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| Dec. 21 Christmas Sunday fellowship time with cinnamon rolls and coffee. Check out Pam's entry called "An Economic Crisis?" on the Barclay Press blog. | |
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| Keith Kendall, Tim and Tanya Hart visit with Jill Ash. Keith married Mike and Jill 20+ years ago. Mike and Jill are here from San Diego visiting with Jill's parents. | Karen Peters and Bill Sipe enjoying conversation over a cinnamon roll. It was just a year ago at this time that Karen was in intensive care with a life threatening brain aneurysm. |
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| Walter Mills and Pam Ferguson. Walter is known for his red jacket and Pam dressed to match him Sunday. | Shane Hall, Marc Edwards, and Jim Holliger gathered on Sunday during cinnamon rolls to talk about the sound system. |
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| The combined 30 voice choir from Rural Friends and Winchester Friends gave a Christmas Cantata on Sunday night Dec. 14 with 100 people attending. Holiday Desserts were served after the cantata. | The William Penn Sunday School Class held their Christmas party at Summer's Pointe on Dec. 14 and honored their teacher, Dr. Beverly Schemmer. |
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| Some of the members of the William Penn Class. | Frances Patterson, Kate Jessup and Winnie Thompson at the William Penn Class party. |
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The meetinghouse was decorated to celebrate Christmas this past week. Poinsettias are given in memory of loved ones. |
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| The annual Holiday Dinner December 7, 2008 | Norma Ludy, Florence Comer and Bettye Monks at the Holiday Dinner. |
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| Mills, Turners and the Welcome Class at the Holiday Dinner. | Jane Passmore, Paula Koneda, and Eric Passmore. |
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| Thank you to the Welcome Class who hosted this year's Holiday Dinner. | |
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| The meetinghouse was open for this year's Main Street Christmas walk around the Square. Here Betty Greenwalt shows some of her quilts that were displayed in the parlor during the 3 hour open house on Friday night, Dec. 5. | Walter Mills and Betty Herold at her book signing for Final Chats with the Almighty. Copies of the book are available at the meetinghouse for $12.00 |
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Left to right, Jenny Calderon, Kristen Marke, Deborah Lilly and Suzanne Weber around the table at the parsonage for Sunday Lunch Nov. 30, 2008. The pie in the foreground is Jenny's and Kristen's pecan pie that they made for our Thanksgiving meal together. |
Jenny Calderon (a nanny from Mexico working in the Chicago area) and Kristen Marke (a nanny from Australia working in the Chicago area and the daughter of friends of Ron and Pam) gave the children's lesson in meeting for worship on Sunday, Nov. 30, 2008. |
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Jenny and Kristen had a lesson from Luke on the prodigal son about making mistakes and being forgiven. |
Rob Pearson installing an automatic light in the lift on Friday Nov. 28, 2008. |
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On Friday Nov. 28, 2008 Fred Boomer, Judy (a cousin of the Boomers), Dave and Mary Alice Moore stopped in at the church for a visit. Jon Fisher was there working with Pam on Monthly Meeting Minutes and was coaxed into the photo. |
On Sunday, Nov. 23, Minister Charles H. Johnson from Lima, Ohio joined Winchester Friends for meeting for worship. After meeting, Charles shared family photos from his grandmother who was involved in Monroe and Spencerville Friends Meetings. |
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Winchester Friends and Rural Friends Cantata practice for the annual Christmas Cantata on Dec. 14, 2008. |
John and Ardith Coon on their 70th wedding anniversary on Oct. 28, 2008. John and Ardith were married by Rev. Charles Hiatt (pastor of Winchester Friends when our meetinghouse was built in 1898). John and Ardith became residents of Summer's Pointe a few years ago when John lost his eyesight. |
