New Wilmington Mission Conference

Here is the memorial service for Lois Anderson and Zelda White held today at New Wilmington Presbyterian Church today.  Just click on the full_service.mp3 link above to listen.  You can also right click and select "Save As" to download the file (18MB, 1:42:55).

Here's a summary of the information on NWMCmission.org.

The bulletin and Obituaries are below.

 

A Celebration of the Life and Resurrection to Glory

of

LOIS CRAWFORD ANDERSON

and

ZELDA ANDERSON WHITE

 

New Wilmington Presbyterian Church

New Wilmington, Pennsylvania

February 25, 2007  v  3:30 p.m.

 

ORGAN PRELUDE                                                                                      Ray Ocock

                                           The King of Love My Shepherd Is                Charles Gounod

                                                         I Know of a Sleep in Jesus' Name                  Raymond H. Haan

                                    O What Their Joy and their Glory Must Be      Raymond H. Haan

 

ANTHEM - Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing                                   Craig Courtney

 

WELCOME                                                                              Rev. Robert McCreight

 

UNISON CALL TO WORSHIP                                                     Rev. David Dawson

 

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His abundant mercy has begotten us again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, to an inheritance incorruptible and undefiled and that does not fade away, reserved in heaven for you, who are kept by the power of God through faith for salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. - 1 Peter 1:3-5

 

PRAYER OF INVOCATION                                                         Rev. David Dawson

 

Hymn 379 - My Hope Is Built on Nothing Less                                          SOLID ROCK

 

WORDS OF COMFORT AND HOPE                                                                           

        

         Psalm 23, 90                                                                  Rev. Malcolm Vandevort

         John14:1-6, 1 Corinthians 15:50-58, Revelation 21:1-7           Rev. Carl Templin

 

ANTHEM - God So Loved the World                                                         John Stainer

 

MESSAGE                                                                                     Rev. David Dawson

TRIBUTES                                                                                     Rev. Joseph Hopkins

           

      Harold Crawford

      Ronee Christy

      Cynthia Miller

      Donna Havrisko

 

RESONSES

      Rev. William Anderson

      Sylvia Anderson Moller

 

PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING                                                          Rev. Willis McGill

 

HYMN 526 - For All the Saints                                                           Ralph Vaughn Williams

 

BENEDICTION

 

POSTLUDE                                  The Strife is O'er                                     Noel Rawstorne

 

 

OFFICIANTS:

 

Rev. Robert G. McCreight, Interim Pastor, New Wilmington Presbyterian Church

Rev. David Dawson, Executive Presbyter, Shenango Presbytery

Rev. Malcolm Vandevort, retired missionary to Ethiopia

Rev. Carl Templin, former missionary to Ethiopia

Rev. Joseph M. Hopkins, Parish Associate, New Wilmington Presbyterian Church

Rev. Willis McGill, retired missionary to Egypt

Raymond Ocock, Organist, New Wilmington Presbyterian Church

The New Wilmington Presbyterian Church Chancel Choir, Anne Bruening, Director

 

EULOGIES:

 

Ronee Christy, Chair, NWMC Board

Cynthia Miller, Friend

Donna Havrisko, Chair, Redstone Presbytery Sudan Committee

 

RESPONSES:

 

Rev. William Anderson, husband and father of the deceased

Sylvia Anderson Moller, daughter and sister of the deceased

PSALM 23

 

        1. The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.

        2. He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters.

        3. He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake.

        4. Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.

        5. Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou annointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.

        6. Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever.

KING JAMES VERSION

 

 

 

 

 

MEMORIAL GIFTS:

 

The Lois Anderson and Zelda White Scholarship Fund has been established

for needy seminary students at

St. Paul's United Theological College and University in Limuru, Kenya.

 

 

 

Zelda Mai Anderson

 

 

Zelda Mai Anderson was born at Kampala on June 30^th, 1955.  At the time, her parents were living in southern Sudan.  She moved to Kenya in 1959 and spent her early years living at St. Paul's Theological College where her parents taught.

 

She attended Green Acres School and later attended and graduated from the Rift Valley Academy in 1973.  She studied briefly at L'Abri, Switzerland and later, like her mother, attended Geneva College in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, graduating with a Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology.

 

At Geneva College, she met Craig White.  They were married in 1978.  They lived their first year of marriage in Queens, New York City.  They then became U.S. Peace Corps volunteers in Oman, teaching English as a Foreign Language.  They continued to live in Oman from 1982 to 1987, where they began to raise a family:  Elijah, born in 1982 in New York; Arielle, born in 1985 in the UAE; and Maxwell, born in 1987 in the UAE.

 

After a short return to upstate New York, Zelda and Craig and the children lived for a year in Peshawar, Pakistan, after which they lived for a year in Cambridge, Massachusetts.  Craig then joined the U.S. Foreign Service, and Zelda accompanied him to Yemen, Iceland, Zaire, Washington DC, back to Oman for the third time, and finally to Kenya.

 

Along the way Zelda spent many years teaching English as a Foreign Language.  In Kenya, she felt a call to study theology.  She returned to St. Paul's Theological College where she had lived as a child, this time as a student.  In December 2006 she completed course work for a Bachelor of Divinity degree from St. Paul's.  Like Lois, Zelda made a wide spectrum of friends. The circle of her friendships crossed all divides of race, nationality, and religion as well.  She had a great love for and faith in God, and looked for His guidance daily.  She had a deep love for her children, and gave them continual support and encouragement.

 

Left with many cherished memories, these remain:

Beloved husband  Craig White,   Children, Elijah, Arielle, Maxwell 

Father,  Rev. William Anderson

Sister,  Sylvia Moller   Brothers,  Phillip,  Stephen

Brother-in-law,  Otto Moller,   Sisters-in-law, Joy Anderson and Kaori Anderson 

A host of other family and friends.

 

 

Lois Purdy Anderson

 

Lois Purdy Crawford was born in western Pennsylvania on May, 28^th 1927, the youngest of 3 children (sister Roberteen, and brother Harold). She spent her early years on a family farm.  She graduated from Geneva College in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania in 1949 and became a school teacher and taught 2^nd grade in Beaver. It was during this time that she met William B. Anderson, the son and grandson of Presbyterian missionaries, who had just completed seminary training in Pittsburgh.

 

On June 9^th 1951, Lois and William were married in Beaver and immediately began missionary training.  In October, 1951, they sailed to Egypt to undergo intensive Arabic language training in Cairo.  They taught initially at Attar school in Upper Nile, southern Sudan.  During this time, their first daughter, Sylvia was born in Tanta, Egypt.  They moved to Mundri, Equatoria (southern Sudan) in 1955 and soon thereafter their second daughter Zelda was born at Mengo Hospital, in Kampala on June 30, 1955. While still living in Mundri, their third child Philip was born in Lui, southern Sudan.  1959 they were expelled from Sudan and moved to Kenya, where they taught at St. Paul's Theological College for 12 years.  During this period their fourth and last child, Stephen, was born in Nairobi, in 1963.

 

They moved to Uganda in 1972 during Idi Amin's time and taught at Makerere University.  When peace came to southern Sudan following the first civil war, they returned to Sudan in December 1973 and lived for 10 years at Doleib Hill, and helped establish the Giffen Bible School.  When civil war re-erupted in 1984, they moved to Khartoum and worked to establish the Gereif Bible School.  In 1990 they helped found the Nile Theological College, in Khartoum North, which is still operating today.  From 1995 - 2000, they divided their time between Khartoum and Kenya where they worked on research and writing a book on the church history of Sudan.

 

In 2000 they retired and moved to Clinton, South Carolina where they settled at Frampton Hall with other retirees.  They continued to travel, to speak at churches and to visit their children and grandchildren.   

 

Lois always had a special gift of thinking of others, a sharp memory for names, a welcoming manner and a warm smile.  She loved God, her family, and many, many others.

 

Left with many cherished memories, these remain:

Beloved husband, Rev. William Anderson   Children,  Sylvia and Otto Moller,

Craig White, Philip and Joy Anderson, Stephen and Kaori Anderson  

Grandchildren,  Elijah, Arielle, Maxwell White,   Kristina, Alexander Moller, 

Clyde, Juliah, Renee Anderson,   Simon, Monika, Emma Anderson. 

A host of other family and friends.