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Romans 12 is also a favorite pas-
sage and Plyler preached Romans
12 as the text for his first sermon
as a young man just out of
Gardner-Webb and Carson
Newman colleges.
“1 was scared to death and 1 had
practiced and practiced in front of
our pine tres for weeks and
thought 1 had my sermon in 20
minutes.” said Plyler. He preached
and the sermon only lasted seven
minutes. he said. So, he stated over
again,
Paul's words Plyler will never
forget. "1 encourage you to present
yourselves a living sacrifice for the
betterment of the Kingdom."
On his arrival at the Kings
Mountain church, Plyler said he
read the minutes and church histo-
ry and found to his surprise that
his great-grandfather Sylvanis
Head founded First Baptist Church
of Gastonia and served on that
Presbytery as moderator when
Patterson Grove was accepted by
the Kings Mountain Baptist
Association in 1885.
This is the 110th year of the
church which was organized
November 15,1884.
It was during his pastorate here
that Plyler baptized his parents,
Robert Ervin and Nelle Regis
Kimbro Plyler, both of whom are
buried in the church cemetery, and
baptized his children. :
One of the gifts the church gave
him he said he would never forget.
They allowed his wife to be her-
self, a homemaker, although Mrs.
Plyler was always active in the
children's department, choir, and
Sunday School.
The church also allowed his
three children to grow up without
the pressure attached to preacher's
kids, he said. His children are
Richard Glenn Plyler, a band direc-
tor at Burns High School, Charles
Martin Plyler, who is assistant su-
pervisor in the camera and plate
making department at the Charlotte
Observer; and Mary Katheryne
Plyler, music consultant at Pearson
Music Company in Durham. The
pride and joy of the family, of
course, are the two granddaughters,
Lorrin, 5, and Laurel, 3 and there
are pictures of the pretty girls all
over the house.
Plyler said he was called to
preach at the age of 20 after he be-
came a Christian. He said he had
never gone to church and it was at
North Carolina State University,
where he started a career in electri-
cal engineering, that he heard the
call to preach. He said he put off
his decision for about 18 months
but joined Temple Baptist Church
in Gastonia in 1953 and gave his
life to God. While a student at
Gardner Webb, he was interim pas-
tor at First Baptist Church in High
Shoals and graduated from Carson
Newman college where he met the
love of his life, his wife, Mary
Elizabeth Webb of Goodletsville,
Tn.. He served Wise Baptist
Church in Virginia and Mt. Beulah
in Dallas and then accepted a call
to Kings Mountain.
During his pastorate here, he re-
turned to Southeastern Seminary at
Wake Forest and earned his Master
of Divinity degree in 1970. Mrs.
Plyler taught fourth grade at North
school for 15 years and has been
media specialist at Bethware
School for 14 years. She returned
to Winthrop University for her
Master's degree.
Patterson Grove built a new
sanctuary, paid for an educational
building and also remodeled it, and
the Plylers lived in the parsonage
for 18 years.
As a trustee of Gardner-Webb
University, Plyler took his first va-
cation in years at a retreat recently
at Myrtle Beach. For the first time
ever, he didn't have to punch a
clock and call home for his mes-
sages.
Ministers make personal sacri-
fices like all people dedicated to
their labors, said Plyler.
He agrees with pastors who de-
cide to own their own homes in-
stead of occupying church manses.
Plyler, who will be 61 in July,
said he would have found himself
with no equity had he decided to
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He estimated that it takes a pas-
tor about seven years to build a sol-
id relationship with his church
members.
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Plyler said the church staff has > 4s
grown over the years, along with
membership and budget. A full
time secretary, a full time minister
of music, an organist and pianist, a
ministry assistant and a custodian <f
make up the staff.
Plyler has pastored a whole gen- 9
eration of people who wrote him a
letters of appreciation that he trea- 3
sures in a memory book. Kids are ©
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