The Reverend Wesley A. Smith will lead the service at the Wilson Memorial Chapel on Ocean Point this Sunday, July 2. The service is at 9:30 a.m. All are welcome. This year the chapel celebrates its 100th year! Jan Peyton Rowley from First Radio Parish Ministry will be our musician this Sunday.

Reverend Smith is a native of Burnt Hills, New York. He received his B.A. in biblical studies and social science from Barrington College, Barrington, Rhode Island, in 1973, where he was inducted into "Who's Who In American Colleges and Universities." He earned his master of divinity degree from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, South Hamilton, Massachusetts, in 1976.

Rev. Smith completed many credit hours toward a doctor of ministry degree in Not-For-Profit Administration at Trinity Seminary in Newburg, Indiana. Since his ordination on June 20, 1976, at Burnt Hills Baptist Church, Rev. Smith has served churches in Averill Park and Saratoga Springs, New York; in Colorado Springs, Colorado; in Westerly and Cranston, Rhode Island; and most recently in Hamilton, New York.

Smith retired from 41 years of pastoral ministry this past spring. His service has also included: president of Hamilton Rotary; president of the Hamilton Area Clergy Association; member of the Community Memorial Hospital Institutional Review Board and the Medical Ethics Committee of the Hospital; and church representative on the Board of BRIDGES, a community coalition on drug and substance abuse education and prevention.

Smith is married to Joyce Halliday Smith, a fine artist. They reside on Long Beach Island in the Borough of Harvey Cedars, New Jersey. The Smiths enjoy sailing, gardening, their Toller named Cedars, and visits to their daughters' and grandchildren in Colorado Springs.