Bio: Gordee, Avis (Bible Institute Graduate – 1958)

Contact: stan@wiclarkcountyhistory.org 

Surnames: Gordee

----Source: Greenwood Gleaner (Greenwood, Clark Co., Wis.) 05 Jun 1958

Avis Gordee of Milwaukee, Wis., the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Gordee of Greenwood (Clark Co., Wis.), graduated from the parish workers course of The Lutheran Bible Institute in Minneapolis, Minn., on Friday, May 23, 1958. She has attended LBI for two years and plans to teach Vocation Bible School at Carver, Minn. for two weeks, and then attend the National Evangelical Lutheran Church convention, after which she will be Dean of Women for a Junior Camp at Lake Shetek, Minn., for a week.

LBI is a school giving instruction on the Word of God. In addition to general Bible study, it offers training for Missionaries, parish workers, institutional workers, and recently introduced a course for the training of lay assistants to help the pastor in the work of the church.

Branch schools are also located in Seattle, Washington, Teaneck, New Jersey, and Los Angeles, California.