Randy and Deborah Hamill
Randall R. Hamill, senior pastor, became pastor of First United Methodist Church, Grove, June 11, 2000. A
native of Adair, Oklahoma, he graduated from Adair High School in 1970, received a Bachelor of Sciences
Degree from Oklahoma State University in 1974 and a Masters of Divinity Degree from Phillips Graduate
Seminary, magna cum laude in 1994, receiving awards in preaching, biblical studies, and the UMC Church
Award. He was ordained as Elder in the Oklahoma Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church in
1996.
His first career was in farming and ranching near Adair, where he and wife Debra began raising four
daughters: Rachel, Rebekah, Sarah and Hannah. After many years of active lay ministry, and part-time
pastorates, the Hamills received the call to vocational, pastoral ministry, leaving their farm in 1995.
Before coming to Grove, Randy served pastorates in Locust Grove, Pryor and Bryan Chapel, near Salina.
