The officers and members of Curry Temple C.M.E. Church will honor Pastor Joseph C. Gardner, Sr., to salute his 44th year of ministerial service.
The appreciation service will be held on Sunday, October 23, at 9:30 a.m., in edifice located at 322 W. Rosecrans Avenue in Compton. The public is invited to attend.
Gardner previously served as pastor at Phillips Chapel in Santa Monica, Brown Chapel in Santa Ana and Hays Tabernacle in Los Angeles as well as several other states.
In the CME denomination, Gardner is a member of the General Board and the Department of Finance. His other affiliations are president of the Los Angeles District Board of Christian Education, board member of the Los Angeles Council of Black Churches and trustee for the Phillips School of Theology.
A graduate of Lane College in Jackson, TN, Pastor Garner earned a Master of Divinity degree at Phillips School of Theology in Atlanta, GA.
For more information, call Curry Temple at (310) 632-8104.
