A memorial to the late Reverend Bill Miller will be dedicated Sunday morning outside the Hays First United Methodist Church where he served from 1967 to 1982.

Miller left Hays for a short time before retiring.  He then returned to served as chaplain at Hadley Regional Medical Center and then Hays Medical Center.  Miller, an active and popular community member,  died January 28 at age 88.

The life-size bronze sculpture, “Children of the Heavenly Father,” depicts children dancing in a circle.   An anonymous group has  coordinated the statue’s creation by a California artist

The dedication will be at 9:30 a.m. Sunday at First United Methodist Church, 305 W. Seventh.