ge 8—SUSQUEHANNA TIMES
Messiah College Alumni Club of Lancaster
County picnics in Sico Park Thursday
The Messiah College Alumni Club of Lancaster County is shown picnicing in Sico Park last Thursday evening. Dr. D. Ray
Hostetter, College President [seated ia left foreground], spoke to the group.
Rev. Dale Engle sees Cross Roads Church
on verge of growth; people reach out to others
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Two months before grad-
uating from Asbury he met
his wife: to be, Mona
Simpson, a nurse.
On leaving the seminary
he became associate pastor
at a church in Mesa, Ariz.
His work there was mainly
with youth and .in music.
Music has always been an
important part of Rev.
Engle’s life. In addition to
singing, he plays the piano,
string bass, and trumpet.
The following year, he
and Mona Simpson were
married, and she came to
Arizona with him. The
Engles now have a daugh-
ter, Beth, 13 months.
After another year in
Arizona, the Engles came to
Mount Joy in the summer of
1977. Rev. Engle became
associate pastor at the Cross
Roads Church.
Last year, the previous
pastor, Rev. Allen Dourte,
gave up his position and
Rev. Engle became pastor.
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Rev. Engle did not know
how he would like being
pastor. He had enjoyed
being an associate pastor
and using his special
talents. He did not know
whether he could become a
jack of all trades.
Nevertheless, because his
congregation has been very
helpful and has given him
freedom to specialize, the
experience has been worth-
while. ‘‘Some churches
expect their pastor to excel
at everything,” he says.
“This congregation has
been very free. Some lay
people havé helped in areas
where I am not so strong, for
example in education.”
‘Rev. Engle says, ‘‘This
church seems to be on its
growing edge. It is on the
verge of seeing a lot of good
things happen to it, a lot of
exciting things. I am excited
by how many people attend
our meetings on Wednesday
nights during the school
year. We have from 140 to
150 children here on
Wednesday evenings, as
many as for our Sunday
services.
“There is a nursery for
the very young. There is the
Good News Club for child-
ren age 4 to the 1st grade.
There are the Pioneer Girls,
grade 2 to high school, and
the Boys Brigade for the
same age group.
“There are various kinds
of instruction, Bible study.
There is recreation. There is
also training in common
ordinary things like baking
and construction, crafts,
skill development.
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‘““We have an achievment
program that enables people
to work at their own pace.
‘Skill development has
spiritual applications.”
Rev. Engle says the
growth of the church is ‘‘not
so much numerical as in
other ways.” People are
going out into communities,
into inner cities and doing
short-term, voluntary serv-
ices for people who need
them.
“In this way,”’ says Rev.
Engle, ‘“We demonstrate
where we come from and
what we stand for.
“We try to bring in
people their different gifts
and talents, which are
sometimes hidden for years.
We stress an active laity,
personal evangelism that
reaches out to people.
‘“‘Being a Christian is a
seven-day-a-week job.”
Christians live their religion
in their communities, with
their friends and neighbors.
With an Anabaptist tradi-
tion, the Brethren in Christ
are ‘‘different but not odd,”’
says Rev. Engle. They strive
to ‘live as committed
Christians in the 20th
century,”” and in doing so
‘“‘communicate effectively
with community groups.”’
Being a committed Christ-
ian and still being a member
of a community in the 20th
century creates a certain
‘“tension,’’ of course.
“It’s always toughest to
be in the middle, drawn
both ways,”” says Rev.
Engle. ‘“That tension is
good for us. It is that tension
~ that causes us to grow.”
A aim as om
September 5, 1979
Little People’s Co-op
to open September 10
The Little People’s Co-
operative Nursery School is
about to begin its 7th year of
operation. Classes will
begin September 10th. The
school operates 9:30-12
noon, 5S days a week,
providing classes for 3 and 4
year olds.
Little People’s is a co-op
gursery school which means
a parent participates by
providing a few days during
the school year as a
‘helping parent.’ This time
is spent having fun,
observing their child inter-
acting with his peers, and
helping the teachers with
tasks related to the
educational experience.
Little People’s employs
two qualified teachers per
class. The nursery school
offers a variety of educa-
tional activities ir both
structured and unstructured
settings to help a child grow
to his potential. Included as
part of the educational
experience are trips to
provide opportunities for the
children to see their
community in action.
Little People’s Co-op
Nursery School admits
students of any race, color,
national, or ethnic origin,
and does NOT discriminate
in admission policies or in
any of its programs. The
school is not religiously
affiliated, although it enjoys
the facilities made available
in the Florin Church of the
Brethren.
Mount Joy High School
Class of 1928 reunion
The Mount Joy High
School graduating class of
1928 held their fifty ~first
year class reunion on
Saturday August 25th at the
Joe Wolgemuth Park on
Longenecker Rd., south of
Mount Joy. Twelve of the
remaining nineteen mem-
bers were present for the
occasion, which was cli-
maxed with a scrumptious
chicken barbeque, complete
with baked beans, relish
dish, salads, fruit dishes,
dessert, & punch. The feast
was arranged by the
committee of Mrs. Mrya
Finkbiner, Miss Suie Snyder
and Mrs. Joseph Wolge-
muth Sr., with the help of
her son Joe Jr. who did the
barbecue, and supplied the
facilities.
The members present
were: Jay S. Barnhart
(president), Miller M. Hess,
(secretary), Ethel Moore
Broske (treasurer), Dora
Kraybill Wittle (v. pres.),
Rhoda Engle Kaylor, Anna
Garber Hollinger, Edna
Charles Hostetter, Nora
Strickler Eby, Mary Diffen-
derfer Myers, Suie Snyder,
Edna Strickler Wolgemuth,
Alma Engle.
The guests were Mrs. Jay
Barnhart, Mrs. Miller Hess,
George Broske, John Wittle,
Marlin Kaylor, Clarence
Hollinger, Clarence Hostet-
ter, Charles Eby, and
Marian Engle.
Plans were made to have
a fifty — second reunion
August 23, 1980 with the
committee appointed to take
care of the program,
consisting of Miller Hess,
Anna Hollinger and Ethel
Broske.
The remaining seven
class members who were
unable to attend are Mrs.
Florence Arndt Hess, Mrs.
Lillian Good Gable, Mrs.
Anna Hinkle lerely, Mrs.
Myra Herr Finkbiner, Mrs.
Elverta Buller Kissinger,
Mrs. Bertha Royer Brooks,
and Mrs. Hazel Kaylor
Waser.
Obituaries
RAY M. CARACHER
Ray M. Caracher, 81, of
257 - W, Market St.
Marietta, died at his home
last week, following a long
illness.
He was born in Marietta,
a son of the late James C.
and Sarah Buchanan
Caracher. He was a retired
lithograph operator. He was
a member of the United
Methodist Church of Mari-
etta.
He is survived by a
brother, James S. Caracher,
of Marietta.
MRS. PAUL WILLY
Mrs. Sabina C. Willy, 77,
of Marietta, died last week
after a long illness.
She was the widow of Paul
H. Willy, who died in 1970.
She was born in Lykens,
the daughter of the
late Harry M. and Agnes E.
Faust Walde.
She was a member of the
Assumption BVM Catholic
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Church of Mount Joy.
She is survived by four
sisters and one brother:
Mary Neagle, Frey Village
Nursing Home, Middle-
town; Anna Walde, of
Reading; Catherine Hirsch,
Lykens; Theresa, wife of
Richard Ertel, South
Temple; and Adam Walde
of Waynesboro.
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