The wedding of David Rosenberry and Cindy Jo Barley combined their man > J*an Barley, Lugene Gochnauer, Brad Hershey, Kevin Ebersole,
love for each other and farming. After the ceremony, the couple drove In the Ma* Breneman, Thomas Barley, Robert Barley, Steven Gochnauer, ring
combine while the bridal party followed in the hay wagon covered with a tear Joshua Bitner, and flower girl Amelia Barley,
white canopy. Shown with the bridal pair are Pamela Stetter, Gall Brene-
Wedding Combines Love For Each Other And Farming
LOU ANN GOOD soil: Cindy Jo, will you marry me?
Lancaster Farming Staff The coupie wanted their wed-
ELIZABETHTOWN (Lancas- ding 10 reflect their love for each
ter Co.) For a groom who had other and farming. They consid
disked a marriage proposal into ered being married on the Barley
soybean stubble and a bride who farm w id* the bridal party wearing
prefers farm work instead of country-print dresses and bib over
bookkeeffthgt it came as no sur- alls but discarded that idea. They
prise that their wedding day inter- decided that a traditional church
grated marriage and farming. wedding reflected their devotion to
A shock of wheat, symbolic of God and the church. Cindy works
the union of Cindy Jo Barley and part-time as youth director for
David Scott Rosenberry, was a Crestwell Bethany E.C. Church,
theme oft-repeated from table cen- Nonetheless the traditional attire
terpieces to candy favors. bad touches of the couples agri-
The couple’s first introduction cultural ties,
happened in the wheat field when The most eye-catching detail
David was custom-combining the was the glistening combine, tractor
Barley’s Star Rock Farm. and hay wagon used to transport
“I met ‘Barley’ in the wheat die bridal couple, 12 attendants,
field,” David is fond of describing ring bearer and flower girl to the
that first meeting when Cindy was reception,
running the auger cart. Although Cindy begged to drive
From the beginning, the cou- die combine, she deferred to
pie’s three-year courtship was David’s chauffering the new John
highly intertwined with farming Deere model. The bridal attendants
because dating was sandwiched in- followed in a hay wagon pulled by
between David’s work as farm a tractor. And two new truck pick
manager for James Garber & Sons, U P S escorted the caravan,
a 1,000-acre fanning operation in The equipment sparked a lot of
Milton Grove, and Cindy’s work- good-natured debates among
ing with steers, pigs, and fieldwork agricultural-interested guests on
on the Barley’s 3,500-acre com- die pros and cons of the green
plex in Conestoga. If the couple versus red, which reportedly the
wasn’t helping each other with Barleys favor,
chores, their conversations were Tor the wedding decor, a pick
dominated with agricultural lingo. “P truckload of wheat was
For David’s birthday, Cindy sent harvested from the Barley fields
him on a two-week custom com- and used in many innovative ways,
bining crew out West. Wheat blended in with the cascad '
In October. David flew Cindy Jo rose iv V bridal b ° u queis.
by helicopter over a field where she Wheat sheaves weie arranged in
read his marriage proposal in the window and candle displays. The
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six bridesmaids carried small
sheaves of wheat intertwined with
flowers. Each guest was given a
tiny muslim feedbag with wheat
inside to throw instead of tradition
al rice or birdseed.
A pre-ceremony video flashed
many scenes of the couple doing
farm work.
The wedding meditation by Rev.
David Hall correlated marriage
with hybrid seed. ‘Two people
from different families, back
grounds, and experiences come
together with the hope that,
together, they will be better than
they were by themselves. A good
hybrid seed is developed to take the
strengths from two different
strains, leaving the weaknesses
behind,” he said.
Hall emphasized that with the
help of the Lord—the master tech
nician of all hybridizations and
by maintaining good “soil” condi
tions in marriage, two people can
yield to hybridization to become
something new, something better
than either would have been single.
At the reception, the table cen
terpieces were shocks of wheat tied
with burgandy bows. The groom’s
mother made candy favors from
chocolate peanut butter molded
into a wheat shock for each guest.
After a wedding trip to the Baha
mas, the couple will reside in Con
estoga. The couple’s dream is to
own their own farm someday.
Cindy is the daughter of Rep.
John Barley and his wife Jane.
David is the son of John and Nancy
Rosenberry.
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The wheat theme was carried out In candy favors molded
Into wheat sheaves and in wheat grains thrown instead of
rice or birdseed. The wheat grains were placed in the
musllm bags stamped with the names of the bridal pair and
tied with string.
A pickup truckload of wheat harvested from the Barley
farm was used for bridal arrangements, table centerpieces,
and even on the cake.