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Jim Doepken
Rev. James (Jim) Doepken is assigned to the Alaska United
Methodist
Conference where he serves as pastor of Girdwood Chapel UMC in
Girdwood, Alaska. Living and working in Alaska has its unique
challenges. The Alaska UM Conference covers an area twice the size of
Texas and has 27 churches and 4,000 members. Some of the mission
stations can only be reached by boat, plane, or dog sled. Temperatures
can vary as much as 160 degrees in some areas. The extremes of daylight
and darkness (depending upon the time of year) add to the sense of
stress and isolation.
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