He was my pastor back in the 1960’s when I was living in Loveland Colorado while in junior high and high school. Today at 73 almost 74 years old I reflect back to those times when I was a youth struggling with identity as all youth do! I remember even now how pastor Brown had a positive influence on my life! At the end of the service he would stand at the front entrance of the church and shake the hands of the church members and his smile to me and my brother and his kind words to us were so encouraging to us! I sensed he really cared about us and demonstrated his love preaching the Gospel that even we could understand! My mother said he was the best councilor she had ever known in her life time! Pastor Brown laid a foundation in my life in Christ that has carried me through the mountains and valleys of life! Last week I spoke to Pastor Brown who is now 96 years old and guess what he is doing? Preaching the Gospel! In Mexico and Haiti! As I drove through downtown Loveland about 5 years ago I drove past that red brick Methodist Church and remembered him and the positive influence he had on my life! Even while we were in India as Missionaries for 3 years back in the 1980’s and as that ministry carries on even today as we support workers there today we always have to go back to the beginning where God sent Pastor Brown into my life to direct my life in the right direction! Towards Christ my Savior! The strength of America is the small church where personal relations are developed and accountability to the Pastor and God are achieved! Mega churches and television ministries can never replace the personal one on one relationships of the local pastor and church where resources are invested into the local communities! I believe we have lost ground by the neglect of the local churches and is a foundational problem across America leading to the moral decline of America! I do not know if Pastor Brown will beat me to heaven but one day soon both of us will be serving Christ in heaven just as we have done on earth! God Bless Pastor Glenn Brown! James & Hamsa Sasse. GodWhoisGod.com