Will Reed – Greeley, Colorado … Greeley Adventist Christian School (ACS) in Greeley, Colorado, held a special school chapel service in honor of two long-time volunteers who will be moving from the area, November 20.

Students, staff, and church members came together to celebrate Doyle and Susie Dick, a retired couple and members of the Greeley Seventh-day Adventist Church, who spent several years at the school offering their service to the school’s needs.

Mr. and Mrs. D, as they were known to the students, worked in several areas over the years, starting in the spring of 2015. Doyle, a retired teacher, taught upper-grade math for several years while managing most of the school’s technology, including teacher computers, student laptops, printers, and internet equipment.

Susie worked primarily in the library, sorting and cataloging books, helping students find books to check out, and reading to the lower-grades students. The D’s were willing to be of service in needed areas, often volunteering at school fundraising events or being available as substitute teachers.

Will Reed, upper-grades teacher and principal at ACS, expressed gratefulness during the chapel service that the D’s consistently supported the school and blessed it with their efforts: “Doyle and Susie, we are not trying to idolize you today but rather to show our great appreciation for the sacrifice of time and resources that you both gave to ACS and to thank God for sending people like you here to make the school a better place,” he said.

The Dicks were also celebrated during the service by Amber Fellers, a former Rocky Mountain Conference teacher, Michael Shannon, pastor of the Greeley Church, and two current ACS students. Tony Gowler, ACS school board chair, presented the D’s with a plaque commemorating their time at ACS. He referred to them as “two selfless servants of God. They make the rest of us want to be better.”

As the service concluded, Doyle and Susie shared their appreciation to the school community for allowing them to play a part in the functioning of the school which gave them an opportunity to watch the students grow up and have an impact on them. Being at the school “meant just as much to us,” they said.

—Will Reed is principal and fifth through eighth grades teacher at Adventist Christian School. Photos by Will Reed.