The church celebrated its 60th Anniversary this
past weekend with a number of special events.
The weekend began on Saturday with our Fall Festival. We enjoyed
live music with “Pete and L.A.”, displayed a dozen vintage automobiles (thanks
to Ernie and his club), and had a bounce house and numerous activities for the
kids – along with some hamburgers, hot dogs and snacks for all. Many thanks to Dawn and Lisa for putting
everything together.
On Sunday we began with a coffee fellowship before our
worship service. Superintendent Howard Burgoyne brought greetings from The East
Coast Conference and led us in a prayer of thanksgiving and dedication. Alissa Corrao blessed us with special
music. Church “partners” from Head Start and Iglesía 2da Luz de Salvacíon
celebrated with us, along with numerous friends and family members. After the service we continued the fellowship
with a wonderful lunch. Many thanks to
all who helped plan the event (including Lisa, Vivian, Joanne, and the 60th
Anniversary committee), and those who helped with our set up and clean up (including
Pat, Pete, Mike, Armando, Marco, and others).
To make our 60th Anniversary even more special,
we were able to worship in our newly refurbished sanctuary! We give thanks to God for all those who
contributed so generously to make this project possible, and to the many
volunteers from Iglesía 2da Luz de Salvacíon who refinished the floors,
re-constructed our pulpit area, painted, carpeted, and much, much, more. The end result is a gorgeous worship space,
and a blessing for all. Our 60-year-old
pews were taken apart, shipped to North Carolina, stripped, sanded, refinished
and repainted. Eight weeks later the
pews were shipped back to us, reassembled and reinstalled. The results are amazing! Check out the photos on this website. Also take a look at some of our historic
photos.