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
Stewart, Judith “Judi” Broome Monday, March 15, 2021
Judith “Judi” Broome Stewart
Judith “Judi” Broome Stewart, 76, unexpectedly went to be with her Lord and Savior on March 12, 2021.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Harold B. Broome and Marian Jenkins Broome. She is survived by her husband of 49 years, Stacy C. Stewart, two loving children, Cameron (Ivonne) Stewart and Heather (Cherish) Stewart, six grandchildren and one great-grandchild, sisters, Sandra Hoffman and Linda Sundstrom.
She was born on July 15, 1944, in Augusta, Ga., and graduated from Richmond Academy. She then graduated from the University of Georgia and began her teaching career, which lasted 46 years. She was teaching in Augusta, Ga., when she met her future husband, who was stationed at Ft. Gordon, Ga. When he returned from Vietnam they got married and moved to Virginia, where she taught at Petersburg Junior High, then to Atlanta, teaching in DeKalb County and in 1983 to Chat