

I was blessed to be hired as Youth Pastor in 2007 and then became the Family and Children's Ministry Pastor in 2011. Following graduation, we moved to Spokane, Washington to serve at Faith Bible Church. During our first year of marriage, the Lord used many circumstances to bring me to The Master's Seminary in Sun Valley, California. In 2000, I married my wife Melissa in Columbus, Ohio. God granted me repentance and faith in the work of Christ on my behalf at a young age. My parents modeled a love for the Lord and His Word, an urgency to share the Gospel and a commitment to do what Jesus said.

Whether it has been in the Nursery, Care Group, Bible Study, Missions, Youth Ministry, Administration, or even now as a servant-elder - it has always been my joy and privilege to serve the Lord and His body.īy God's grace, I was born into a home where the Gospel was the main thing. The Lord has blessed me with many opportunities to serve and learn about the ministry of the gospel (in spite of, or even through many struggles with my own pride and sinfulness). I grew up in the Placentia/Yorba Linda area and work as a Family Medicine Physician and Residency Teaching Faculty in Anaheim & Santa Ana. We were married in 2006 and have been blessed with 3 children. By God's grace, I met my wife, Susan, here at CBC and after some persistence and much prayer from many people, she finally said "yes". I learned that I was an even worse sinner than I thought and that God, because of His great love with which He loved us (Eph 2:4), provided not only the payment for my sin through the death of Jesus Christ (1 Tim 2:6), but also the imputed righteousness of Christ through His life and resurrection (2 Cor 5:21 Rom 1:16-17) High, God saved me by His grace around 1992 through the college ministry of Grace Community Church (UCLA Grace on Campus - Go Bruins!). Online condolences may be expressed at grown up in the church and even attending Christian school through Jr. The family will receive friends on Thursday, November 10, 2022, from 1:00- 2:00PM at Wages & Sons Funeral Home, 1031 Lawrenceville Highway, Lawrenceville, Georgia 30046. of Lawrenceville, Georgia or Cornerstone Bible Church in Lilburn, Georgia. In lieu of flowers, those desiring may make contributions to Gwinnett Medical Center Foundation, Emory Winship Cancer Institute, Special Kneads & Treats, Inc. She is also survived by her brothers, Eddie Stroud (wife, Ann) of Lilburn, Georgia, Don Stroud (Ken Mast) of Lincolnton, North Carolina, and a host of Nieces & Nephews. She is survived by her loving husband of 48 years, Gene of Lawrenceville, Georgia son, Phillip Dickens of Lawrenceville, Georgia daughter, Courtney Dickens Hanes (husband, Kori) of Summerville, South Carolina. They formerly attended Bethesda Methodist Church in Lawrenceville where Claudia had been active in the church’s cub scout program (den mother) as well as the Methodist women (various offices held).Ĭlaudia was preceded in death by her brother, Gary (wife, Diane) of Lynchburg, Virginia. She retired in 2014 from McKendree Elementary School, where she had worked for 26 years as a teacher’s assistant, reading tudor, and media clerk.Ĭlaudia, along with her husband, Gene, became members of Cornerstone Bible Church last year where they have attended for 2 years. She went to work for Mill Power Supply Company which was the purchasing division of Duke Power Company (Duke Energy). She graduated from South Mecklenburg High School in Charlotte, North Carolina in 1966 and from Central Piedmont Community College in Charlotte in 1968 with an associate degree in Secretarial Science. She was born in Lincolnton, North Carolina on January 30,1948, to Joseph Edward Stroud and Nell Leonard Stroud. Claudia passed away at Accent Care Hospice in Cumming, Georgia on Sunday, October 23, 2022, following a stroke. Peter O’Neill, Senior Pastor of Cornerstone Bible Church in Lilburn, Georgia, will officiate. A memorial service for Claudia Stroud Dickens will be at 2:00PM on Thursday, November 10, 2022, at Wages & Sons Funeral Home in Lawrenceville, Georgia.
