Reception set for ministers

Staff report

canfield

The Rev. James Houston is the new minister and Ralph Wince, associate minister, at Calla Community Church, 6482 W. Calla Road.

The church will host a reception for the Rev. Mr. Houston and Wince after the 10:45 service Sunday.

Prior to the ministry, Mr. Houston was a member of Sheet Metal Workers Local 5 and worked in that field for 17 years. Then he spent another 10 years as a field foreman for a local mechanical contractor.

He then felt the call to ministry. After serving as a Sunday School teacher and youth pastor at a local church, he served as a volunteer chaplain for two years at Northside Medical Center. He then became affiliated with the Lutheran Chaplaincy Service, serving as staff chaplain and co-director of pastoral services.

During this time, he took seminary classes. He completed his clinicals at Northside and St. Elizabeth Medical Center.

Mr. Houston became a licensed minister in 2007 and was ordained in 2008 by the American Evangelical Christian Churches. He is licensed by the State of Ohio.

Mr. Houston and his wife, Diana, live in the Canfield area; they have two children and two grandchildren.

Wince, who lives in Beaver Township, is grain manager for Canfield Agland Co-op. He is being mentored by Mr. Houston. He is active in the Farm Bureau and president of the South Range School board.

Wince and his wife, Christine, have three children.

Calla Church was founded in 1864.