The church remembers district leader Helen Constable.

Helen Constable, former associate district executive for Western Pennsylvania District and a former General Board volunteer, died April 18 in West Chester, Pa. She was 76 years old.

Constable served the district for 27 years beginning as administrative assistant. She served as associate district executive for 14 years, with a focus on Christian education. Her work included planning and leading district meetings and workshops for congregations, and working with the district's age and interest group planning committees. She retired in 1992.

Along with her work for the district, she also was actively involved in Edu-care and other programs related to nurture, and served the Council of District Executives as treasurer and on its executive committee. She was licensed to the ministry in 1987 by Tire Hill (Pa.) Church of the Brethren.

After her retirement, Constable served for two and a half years, 1993-95, as volunteer coordinator for congregational resourcing for the General Board's Parish Ministries Commission and Brethren Press's then-new Jubilee curriculum. She helped introduce the curriculum to the districts, organized teacher training for district representatives, and tracked sales. "In her quiet and humble way, she was a powerhouse," remembered Brethren Press publisher Wendy McFadden. One of Constable's years as a program volunteer was spent with her husband Jim at the General Offices in Elgin, Ill.

Source: Newsline 4/30/2004 top