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First United Methodist Church of Aliquippa
CENTENNIAL
ACTIVITIES
a spring and
summer of centennibration
CENTENNIAL
CELEBRATION
UPDATE AND SOME WAYS YOU CAN STILL HELP
Our Celebration of 100 years of Ministry and
Service moves on to welcome the return of Norm and Lucille Dunkle on
Sunday, April 10th. Norm
will preach at both services and, with Lucille, will be our guests of
honor at the Fellowship Hour between services.
Plan to come – share some “old” stories, refresh some
memories, greet Norm and Lucille, take some new photos, make it a special
day.
While the plans are underway, we still need
your help with a few things:
First, we have been gathering
and organizing photographs of our past pastors.
One period for which we have only a few photos is from the time
Dick and Myrna Sanford were here. Please,
look through your family photos to see if you have photographs from the
time the
Second, while Paul Sparrer was
here, the confirmation classes made personal confirmation projects.
If you still have your confirmation project (or your child’s
project), please lend it to us for display.
(For this, please contact Bill Crowley, 724-495-3439.)
We have heard from one family, but haven’t received the project
yet. If you have one, please
contact Bill right away.
Third, on August 28th
and September 11th we will have two catered luncheons as part
of our celebration. We’re
hoping to more than fill the Fellowship Hall.
We would like to have tables set up outside under canopies.
We have checked with a couple of party suppliers and can get them
there, but if you have such canopies, would you please lend them to us
for these two days? (For
this, please contact Dave Wilson, 724-375-5287 or 724-375-7607.)
We haven’t heard from anyone yet.
And, Fourth, for the remembrance day of
100 years of weddings, we are planning a display of wedding gowns.
Several have already been promised.
If you have dress forms, please let us borrow them for this day –
May 15th. (For
this, please contact Grace McClester, 1-330-932-0654.)
If you are willing to share your gown for display, you may drop it
off at the church by contacting Lee Gourley (724-774-2094) or Geri Black
(724-774-2366) who are willing to meet you there.
And we are looking for wedding photos from weddings performed at any of
our buildings (Woodlawn,
WEDDING PICTURES – The
wedding display for the Centennial is scheduled for May 15th.
We need pictures – in a frame or not.
Please drop them off at the church office with a note as to who it
is and the date and your name. If
you’d like for them to be picked up, please call Sally Ribnicky at
724-378-0890. The deadline is
April 15th. We will
take good care of them and return them to you.
They will be displayed in the Fellowship Hall.
Thank you.
The Centennial Committee has been busy for
nearly a year. Plans have been
made. And now what we need
most of all is YOU! Hope
to see you at all our events.
OUR CHURCHES FAMILY TREE
We all remember learning the parts of a plant in science class.
Everyone knows that plants have roots, stems, leaves and flowers,
fruit or seeds.
As part of the centennial celebration, we would like to begin creating
our churches family tree. We
will remember past generations as our roots, recognize our stem,
acknowledge our leaves and look forward to the flowers, fruit and seeds of
our future.
This project will begin as a temporary structure as we begin with roots
and stem and our church family adds leaves to represent our family members
that built our church from the ground up.
If we as a church family add enough leaves to the tree, it is our
hope that the tree will be reproduced as a permanent structure either as a
sculpture or mural.
It’s like the song that we have sung as children and our children will
continue to sing. The leaf is
on the branch, and the branch is on the limb, and the limb is on the tree,
and the tree is in the ground, and the green grass grows all around, all
around, and the green grass grows all around.
August 14
Pastor’s Homecoming
Ken Rippin will preach at both services. The Fellowship Hall will be used for everyone to welcome and reminisce with Ken and Lois.
August 28
Centennial
Service of Celebration and Rededication at
Bishop
September 11
A
New Century Begins at
March 27
“Googie” Sunday
Come and learn about our “Googie” from Nancy Galasso at both services.
April 10
Pastor’s Homecoming
Norm Dunkle will preach at both services. The Fellowship Hall will be used for everyone to welcome and reminisce with Norm and Lucille.
May 8
Pastor’s Homecoming
Dick Sanford will preach at both services. The Fellowship Hall will be used for everyone to welcome and reminisce with Dick and Myrna. (This is also Mother’s Day)
May 15
A Centennial of Weddings:
A
Celebration of Our Church’s Families
July 10
Pastor’s Homecoming
Jay Langley will preach at both services. The Fellowship Hour will be used for everyone to welcome and reminisce with Jay and Margie.