Thankfulness

Dan Warden was born in Dallas, reared in Irving, attended college at Abilene where he met & married Meridon McHam.  The Wardens have enjoyed rearing 5 children to adulthood (one daughter and four boys).

At the age of 8, Dan had set his goal to be a preacher like his hometown preacher, Carl Spain, who eventually was one of his
Bible professors at Abilene Christian College, where Dan earned BA & MA degrees in Bible.

  In 1961 the 800 member Central Church of Christ in Amarillo invited Dan to be the full time song leader and Minister of Education, and in 1965 the congregation asked Dan to be the first full time Minister of Youth among Churches of Christ.

Eventually, in 1967, Dan received the invitation to move to College Station, Texas to preach for the A&M Church of Christ, which he did for 12 years during a growth of from 300 to 1200 members, and from one to four full time ministers.

Shortly after Dan’s move to College Station in1967, Dan desired to get involved with the local community, and after visiting several service clubs, accepted an invitation from Bob Mullinix to sponsor him into the Bryan Rotary Club.  After being accepted, he became the youngest active member at the age of 29, and was honored to be the club’s 58th President in 1977. In 2026
Dan celebrates 55 years as a Rotarian (50 years with the Bryan club. 24 years before moving to Waco, and 26 years since January 1st of 2000). He was with the Downtown Waco Rotary club for 2 years, and the Mexia Rotary Club for 3 years, including being President in 1994.
 

Dan has been involved in organizing the Brazos Valley Food Bank, and Brazos Christian School, as well as time as a chaplain at a local youth prison called Hamilton State School.  Dan and his wife now spend there time continuing to be active in the community and with Rotary and continue to live in Bryan.