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Lambert DeLong has known The Lord since age 16. In June of 1951, he married his sweetheart, Mary, and in July of 1951, they moved to Germany as missionaries. During this time Lambert pastored four churches, preaching as many as 35 sermons per month. Mary and Lambert have five children, all of them born in Germany. 

In 1962, Lambert became the German State Youth Director overseeing many operations in that country. In 1974, Lambert and Mary moved back to the states and he pastored a church in Kentucky.

In 1976, they went back to Germany, where he became the Superintendent of all of Europe with the Church of God. In 1982, Europe was divided into two sections with this ministry and he covered all of Eastern Europe. 

In 1994, Lambert retired and moved back to the states, settling in Tennessee with family and friends. In 1995, Lambert and Mary moved to Naples, spending half the year here and the other half in Tennessee. 

When asked why he wanted to serve as an Elder at The Tree, Lambert replied, “Because my son, Andrew, asked me to.” But seriously, Lambert DeLong’s belief is that you never stop serving God: as long as you are living, you are serving.

Terry Clark was raised in a Christian home, but didn’t understand the meaning of a relationship with Jesus Christ until around 1962. He gave his life to the Lord and nothing has been the same since. 

Terry has been married to his beautiful wife, Betty, for 55 years. They have 5 children; their oldest passed away at age 10.   

Terry has spent his life serving The Lord, ushering and teaching in various capacities throughout the years. He and Betty moved to Naples from Minneapolis in 1997.  Terry’s professional career was in sales, owning his own business selling automotive parts, mechanic and body shop tools. 

Terry has done extensive traveling through his business, working four states every thirty days. 

When asked why he wanted to serve as an Elder at The Tree, his response was, “How can I say ‘NO’ to God?” 

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Mark and Jan Fiacable have been a part of TLC for the past 4 years. Mark has been a Christian for 29 years and has served in numerous ministry positions including evangelism, small group leadership, and men’s ministry, as well as working on the church finance committee and the prayer team.

Mark has been self-employed most of the past 30 years and has started four businesses including commercial diving, steel fabrication, a trucking business and, for the last 8 years,  a Nationwide Health Insurance agency with around 200 agents.

The Fiacables have also been involved with numerous real-estate projects for the past few years, including flipping homes and rental homes.

Mark has a heart to serve God, in whatever capacity or area of need.

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Elsie was born and raised in Key West and John was born and raised in Miami. John enlisted in the Navy right out of high school to beat the draft. His last duty station was Key West where he met Elsie, a civil service employee. The Ehrmans moved to Naples in 1977, where John taught science in the Collier Public School system. Elsie spent most of her career as a Social Security Representative.

Feeling God’s tug, they were lead to Charisma Chapel (now TLC) in 1978. A couple of years passed and they received baptism. In the early days, they shared the responsibility of Sunday School for the youth. In recent years, John has participated as an Elder. For five years he sponsored a men’s group at his home, a mentoring program initiated by Pastor Andrew.

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John and Alice Landon have lived in Naples for the past twenty-five years. They became members of Charisma Chapel in 1991 and then moved with Pastor Andrew to The Tree in 2000. John has had a successful career in the interior design industry. 

The Landons love people and you will see them each Sunday at the front door, welcoming you into the church! They love God, they love people, and they love The Tree! John considers it a great honor to serve as an Elder here at The Tree of Life.