About Your Pastor:
Rev. Gibson comes to College Grove from Lock's United Methodist Church, located in the nearby Almaville community in Rutherford County. He has served there since 1997.
Rev. Tom A. Gibson was born and raised in Rockwood TN. He graduated from Roane State Community College in 1975 with an associate degree in Art Education, and went on to MTSU, where he met Vickie Barrett. They were married in 1976.
A summer job working in a magic shop in Myrtle Beach SC reawakened a
childhood interest of Tom's and began a lifetime hobby and second career.
Vickie also caught the magic bug and both have been magicians ever since.
They are members of the International Brotherhood of Magicians' Order of
Merlin and are charter members of the Middle TN chapter of Fellowship of
Christian Magicians.
Their family has consisted, at various times, of four children born to them,
a dozen more fostered, one adopted, and now includes a daughter-in-law, a
son-in-law and five grandchildren. There are dogs and rabbits too.
Tom's ministry began in 1989 when he recognized the call of God and became a
local pastor. Over the past 18 years he has received more education and
training and been ordained as a deacon, commissioned and hopes to become an
Elder in full connection in 2008.
Tom's appointments have stretched across
the TN conference,from Sparta in the east to Lobelville in the west. The
Gibsons look forward to serving Christ and his Church now in College
Grove.
