Minister Leaves Post At Unity

Thu., July 6, 2000

By Nina Culver nculver47@gmail.com

The Rev. Ron Jones is leaving his post as senior minister of the Unity Church of Truth on Spokane’s South Side.

The church is planning a celebration to bid him farewell on Friday at 6:30 p.m. The celebration will include a potluck dinner and a dance.

Jones, 64, has served the Unity Church for the past three years. He is moving back to his former home in Evergreen, Colo., to join his wife, Jane, who had to move back there a year ago in order to continue her career with health insurer Kaiser Permanente.

His position in Spokane was Jones’ first as an ordained minister. He graduated from the Unity Village ministerial school in Missouri three years ago after spending 40 years as an employee of the federal government.

His plans for the future have not been decided, he says. He will leave Spokane at the end of July.

Unity Church of Truth has already started the search for a new senior minister. In the interim, the church will be staffed by semi-retired Unity ministers Thora and Weaver Hess.

Joint vacation Bible school

First Covenant Church and Central United Methodist Church are teaming up to offer a joint vacation Bible school July 17-21 at First Covenant, located at 212 S. Division. The theme of the event is “Blockbuster Bible Adventures” and classes will run daily from 9 a.m. to noon. Children in grades K-6 are welcome to attend the free sessions.

For more information or to register, call First Covenant at 747-2818 or Central UMC at 838-1431.

Our Place begins fund drive

Our Place will hold a July Jubilee benefit event Saturday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the courtyard of the West Central Community Center, 1603 N. Belt.

The jubilee will feature entertainment, refreshments, door prizes, a walking tour of Our Place and an introduction to the plans for expansion.

The event is the official start to a fund drive for a new Our Place building. Our Place provides emergency food, clothing, transportation and other needs to residents of the West Central Spokane area. It opened in 1987 and has since operated out of a 100-year-old, three-bedroom house at 1018 N. Elm.

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