A mid-week message from our Pastor:
Our 150th anniversary year is drawing to a close. We have been sharing a lot of memories this year so let me offer two more.
Mary Lou Graves grew up in this church. She died not too long after I came here, but before she died she shared this story. During World War I the song “Keep the Homes Fires Burning” was popular. Mary Lou, just a young girl at the time, led the congregation in singing that song one Sunday. That night the church burned down. Mary Lou’s father kidded her that it was her fault because she sang that song with the suggestive title. That church was rebuilt, but a short time after that the congregation decided they needed more room and started work on our current church building. Once this building was finished they had a big parade from the old church to the new one.
Pearl Grabham was also a long-time, faithful member of this church. She was here every Sunday One Sunday we had an ice storm and cancelled church. We telephoned church members to let them know not to come. “Oh, I’m glad you called,” said Pearl to the person who phoned her. “I had decided it was too icy to drive to church, so I was going to walk instead!!!” Pearl was in her 80s at the time and lived about eight blocks from the church. I miss these two ladies.
Have a blessed week and Merry Christmas,
Pastor John