Dr. Gabriel Fluhrer Recommended For Next Pastor At First Presbyterian Church Monday, April 19, 2021
Dr. Gabriel Fluhrer and family
The Pulpit Search Committee at First Presbyterian Church is recommending Dr. Gabriel Fluhrer to the congregation to be the next senior pastor of the historic Chattanooga church.
Dr. Fluhrer will preach at First Presbyterian on May 9.
He will be just the 14th pastor at First Presbyterian in its long history dating back to the early days of Chattanooga.
The most recent pastor, Dr. Tim Tinsley, died earlier this year.
Here is what Dr. Fluhrer shared about himself and his family:
I was born in Ohio in 1978, one of four boys, while my father was completing his doctorate. From there, my family moved around, following my dad’s career as a college professor and administrator. My mom taught English as a Second Language for most of her career. Eventually, our family moved to Greenville, South Carolina, in the late 1980s and that was home for most o
Dorothy Gertrude Caldwell (nee Russell) January 6, 1918 – February 10, 2021. Dorothy Caldwell didn’t mind an adventure. In fact, the Hamilton great-grandmother loved it so much that she became a world record holder in her 90s after entering the
Guinness Book of Records as the oldest motor rally navigator. Dorothy died in Hamilton on February 10, age of 103 years-old, still holding that record. Dorothy’s rally car career began late in life in 2012 when she was 94-years-old.
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Dorothy and Alastair Caldwell at the finish of the Trans America Rally in San Francisco at the Famous Fairmont Hotel. Her son Alastair Caldwell, 77, a former McLaren F1 team manager, was doing classic car rallies around the world when Dorothy visited him the UK.