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Weblog for interested readers:

Reader Sam Cable has a weblog at www.rofters.blogspot.com.
Mr. Cable can also be contacted by email at scable@mindspring.com.

Groups listed alphabetically by state name or by country name:

Arizona

In Phoenix, Arizona:
Michael Lueken
P.O. Box 2014
Phoenix, Arizona 85001
Email: michaeljlueken @yahoo.com

In Phoenix, Arizona:
Steve Twist
Assistant General Counsel
Viad Corp
Suite 800
1850 N. Central Ave.
Phoenix, Arizona 85004-4545
Phone: 602-207-2940
Email: stwist @viad.com

Those living near Sun City West, Arizona, can contact:
Lloyd D. Sellers
14614 Trading Post Drive
Sun City West, Arizona 85375
623-544-5856
Email: tuxi2 @msn.com

Arkansas

Those living in the Bentonville, Rogers, Springdale, or Fayetteville areas can contact:
Stuart Buck
4531 Stonecrest
Springdale, Arkansas 72762
479-927-3315
Email: stuartbuck @msn.com

California

In Berkeley, California:
John F. Maguire
Natural Law Jurisprudence Center
1442A Walnut Street , #404
Berkeley, California 94709
Email: drmaguire @hotmail.com

In Manteca, California:
Rev. Howard Giles, Rector
St. Mary the Virgin Episcopal Parish
1060 Cottage Avenue
Manteca, CA 95336
Email: howard.giles @stmarysmanteca.org
Phone: 209-482-5052

In Orange County:
Cecelia E.H. Wiedel
P.O. Box 146
Cypress, California 90630
Phone: 714-225-5482
Email: cehwiedel @usa.net

In Palo Alto, California, contact:
Pete Patterson
267 Curtner Ave., #24
Palo Alto, California 94306
650-855-9308
Email: ppatterson85 @hotmail.com

In Pasadena:
Lee R. Cerling and Rebecca King-Cerling
2032 Galbreth Road
Pasadena, California 91104
Phone: 626-798-0793
Email: cerling @usc.edu

Also in Pasadena:
Ralph D. Winter, President
William Carey International University
1469 Bresee Avenue
Pasadena, CA 91104
Email: rdw112233 @aol.com

In the Sacramento-Stockton area:
Allen D. Martin
2809 Applewood Drive
Lodi, CA 95242-8317
Phone: 209-365-6090
Email: twogun1939@sbcglobal.net

In Santa Barbara:
Rev. George P. Wood
Living Faith Center
4597 Hollister Avenue
Santa Barbara, CA 93110
Phone: 805-967-5651
Email: george@livingfaithonline.net

Canada

In Halifax, Nova Scotia:
Fr. James Mallon
2725 Oxford St.
Halifax, N.S.
B3H 3Z7
902-423-3057
Email: James @Mallon.com

In Victoria, British Columbia:
Frances Gooday
Email: fgooday @telus.net
Phone: 250-384-1730

In Calgary, Canada:
Deacon John Doll
8 Springbank Court S.W.
Calgary, AB T3E 3S8
Canada
Email: johndoll @telus.net

In Ottawa-Gatineau, Canada:
Sheila and John Wallner
1 Hanson
Gatineau,Quebec
Canada
819-777-7043
Email: sjones @can.rogers.com

If you live near New Glasgow, Guysborough, Tracadie, or other towns in the northeastern part of the mainland of Nova Scotia, contact:
Thomas E. Roach
14 Cedar Terrace
Antigonish, Nova Scotia
Canada, B2G1R9
Email: troach @stfx.ca

In Toronto, Ontario:
Thomas J. Sheridan
95 Prince Arthur Avenue, Suite 601
Toronto, Ontario
Canada M5R 3P6
Phone: 416-923-7782
Email: tom.sheridan @helyar.com

China

In Shanghai, China:
Nathan D. Showalter
1118 Ming Yue Road, A9
Jinqiao, Pudong
Shanghai 201206
China
Phone: 8621-5031-0390
Mobile: (86) 1376-418-5474
Email: nate @showalter.cc

Colorado

In the Denver area:
Dr. Dennis R. Floyd
3265 Fenton St.
Denver, Colorado 80212-7130
Phone: 303-202-6792
Email: DRFloyd @comcast.net

Connnecticut

In Fairfield County:
Charles P. West
Phone: 203-330-8623
Email: charwest @optonline.net

In the metro Hartford area:
Chester Paul Beach Jr.
7 The Green
Collinsville, Connecticut 06019-3171
Email: chesterbeach @yahoo.com

Florida

In north-central Florida,
M. J. Christensen
50 Wildwood Trail
Deland, Florida 32724
Email: MJChris @world-net.att.net.

In Gainesville, Florida:
Mary Jane Ballou
530 NE 8th Avenue
Gainesville, Florida 32601
352-375-0858
Email: mjballou @bellsouth.net

In Miami/Dade:
Jesse M. Rodriguez
660 Warren Lane
Key Biscayne, Florida 33149
Phone: 786-348-6363
Email: jesserodriguez00 @yahoo.com

In Pensacola, Florida:
The Rev. Clint McBroom
Cokesbury United Methodist Church
3300 Summit Boulevard
Pensacola, Florida
Phone: 850-432-1396
Email: clint @cokesburyumc.org

In the Port Charlotte/Englewood/Venice/North Fort Myers area:
Patricia De Grinney
3006 Caring Way #214
Port Charlotte, Florida 33952
941-766-1082

In West Palm Beach, Florida:
Brant Hansen
WAY-FM radio
4858 Palm Brooke Circle
West Palm Beach, Florida 33417
Email: brant @wayfm.com

Georgia

In Atlanta, Georgia, contact:
Richard Schaefer
3275 Lenox Rd., #410
Atlanta, Georgia 30324
Email: shinfox @joimail.com

Germany

In Leipzig, Germany:
Isaac Vikram Chenchiah
Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences
Inselstr. 22
04103 Leipzig
Email: Isaac.Chenchiah @ mis.mpg.de
Phone: +49-341-9959-705
Fax: +49-341-9959-633

Idaho

In Coeur d’Alene and Northern Idaho:
Dan Peterson
1852 Veit Road
Newport, Washington 99156
Home phone and fax: 509-447-5103
Cell phone: 509-671-0289
Email: veitfarm @povn.com

Illinois

If you live in Arlington Heights, Illinois, or another northwest suburb of Chicago, contact:
Les and Kathleen Miller
1226 S. Ridge Ave.
Arlington Heights, Illinois 60005
847-392-5986
Email: 2klm @comcast.net

In Champaign-Urbana, Illinois contact:
Rebecca Bott
1801 Peach St.
Champaign, IL 61801
217-778-7602
Email: rbott @uiuc.edu

In the Chicago area:
Susan Emily Jordan
Email: chicagorofters @yahoo.com

In South Holland, Illinois, which is just south of Chicago,
Rev. Michael Gilligan
16565 South State St.
South Holland, Illinois 60473
Phone: (708) 331-5485;
Email and Web: acp @acpress.org and www.acpress.org.

Indiana

Those living in or around Indianapolis, Indiana, contact:
Brooks Bolton
5257 E. Pleasant Run Pkwy. S. Dr.
Indianapolis, IN 46219
Phone: 317-375-8464
Email: bbboltonia @msn.com

Those living on the north side of Indianapolis, Indiana, contact:
Robert Newman
Email: b-bnewman @earthlink.net

If you live near South Bend, Indiana, contact:
Marian Crowe
Phone: 574-272-3426
Email: crowe.11 @nd.edu
Or Sidney Blanchet Ruth
Phone: 574-234-3376
Email: sidneybr @att.net

Iowa

In Ames, Iowa:
(The Rev.) Russell J.A. Melby
2106 Hunzikeve Drive
Ames, Iowa 50010
515-233-4830
Email: norskeboy @aol.com

Kansas

In Wichita:
Barbara Luderphone: 316-769-9919
or
Kent Murray
Email: kentmurray @cox.net

Kentucky

In and around Lexington:
Charles Walsh
403 East Margaret Drive
Wilmore, Kentucky 40390
Phone: 859-223-2180 or 859-858-9582
Email: cwalsh @lexingtonchristian.org

Louisiana

In Covington, Louisiana:
Rt. Rev. Chopin Cusachs
P.O. Box 1853
Covington, Louisiana 70434
Phone: 985-796-8454
Email: cusachs @bellsouth.net

Maine

In Mt. Desert Island or Ellsworth, Maine:
Erik Dunleavy
207-299-2829
Email: erikdunleavy@hotmail.com

Maryland

In Annapolis, Maryland,
Robert Caffrey
30 Lafayette Ave.
Annapolis, Maryland 21401
Email: rmcaffrey @aol.com.

In Baltimore, Maryland, get in touch with:
G. Edward Dickey, Ph.D.
Three Stratford Road
Baltimore, Maryland 21218
Email: gdickey @loyola.edu

On the eastern shore of Maryland:
Jim Duncan
26268 Tunis Mills Road
Easton, Maryland 21601
Phone: 410-215-6008
Email: Jim.Duncan @navtrak.net

Massachusetts

In the Boston/Cambridge area:
Catherine Lee
Email: cattylee @gmail.com

Michigan

In Ann Arbor, Michigan contact:
Thomas Fitzgerald
450 South Main Street
Ann Arbor, Michigan 48104
734-426-0047 or 734-761-8440
Email: thfitz @umich.edu

In the Royal Oak, Michigan area:
Jeffrey Wilson
Email: jbwils @sbcglobal.net

In Lansing, Michigan contact:
rofters_lansing @yahoo.com
P.O. Box 4665
East Lansing, Michigan 48826

In the Grand Rapids/Muskegon/Holland/Kalamazoo area:
Steven J. Van Steenhuyse
1752 S. Norwalk Dr SE
Grand Rapids, Michigan 49508
Email: vansteen @springnet1.com

In northwestern lower Michigan:
Mary Pollock
113 East Tenth St.
Traverse City, Michigan 49684
Email: meapollock@yahoo.com

Minnesota

In Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota:
Steve Clark
17061 Fairhill Ave. Farmington, MN 55024
612-303-4215

Missouri

In or around Jefferson City, Missouri:
Ed Schedler
316 Crest Dr
Jefferson City, Missouri 65109
Phone: 573-636-9810
Email: e74sched30 @mchsi.com

In St. Louis, Missouri:
John Meyer
4111 Michigan Ave.
St. Louis, Missouri 63118
Phone: 314-353-5118
Email: johnmeyer15 @hotmail.com

Nebraska

In Omaha, Nebraska:
Fr. Paul Hoesing
3601 N. 65 th St.
St. Bernard Catholic Church
Omaha, Nebraska 68104
Phone: 402-551-0269
Email: phoesing @catholic.org

New Hampshire

If you live in or near Hanover, New Hampshire, contact the Harwood family:
Terry and Meredith Harwood
P.O. Box 272
Orfard, New Hampshire 03777
Phone: 603-353-9705
Email: bartlett.harwood @gmail.com

In and around Bristol, New Hampshire:
Mr. Donald Towle
P.O. Box 103
Bristol, New Hampshire 03222
Email: dtowle @localnet.com

New Jersey

In northern New Jersey:
Walter W. Lynn
562 Fairway Road
Ridgewood, New Jersey 07450
201-445-5279
Email: w.w.lynn @att.net

New Mexico

In Albuquerque, New Mexico:
Barbara Prendergast
1331 Park Ave. S.W.
#512
Albuquerque, New Mexico 87102

In Santa Fe, New Mexico:
Joseph L. Moure
P.O. Box 31968
Santa Fe, NM 87594
505-989-4199
Email: adobejoe @comcast.net

New York

In Broome County/Binghamton area, contact:
Aaron Perry
780 Harry L Dr.
Johnson City, NY 13790
607-729-7777
Email: aaron @calvarycommunity.cx

In Delaware and Otsego Counties, New York:
Rev. John E. Priest, STS
Immanuel Lutheran Church
P. O. Box 68
Delhi, New York 13753
Phone: 607-746-2098
Email: jepriest @dmcom.net

In or near Lake Placid:
Fred McCulley
328 Old Military Road
Lake Placid, New York 12946
Phone: 518-523-7284

In Manhattan, or other boroughs of New York City, contact:
Bob Moran
55 West 11th Street
New York, New York 10011
212-989-5214
Email: bobmoran55@gmail.com

In Lower Westchester, contact:
Betsy Nolan
Bronxville, NY
914-779-0976
Email: ENolan8358 @aol.com

In western Nassau county and eastern Queens county:
Dr. Robert C. Rhodes
100-61 223 St.
Queens Village, New York 11429
Phone: 718-468-0073
Email: kearny2 @juno.com

In Rochester, New York:
Craig Flynn
183 St. Paul Street #301
Rochester, NY 14604-1127
Phone: 585-330-3262
Email: palm @upstatecomponents.com

In Syracuse, New York:
Michael P. Daly
109 Military Drive
Manlius, New York 13104
Phone 315-682-2066
Email: mdaly @twcny.rr.com

In the Mohawk Valley Region of New York:
Rob Richard
Little Falls, NY 13365
Email: rjr318 @yahoo.com

New Zealand

In Christchurch, New Zealand:
Dr. Bob Robinson
204 Condell Avenue
Papanui
Christchurch 8005
Phone: 352-3739
Email: bobr @netaccess.co.nz

North Carolina

In Monroe and the Charlotte area:
Henry Presler
202 East Windsor Street
Monroe, North Carolina 28112
Phone: 704-289-3523
Email: hpresler @carolina.net

In the Research Triangle (including Raleigh, Durham, and Chapel Hill), North Carolina:
Rev. Benjamin S. Sharpe, Jr.
4715 Highgate Drive
Durham, North Carolina 27713
Phone: 919-225-8663
Email: StAuggys @nc.rr.com

Ohio

Thomas F. Payne
9726 Delray Drive
Montgromery, Ohio 45242
Email: tfpayne @choice.net

In the Cleveland/Akron/Medina County, Ohio area:
Rich and Kathy Principe
2280 Ridge Top Drive
Wadsworth, Ohio 44218
Email: kathyprincipe @yahoo.com

Oklahoma

In the Norman-Oklahoma City Area:
David E. Schmitt, Ph.D.
9501 S. I-35 Service Road
Apartment 1906
Moore, Oklahoma 73160
Tele: h: 405-759-7781, o: 405-702-8131
Email: sequoiadave@gmail.com

In Tulsa, Oklahoma:
Robert L. Bearer
525 S. Main, Suite 800
Tulsa, Oklahoma 74103-4511
Phone: 918-599-7755
Fax: 918-599-7756
Email: bbearer @barberbartz.com

Oregon

In rural northwest Oregon, contact:
Edward B. Watters
P.O. Box 2
Newberg, Oregon
503-538-5687
Email: edwatters @aol.com

Pennsylvania

In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania:
Deborah Conley
220 West Gorgas Lane
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19119
215-843-2852
Email: dconleygorgas @msn.com

In Erie, Pennsylvania:
Rev. John Erthein
428 Parkway Drive (home address)
Erie, PA 16511
Home Phone: 814-790-5845
Westminster Presbyterian Church
3642 West 26th Street (work address)
Erie, PA 16506
Work Phone: 814-833-5982
Email: Presbyman@yahoo.com

In or near Reading, Pennsylvania:
Michael P. LaFata
Riverloft Apartments, Apt # 106
555 Pearl St.
Reading, Pennsylvania 19602
Phone: 610-376-4463
Email: lafatamikenew @yahoo.com

Spain

In Barcelona, Spain:
Miquel Mundet-I-Riera
Email: m_mundet @hotmail.com

South Dakota

In Sioux Falls, South Dakota:
Reverend Shelby Boese
Mercy Church
P. O. Box 90826
Sioux Falls SD 57109-0826
Phone: 605-275-4646
Email: shel @mercy-church.org

Tennessee

In Maryville, Tennessee:
Mr. Robert E. Hoffman
2938 Dominion Drive
Maryville, TN 37803
865-681-7568
Email: Hoffkor @BellSouth.net

In Memphis, Tennessee:
Charles and Virginia Nolen
4401 Fizer Cove
Memphis, TN 38117
Phone: 901-685-2193
Email: cvnolen@aol.com

In Knoxville, Tennessee:
Maynard Nordmoe
1815 Fair Drive
Knoxville, Tennessee 37918
Phone: 865-689-5381
Email: mwnordmoe @juno.com

Texas

In or around Austin:
Terry and Maureen Aldrich
8208 Alophia Drive
Austin, Texas 78739
Phone: 512-288-2696
Email: rootintootin12@att.net

In or around El Paso:
Rick Kelly
5228 Lakeway Drive
El Paso, TX 79932-3124
917-740-2500
Email: rick @perspectiva.net

In the Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas Metroplex:
Mark and Madeleine Lowery
1016 Grosse Point
Irving, Texas 75061
Email: lowery @mail2.udallas.edu
Phone: 972-721-5357

In Houston:
Michael R. Facundus
Email: mfacundus @yahoo.com
2807 Beauchamp Street, Apt 2
Houston, TX 77009-7551

In Waco:
Benjamin Cole
benjamin_cole @baylor.edu

United Kingdom

In London:
Mrs. Anne Mansfield
177 Coleherne Court
Redcliffe Gardens
London SW5 0DU
UK
Phone: 0207 370 3745
Email: mansfieldanne @hotmail.com

Vermont

In Burlington:
Robert Orr
92 Northshore Drive
Burlington, Vermont 05401
Email: roborr @adelphia.net

Virginia

Near Barboursville, Virginia:
David C. Springman
3875 Gilbert Station Road
Barboursville, Virginia 22923
Phone: 434-975-6248
Email: dcarlspring @ntelos.net

Those living near Martinsville, Virginia can contact:
Michael Jennings
8609 Springwood Road
Buchanan, Virginia 24066
Email: mjriversyde @yahoo.com

If you live in or between Chesapeake and Virginia Beach, Virginia you can contact:
Chuck Hawkins
928 Parkland Lane
Virginia Beach, VA 23464
Phone: 757-420-5314
Email: chuck @drnetwork.com

In Christiansburg, Virginia:
David M Ruggio
949 Switchback Road
Christiansburg, VA 24073
540-731-1644
Email: dmr @vt.edu

In and around Front Royal, Virginia:
John O’Herron
10055 Cobbler View Drive
Delaplane, Virginia 20144
Phone: 540-364-4957
Email: johnnyoh40 @hotmail.com

In McLean, Virginia:
Charles Molineaux
8321 Weller Avenue
McLean, Virginia 22102
703-448-8092
Email: CMlnx @aol.com

In the Richmond area:
N. Keith Smith, Pastor
Derbyshire Baptist Church
8800 Derbyshire Road
Richmond, Virginia 23229
Phone: 804-740-7238
Email: nksmith @derbyshirebaptist.org

Readers who live near Staunton, Virginia, can get in touch with:
Chris Saxman
P.O. Box 2517
Staunton, Virginia 24402
Cell phone: 540-294-0680
Fax: 540-248-2129
Email: saxman @intelos.net.

Northern Virginia:
Paul Szerszen
12006 Creekbend Dr.
Reston, VA 20194
Email: paulszer @yahoo.com

Washington

In Kitsap County, Washington:
Rich Buckham, Ph.D.
Evangelical Episcopal Church of St. Barnabas
8899 Palmer Pl. NW
Bremerton, Washington 98311
Phone: 360-692-8064
Email: bbuckham @earthlink.net

In Seattle’s eastside area:
Michael T. Peterson
148 247 th Avenue SE
Sammamish, Washington 98074
Email: mtp1032 @comcast.net

or

David Lund
9925 NE 134th Ct., Suite 200
Kirkland, Washington 98034
Phone: 206-963-9848
Email: david@thelunds.us

Those living in or around Whidbey Island, Washington, can contact:
Fred and Carol Olson
P.O. Box 138
Langley, Washington 98260
Phone: 360-579-4350
Email: skylark @whidbey.com

In East Wenatchee, Washington:
Loraine Rathman, Ph.D.
1614 North Astor Court
East Wenatchee, Washington 98802
Phone: 509-884-3697
Email: drloraine @aol.com

In Spokane and Northeastern Washington:
Dan Peterson
1852 Veit Road
Newport, Washington 99156
Home phone and fax: 509-447-5103
Cell phone: 509-671-0289
Email: veitfarm @povn.com

In and around Yakima, Washington:
Bill and Ann Marty
2406 W. Yakima Ave.
Yakima, WA 98902
Phone: 509-388-6461
Email: wrmarty @charter.net

Wisconsin

In Baraboo, Wisconsin, you can contact:
Barbara Connolly
320 10th St.
Baraboo, Wisconsin 53913

In La Crosse, Wisconsin, contact:
Laurence C. Berg
151 Fairway Ct.
Onalaska, Wisconsin 54650
608-783-4828
Email: lcberg@charter.net

In Oshkosh, Wisconsin, contact:
Vicki Marxen
3150-D White Tail Lane
Oshkosh, Wisconsin 54904
920-385-0022
Email: pmarxen @new.rr.com

In Madison, Wisconsin, contact:
Faye Darnall
St. Paul’s University Catholic Center
723 State Street
Madison, Wisconsin 53703
Email: fdarnall @stpaulscc.org

In Milwaukee:
Dave Bayer
6242 South Swift Avenue
Cudahy, WI 53110
Phone: 414-762-3286
Email: dcbayer @sbcglobal.net

Wyoming

In Cheyenne, Wyoming:
Dan Swiatek
4911 East 7th Street
Cheyenne, Wyoming 82001
307-634-8247
Email: djswiatek@msn.com