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Newsletter
April,
2008
Rev.
Dr. Vera M. Wingate, Pastor |
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Dear
Bethany
Friends,
Goffe’s Falls Heritage Day is almost here!
May 3rd is just around the corner, and you won’t be
receiving another newsletter before we’ll be celebrating in grand style!
The enclosed flier highlights some of the exciting things happening.
Leading the ribbon cutting at
9:00 a.m.
will be Mayor Frank Guinta, and bus tours of historic Goffe’s Falls
sites (including the airport!) will begin at
10:00 a.m.
Hercules Pappachristos –
auctioneer, appraiser, and antiques dealer – will be on site at
10:00 a.m.
to appraise your antiques. We’ll
have live animals and a spinning exhibit and well as refreshments and lunch.
A 12’ high replica of the Moxie Bottle will be on hand, as well as a
Moxie “
Mobile
”, and antique cars. Airport
Historian Ed Brouder will speak at
11:00 a.m.
about his book: Manchester
Airport: Flying Through Time.
There will be continuous showings of two Goffe’s Falls documentaries:
Spirit on the Cohas I and Spirit on the Cohas II – Goffe’s
Falls. The
New Hampshire
Aviation
Museum
’s flight simulator exhibit The Wright Flier will be on hand as
well as aviation exhibits. You will
see historic displays of all we celebrate: Indians,
Colonial Settlers, Colonial Mills, Textile Mills, Trollies, The Elms,
Pine
Island
Amusement Park
, Grenier Base, and the
Manchester-Boston
Regional
Airport
. Save
the enclosed flier and be sure to come May 3rd.
We had a wonderful Easter at Bethany Chapel with more memorial flowers on
the altar than anyone can remember! Thank
you one and all who placed them there in memory of loved ones.
Weather’s still been cold and rainy a lot, so we don’t have the
designated Easter palnts in the ground yet.
But, God willing and sunshine this weekend, we’ll get it done!
BE SURE TO COME TO THIS SATURDAY’S BREAKFAST!
(flier enclosed) Right
now forecasters are saying it will be a wonderful weekend!
Would be good to see you!
The next Saturday, April 19th – we’re having our ANNUAL
LASAGNE BUFFET Mission Supper with proceeds going to benefit
Midlands State University Scholarship Fund in
Gweru
,
Zimbabwe
. We’ve been praying for a fair
and equitable election there. Hardships
in
Zimbabwe
are beyond our imagination.
My husband and I are taking a short vacation April 22 – 27.
Going to
Lisbon
,
Portugal
. What joy!
Rev. Glen Bachelder, retired minister from Milford, NH, will be guest
preacher on April 27th. We’ll
be home for eleven days, then we’ll be taking off for a 40th
Wedding Anniversary (June 15, 1968 was our date!) trip to
Costa Rica
May 9-18th. Our son and
daughter are going with us – we’re excited about that, too!
Filling the pulpit on May 11th – Mothers Day as well as
Pentecost Sunday – will be Deacon and Parish Nurse Barbara Cirincione.
May 18th is Children’s Day at
Bethany
, and Dana Dahl will be leading those services.
I’ll miss all of you, but I’m really going to have a grand time!
The sun is shining brightly as I write you today.
I saw crocuses in
Bethany
’s garden this weekend and with sunshine like this, tulips should be pushing
their way up any day. We’ve had a
long, hard winter, haven’t we? But
with a day like today, doesn’t God warm your heart with promise of
resurrection!
May the Spirit of Love Guide You....
YOUR PASTOR ,
Vera Wingate