Papa Dan's Pastoral Days

INTRODUCTION My name is Dan Goldsmith.  I was born and raised in Chatham, Ontario.  I graduated from Prairie Bible Institute, Three Hills, Alberta and Columbia International University, Columbia, South Carolina.  I took additional studies at Detroit Bible Institute , Detroit, Michigan and Briercrest College and Seminary, Caronport, Saskatchewan.  Following a pastoral internship (1957-1958) at North Shores (Conservative) Baptist Church , St. Clair Shores, Michigan, I moved to Lac La Biche, Alberta and began my pastoral ministry in the fall of 1958.  As I have sometimes said, "Lac La Biche was not the end of the world, but I could see it from there."  I married my wife, Leona, in 1959 and we have three children, five grandsons, one grand-daughter by marriage who has given us our first great grandson. We have lived in Abbotsford, BC since 1990.  I retired from full-time pastoral ministry at Sevenoaks Alliance Church in Abbotsford in 2000. ...

PAPA DAN'S PASTORAL DAYS "Papa, would you share with me sometime about your life as a pastor?  Thanks." Zack "Thanks, Zack for your question.  I have been thinking about what you asked and this blog and all that it will contain will be my answer.  I pray that it will be of help to you, and perhaps enjoyable and informative for whoever else should read the same." Papa    Zachary May 2014 As you can read, this blog is an attempt to answer my grandson's (Zachary Goldsmith) question as to whether I would share with him my life as a pastor.  I began as a pastoral intern sixty years ago this year, 1957, and assumed my first pastoral ministry the following year, 1958.  Zachary has asked that I share about my life as a pastor, because his goal is to become a youth pastor.  At the present time, he is in England serving as an intern at Capernwray Hall .  This fall he will be attending university and preparing himself for his future ...