Presbytery of Yukon Meeting at Barrow:

February 26-28, 1999

Celebrating 100 Years Since Establishment

of Utqiagvik Presbyterian Church

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The Revs. Mary Ann Warden and James Nageak, ordained sister and brother ministers, Barrow.

Lawrence "Savik" Ahmaogak, Elder, Utqiagvik Presbyterian Church, and the Rev. R. Michael Stewart, Pastor, Utqiagvik Presbyterian. Savik is the Rev. Roy Ahmaogak's son.

Mrs. Bonnie Wartes, wife of the late Rev. William Wartes. The Wartes served the Utqiagvik Presbyterian Church in the 1950s.

 Perusing The Yukon Presbyterian: An Unauthorized Biography featuring 100 Years of Work in the Northern Parts of Alaska, published in honor of the anniversary of the establishment of the Yukon Presbytery. The Revs. David Dobler, Janice Stamper, Jay OlsonKetchum, and Dan Ketchum.

Footwashing ceremony honoring the retirement of the Rev. Gene Straatmeyer, February 27, 1999. Participating were the Revs. Curt Karns of New Hope Church, North Pole, James Nageak of Barrow, Mrs. Jean Straatmeyer, the Rev. Mary Ann Warden of Barrow, Elder Mable Hopson of Fairbanks, and Rex Okakok of Barrow. Karns, Nageak, Warden and Okakok had all served as ministerial interns under Straatmeyer.

"Women of St. Lawrence Island" in attendance at the ordination of Timothy Gologergen. The Rev. Mary Ann Warden (actually of Barrow), Susan Campbell, Beulah and granddaughter Eva of Anchorage, (need help identifying next woman), Vera Kanashira , Pat Pickett and Verna Bock, all now of Anchorage.


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