After 50 years in the pulpit, Lanier Christian's David Simpson preaches his final sermon - Gainesville Times

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After 50 years in the pulpit, Lanier Christian's David Simpson preaches his final sermon

David Simpson surrounded by the congregation at Lanier Christian Church where he has worked as a minister for 50 years. They threw a celebration for him following his last sermon on Sunday, May 3. -photo by Jody Terrell

0507SIMPSON 1 — David Simpson surrounded by the congregation at Lanier Christian Church where he has worked as a minister for 50 years. They threw a celebration for him following his last sermon on Sunday, May 3. -photo by Jody Terrell

David Simpson still has the yellowed newspaper clipping — a paragraph-long Gainesville Times ad calling for anyone interested in a "Charter member meeting of a new Christian Church" to gather at the Jackson Electric Building on Dawsonville Highway at 6:30 p.m.