Hi there!

If you've navigated here, you're aware that this last May the Lord saw fit to bring home one of His beloved children.  As one pastor said, "God recalled one of the generals in his Church militant. After over 40 years of marriage to Rev. William Kirschke, a world-renown Sunday School expert, denominational leader and speaker in great demand, Dorothy began, at William's death, the third phase of her life and own ministry, first going alone at age 75 to teach at Continental Theological Seminary in Brussels, Belgium, then to join the staff of her son's ministry, StraightWay, first as a missionary in Slovakia, then as Business and Operations Manager at StraightWay's main training center in Hungerford, Texas. She worked by the side of her son until her body would no longer enable her, only months before her death at age 91.  During the last 3 decades, Dorothy also managed to serve as Christian Education and Choir Director at Columbia Christian Center in West Columbia, and choir director for Calvary Church in Houston, while also conducting the choir of students at the StraightWay Training Center.  She had been attending Friendship Assembly in Rosenberg up to her death.

With a special love for the lost, the dysfunctional and the abandoned---all in need of the hope and transforming power of the Gospel---"Gramma," as she was affectionately called, had a special place in her heart for the ministry of StraightWay until the day she went home to be with Jesus, her husband William, and receive her reward.

The funeral was held at Wharton Funeral Home in Wharton, Texas.  There was a wondeful attendance by all the friends, students, and choir members with whom she had worked, served and upon whose lives she had left a life-long endearing influence.

In Memoriam

"Gramma" Dorothy Kirschke

1917-2009

So ... "Change" is in the air once again, and what a change it will be without my dear Mother, and this ministry's official "Gramma"!  In some ways, it won't be quite the same without her.  In other ways, however, it will be ... as we continue on the legacy of diligence, dedication and fiscal management she trained much of the staff in.  In the Old Testament for generations after King David, the Israelites "got it right" IF they "did it like David did."  And for years to come, I'm sure the question here will not only be, "WWJD" (What Would Jesus Do?), but also, "What would Gramma do?" And the solutions will often be to "do it like Gramma did."