Retired Marine Corps
officer, pastor,
and western Oklahoma’s most prolific author Tom Spence will
be at the Full
Circle Bookstore on Saturday, 20 February 2016 for a book signing from 3:00
to 6:00 p.m. Tom will have several of
his titles, but the featured book will be Throw
Away Kids: Are we concerned enough to
get involved?
Tom will also feature his novel
set with an end times background, Even
the Elect as well as a good down home baseball story for the children—Tough Day
at the Plate.
The Full Circle Bookstore is Oklahoma City’s
largest independent book store and is located in 50 Penn Place, 1900 NW Expressway, Oklahoma City, OK 73118.
Tom’s books may be viewed at this author page at Tate Publishing
or for a larger selection, view his author page at Amazon.com.
Tom
Spence
Curriculum vitae
Tom Spence is a retired United States Marine Corps
officer. He served in command and staff
positions in all 4 Marine Divisions, at Marine Corps Schools in Quantico
Virginia as both student and instructor, as a series commander at the Marine
Corps Recruit Depot, and as a program manager for Marine Corps training systems
and simulators around the world. Tom
also served one tour training Marine Reservists in Des Moines, Iowa.
His service took him to Marine Bases on the East Coast, West
Coast, Japan, the Philippines, and Korea.
He has served in Iraq and Kuwait, and has nearly a year serving aboard
U.S. Naval vessels in areas north of the Arctic Circle, in Europe, the
Mediterranean, North Africa, Central America, and the Pacific.
Tom is a graduate of Mangum High School and Oklahoma State
University. He continued his education
while in the Marine Corps and during retirement with American College,
Minneapolis, Minnesota; American University, Covina California; Drake
University, Des Moines, Iowa; and Memphis Theological Seminary.
In 2008 he was called to ministry and was ordained in the
Cumberland Presbyterian Church in 2010.
He continues to serve as pastor of the Burns Flat Cumberland
Presbyterian Church. He recently
returned from his second trip to Africa to train pastors and church leaders in
Kenya and Uganda.
Tom also serves as an officer and chair on the Board of the
Western Oklahoma Family Care Center.
Tom has published over 20 books including Throw Away Kids—a call for Christian
parents to lead those who have abandon the role of parents back to this sacred
calling; and PoMo Poverty—a look at
modern poverty in America and what we can do about it right now without
creating an entitlement mentality.
Tom’s favorite book is Acceptance
of Authority. This is for the person
that had to spend an hour in detention, has received multiple speeding tickets,
or has landed in prison for the next 20 years.
Tom guides the reader through what so many have lost sight of with
respect to the value of authority in modern society.
Tom is married to the former Sharman Oliveri of Beaufort,
South Carolina. Tom and Sharman have two
children and two grandchildren.
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