Powhatan Mennonite Church

P.O. Box 220, 3540 Old Buckingham Rd. 

  Powhatan, Virginia  23139-0220


 

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A Glimpse Backwards

1963...March...2001

1963

Wally and Dorcas Schaefer move to Powhatan from Middlesex County

March 31: A group of 29 persons meets at Bryon Hertzlers for the first Sunday School service.

1965

March 28: First service in new (original) church building .

1966

March 3: Bill and Bertha Schaefer move to Powhatan. Bad snow storm!

1970

March 15: Louis Burkholder ordained to ministry at PMC.

1982

March 10: Groundbreaking for second building phase of church

1992

PMCS School Board working hard to open school in the fall.

1998

Powhatan celebrates 35 years as a congregation.

Ben Powell in Netherlands on exchange program with MCC.

1999

Powhatan is searching for a pastor.

March 7: Building Committee presents Master Site Plan to congregation.

2000

Vernon and Christina Moyer serving in Albania.

Tim Kennell called to serve as Pastor of PMC.

Births: Edmund Spiller and Emily Hertzler (Powhatan has a total of 3 births this year).

Engaged: Kelley Walton and Dan Hearn (Powhatan has a total of 3 weddings this year).

2001

Fundraising for third building phase of PMC.

Attendance on Sunday mornings: 150+/-

How Tall Are We?

When my children were little, we had a growth chart posted on the wall. Keith and Jill would proudly back up to the wall to be measured. We made sure their heels were snuggly back against the baseboard and their heads straight to get the "most" growth! The following year we would look at that mark to see how much they had grown. That was big stuff! Karla and Greg never got to back up to that chart. They stopped growing.

How much have we grown at PMC? One family in June 1960, 29 persons in 1963 and 150 + in 2001. Growth is exciting, but growth also leaves behind shoes that no longer fit.

Philippians 1:6 - "Being confident of this very thing, that He who has begun a good work in you will also complete it until the day of Jesus Christ." 

By Pat Hertzler

 

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