How would you like to have the gift of prophecy? How would you like to understand all the mysteries of life or know everything in all the books in the world?  How would you like to have all the faith so that you could literally move mountains? Or  have the gift of healing?  Even having all these things wouldn't necesarrily profit you a great deal in God's eyes without one key ingredient, which is love.  In order to be truly unleavened we must be producing the number one fruit of God's Holy Spirit, which is the very love of God Himself.

Mark Welch

Pastor, United Church of God

Mark graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree, Theology major, from Ambassador College, Pasadena, CA in 1978.  He married Barbara Lemke in October of 1978 and they have two grown children, Jaime and Matthew.  Mark was ordained in 1985 and hired into the full-time ministry in 1989.  Mark is the coordinator for United’s Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Services and his wife, Barbara, is an interpreter for the Deaf.