Elders

Cecil Walker
cwinwc@yahoo.com
 

My name is Cecil and I’m one of the Elders here at the Central Church.  I was initially raised as an “Army Brat” as I was born in Ft. Polk, LA, lived for 5 years in Grafenwoehr, Germany, and later spent a couple of years in Ft. Stewart, Georgia.  I came to Florida as a result of my Dad being posted overseas while my Mother and I came to Merritt Island to live with my Grandparents. 

I’ve lived in Central Brevard County now going on 40 years.  I graduated from Cocoa High School and the University of Central Florida.  It was at UCF that I met my wife Barbara who like me, is also a teacher.  We’ve been married for 27 years and have one son, Steven who is attending College. 

 

I was brought up in a local Baptist Church while Barb was brought up in the Catholic Church.  Soon after we were married we began to attend a local Church of Christ.  Our interest was more out of location and friendliness of the people than a search of any “doctrinal purity.”  As we began to serve the church I became more interested in Bible Study.  Attending functions such as the Pepperdine Bible Lectures began to put me in touch with the wonderful legacy of the American Restoration Movement and it’s claim to unity through the Bible, not uniformity.  In my quest for Biblical understanding and allowing it to be a conduit for transforming my life, I am convinced of two things:

1.      The Bible is the infallible word of God. 

2.      I do not have infallibility in my understanding of His Word. 

Be that as it may, I believe all of us are on a journey and I invite you to join us here at Central.

 

Curtis Peter
curtispeter@bellsouth.net

 

Hi, my name is Curtis and I grew up on our family farm in Northwest Kansas where agriculture and ranching were the driving influences in my early life.  My wife Jeannie, who also has an agriculture background, attended the same High School in Goodland, Kansas.  We were married after graduating and just celebrated our 30^th wedding anniversary.  Jeannie and I are blessed with two grown children Nathan Peter and Lindsey Lakins and their spouses, Crystal Peter and Jeremy Lakins.  We are also blessed with three wonderful grandchildren, Sammy and Sadie Lakins and Devin Peter.

Shortly after we were married I began studying the Word with Jeannie and I was baptized into Christ. We began attending the church in Goodland, with a membership of 35 people. With such a small group of Christians I was quickly volunteered into service. It was during this time that my desire to return to school for formal Bible education began to grow and develop.  That desire led us to move to Lubbock, Texas and attend the Sunset School of Preaching two year program, and six month Mission Program.  Jeannie and I spent just under four years in Toluca, Mexico where, along with four other families we met at Sunset, we helped to plant a church which just celebrated it’s 15^th anniversary.

When I am not working at my job as District Sales Manager for a Coral Springs, Fl roofing adhesive company, I enjoy fishing, boating and waterskiing and spending time with our children and three wonderful grandchildren.  God, family and church are high priorities in my life and I am thankful He has blessed me with the opportunity to serve Him here at Central.

 

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