Cerro Gordo welcomes new pastor

The Cerro Gordo Church of the Brethren is pleased to welcome a new pastor. Tim Laird and his wife Betty Sue come from New Enterprise, PA. They moved here in the midst of Hurricane Sandy which, thankfully, was not too bad in southern Pennsylvania where they have come from.

Tim is retired from the Pennsylvania Turnpike, and now, having completed the training necessary to become ordained through the Susquehanna Valley Satellite, a branch of Bethany Theological Seminary, is in a full time pastorate here. Betty Sue has worked in a chiropractic office for many years but plans to help Tim in his ministry in Cerro Gordo.

They have 2 grown sons and 2 grandchildren that they left behind in Pennsylvania.

Both Tim and Betty Sue have worked with youth. Tim enjoys bicycling, racquetball, disc golf, archery, and hunting. Betty Sue likes to walk, read, and spoil her dogs Buddy and Muffy. She wants to learn to play the piano and looks forward to being involved with the church. Both enjoy being out and about in the community and are eager to meet Cerro Gordo residents. They are very personable and will be an asset to our congregation.

Tim’s first Sunday preaching was November 4.