Kalkidan Alemayehu, Samuel Alemayehu, Troy Poff and Daniel Tafesse were ordained as deacons during a worship service last April at the Gladstone Church in Kansas City, Missouri. Pastor Philip Dangal noted that the church did not call them, but only recognized the call of God, and thanked the young men for saying “Yes” to the Holy Spirit and this service in God’s house. He later shared a message from Acts 6 and 7 on the unshakable faith of Stephen, one of the first deacons chosen by the early church and exhorted the ordinands as well as the congregation to be people of faith, wisdom, power, grace and filled with the Holy Spirit. In addition to serving as deacons, all four serve on the church grounds crew. Daniel Tafesse is also a member of the audio/visual team, a children’s Sabbath school substitute teacher, and assistant youth leader. Troy Poff recently returned from a year of teaching at an Adventist school in India.
Alyce Kelsey is a member of the Gladstone Church in Missouri.
