Eagle River, Alaska, Has New Pastor

From today's Anchorage, Alaska, Daily News:

Eagle River Grace Brethren Church announces the appointment of its new pastor, Grady Pennell. Pennell and his wife, Pat, came to Alaska from Okinawa, Japan, after he retired from the U. S. Navy with 30 years of reserve and active service.

Pennell spent the last 16 years as a Navy chaplain with combat tours in the Persian Gulf zone. After graduating from Texas A&M in 1977 with a degree in engineering, Pennell obtained a Master of Theology degree from Dallas Theological Seminary in 1988 and recently received a Doctor of Ministry from Fuller Theological Seminary.

The couple's two children attend college in Chicago.