyden, MA. As a retired Licensed Local Pastor, he functioned as a Lay Supply Pastor, serving Christ Church United Methodist in Southwick, MA -- the church he became a member of in 1946 at the age of eleven and at which he and his wife Shirley were married in 1957. Ron passed into eternal glory on May 4, 2016, surrounded by his loving family. A memorial service was held in his memory on May 15, 2016. |
