Congregational Life
Wedding Bells
Congratulations to Kelley Walton and Dan Hearn on their marriage July 1 at May Memorial Baptist Church. Kelley is the daughter of Richard and Brenda Walton of Powhatan and Dan is the son of Dan and Debbie Hearn Sr., Montrose, PA.
Following their honeymoon in the mountains of PA, they will be residing in the apartment at Kelley’s home place, 2101 Ballsville Rd. Powhatan; their phone number is 492-4438
Kelley will be teaching remedial students at Cumberland County Elementary School, and Dan will be working for Steve Burkholder doing landscaping.
Birth Announcement
Ron, Regina, Hannah and Jeremiah Shultz announce the birth of Bethany Joy, born July 11, 12:37 A.M. She weighed 6 lbs. 12 ozs.
Grandparents are Harold and Alma Shultz, Lancaster, PA, and David and Nancy Moyer, Powhatan, VA.
Campers
Each summer quite a few of our young people pack their bags and head off to the foothills of West Virginia to scenic Highland Retreat Camp for a week of fun and unforgettable memories. Those attending camp this year are
Horse Camp
Brian Ranck
Eric Childress
Regular Camp
Sidney Bowles
Matthew Lehman
Sterling Hubbard
Phillip Palmore
Steven Pruett
John Schlosser
Luke Shenk
Mary Alice Vaughn
AND Ivan Lehman
Ivan joined the young people for a week at Highland Retreat by doing maintenance work around the camp. This is the second time he has volunteered and thoroughly enjoyed the special opportunity.
MISSING
Marvin and Fern Hertzler are missing a very special book—their Travel Journal about their trip to Paraguay. If anyone knows where it is, they would appreciate
having it back.
A Tribute to My Wife
Written by Wallace Schaefer as a tribute to his wife of 48 years, Dorcas.
Married June 8, 2000
When I became a teenager, girls began to interest me,
I began looking at them closely, perhaps as my bride to be.
As I made my rounds and dated more than one,
They were hard to understand but they were fun.
When I became serious, choosing one for life,
I wasn’t getting anywhere, finding a suitable wife.
I prayed to God, "You know better than I,
I need a wife badly," to God I dare not lie.
I didn’t act grown up, and I sure wasn’t handsome and tall,
But I was normal in wanting to marry,
God made me that way after all.
God could work it out, but time was not on hold,
My teens seemed long gone; I’d soon be getting old.
Suddenly, there she was, so pleasing to the eye,
She seemed to like me, a mystery as to why.
As we spent time together, I observed and began to see,
She doesn’t have any flaws; she is different from me.
After being married all these years
(it seems like yesterday),
She hasn’t changed at all; she’s still that way.
She’s a mother, a lover, my best friend,
I know we’ll be together until the very end.
She’s my willing helper while working this sod,
She’s an angel made in heaven, on loan from God.