With Gratitude for Your Service.  / Kay Reeve (Attends JKPC )
As one of those who checks “attends here regularly,” I should probably feel embarrassed to add a post. However, I could not miss this opportunity to tell you what a blessing it has been for me that you are at JKPC. Having been raised the child of a Princeton trained Presbyterian minister, I can’t shake the hunger to leave church on Sunday still thinking about theological base and the real world call to action I hear in the message of the sermon. What a personal blessing to me your service at John Knox is. I can only image what your five years there have meant to the long time members.

Kay Reeve

PS. Remind me to tell you my father’s favorite “Preacher’s joke” some time. Close

Congratulations / Ben &. Betty Grove (JKPC Members )
Dear Fritz,

Congratulations on your 5 years at JKPC.  We hope you have many more happy yearshere.  We would like to thank you for visitations when Betty and I were ill.  They meant a lot to us.  Every one appreciates your visits to the hospital.

We enjoy your sermons every Sunday and the Friday night movies as well. 

Ben and Betty Grove Close

Congrats & Thanks!  / Steve Bennett (JKPC member )
Heartfelt Thanks for 5 years of service at JKPC and Congratulations on 25 years overall!

We are honored and privileged to have you at "a neighborhood church where the story is told"... and Christian principles are soundly Taught!

Steve Close

Fritz 5th Anniversary at John Knox  / Dick And Delores Coe
May we take this opportunity to express to you our gratitude for five years of fine service to John Knox.

With great admiration.

Dick and Delores Close

We appreciate you  / Stephanie Glymph-Ramsey (congregant)
Thank you, Fritz, for these five years.  You challenge us, make us think, and you're a fellow Steelers fan.  What more could we ask for?  Warmly, Stephanie, Larry, Jack, Maddie, and Anna Close

Congradulations on your 5th year  / Frank Harris (JKPC elder )
Fritz  Thank you for all do for JPKC, BCC and CASA.  You are a great teacher and have really challenged us to be givers.  May God continue to bless you, Ann and Gabe.  Close

Happy Anniversary  / Kim Moseley (Congregant and friend )
Happy 5th anniversary with the JKPC folks!  We really appreciate your leadership both spiritually and administratively (spoken like an elder!).  Thanks for all you do.

Kim (and the kids) Close

Happy Celebration  / John And Priscilla Bennett (JKPC Members and Friends )
Fritz:

You have been a great help and comfort to our congregation in a particular time of many needs.  You have been a religious leader, counselor. teacher, encourager, prayer, preacher, visitor of the sick and dying, moral leader, conscience, mission leader and at times missionary and partner in debate on many subjects.  We truly believe you were God sent to our small, but not insignificant church.  We love you and your family as members of our family.

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celebrate! / Meg Hartin (Bible study student )
Wishing you a wonderful birthday, surrounded by those you love.  Meg Hartin Close

Hello from a high school friend  / Chris Ramey (We grew up in Bethel )

Fritz, 

Really nice to see you are doing so well.  The evening we spent with you and your family circa 2001 remains one of our fondest memories when we lived in Atlanta.  As you know we moved in 2001 to New Hampshire.  Now we are in the process of moving back south.  I found your picture while going through all papers, and I had to Google you - and here you are!    

May God continue to bless you and your family.  

Warm regards, 
Chris Ramey

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25 years - that makes you HOW old???  / Staci Bushey (constant "gee have I got a good idea" friend )
Fritz -
I must agree with Hal Shaw and utter those words wives rarely say to their husbands...but Floyd was RIGHT!  You have been a gift to our congregation and to our family as friend and mentor.  You always make us think...whether I want to or not!  I am looking forward to answering God's call in JKPC with CASA and am very glad it's a walk you will be taking with me!  
Your friend, who may be "short" in some areas, but very LONG on admiration of your gifts!
Staci Close

Net Wishes  / John And Priscilla Bennett (JKPC Members )
Bogars:

Congratulations on your Milestone(s)!!  No, I didn't say millstones!!  you have all been a much-needed blessing to our church.  (And as a bonus, Fritz - you do the best Dracula impersonation in town!)

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so EXCITED for you!  / Sara (Wulke) Moorhead
Congratulations, Fritz!  Thank you for all the memories and guidance you offered while in Melbourne.  You won't ever be forgotten.  Not to mention, making my wedding day even more memorable and special :)  Enjoy your special day - you deserve it! Close

My best wishes to you!  / Ellen Golliver (member)

I have always felt that everything in life happens for a reason and that you go nowhere by accident.  It was not by accident that you were led to John Knox.  You were (and are) just what we needed at a time of unrest.  Your overall perspective of life and the world in general brought us back to realize that life needs to go forward, not backward.  You have been a blessing to us and know that the future of John Knox is definitely in good hands because of your guidance.

Congratulations on your 25th Anniversary!  It is a great accomplishment and one well deserved.

Fondly, Ellen Golliver 

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What a Pastor!  / Lisa Hudson (JKPC member )
Fritz,
You really are the very one our congregation needed to lead us in our ministry as a neighborhood serving church.  We are thrilled to have you! Close

Just when I thought I knew what I was talking about . . .  / Karoline Krynock (sister)
Congratulations on 25 years! Wow - How old does that make you ?!? (Much older than me obviously!) I always know that I can count on you to give me new perspectives, biblical and theological,  on what I intend to teach to the Jr. High - even when I've already decided what I was going to talk about.  I always learn something from those diatribes -- ahh -- discussions!!  (Even if they do blow apart what I thought to be true!)  Congrats again on this accomplishment.  I hope that your day is fun!

Love, 
Karoline Close

You Got the Goods!  / Phil Gehman (Erstwhile Colleague )
Bro Fritz!  

Heartiest congrats on reaching this milestone!  You have blessed so many in and through your ministry over the years in all sorts of settings (even Iowa!) among faithful sisters and brothers in Christ with all sort of persuasions, opinions and beliefs.   And you've welcomed them all to join in the ongoing conversation you've had with God throughout your ministry.  You're something else - a pastor personified!!

Kay and I look back fondly on our times together with you and Ann Clay, surely the smartest, chicest, most thoughtful, faithful and fun couple we've known.  We are thrilled that our paths crossed and pray that they will continue to do so.

With warmest wishes for you and your ministry at John Knox and with the hope that nothing I've said is inappropriate...     Phil  Close

Congratulation / Stephen Lewis (Colleague)
On behalf of the Fund for Theological Education, congratulations to you on 25 years of faithful service to God and the beloved community. May God continue to richly bless you and keep you in the love that beckoned you on your journey 25+ years ago! Close

Thanks a lot!  / Zion Martell (LaVert and Erma's granddaughter )
Dear Pastor Fritz,  Thank you for teaching me so many new things.   You are a very special man.   I liked the real fish you showed us because it was so big and fun to feel. Happy Anniversary! Love, Zion Close

The Fish  / Trinity Martell (LaVert and Erma's granddaughter )
Thank you for teaching great stories about the Bible and how to follow Jesus. You always make us laugh. I'll always remember the slimy, stinky, REAL fish that you brought to VBS to teach the lesson. It was really cool, even though some of us were grossed out. You are so much fun and a great teacher and pastor.  We love you very much. God bless you! Close