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PASTORS' BIOGRAPHIES
Joe Miller 
Joe Miller has been in pastoral ministry for 37 years. He retired from
active duty as a chaplain in May 1995 and then served as Manager as Sponsorship
Support with World Vision during 1996-99 during which time he also served
as pastor to the English-speaking congregation at First Korean United
Methodist Church in Tacoma.
Joe was pastor of the Farrville (Indiana) United Church of Christ during
1964-67 while he was a student at Taylor University. After one year on
the youth ministry staff at the Wilmore (Kentucky) Methodist Church (1967-68),
following his ordination he was pastor of the Russellville (Ohio) United
Methodist Church from 1968-1973 prior to becoming Assistant to the President
of Asbury Theological Seminary in Kentucky. Over a period of twenty-four
years Joe served as an Army Chaplain in Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Korea,
New York City, Oklahoma, Kansas, Germany, and Virginia.
In addition to graduating from the Army Command and General Staff College
(1983) and the Army War College (1992) Joe's civilian educational background
includes a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy from Taylor University in Indiana
(1967) and a Master of Divinity from Asbury Theological Seminary in Kentucky
(1971). He is a Princeton Theological Seminary Fellow in Pastoral Leadership
Development (1990) and has done further studies in behavioral psychology
with the University of Minnisota and the Menninger Clinic.
Joe and his wife Ronna have two daughters at home, Emma Joy (5) and Abby
Evangeline (3). He is a licensed private pilot and lists his other hobbies
as motorcycling, rebuilding old cars, Civil War history, golf, and playing
guitar and banjo.
Ken Peterson 
Ken is the primary Visitation Pastor on shut-ins, in nursing homes, retirement
homes, hospitals, or private homes. He is also responsible for Mason's ministry
to, with, and for older adults. The Older Adult Ministry includes classes
and seminars of interest to older adults, fellowship gatherings, intergenerational
programs, trips to interesting places, service opportunities by and for
older adults, etc. Ken is part-time at Mason following 40 years of full-time
ministry in Oregon and Washington. He has served the following: Wesley Foundation,
U. of O., Eugene; Gig Harbor; 1st Bremerton; Pioneer, Walla Walla; 1st Tacoma;
Mount Vernon; and Lakewood. Ken is into his 9th year at Mason.
Ken is married to Betty. They have 5 children and 10 grandchildren, all
of them living in the state of Washington. Ken lives in Gig Harbor.
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