MILTON HISTORY 1988
GOSHEN METHODIST CHURCH
MILTON, DELAWARE
THE REV. DOUGLAS M. &
ANNA RIDLEY
July 1988, Milton bid a
fond farewell to the Rev. Douglas Ridley and his family after
their five year service to
Milton's Goshen Methodist and the Harbeson Methodist Church.
They have been called by
the Peninsula Conference to take a church in northern Wilmington.
Doug was from Cheswold, a
graduate of Dover High School in 1961 and felt the call to the
ministry. He attended the
University of Delaware, graduated Delaware State College with a
Sociology degree in 1968.
He than attended Crozier Seminary, Chester, and graduated
the Wesley Seminary in
Washington, D.C. with a Master of Divinity degree in 1972.
Ridley became
probationary member of Peninsula Conference and ordained a
Deacon
in May 1969. He began
his service at Still Pond – Betterton Charge, also served the
Vienna – Elliotts
Charge, Christchurch, Chestertown, Aldersgate Church,
Wilmington,
before coming to Goshen.
In 1973, he was made a full member of the conference and
ordained an Elder.
Doughs wife, Ann, is
from Camebridge and they were married in 1969. Ann taught music
at the Savannah Road
Elementary School in Lewes, also was the organist at Goshen.
Doug and Ann have two
children, Blake, active in school sports and the high school band,
and, Betsy, known for her
scholastic achievements.
Rev. Ridley, has been
appointed to serve the Chester - Bethel United Methodist Church
in Wilmington. The entire
family will be missed as residents of the Milton community .
Abstract: Of the July
1988 issue of Milton's Chamber Clipper, by Harrison H. July
25, 2018 for
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