| History of Suburban | How well do you know the Elders? | How well do you know the staff? | Suburban Greats | It's all in the numbers |
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What is 1963.
The year that this congregation was founded.
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Who is Clint Zlatnik.
Suburban's longest serving elder.
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Who is Rick Herbert. (Hands down...not even close).
The pastoral staff member who consistently makes the most Dad jokes/puns.
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Who is Big Carol.
This Suburbanite won an Olympic Gold Medal.
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What is 8 feet 10 inches (at least that's how it feels). It's actually between 6'5" and 6'6."
The average height of occupants in the office shared by Jesse Peters and Brian Schaudt.
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What is Tulsa, Oklahoma.
The city where both Steve and Mike were living when they moved to Corvallis.
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What is Swimming in the Deep End.
The name of Tina Nelson's second book.
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Who is Kim Simmons.
This current member of Suburban's pastoral staff has the earliest start date to their employment.
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Who is Chanel Heathcote.
This Suburbanite is everyone's favorite Sunday morning dancer.
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What is 9.
The average tenure (in number of years) of the current pastoral staff.
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What is 1986.
The year that Steve Lee arrived at Suburban.
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Who are the Pauls and the Kings (December 19)
These two Elder couples have the same anniversary date, but it is ten years apart.
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What is 22.
The number of children the current pastoral staff members (10 people in all) have (including children by marriage).
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Who is Doug Edmonds.
This Suburbanite serves on the Philomath City Council.
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What is two (Bruce and Lisse).
The number of members of the Penner family wearing Mountain Dew T-Shirts in the 2012 Suburban photo directory.
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What is the Benton County Fairgrounds. (They met in the chapel that still stands there).
The physical location of Suburban's first meetings in 1963.
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What is 29.
The number of children the current Elders have (including current foster children).
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What is 6. (Suzie, Mike, Martha, Rick, Bruce, and Trisha).
The number of staff members and spouses who were born or grew up (at least part of the time) in foreign countries.
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Who are Stan Burks and Mike Hartwig.
These Suburbanites traveled to Tulsa and moved the Lee family's possessions to Corvallis.
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What is 1969.
The date of construction of the original sanctuary (the room we are currently in).
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What is one dollar, sold by the Plymouth Community Center. (See picture in the conference room)
The purchase price of the grange hall on our current property when Suburban bought it and relocated to it in 1964.
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What is 4 (I think...Clint (HP), Rob (CH2M), John DeVos (NuScale), and Brian Paul (ONAMI/OSU Research).
The number of Elders who spent some of their work hours on the old HP campus in 2016-2017.
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Who is Don Stram.
Suburban's first staff member (their first "official" Senior Pastor in the early 1960's.)
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Who is Dave Schudel. (Holiday Tree farms sells more than 1 million trees per year).
This Suburbanite owned and operated the largest Christmas Tree producer in the world for many years.
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What is 24 (11 in Sunday School, 13 in worship).
The number of total attenders (Sunday School plus worship) on Suburban's first day of worship--September 8, 1963.
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