About Me
Lynda and Gary Crocker
I was born in southern Oregon but have lived in southern California since junior high (7th grade). Active in the Boy Scouts through junior high and high school (Star, with hiking, camping, cooking, woodcarving and firemanship merit badges. Also held positions as senior patrol leader and junior assistant scoutmaster. Order of the Arrow – Awanee Lodge.) Served in United States Air Force during the late sixties with assignments in Okinawa and Crete. From Crete I had the opportunity to visit much of Greece and toured Israel and Turkey.
Family
- Married to Lynda for 38 years.
- We have two married sons and five grandchildren.
Education
- BA in Biblical Studies at Biola College (now Biola University)
- Post graduate work through Biola University for Secondary School Teacher Certification from Association of Christian Schools International.
- This included course work at Grace Graduate School and Christian Heritage College as well as local community colleges.
- Multimedia Certificate through Wolden Multimedia Institute
Employment
- Distribution Clerk in Huntington Beach for the US Postal Service (5 1/2 years)
- Minister of Outreach at Bethany Bible Fellowship (1 1/2 years)
- Junior High Teacher (Science, Bible, Study Skills) at Westminster Christian School (6 years)
- Aerospace: Hitco, McDonnell Douglas/Boeing
- (16 1/3 years as manufacturing planner – non metallics)
- (2 1/2 years as manufacturing engineer)
- Crocker Media Expressions
- Celebration Videos
- Black Cats and Dumbos; “WWII’s Fighting PBYs, by Mel Crocker (returned to print)
- The Time of My Life, an autobiography of my Uncle Glenn Crocker.
General Information
- Active at Bethany Bible Fellowship in its early days.
- Lynda and I led the Evangelism Explosion and visitation training program at Trinity Baptist Church and brought it over to Bethany Bible Fellowship when it was formed.
- I was on the steering committee and the founding board of deacons for the new church and led a home Bible study.
- Scientific Creationism
- Taught extensive unit on this subject to junior high
- Arranged for Creation Science seminar hosted by Westminster Christian School
- Taught an adult Sunday School class on the topic at Huntington Beach Evangelical Free Church
- Bethany Bible Fellowship web site
- I’ve built and manage Bethany’s current web site.
- Other web sites
- La Quinta Vacation Rentals – No longer active
- The Celebration of Life Singers
- Novelaires
- Crocker Media Expressions
- Crocker Media
- Our Family site (Not very current)
- My Resume site (I should take this down or radically revise it in the not-to-distant future)