Barbara Gates

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I am Barbara Gates, and I first walked through those doors at the back of this room in December, 2004.  From that first entrance until now, MVUU, then of a different name, has provided me first and foremost with community.  That very first day, after I stood up and said I had just bought a home in Sun City, I was greeted warmly by Ann Ellsworth and Adrian Korpel, who have remained fast friends.  That was the beginning.  It would be hard now to document how many others have become part of my church family here and among my most cherished friends over the past 12 years.

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