Background
Nash, Reford Brooks was born on June 17, 1944 in Chickasha, Oklahoma, United States. Son of Cheston Alfred and Gladys Marion Nash.
Nash, Reford Brooks was born on June 17, 1944 in Chickasha, Oklahoma, United States. Son of Cheston Alfred and Gladys Marion Nash.
Born in Chickasha, OK. Grew up in Oklahoma City, attended public school there, and graduated from US Grant HS in 1962.
Associate pastor, Pasadena (California) Presbyterian Church, 1969-1971;
Associate pastor, First Presbyterian Church, Oceanside, California, 1971-1974;
Chaplain, chair of religion department, Chief of Counseling Svcs, The Hun School of Princeton, New Jersey, 1975-1978;
Pastor, First Presbyterian Church, Grapevine, Texas, 1978-1980;
Pastor, West Side Presbyterian Church, Wichita, Kansas, 1980-1988;
Senior Pastor, Federated Community Church, Flagstaff, Arizona, 1988-1996;
Senior Pastor, Presbyterian Church of the Roses, Santa Rosa, California, 1996 - 2001;
Senior Pastor, First Presbyterian Church, Barberton, Ohio, 2001-2010.
Retired 2010
Supply Pastor, First Presbyterian Church, Mansfield, Ohio, 2011-2012;
Interim Pastor, Milton Presbyterian Church, Rittman, Ohio, 2012-2013;
Temporary Supply Pastor, Goodyear Heights Presbyterian Church, Akron, Ohio, 2013-2020.
Retired again, fall 2020.
COM member, CPM Member, Council Member, Worship Comm Chr for Presbytery of Southern KS. Mediator Superior Court, Flagstaff, Arizona, since 1994, Arizona Attorney General, Flagstaff, 1989-1996.
Commission on ministry member Grand Canyon Presbytery, Arizona, 1993-1996. Commissioner Presbyterian Synod of Southwest, Phoenix, 1994. CPM mbr for Presbytery of the Redwoods. COM mbr and Council mbr for Eastminster Presbytery. General Presbyter Calling Comm mbr for Eastminster Presbytery.
Board of directors Catholic Social Svc., Flagstaff. Member of advisory board Grand Canyon Council Boy Scouts American, Phoenix, 1992-1996. Member North America Academy Liturgy (associate), Academy Family Mediators (certified mediator), Santa Rosa Rotary Club.
Married Rosemarie Benziger, March 20, 1971 (divorced September 1983). 1 child, Aaron Alfred. Married Marilyn Carol Konkol, August 31, 1984.
Children: Trevor James McLellan, Shelley Elizabeth.