Chaplains
Sam Ed Spence The Chaplain at Lone Star Park since the track opened in 1997, Sam, 70, Executive Director of Race Track Chaplaincy of Texas. Sam has previously held that same position with Race Track Chaplaincy of America, Quarter Racing Owners of America, and the American Paint Horse Assn., where he founded the Paint Horse Journal in 1966.
A graduate of Texas A&M University, Sam was the pastor of Calvary Christian Center, a non-denominational church in Keller, TX. for 10 years, before becoming Chaplain at Trinity Meadows Raceway in Weatherford, TX, in 1995.
Sam and his wife, Margie, have four children -- Tonya, Tammy, Dondi, and David – and ten grandchildren. They make their home in Southlake, TX.
sams@lonestarpark.com
972.237.4818 Office
817.909.2850 Cell
Assistant Chaplain: Eddie Rodriguez
eddier@lonestarpark.com
972.237.1168 Office
214.908.8678 Cell
 Assistant Chaplain: Glenn Waldon Jr. (Gillespie County Fair)
glennwaldon@yahoo.com
405.301.4513
Assistant Chaplain: Jaime G. Obregon (Trinity Meadows Training Center)
817.626.0288 Office
817.658.3349 Cell
 Waverly Parsons Chaplain Waverly Parsons co-founded an organization called Cowboy Christian Fellowship over a decade ago. While hanging out with the Christian cowboys, strummin' his guitar and singin' like an ol' cowhand, Waverly heard about a ministry called Race Track Chaplaincy of America. Like so many people we see today, when Waverly first heard of a ministry at a racetrack, he was a bit skeptical. Little did he know that years later he would become a Race Track Chaplain himself.
When Trinity Meadows Race Track opened in Weatherford, Texas in 1991, Waverly became assistant chaplain under Chaplain Don Smith. Then in 1997 when Trinity Meadows was converted to Squaw Creek Downs Training Center, Waverly took over as chaplain until 2008, when he became chaplain at The Fairgrounds in New Orleans, LA. He later served as President of the RTCA and, in addition to The Fairgrounds ministry, Waverly is currently the interim chaplain at Sam Houston Race Park in Houston, TX.
Waverly and his wife Brenda have been married for 35-plus yeas and reside in Pearl River, LA. They have three children, Misti, Aaron, and Trent.
chaplainwaverly@hotmail.com
817.903.8279 Cell
Mike Bingaman The Chaplain at Retama Park since the track opened in 1995, Mike,51, also served as Chaplain at Bandera Downs and at Trinity Meadows. A native of the state of Washington, he was a volunteer Chaplain at Yakima Meadows in l982.
Later Mike became the fulltime Chaplain at Longacres Race Track in Seattle in 1986, where he served until the track closed in 1992.
Mike is a 1983 graduate of Northwest College of the Assemblies of God, and he received his Masters degree in professional counseling in 2001. Mike and his wife, Charo, reside in Converse, TX.
ponypastor@satx.rr.com
210.651.7058 Office
210.887.5581 Cell
RTCT State Board of Directors
President: Daniel Reed
Vice President: Mike Buffington
Treasurer: Terry Hobbs
Exec. Dir./Secretary: Sam Ed Spence
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