Rev.Clela Anderson’s 50th Anniversary of Ordination

by Global Ministries | published on Oct 10, 2014

Reverend Clela Anderson will be honored for her 50th year in ordained ministry on May 7, 2006, at her church, Union Avenue Christian Church, in St. Louis, Missouri.

Clela Anderson was ordained at First Christian Church in Spencer, Iowa, on May 6, 1956. Clela currently serves as chairperson of the Outreach Department at Union Avenue Christian Church in St. Louis and continues to lead a bible study class at St. Johns United Church of Christ in Madison, Missouri, where she once served as Minister of Christian Education.

Reverend Suzanne Webb, Senior Minister, invites you to come celebrate with Union Avenue Christian on Sunday, May 7th at 10:45 and stay after worship service for the reception to celebrate, send greetings, and support girls’ education in the Equator Region, a ministry dear to Clela’s heart.

Greeting cards and letters may be sent directly to Union Avenue Christian Church in care of Reverend Suzanne Webb, 733 Union Boulevard, St. Louis, MO 63108.

Gifts for Support of Girls’ Education in the Equator Region in honor of Clela’s 50th year of ordination may be sent directly to Global Ministries through on-line donations at globalministries.org or mail checks to: PO Box 1986, Indianapolis, IN 46206. We will send Clela a letter informing her that you have sent her a gift in her honor.

Many of you know Clela and her husband Ronald as former missionaries to the Congo (Zaire) in 1957-1962 and again in 1974-1982. Clela served at a girls’ school called Lycee Nsang’ea Ndotsi in Congo (Zaire) and in 1995, a few years after Ronald passed away, Clela went on to serve as chaplain at Inanda Seminary, a girls’ school in South Africa. Others of you may know Clela from UCC and Disciple joint events around the St. Louis area and as a Global Ministries Ministry and Mission Interpreters (MMI).