Lawrence Brock

Lawrence joined the staff of First United Methodist Church on September 1, 2000, as Director of the Senior Adult Ministries. The mission of this ministry is to serve the church by developing an effective ministry focusing on active senior adults and homebound members of the church.

Born in Texas, Lawrence spent most of his life in Oklahoma until his semi-retirement in 1997. Upon graduation from high school in Tulsa, Lawrence joined the U.S. Marines and graduated from the University of Tulsa in 1965 with a degree in Business Administration.

In 1970, Lawrence resigned from a Tulsa bank to organize and develop Brock Marketing Services, providing marketing support to financial institutions in 35 states over a 29-year period. Returning to school in 1990, Lawrence completed additional degrees in gerontology and counseling psychology.

Lawrence has represented First UMC in the organization of the Shepherd's Center of Topeka, an inter-faith activity center for active seniors of the Topeka area. Nearly 200 seniors from 25 congregations attend the educational and social activities of this center.

Serving as Director of the new Center, Lawrence, together with members of the "Friends of the Senior Adult Ministries" at First Church and representatives of 15 sponsoring congregations, are working to continually enhance and expand this fruitful ministry in the Topeka community.

Lawrence has two children and four grandchildren: a son, Tom, his wife and family, living in western Kansas; and a daughter, Robin, who lives in Miami with her family.