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[Adjunct Faculty](https://www.glcc.edu/contact/staff-directory/cat/Adjunct-Faculty/) - [Map & Directions](https://www.glcc.edu/map-directions/) Search for: # Ash Harris ## About Ash Harris [![My GLCC Story: Simon Phelps](https://blog.glcc.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/phelps.jpg?width=700&name=phelps.jpg)](https://blog.glcc.edu/blog/glcc-story-simon-phelps) ## [My GLCC Story: Simon Phelps](https://blog.glcc.edu/blog/glcc-story-simon-phelps) By [Ash Harris](https://blog.glcc.edu/blog/author/ash-harris) | December 13th, 2016 | Categories: [My GLCC Story](https://blog.glcc.edu/blog/tag/my-glcc-story) My wife and I have been doing ministry together for a long time now, but the one thing that we constantly turn back to is how Great Lakes Christian College has shaped us as servant leaders and\[...\] [Read More](https://blog.glcc.edu/blog/glcc-story-simon-phelps) 0 Comments [![Matt Barnum](https://blog.glcc.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/matt-barnum.jpg?width=700&name=matt-barnum.jpg)](https://blog.glcc.edu/blog/my-glcc-story-matt-barnum) ## [My GLCC Story: Matt Barnum](https://blog.glcc.edu/blog/my-glcc-story-matt-barnum) By [Ash Harris](https://blog.glcc.edu/blog/author/ash-harris) | February 28th, 2016 | Categories: [My GLCC Story](https://blog.glcc.edu/blog/tag/my-glcc-story) My journey to Great Lakes began as a junior in High School at a [CIY](http://www.ciy.com/) Move event. It was there that I felt God calling me to ministry. From that point on I knew that ministry was what I wanted to do,\[...\] [Read More](https://blog.glcc.edu/blog/my-glcc-story-matt-barnum) 0 Comments [![David Rawls](https://blog.glcc.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/David-Rawls.jpg?width=700&name=David-Rawls.jpg)](https://blog.glcc.edu/blog/my-glcc-story-david-rawls) ## [My GLCC Story: David Rawls](https://blog.glcc.edu/blog/my-glcc-story-david-rawls) By [Ash Harris](https://blog.glcc.edu/blog/author/ash-harris) | February 28th, 2016 | Categories: [My GLCC Story](https://blog.glcc.edu/blog/tag/my-glcc-story), [Uncategorized](https://blog.glcc.edu/blog/tag/uncategorized) David Rawls: [Read More](https://blog.glcc.edu/blog/my-glcc-story-david-rawls) 0 Comments [![Calvin Lindell](https://blog.glcc.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Calvin-Lindell-photo-274x300.jpg?width=700&name=Calvin-Lindell-photo-274x300.jpg)](https://blog.glcc.edu/blog/my-glcc-story-calvin-lindell) ## [My GLCC Story: Calvin Lindell](https://blog.glcc.edu/blog/my-glcc-story-calvin-lindell) By [Ash Harris](https://blog.glcc.edu/blog/author/ash-harris) | September 27th, 2015 | Categories: [My GLCC Story](https://blog.glcc.edu/blog/tag/my-glcc-story) I am on an amazing journey that began at what was Great Lakes Bible College and is now Great Lakes Christian College. I learned about Great Lakes after having applied to and been accepted at Purdue.\[...\] [Read More](https://blog.glcc.edu/blog/my-glcc-story-calvin-lindell) 0 Comments [![Michael Wetzel](https://blog.glcc.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Michael-Wetzel-274x300.jpg?width=700&name=Michael-Wetzel-274x300.jpg)](https://blog.glcc.edu/blog/my-glcc-story-michael-wetzel) ## [My GLCC Story: Michael Wetzel](https://blog.glcc.edu/blog/my-glcc-story-michael-wetzel) By [Ash Harris](https://blog.glcc.edu/blog/author/ash-harris) | September 27th, 2015 | Categories: [My GLCC Story](https://blog.glcc.edu/blog/tag/my-glcc-story) Since enrolling at Great Lakes Christian College in 1970, Michael Wetzel has been led down many roads, guided by the strong ties and the principles he learned throughout his time there. On his first\[...\] [Read More](https://blog.glcc.edu/blog/my-glcc-story-michael-wetzel) 0 Comments [![Abandonment](https://blog.glcc.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/unfinished.jpg?width=700&name=unfinished.jpg)](https://blog.glcc.edu/blog/the-presidents-pen-abandonment) ## [The President's Pen: Abandonment](https://blog.glcc.edu/blog/the-presidents-pen-abandonment) By [Ash Harris](https://blog.glcc.edu/blog/author/ash-harris) | May 17th, 2015 | Categories: [The President's Pen](https://blog.glcc.edu/blog/tag/the-presidents-pen) Unfinished Artwork by Michaelangelo [Read More](https://blog.glcc.edu/blog/the-presidents-pen-abandonment) 0 Comments [![glcc-story-susie-finkbeiner](https://blog.glcc.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/glcc-story-susie-finkbeiner.jpg?width=700&name=glcc-story-susie-finkbeiner.jpg)](https://blog.glcc.edu/blog/my-glcc-story-susie-finkbeiner) ## [My GLCC Story: Susie Finkbeiner](https://blog.glcc.edu/blog/my-glcc-story-susie-finkbeiner) By [Ash Harris](https://blog.glcc.edu/blog/author/ash-harris) | April 20th, 2015 | Categories: [My GLCC Story](https://blog.glcc.edu/blog/tag/my-glcc-story) Susie Finkbeiner, a 2002 graduate of Great Lakes Christian College, is a published author of Christian Fiction. Residing in West Michigan with her husband and 3 kids, Susie looks back on her time at\[...\] [Read More](https://blog.glcc.edu/blog/my-glcc-story-susie-finkbeiner) 0 Comments [![Ash Harris](https://blog.glcc.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/glcc-story-ash-harris.jpg?width=700&name=glcc-story-ash-harris.jpg)](https://blog.glcc.edu/blog/my-glcc-story-ash-harris) ## [My GLCC Story: Ash Harris](https://blog.glcc.edu/blog/my-glcc-story-ash-harris) By [Ash Harris](https://blog.glcc.edu/blog/author/ash-harris) | April 20th, 2015 | Categories: [My GLCC Story](https://blog.glcc.edu/blog/tag/my-glcc-story) While Ash Harris entered Great Lakes Christian College knowing he would not enter the ministry, he was attracted to the school for its atmosphere and environment. A 1999 graduate, Ash attended the\[...\] [Read More](https://blog.glcc.edu/blog/my-glcc-story-ash-harris) 0 Comments [![Kris Bargen](https://blog.glcc.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/glcc-story-kris-bargen.jpg?width=700&name=glcc-story-kris-bargen.jpg)](https://blog.glcc.edu/blog/my-glcc-story-kris-bargen) ## [My GLCC Story: Kris Bargen](https://blog.glcc.edu/blog/my-glcc-story-kris-bargen) By [Ash Harris](https://blog.glcc.edu/blog/author/ash-harris) | April 19th, 2015 | Categories: [My GLCC Story](https://blog.glcc.edu/blog/tag/my-glcc-story) Our world is always changing and the path Kris Bargen, a 2006 graduate of Great Lakes Christian College, was taking changed about four times during his five years at GLCC. 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