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Gary
and Marjorie grew up together. They attended the same church and the same
school. Their
parents were close friends since their own teenage years.
 Gary
and Marjorie were married in 1961 and have three grown children; Stephanie,
Michelle, and Gary Todd.
Gary
has often spoken of Marjorie's rock solid support of all the ministries
they have been involved with. He has often said, "I could not have
done the things we have done without God's blessing and Marjorie's support."
As
youth pastors, Gary and Marjorie gave themselves to helping kids in the
1960's and early 1970's. As their children were born, they simply took
them along.
Before
the children were actually teenagers themselves, they had been to youth
camp, hung-out with the youth choir and had made friends with hundreds
of teenagers in Salem, Oregon, North Hollywood, California, and Portland,
Oregon.
They
also grew up in the media. The family owned three Christian radio stations,
two in Oregon and one in Alaska. when Gary hosted the Gary Randall Program,
which originated at KOIN-TV in Portland, Oregon, the kids were frequent
guests on the program with Marjorie hosting the program when Gary was
traveling out of the country on a mission.
 In
the later years of The Program, Stephanie became Associate Producer, then
Producer of the show after graduating from Seattle Pacific University
with a degree in both communications and history. She did her internship
in the KOIN-TV newsroom and was awarded the Angel Award for her documentary
on Teenage Suicide. Stephanie is married to Rick Wilson and they have
one son, Brent Randall Wilson who is four.
Michelle
became very interested in ventriloquism at an early age due to the performers
she had seen as a young girl. After teaching herself the art, she began
performing at many different venues, including several appearances at
her own elementary school. When her parents gave her a "top-of-the-line"
hand-made dummy named, "Hank," for her ninth birthday, Michelle
took her art to the next level. Over the next few years she performed
in dozens of churches and group events. She and Hank were guests on The
Gary Randall Program and made regular appearances on the show, "Bumpety,"
a children's program which aired on KATU Channel 2 in Portland, Oregon.
Michelle married Curt Green in 1989 and they have two daughters, Julia
and Maria, both of whom are deeply involved in music and sports in both
their school and church.
Gary
Todd grew up spending several days each week at KOIN-TV. It is said that
G. Todd knew more about the backstage aspects than anyone at KOIN-TV at
that time. He too was often a guest with the family on The Gary Randall
Program. G. Todd has said that spending personal time with Dr. Dobson
and Shirley, Chuck Colson, Chuck Swindoll, Tim and Beverly LeHaye, Astronaut
Jim Irwin, and many other outstanding leaders made an indelible imprint
on his life.
In
the family tradition, G. Todd hosted a daily radio program while a student
at George Fox University. After receiving his degree in history, he took
a position at Pamplin Music Corporation. As founder and vice-president
of Red Hill Records, a Pamplin owned record label, G. Todd developed several
outstanding new artists who have had marked success in the industry. In
2001, G. Todd resigned from Red Hill, moved back to Portland, Oregon,
his beloved Northwest, promising he would travel back to Nashville or
New York or Los Angeles as often as necessary, but would live in the Northwest.
In
addition to walking beside Gary in their ministry, Marjorie has served
as inspirational speaker to the school board in LaCanada, California and
Oregon State Director of Missionettes, a statewide church organization
for girls in which over 4,000 girls are involved in Oregon.
The
great songwriter, Audrey Meier, once told Gary over a Sambo's Restaurant
ten cent cup of coffee, "There is a time for everything. Recognize
the seasons and the opportunities of your life and give God all you have."
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