Only One Life - By Dale Gentry - His Story - His Journey

1984:

In 1984, we built a gymnasium for our Christian

school. Our athletic program was growing, so we

needed a facility to house the Mid-Del Wildcats. We had

a lot of great athletes and enthusiastic fans. Our son,

Rick, became a basketball coach at the school that year.

He later led the Mid-Del boy ’s high school team to three

state finals, one State Championship, a Tri-State

Championship, and a National Championship.

1985:

Memories

We made a lot of wonderful memories during

our season as pastors of Del City First Assembly. I had

the opportunity to host a late-night talk show on a local

radio station, as well as a weekly television program. It

was during this time that I met Rusty Goodman of the

well-known Happy Goodman Family. He became my

friend and ministered at our church on several

occasions, as well as his daughter and son in-law, Tanya

and Michael Sykes. We also had the privilege of hosting

David Wilkerson for a crusade at the high school

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