Rev, Judith has been pastor of the Acton Church since 1985. She is a graduate of Stephens College, Columbia, MO (B.A.), Fuller Seminary, Pasadena, CA (M.Div.), and Azusa Pacific University, Azusa, CA (D.Min.). She is the daughter of a pastor and has worked in churches in a variety of settings since she was 17 years old. She and her husband George have been married for nearly 50 years, and they have three daughters and a son, five granddaughters and a grandson. She has been active in local activities through the years and writes a column for the local news media. She is the first full-time pastor to serve the church since its inception in 1888. In addition to her pastoral duties, she serves the congregation as organist and overseeing secretarial duties.
She has also served the greater Church in a variety of ecumenical settings, is a past moderator of the Presbytery of San Fernando and its Permanent Judicial Commission, served as member of the Synod Council and its Executive Committee and as Moderator of the Permanent Judicial Commission of the Synod, served on several Presbytery committees throughout the years, assisted several churches as temporary moderator, served the greater community as a member of the Advisory Board of the Acton/Warm Springs Rehab Centers, served as volunteer chaplain for five years at the Acton Rehabilitation Center and the Warm Springs Center, Castaic, CA, as well as serving for several years as volunteer chaplain at Valley Presbyterian Hospital, Van Nuys, CA. In former years she was involved in secondary private school education, teaching classes in English, Social Studies, Literature, Bible, Music Education, Introduction to Fine Arts, Band Director, and assisting with student productions of Oliver, Fiddler on the Roof, and Sound of Music.
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