Cozzis receive 25 year honors

At the recent U.S. Regional Conference in Somerset, New Jersey, Pastor Luciano Cozzi and his wife Suzanne were honored for Luciano’s 25 years of ministerial service in GCI. GCI president Joseph Tkach, superintendent of U.S. ministers Dan Rogers and district pastor Larry Wooldridge presented Luciano and Suzanne with a 25-year service plaque and watches to thank them for their many years of service.

Luciano was first hired part-time in July 1980 as a student at Ambassador College in Pasadena, California. He worked first in the Custodial Department, then transferred to Library Services and then to the Italian Department. Later he took a second job on campus, working for Mail Processing’s Telephone Response.

In May 1984 Luciano was hired full-time to work as an editorial assistant in the Italian Department in Pasadena. In April 1988 he was transferred to Rome to serve as the editorial assistant in the Italian Office in Italy. Then in November 1988 he took on a second job, serving as a ministerial trainee in Italy. In February 1991 Luciano was ordained and became a church pastor serving churches in Italy.

In December 1996 Luciano left the employ of the church and returned to the U.S. Then in April 2000 he was rehired to work full time as the pastor of the GCI congregations in Providence, Rhode Island and Norwich, Connecticut.

In December 2009 Luciano developed the Biblical Counseling course for Grace Communion Seminary, serving as an adjunct professor there in 2009 and 2010. Luciano continues to pastor the Providence and Norwich congregations.

Congratulations and thanks to Luciano and Suzanne!