Rev. Dr. Carver McGriff, Annual Veteran’s Day Program
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Rotarian Kent Millard’s predecessor as pastor of Saint Luke’s United Methodist Church and an infantry veteran of the Normandy Invasion. Carver McGriff received a Bronze Star and two Purple Hearts. He spoke to Rotary in 2004 and possibly in 1988.
In 2003 Carver McGriff received the Distinguished Alumnus Award from Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary in Evanston, Illinois, from which he earned his Master of Divinity degree “With Distinction” in 1962. McGriff also received the Kidder Prize at Garrett, awarded to the best student preacher in the graduating class.
McGriff returned to Indiana to earn a degree in business administration from Butler University. In 1959, after ten years in the business sector, he entered Garrett Theological Seminary. Subsequently he served five years in an Indianapolis suburban church. He earned an MS at Christian Theological Seminary in 1965 and was recognized by that seminary in 1993 with their Distinguished Alumnus Award. In 1970 he received a Doctor of Divinity from Indiana Central University (now the University of Indianapolis).
He served as senior pastor at Saint Luke’s United Methodist Church from 1967 to 1993. After retiring, or rather changing careers, he became an author with at least eight books to his credit, including Making Sense of Normandy: A Young Man’s Journey of Faith and War (2007). He continues to be active through writing, teaching, and leading study groups.
