ALLEN DOUGLAS CHURCHILL August 30, 1935 – December 15, 2017 Allen passed away peacefully on Friday, December 15th, 2017 at the Perth Community Care Centre, Perth, Ontario, at the age of 82 years. Allen was born in Smiths Falls, the only child of Ira and Mary Churchill. He grew up on the Fourth Line of Bathurst Township. Allen loved spending his summers and free time working on the farm of Mary and George Bourne. Music and sports were a big part of his life. He played guitar and other instruments, sang solos, duets, and enjoyed being part of many choirs. During his adolescence, he was a member of the Perth Citizen's Band. While attending Perth & District Collegiate Institute, he played basketball and football, and later was a member of the rowing team while attending Oxford University. After high school graduation, Allen entered the RCMP and served the force in various stations in Manitoba. It was in Beausejour, MB that Allen met his first wife, Helen, and determined that he was called to enter the ministry. He then attended the University of Toronto, Emmanuel College and completed a PhD in Theology at Oxford. Allen began his work within the United Church of Canada in 1970, serving in Cartwright (MB), Chatham, Hamilton and Ottawa (ON). In a ministry that spanned more than 55 years, Allen authored three books, participated in two missions to Kazakhstan, founded the Ottawa Summer School of Biblical and Theological Studies, chaired the committee for the Ottawa Billy Graham Crusade, and, in 1998, began the weekly radio broadcast called "Good News in the Morning” which continues to be spread worldwide. After retiring from full-time ministry to Rideau Ferry, he and his second wife, Alma, pastored the church of his childhood, Calvin United Church, along with Althorpe United Church, for 8 years. In 2016, he was honoured for 24 years of service as Chaplain for the RCMP in Ottawa. Allen was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s Disease in 2011; during the next six years, while this disease increasingly impacted his physical stability and intellectual capacities, it could not diminish his faith or integrity, his good humour and warm smile, or his love for his family and community. Allen was predeceased by his parents, Ira Churchill and Mary Sansome Churchill, his step-father, Claude Frayne, and his first wife, Helen Hildebrand. He is survived by his second wife, Alma Carter, and his children, Christine, Thomas and Matthew, his daughters- in- law, Sashya and Rachel, his step-children, Jennifer, Janice and Dez and his grandchildren Meagan, Torin, Bartok, Isaac, Asher, Israel, Joshua, Grace and Adrienne, as well as an extended family of sisters- and brothers in-law, nieces, nephews and cousins. Visitation with Allen’s family will take place on Friday, January 5th, 2018 from 2:00 to 4:00 and 6:00 to 8:00 pm at Blair & Son Funeral Home, 15 Gore St. W, Perth. A Celebration of Allen’s life will be held on Saturday, January 6th, 2018 at 11:00 A.M. in the Smiths Falls Free Methodist Church, 573 County Road 29, Smiths Falls. In remembrance, contributions to "Good News in the Morning” or the Alzheimer's Society of Canada would be greatly appreciated. Allen will be deeply missed by all who knew him, but his spirit, love and example will sustain us all. Hebrews 12:2