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Transitions (from the Oct. 26, 2015 issue)
Owen Carriker, to pastor, Hope Presbyterian Church, Winter Haven, Fla., from pastor, Topsail Presbyterian Church, Hampstead, N.C. Michael Elliott, to pastor, First..
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