Rev. George Crisp Appointed to Sierra Madre United Methodist Church
Member and friends of the Sierra Madre Methodist Church announced recently that the Rev. George R. Crisp and his wife Sue have arrived in town to begin his tenure as the church’s new minister.
Rev. George Crisp was born in Washington, D.C., and grew up in many places as part of a military family. His father was an Air Force officer and his mother was a Registered Nurse. His parents, now both deceased, raised five children, three girls and two boys; he is number two of the five. In 1962, his family landed in Riverside, California.
At the University of Redlands he received a B.A. degree, with a major in music and a minor in Theater Arts. To pay his way through college he worked in the library, as a dishwasher, bus boy, bartender, lounge singer, and as a choir director for a Baptist church. His first job after college was in a battery factory; later he worked as a school bus driver.
He attended seminary at Claremont School of Theology, graduating in 1982 with a Master of Divinity. He later returned to Claremont to earn an in-service Doctor of Ministry in 1993. His ordination as a Deacon was in 1981, and he was ordained an Elder in 1984. His first appointment was the Hesperia UMC, where he was the founding pastor. He has served five other churches in the United Methodist Conference: Del Rosa UMC in San Bernardino; San Luis Obispo UMC, where he also served as the Director of the Wesley Foundation at Cal Poly SLO; Wahiawa UMC on Oahu; Christ Church by the Sea in Newport Beach; and the Kona UMC on Hawaii’s Big Island.
In his first weeks serving as minister to the congregation, Rev. Crisp has received a warm welcome from all members of the church. His first Sunday in July found the congregation all wearing Hawaiian dresses and shirts as a way of acknowledging his more recent pastorate in Hawaii.
Pastor George plays the piano, the guitar, sings tenor and is a long-time Los Angeles Dodgers fan. Pastor George and his wife Sue have moved into the parsonage and are busy acquainting themselves with the church family as well as enjoying the charm of Sierra Madre.
The new pastor was even fortunate enough to ride in the July 4th parade, commenting afterward that the day had presented a wonderful opportunity for him and his wife to greet the residents of Sierra Madre.
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