This was the old choir room which was attached to the side of the church. |
Thursday, March 10, 2016
The "A Call From Denny" Story
It was an ordinary day. Talking on the phone with Denny whom I have known since I was a young boy and a member of St. James Episcopal Church in downtown Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Denny was one year my junior and a member of the Sunday School class that consisted of quite a few young boys who tried their hardest to find a way to skip Sunday School after the morning church service ended. Today Denny's call is to tell me about the neat photos that had been sent to him by another Sunday School escapee's daughter who works for the Lancaster County Historical Society. Marianne searched the historical files and emailed 23 photos to her dad, Tom, who in turned sent them to Denny. Denny is attempting to fill the halls of our parish house with photos from the past for a visit from our Bishop in the near future. After seeing that one of the photos had a picture of my dad in it, he made the call to me. Well, today Denny has sent me the photos and I had a grand time looking at them and trying to figure out when and where they may have been taken. I pulled up a series of stories I published in 2014 titled "Searching for a Read" which I wrote while I was on the mend from my latest back surgery. Found a series of books on the history of our church on the living room bookshelf and wrote the blog entries describing the history of our church which was began in 1744. The black and white photos which follow all carry some history behind each one, so here goes …….
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