REV. LUTHER C. PIERCE
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I am REV. LUTHER C. PIERCE, a retired United Church of Christ pastor living in Gainesville in north central Florida. I served churches in Connecticut, Florida and Massachusetts, and was Executive Secretary of the Greater Miami (FL) Council of Churches back in the 60's. In early life, I grew up in Brooklyn, Connecticut, a life to which I returned in 1946 with a new bride, a gift from the military since I met her while stationed near Dothan, Alabama. My love affair with Frances continues 63 years later. We became busy, raising a family of four sons while I worked in my father’s poultry hatchery business. In high school. I had thought about an engineering career and learning to fly. WW II disrupted the first thought, but I did learn to fly. You’ll learn more about that in the first poem I post below.
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MY STRUGGLEAn autobiographical poem Every life knows its struggles, As a boy, I enjoyed going to church, As a boy, I loved airplanes, I see it as the struggle of my loves. Both loves continued into adulthood. Early adulthood found me at home, I became a pilot, and enjoyed There came the day that Pastor Jim Sadly, gradually, I left airplanes behind Flying days are far behind me now, Retirement age came some My struggle is long over. July 2009 MY LIFEThis is the story of my life The sky was clear, Puffs of white cumulus Out ahead I knew thicker clouds waited, My instruments led me forward Time to follow the glide path, I reduced power, As I taxied to the terminal Luther C. Pierce |
My 1956 F35 Bonanza Monroe Congregational Church, UCC Monroe, Connecticut |