822-Lancaatar Farming, Saturday, September 9,1989 150 years (Continued from Pag* B 19) attendance records, meetings, baptismal records and annual reports to find the most interesting tidbits. Isaac Richardson Atlee, the founder of New Windsor, sold the site to the first trustees of the new ly formed church for $lOO in 1841. The congregation had previ ously met in Greenwood Church, just out of town. James Clemson Atlee, son of Isaac Atlee, advanced the funds to erect the brick building. The total cost was $3,543. As the church grew, it became closely associated with Blue Ridge College which is now the site of the Brethren Service Cen ter. It was reported that as many as forty ministerial students worshipped at the “ivy-covered church” during their college days. The church was in its heyday during the centennial celebration in 1939. In his annual report to the presbytery, John Ross Hays, sup ply pastor to the New Windsor Church, noted a downward trend. “I would approximate the average age of the membership of the church to be 50 years,” he reported. “In time the church membership will drop off rapidly, for there seems to be so few young people to make up the church of the future. I believe the church can go on for ten or fifteen years.” Sadly, the minister’s prophetic observations came true. The church indeed did go to sleep for a while until she was resurrected in the 1970’s by Reverend C. Biddle Foster who took the ailing church into his tri-parish assignment. With his loving and insightful gui dance and inspiring messages, the church began to come alive. Though Reverend Foster was called away to concentrate his efforts on behalf of his church in Manchester, Maryland, the daffo dils that were planted in memory of his late wife, Jean, also serve as a remembrance of a beloved pas tor. The kindand gentle Rev. John Hoeprich ministered to the spiritu al needs of the flock in the interim. As a friend of the church once said, ‘God doesn’t close one door that He doesn’t open another’. That certainly was true, for into the sanctuary came Reverend For syth, with his heavy Scottish accent and contagious love of God. He has seen the church con tinue to grow and has instilled a new found reverence for this house of the Lord. It is not unusual to hear the humming of hand tools on a Saturday, members working fervently to refinish the beautiful pews. And mid-week potluck sup pers and hymn sings add to the fellowship. To round out the weekend celebration this year, the congre gation will assemble at the sanctu ary at 9:00 a.m. Ron Williams will summon the crowd with the toll ing of the bells, just as he does every Sunday at this regular hour of worship. At 9:30, those in atten dance will make a pilgrimage to Greenwood, just as they did fifty years ago, to recall the humble beginnings of the church. The ser mon will be delivered from the pulpit of this circa 1737 church that stands as it did then, with no electricity or plumbing. The celebration will conclude back at the church on the comer of Church and High streets in New Windsor, with a slice of cake for As a special remembrance of the centennial anniversary, a book on the history of the fust hundred years of the church was published. For the 150th, Helen Williams suggested that a commemorative plate be designed and issued. The ARP Church, and his wife, Isabel. the elements to be included on the eight-inch, gold-rimmed, ivory plate - a sketch of the church taken Grom the front of the centennial \ program; the name. New Windsor Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church; dates, 1839-1989; and a ring of ivy. sy .@1 SmF , .BOJ m Si! i.j® i nIF IM n i r m 0 rkmn 001 E. High St. Ellrabathlown, Pa. WfJWWrS'SSrth Ph: < 7l7 > M 7 -1221 shartlesville farm fSUNEEk servjce W Dale Wangar " RD 1, Hamburg, Pa. 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