CAMP MEETING
June 6 - 14 2025
Morning and Afternoon Speakers
9:00 AM - “Making the Bible Come Alive”
Paul Blake
Pastor
Phoenix Paradise Valley Seventh-day Adventist Church
Pastor Paul Blake is a graduate of Union College and has a masters of Divinity from Andrews University. He has a passion for making the Bible plain and simple by showing the theme of God's love and salvation in Jesus Christ from Genesis to Revelation.
Pastor Paul is the Lead Pastor of the Paradise Valley SDA Church is married to his lovely wife Shelle and has two wonderful daughters, Rachel and Sarah. One Grandson, Alder, who is the apple of his eye.
Pastor Blake loves to travel to the Bible lands and loves seeing the Bible come alive and sharing that vision of a Living Relevant Bible to everyone.
11 AM - "Sharing Jesus"
Leon Brown
Pacific Union Conference Executive Vice President
Pastor Brown was elected vice president of the Pacific Union Conference in August 2021, a role that requires close cooperation with the president as a key leader in the territory. Brown brings vast and varied experience to this role, having previously served within the Pacific Union as president of the Nevada-Utah Conference, pastor of several California congregations, and coordinator of inner-city ministries, prison ministries, men’s ministries, and African American ministries.
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His business background complements his heart for ministry; Brown has not only worked as an
accountant and payroll administrator, he has also taught accounting, math, tax, and business at the college level and served as dean of instruction at Heald College School of Business in Stockton, California.
He has undergraduate degrees in business and religion from Oakwood University in Alabama, master’s degrees in business administration and divinity from Andrews University in Michigan, and a Doctor of Ministry from the San Francisco Theological Seminary in San Anselmo, California. Brown is passionate about community and sharing Jesus with everyone he meets. He has been married to Julie F. Brown for 37 years, and they have two adult sons, Leon II and Lawrence.
4 PM Stewardship Seminar
Norman Zimmerman
Retired Pastor, Stewardship & Planned Giving Director
Pastor Norman Zimmerman graduated from Southwestern Adventist College and received his MA in Pastoral Ministry from Andrews University. He has spent the past 40 years as a Pastor, of which 25 years were served in the Planned Giving Trust Services and Stewardship Department in the Texico Conference for 6 years and Kansas-Nebraska Conferences for the past 18 years.
On most Sabbaths, you would find him and his wife out in one of the Churches throughout the Conferences we served. They enjoy meeting people where they are in life, far and near. As of January 1, 2025, he retired from full-time denominational work but not from serving the Lord.
Pastor Norm and his wife Jan celebrated 50 years of marriage this past April. Jan, whom Pastor Norm calls his “Partner in ministry,” shares music when visiting churches.
They have three children, Shawn, Crystal, and Corey, and they are proud Grandparents of seven grandchildren. All live in different States: Florida, Texas, and New Mexico.
