Since April of 2024, the First Presbyterian Church in Hazard, with whom we share Jim Garrett as supply minister, met at 9:00 a.m. to allow us to meet at 11:30. Recently they asked if we would be willing to meet once a month at 9:00 a.m so that they can have a later service on that day. So, now our worship service on third Sundays is at 9:00 a.m. On other Sundays, we meet as usual for Sunday School at 10:30 and church at 11:30. When we worship at 9:00, Sunday School follows the worship service.
The big news, of course, is that the Log Cathedral, the community building, and the manse have all been repainted.
There were repairs done to the manse as well, and the gutters of all three buildings got a well-needed cleaning.As we enter the holiday season, our plans are under way. We will decorate the church--"the hanging of the greens"--on November 23. There will be no fellowship meeting on November 26, the Wednesday before Thanksgiving, but some church members will be distributing food boxes to friends for the holiday.
I assume that you are all aware that when the Internet cooperates, our worship services may be viewed on Facebook. The videos are recorded for later viewing, but Facebook takes them down after 30 days.
Although we have no regular organist, and we rarely meet in the Log Cathedral during the winter, our newly renovated organ is in occasional use by visiting organists who play it for the joy of the experience. These are personal visits, not concerts, but these artists are welcome.
We continue to meet for a potluck, fellowship, devotions, and prayer on Wednesday evenings. The starting time has been moved up to 5:00 p.m. from 6:00 p.m. to make it easier for folks to return home in the dwindling light afterwards.
Jimmy Moore's bound paperback, "A Pictorial History of Witherspoon College" is still available for $15, and we have just printed another twenty copies. If any of you prefer a flash drive, they cost only $5 and contain both the entire book, its index, and a folder with all the individual pages for convenience in printing.
I continue the process of creating a sequel to Jimmy's book that will cover the years 1950 to 2000. I am still looking for pictures of graduates (or seniors on field trips) for the classes of 1951, 1957 to 1958, and 1963 to 1965. I also need the names of the graduates for 1952 and 1958.
If you have news for this page, please let me know.
Eric Schonblom, clerk of session
(606) 398-5186 (office)
(606) 223-9606 (cell phone)
email: anobium@kih.net