| Pastor LeRoy V. Ruby HCF Associate Pastor |
Pastor Lee was born in Dayton, Ohio, on June 26, 1930. Lee
accepted Christ as his Personal Savior in September 1951. Upon
accepting Christ, Lee transferred from Engineering Studies at
Ohio State University and enrolled at Dayton Bible Institute where
he graduated with a degree in Theology. Upon graduation, Pastor
Lee served as Youth Pastor for 20+ years at various churches in
the Dayton, Ohio area.
Pastor Lee continued his studies in chemistry and received his
advanced degree in Analytical Chemistry in 1970. He retired from
Dayton Power and Light after completing 38 years as the
company's chief chemical engineer. Lee also retired in 1986 from
the U.S. Naval Reserve after completing 33 years of service.
Prior to coming to Hilltop Christian Fellowship in December 2007,
Pastor Lee served as Pastor of Visitation at First United
Methodist Church in Laurel, MD. Since joining the staff at HCF,
Pastor Lee has served as Youth Pastor and was ordained as
Associate Pastor in October 2009.
Pastor Lee, in conjunction with HCF's Youth Leader is developing
our youth as the missionary outreach of the church. He has
participated in three missionary trips with our youth and is
currently planning another trip to New Mexico for the summer of
2010.
accepted Christ as his Personal Savior in September 1951. Upon
accepting Christ, Lee transferred from Engineering Studies at
Ohio State University and enrolled at Dayton Bible Institute where
he graduated with a degree in Theology. Upon graduation, Pastor
Lee served as Youth Pastor for 20+ years at various churches in
the Dayton, Ohio area.
Pastor Lee continued his studies in chemistry and received his
advanced degree in Analytical Chemistry in 1970. He retired from
Dayton Power and Light after completing 38 years as the
company's chief chemical engineer. Lee also retired in 1986 from
the U.S. Naval Reserve after completing 33 years of service.
Prior to coming to Hilltop Christian Fellowship in December 2007,
Pastor Lee served as Pastor of Visitation at First United
Methodist Church in Laurel, MD. Since joining the staff at HCF,
Pastor Lee has served as Youth Pastor and was ordained as
Associate Pastor in October 2009.
Pastor Lee, in conjunction with HCF's Youth Leader is developing
our youth as the missionary outreach of the church. He has
participated in three missionary trips with our youth and is
currently planning another trip to New Mexico for the summer of
2010.
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Clear Spring youth/associate pastor’s
latest vocation a long time in coming
By MARLO BARNHART
December 29, 2009
marlob@herald-mail.com
CLEAR SPRING — After a career in chemical engineering, teaching
and writing industrial textbooks, Lee Ruby has accepted a call as
youth/associate pastor at Hilltop Christian Fellowship.
It was a long time coming, according to Ruby, who said he couldn’t shake
the feeling that the move was right for him despite the fact that he is 79
years old.
“At Christmas 2007, I joined the youth group at both Hilltop and the
church where I was evangelizing in Laurel, Md.,” Ruby said.
Ruby moved to the Clear Spring area last December. Ordained in
October, he went on a mission trip with the Hilltop youth group to
Mississippi, where the group repaired houses damaged by Hurricane
Katrina.
“In the meantime, I found a house on Ashton Road that had a large
basement,” Ruby said.
He has been equipping it with a pool table, table tennis, air hockey, darts,
a 44-inch television and games for the church’s youths.
“They are welcome here at any time,” Ruby said.
The move to Washington County was sparked by Ruby’s friendship with
Dennis Whitmore, Hilltop’s pastor, whom he met in Laurel a few years
ago.
“Dennis wanted me to go into full-time ministry then, but I wasn’t ready
yet,” Ruby said.
Ruby said he is eagerly anticipating the congregation’s plans to buy and
move into the New Life Christian Ministries building east of Clear Spring
in January.
An Ohio native, Ruby went to school there to become a chemical
engineer. Happy with that decision, Ruby said he was “offered” another
possible career path in 1951, when he attended church with his
grandmother.
“I went back a week later and accepted Jesus as my savior,” Ruby said.
At that time, he began attending seminary, graduating in 1955. All the
while, he was maintaining his prior career, got married and fathered
three children.
Starting in the late 1950s, Ruby began evangelizing in his off hours,
accepting no money for that work. That went on for 20 years.
After he retired from Dayton (Ohio) Power and Light, Ruby went to
Florida until accepting a job offer in Columbia, Md., consulting for
General Physics Corp. in the mid-1980s.
When his first marriage ended, he went back to Florida for a time.
Returning to Columbia, Ruby remarried and got active in church again.
The association between Whitmore and Ruby was strengthened in 2003,
when Ruby’s second wife died.
“Dennis got me through it,” he said.
When the call came to be youth pastor at the little Clear Spring-area
church, Ruby came onboard.
“I’m really excited about this work,” he said.
latest vocation a long time in coming
By MARLO BARNHART
December 29, 2009
marlob@herald-mail.com
CLEAR SPRING — After a career in chemical engineering, teaching
and writing industrial textbooks, Lee Ruby has accepted a call as
youth/associate pastor at Hilltop Christian Fellowship.
It was a long time coming, according to Ruby, who said he couldn’t shake
the feeling that the move was right for him despite the fact that he is 79
years old.
“At Christmas 2007, I joined the youth group at both Hilltop and the
church where I was evangelizing in Laurel, Md.,” Ruby said.
Ruby moved to the Clear Spring area last December. Ordained in
October, he went on a mission trip with the Hilltop youth group to
Mississippi, where the group repaired houses damaged by Hurricane
Katrina.
“In the meantime, I found a house on Ashton Road that had a large
basement,” Ruby said.
He has been equipping it with a pool table, table tennis, air hockey, darts,
a 44-inch television and games for the church’s youths.
“They are welcome here at any time,” Ruby said.
The move to Washington County was sparked by Ruby’s friendship with
Dennis Whitmore, Hilltop’s pastor, whom he met in Laurel a few years
ago.
“Dennis wanted me to go into full-time ministry then, but I wasn’t ready
yet,” Ruby said.
Ruby said he is eagerly anticipating the congregation’s plans to buy and
move into the New Life Christian Ministries building east of Clear Spring
in January.
An Ohio native, Ruby went to school there to become a chemical
engineer. Happy with that decision, Ruby said he was “offered” another
possible career path in 1951, when he attended church with his
grandmother.
“I went back a week later and accepted Jesus as my savior,” Ruby said.
At that time, he began attending seminary, graduating in 1955. All the
while, he was maintaining his prior career, got married and fathered
three children.
Starting in the late 1950s, Ruby began evangelizing in his off hours,
accepting no money for that work. That went on for 20 years.
After he retired from Dayton (Ohio) Power and Light, Ruby went to
Florida until accepting a job offer in Columbia, Md., consulting for
General Physics Corp. in the mid-1980s.
When his first marriage ended, he went back to Florida for a time.
Returning to Columbia, Ruby remarried and got active in church again.
The association between Whitmore and Ruby was strengthened in 2003,
when Ruby’s second wife died.
“Dennis got me through it,” he said.
When the call came to be youth pastor at the little Clear Spring-area
church, Ruby came onboard.
“I’m really excited about this work,” he said.
| This article appeared in the Hagerstown Herald-Mail newspaper on Wed., Dec. 30, 2010 |