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Pastor Marcia
Serving the North Cascade SDA Church since July, 2016
Pastor Marcia has always had a heart for pastoral ministry, but when she was young the church was not ready for women pastors. So she became a physician instead.
Marcia enjoyed life as a preacher’s kid. She attended six different church schools during her first eight years of school. It made her a bit of a gypsy, always ready to move on.
During her high school years at what is now Ozark Adventist Academy in Arkansas she considered ministry but realized that was not a real option in those days. When she went to Southwestern Adventist College she was a pre-med student then continued her education at Loma Linda University Medical School.
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She met her future husband, Ken, in anatomy class at Loma Linda. They were married about halfway through medical school. After internship they moved to Arkansas to work in a doctor-shortage area for three years before moving to Longview, Washington.
Marcia was a stay-at-home mom for four years in Longview to daughter Gem and son Tristan. Then Marcia opened her own practice, first in general practice and then a practice limited to nursing home patients. Ken was an emergency physician in Longview for 36 years.
During all those years Marcia was active in the church in a wide variety of ministries. She loves people and passionately wants them to know Jesus more fully. After closing her medical practice in 2002 she became a part-time volunteer pastor at the Kelso-Longview Adventist Church until they moved to Burlington in 2016. In 2013 Marcia graduated from Andrews University with a Master’s degree in Pastoral Ministry.