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Praise God, for He is good! My congregation (St. Paul of Ironton, OH) just celebrated its 150th anniversary this past Sunday (11/15/09). Our sermon was preached by the Bishop of the Southern Ohio Synod, Bishop Callon Halloway. We have several former pastors in attendance (one doing liturgy, one being the cross bearer, one giving the bendiction, one doing the readings, and so forth). A former organist of ours came back to play (we had 3 different versions of A Mighty Fortress). The sun shone through the stained-glass windows and it was just a beautiful service (followed by the sacrament of food, of course, 
).
Not a lot of congregations can make it this long (especially switching synods as we did, once being LCMS then ALC and then ELCA by default after the merger). At least, not around here unless it's a Baptist or Catholic congregation.
We have been blessed, and we hope to continue to be a blessing to our community. Just wanted to share with everyone here.
And since it's not Lent, Alleluia!
).Not a lot of congregations can make it this long (especially switching synods as we did, once being LCMS then ALC and then ELCA by default after the merger). At least, not around here unless it's a Baptist or Catholic congregation.
We have been blessed, and we hope to continue to be a blessing to our community. Just wanted to share with everyone here.
And since it's not Lent, Alleluia!
