David & Elizabeth Blackwood
David and Elizabeth Blackwood became members of Zion in 1980. David, originally from Atlanta and Elizabeth, from Staten Island, were married in St. Luke’s Lutheran Church on Staten Island in July 1967.
David graduated from Georgia Tech as a Mechanical Engineer and Rutgers with a MBA. Elizabeth graduated from Wagner College on Staten Island with a Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing.
Before settling in Whitehouse Station, we lived in Schooley’s Mountain, NJ, Piscataway, NJ, Nassau Bay, Texas, and Louisville, KY, all due to work transfers.
In 1986, David bought a machine shop specializing in the manufacture of piston rings for aviation. Elizabeth has held various positions in nursing as Head Nurse, Clinical Instructor, etc., and retired from Hunterdon Developmental Center as Director of Nursing Services.
Our marriage of 51 years has been blessed with 3 children and spouses: sons, David and Theda, Dan and Christy, and daughter, Sarah and Edward, and 7 grandchildren.
Through the years we have been involved at Zion as Council member, committee member, Stephen Ministry, Sunday School program, VBS, Bible Study, Family Promise, and Discipleship programs. David is currently working with the Gideons and participates in a weekly prison ministry in Annandale.
When our children were younger we enjoyed camping in many different National Parks across the country. Then we became involved in supporting baseball, soccer and dance for our children. Now we are focused on spending as much time as we can with grandkids and traveling both domestically and in Europe.
Mike & Erin Brogan
The Brogans are a family made up of Erin, Michael, Kaylie (20), and Colin (16). They have been members of Zion since the early 2000’s and Mike is a friend of Zion. Erin’s mother, Judy Bogan and sisters, Cindy Rupprecht and Barbara Conner and their families are also members of Zion.
The Brogans have lived in Califon since 2000 and love being a part of small-town life. Erin has been a Special Education Aide in the Tewksbury school district for the last 10 years. Mike owns his own company, Master Construction. He is an all-around general contractor who can fix and build anything you can imagine in your dreams.
Kaylie is now a junior at High Point University in North Carolina studying Marketing and Psychology.
Colin is a junior at Voorhees High School who spends most of his free time racing grand prix motorcycles all over the east coast.
They have a wonderful dog named Sadie who they adopted six years ago at age 2 and they highly recommend adopting your next best friend!
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