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The Bath Church
United Church of
Christ
Founded 1818
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The Twenty-Fifth
day of March in the Year of our Lord 2007
8:30 & 11:00
O’clock
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+ Order of
Worship +
Easter Day
March 23, 2008
Welcome to The
Bath Church on this Easter Sunday! Christ Is Risen! He is Risen Indeed!
Alleluia! We proclaim the Good News of the Christian faith on this glorious
Sunday as we hear and celebrate Jesus’ resurrection. We especially welcome
those who are guests with us today. We look forward to giving you a "Welcome
Bag" as you leave the sanctuary so that you can become better acquainted
with us. Thank you for coming to worship, and we hope that you will join us
each Sunday.
PRELUDE: The
Easter Day with Joy Was Bright Lani Smith
- As the Prelude
begins, let us with silence prepare our hearts for worship -
EASTER
PROCLAMATION: Matthew 28:1-7 NT pg. 29
PROCESSIONAL:
Bell Carol Page/Shaferman
p CALL TO WORSHIP:
Leader:
Rejoice, Christians, and be glad. For Jesus who was dead is now
risen!
People:
This Jesus who was dead was raised again to life and appeared to
many!
Leader:
This is the Good News: death is no more! Eternal life is ours!
People:
Praise God for this great and gracious gift: our faith is not in
vain!
Leader:
Then, let us proclaim the good news: Christ, the Lord, is Risen!
People:
Christ is Risen indeed! Alleluia!
p HYMN OF PRAISE: Christ, the Lord is
Risen Today No. 288
p
COMMUNITY PRAYER: The Apostle’s Creed (updated)
I believe in
God, the Father almighty, Creator of heaven and earth.
I believe
in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord. He was conceived by the
power of the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary. He suffered
under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried. He
descended to the dead. On the third day he rose again. He ascended
into heaven, and is seated at the right hand of the Father. He will
come again to judge the living and the dead.
I believe in
the Holy Spirit, the holy universal church, the communion of saints, the
forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life
everlasting. Amen.
In
silence we bring our prayers of confession….
p SILENT PRAYER • WORDS OF ASSURANCE •
SHARING THE GOOD NEWS: "Christ is Risen!"
p RESPONSE: Christ Arose (vs.
1 & 3) No. 294
Low in the
grave he lay, Jesus my Savior, Waiting the coming day, Jesus my Lord
Refrain:
Up from the grave he arose, with a mighty triumph o’er his foes;
He arose a
victor from the dark domain, and he lives forever with his saints to
reign.
He arose! He
arose! Hallelujah! Christ arose!
Death cannot
keep his prey, Jesus my Savior, he tore the bars away, Jesus my Lord!
Refrain…
SCRIPTURE READING:
Acts of the Apostles 10:34-43 NT pg. 113
ANTHEM: He
is not Here! He Has Risen! Allen Pote
THE CHILDREN’S
MOMENT (After which children age six and under may leave for childcare)
p HYMN OF PREPARATION: Now the Green
Blade Rises No. 311
SERMON: Love,
Life & Light Unleashed! The Rev. Mark Frey
THE OFFERING OF
OUR TITHES AND GIFTS
THE OFFERTORY
MUSIC: Christ the Lord Is Risen Today E. Broughton
p THE DOXOLOGY No. 34
PRAYER CONCERNS
AND CELEBRATIONS
Announcement from
our Church Moderator
PRAYER HYMN:
He Lives (vs 1 & 3) No. 302
PASTORAL PRAYER
AND LORD’S PRAYER ("sins/sin")
Pastor: The
Lord be with you.
People: And
also with you.
p HYMN OF COMMITMENT: Alleluia No. 1
No. 291
p RESPONSIVE BENEDICTION AND BLESSING
Leader:
When the world seems to be crumbling around you, remember who you
are:
People:
Resurrection people with Easter in our hearts.
L: When
despair would seem to squelch all hope, believe in who you have
become:
P:
Resurrection people with Easter in our hearts.
L: When it
is hard to persevere against all odds, trust in God who names you.
P:
Resurrection people with Easter in our hearts!
ALL: As we
follow Christ into the world, may God help us remember who we are -
Resurrection people with Easter in our hearts!
p SONG: Alleluia No. 1 Refrain
No. 291
Our tradition
is to hold hands during the singing of the Benediction song.
p POSTLUDE: Christus Resurrexit
Gordon Young
p All that are able are invited to stand.
PARTICIPANTS
TODAY
Clergy:
Rev. Mark Frey (preaching), Rev. Jim Cunningham
Lay Leader:
(8:30) Shirley Taylor; (11:00) Chris Cole
Children’s
Moment: Rev. Cunningham
Music:
Debbie Heubeck, Music Ministries Director, Jeff Sonoda, Organist;
Prelude & Processional: Combined Choirs; Anthem: Combined Choirs- Debbie
Welsh, Timpani; Linda Black, Sue Whitmore, Suzelle Bennett, Gayle Flinn,
Bells; Sandy Schlub, Organ; Jeff Sonoda, Piano
The glorious
lilies, tulips, hyacinths and hydrangeas gracing the chancel and altar are
given by members and friends on this Easter morning.
LARGE PRINT
BULLETINS ARE AVAILABLE FROM THE USHERS
Hearing
amplifiers are available in the Sacristy, please inquire.
WE ENCOURAGE
PARENTS TO USE OUR NURSERIES: We have two nurseries, both located on the
2nd floor. Room 209 is for infants through 18 months and Room 207
is for toddlers 18 months to 3 years (for your child’s safety, a pager must
be used while your child is in child care). Children 4 years through 1st
grade may go to the Care Room after the children’s moment. It’s located on
the second floor in Room 204. If at any time you need assistance, please
speak to one of the ushers.
BIRTHDAYS:
March 23: Becca
Brandt, Dan Dewitt, Caroline Monroe, Rosemarie Hanus, Halie Carpenter,
Marian Moore, Rob Larson, Averie Slate
March 24: Laura
Clark
March 25: George
Blind, Karen Brandt, Jerry Carter, David Antal
March 26: Don
Fields, Tina Toneff
March 29: Nancy
Schott, Shannon Appel
ANNIVERSARIES:
March 23: Karen &
Cam Elliot,
March 24: Ann &
Raleigh Drennon
March 25: Sandi &
Al Keefer
March 29: John &
Bette Cochran
A Stephen Ministry Congregation
The Bath
Church
United Church of
Christ
Founded 1818
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The Twenty-Third
day of March in the Year of our Lord 2008
EASTER DAY
8:30 & 11:00
O’clock
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Worship, Serve and Grow
"A caring
congregation nurturing spiritual growth and demonstrating the love
of Jesus Christ."
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OUR HOLY
WEEK BANNERS were made by
Nancy Schrader in the late 1990’s. Thank Nancy for her work which
adorns our worship space in this holy season.
SHARE THE
MAGIC!! Come join your Bath Church friends (and anyone
else you wish to invite) for an evening of magic, wonder, and awe on
Friday, April 18. Magician Rick Smith, Jr. will entertain us
with his incredible magic and we will also experience his amazing
'Guinness World Record' card-throwing skills.
This is a
major fund-raiser for Royal Family Kids' Camp, so come
and support a worthy cause and have a wonderful evening. The show is
appropriate for young and old alike. Ask anyone who attended last
year's RFKC at Ashland and they can give you a glowing testimonial!
Ticket
prices are as follows: Patron ticket--$50.00 This
guarantees you a front and center seat! General admission
ticket--$25.00
Student
ticket (through high school)--$10.00
Tickets
are available between services or through the church office.
Our magician is asking for our ticket sale numbers two weeks before
the show, so please don't hesitate about buying your tickets. Pick
them up today!!! Checks should be made out to Royal Family
Kids' Camp, Bath. Thank you!
CALLING
SOFTBALL PLAYERS! Want to play summer co-ed softball on our
church team? We are exploring the possibility! For information,
contact Kristine Nerlich at 330-239-4197.
"LIVING
HOPE" CONFERENCE FOR WOMEN - WCF "MINI RETREAT": Please join us
for a day of spiritual reflection by attending the "Living Hope"
Conference for Women on either Friday, April 11 or Saturday,
April 12 at Parkside Church in Chagrin Falls. The event
schedule is the same for both days with doors opening at 7:30 AM,
Welcome and Worship beginning at 9:00 AM followed by 5 inspirational
speakers and then concluding at 3:30 PM. Pick the day that
best suits your schedule. Interested parties can pick up a brochure
in the Narthex or see Stephanie Brandvold. You can either
register on line at
www.MoodyConferences.com
or call 1-888-824-8246 by Noon on April 9. The cost is $40 per
person and a lunch is provided at the event. Tickets are
non-refundable.
CALLING
ALL SUNDAY MORNING COFFEE HOSTS & HOSTESSES: We have three
Sundays in April open to making coffee and serving donuts, April 13,
20 and 27. If you would like a session in making coffee, please call
Shirley Taylor 330.666.5394.
REV. MARK
FREY leaves March 25 for a 17 day Study Trip to Greece, Egypt
and Rome with five other pastors. Mark has been participating in a
Lily Endowment grant through the Akron Area Association of Churches
(AAAC) to encourage study and the support of clergy. This trip is
the last event in the 3 year program. The group will study the
travels of the Apostle Paul in Greece and what it is to be Christian
in Islamic Egypt. Keep the group in your prayers.
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BATH
CHURCH YMI (Young Men’s
Initiative) BASKETBALL TEAM will be holding an
all-you-can-eat pancake and sausage breakfast on Sunday, April 6
from 9am to Noon. Please join us for $5.00 per person for food, fun
and fellowship. Anyone wishing to donate raffle prizes for the
breakfast, Gatorade for practices/games or money for tournament
registrations, team meals, and warm-up suits please call coaches
Janie Bechtel (330.620.7449) or Steve Domchick (330.687.3194).
MT. ZION -
BATH GARDENERS meeting on March 25, 2008, to make stone soup and
a craft, has been postponed -- due to delayed arrival of spring
and late return of snow birds. New date will soon be
announced.
MFC (Men
for Christ): Join us each Sunday from 10:00-10:50am in the
Library where we discuss faith and being a man. Our current text,
Tender Warrior by noted author Stu Weber. Come join the
excitement!
THE
FIDELIS GUILD will meet at the home of Karen Clark on
Thursday, March 27th, at 9:30. For a morning of fun,
fellowship, and food - please join us. We will be discussing
Chapter 7 of Rabbi Kushner's "When Everything You've ever Wanted
Isn't Enough." Bring a sandwich, and the rest of the
luncheon will be provided. For information, call Karen Elliott
at 666-0708.
CROP WALK:
Walkers of ALL ages are urged to sign up for the Akron CROP WALK for
Hunger set for Sunday April 13. Those who cannot walk can
participate by sponsoring Bath Church Walkers who need and seek your
support.
Proceeds
of this year’s Walk go to emergencies in this country and abroad
with TWENTY FIVE percent staying right here in Akron for the Food
Bank which serves families through 350 local distribution centers.
For further details pick up the CROP literature in the Narthex and
see Adam Marquette and Chuck Ausherman who serve as co-chairs of the
Akron Walk. Sponsors of this year’s walk are the Akron Area Inter
Faith Council which includes many faith groups in this area. Micah
6:8 is our church’s coordinator of the Walk.
PLEASE
MARK YOU CALENDARS for the evening of Friday, May 9 and the
morning and early afternoon of Saturday, May 10 for a church
wide "vitality" retreat hosted by the Long Range Planning Committee.
It will be worth your time! Details to follow.
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NEXT
WEEK: March 30, 2008
The
Second Sunday of Easter
Rev. Jim
Cunningham preaching: "Resurrection is about the Here and Now"
John
20:19-31
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It isn’t
too early to start planning your . . .
VACATION
WITH A PURPOSE!!
July 21
– 25, 2008
Name Phone
Address
E-mail
I will
definitely help the abused and neglected children of Summit County
this summer. I want to get involved in the areas checked below:
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By being a Prayer
Partner and praying for 2 campers and 1 counselor. (We’ll send
names.)
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By being one of 14
counselors. Training dates will be Friday April 25 and Saturday
April 26.
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By helping with
check-in and send-off on Monday, July 21. This is a 2-3 hour
commitment for that morning. You will help check the kids in,
help keep them entertained (crafts/puzzles/games) while we wait
for all the kids to arrive, and see them off for the week at
camp. We also need nurses at check-in.
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By helping with the
activity centers, wood crafts, paper crafts, kitchen crafts
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By providing a
scholarship to send a child to camp.
Full scholarship $375 or partial scholarship $_______
I
will make this donation by July 1, 2008. Please mark your
envelope RFKC-Bath 2008. Thank you!
Call Karen
Brandt (330-618-4077), Susan Bresnahan (330-472-6504) or Bath Church
(330-666-3520), for more information.
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ROYAL
FAMILY KIDS’ CAMP NEEDS YOUR HELP!
Bath Church is sponsoring a one week
camp for abused/neglected children, ages 7-11. We take the kids for
one week and give them a positive experience where they are treated
like royalty, thus the name, "Royal Family Kids’ Camp." With one
counselor to two children, plus an additional staff to do
activities, the children are surrounded by people who care and have
an amazing week of royal treatment. Some of the activities we are
planning (in addition to daily swimming, non-competitive games with
our "coaches", singing, dramas, skits, activity centers/crafts,
etc.) involve a fancy tea party for the girls (dresses provided!)
and a day with the football coach for the boys, a huge birthday bash
for all the kids (some whom have never had a birthday party
before--some may not even know when their birthday is), a visit from
Victory Gallop, a magician, and a day of fishing, swimming, and
picnicking at Charles Mill Lake Park. The kids leave camp with
wonderful memories, a duffle bag filled with a music CD with camp
songs, a CD player, a scrapbook with pictures from camp (some kids
have no pictures of themselves at all before this!), two camp
T-shirts and the knowledge that they are loved.
Where do
the children we serve come from?
Most
Social Services departments refer children to faith based camps such
as those sponsored by the Salvation Army and Catholic Social
Services when two criteria are met; namely, that no child is coerced
to accept any particular religion, and that the foster placement
program, foster parents or other caretakers are given a voluntary
choice. Royal Family Kids' Camps meet these two criteria. Although
each camp counselor and staff member is a committed Christian, the
camps do not proselytize, and no religion is ever criticized or
denigrated. The camps extend Christian love and care, with adults
modeling a non-violent, positive way of life as an alternative to
many of the negative, abusive situations which abused and neglected
children have faced.
This is
where we need YOU…to help monetarily or at camp the week of July
21-25, 2007. Please contact the church office for more information
at 330-666-3520, or see Karen Brandt or Susan Bresnahan. A form is
below for anyone who may be interested in helping with Royal
Family Kids’ Camp.
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 MEMORIAL
EASTER FLOWERS
The following
members and friends give the glorious lilies, tulips, hyacinths and
hydrangeas gracing our altar on this Easter morning.
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Marilyn & Nick Andreeff
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In honor of our children and
grandchildren |
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Chuck & Reineke Ausherman
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In memory of our parents |
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Ron, Janie & Chip Bechtel
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In memory of Chris Bechtel |
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Linda & Dianne Lawson
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In memory of Mom & Dad |
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Jackie Bettick
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To the glory of God |
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George & Nancy Blind
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In memory of our grandparents |
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Jim & Nancy Bolender
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In memory of our risen Lord Jesus Christ
- we are saved |
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Dave & Marilyn Cupp
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In memory
of our parents |
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The Deveny Family
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In memory of Susan Pavloff |
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Dave & Jeannine Diehl
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In memory of our parents William and
Evelyn Diehl, Donald and Leona White, sister Loree Ackley, nephew
Jason White |
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Ann & Raleigh Drennon
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In memory of our loved ones |
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Barbara Eckman
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In loving memory of my husband, Jerald
Eckman. I miss you so much. |
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Gayle & Gerry Flinn
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In memory of our parents |
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The Frey Family
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In memory of Elizabeth "Beth" Frey |
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Muriel & Fred Gentsch
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In memory of our parents |
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Dusty & Bill Giermann
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In memory of Sylvia & Ralph Rhoades and
Ethel Pomin |
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Chuck, Amy, Megan & Chelsea
Gray
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In memory of Polly Gray, Bill Gray,
Larry Lombardo |
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Mike & Casey Hughes
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In memory of mother Tina Eberwein and
father Billy Hughes |
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Tom & Mary Johnson
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In memory of Thomas Clarke Johnson IV |
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Lowell Jones
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In memory of Jeffrey and Patsy Jones |
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Judy & John Kobs
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In memory of our parents |
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Bill & Barbara Moats
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In memory of our parents |
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Chuck & Joan Mockbee
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In memory of our parents and in
celebration of our family |
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Pam & Jim Neusser
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In loving memory of wonderful parents
Elizabeth & Ed Hawes |
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Frank & Marian Palmer
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In honor of all our loved ones |
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Dick & Joyce Patterson
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In memory of parents and brother |
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Judy & Roger Read
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To the glory of our risen Lord |
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Bob & Donna Robinson
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In memory of Bob & Priscilla Robinson
and In honor of Earl & Mabel Gambel |
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Carolyn Shabram
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In memory of Ralph Shabram |
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Sarah & Ed Steinmark
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In memory of our dear friend, Dot Raynor |
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Chuck & Phyllis Thomas
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In memory of our parents and daughter,
Dale |
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Roy & Marian Tunnell
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In memory of Ruth Tunnell and Anna
Thompson |
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Jon & Jane Weingart
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Hallelujah! He is risen! |
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Martha Willman
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In honor of my son, Christopher and in
memory of mother Edna, and grandmothers Grace and Karolina |
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Ann & Dick Winland
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In memory of our loved ones |
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