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So Much to Celebrate
CHAMBERSBURG, Penn.— celebration and rejoicing. Anoth-
“Since Pastor Gregory A. Myers er reason for rejoicing is that the
Jr. took his position at New LIFE church went, in Kelly’s words,
Worship Center five years ago, “from juggling and struggling”
many positive changes have to pay the bills each month to
taken place,” says Kelly Snyder, record-breaking tithe records
church office manager. For twice in the past year.
starters, church membership has Still another cause for a for-
more than doubled. Pastor Myers mal celebration was the donation
and the New LIFE Deacon Board of 12 acres of land for the church
decided a celebration was in to erect a new, larger building to
order and used the occasion of accommodate the church’s Board members and pastor look on as note goes up in smoke. Left to right
paying off the church’s indebted- steady growth. The pastor and are Joseph Whitten, Bill Drake, Ward Phillips IV, Senior Pastor Gregory A.
ness 15 years early as a time of the deacon’s board, one Sunday Myers Jr., Anthony Smith, and David Hann.
Land Celebration Service
in the summer, held a Land Cele- written for the generation to
bration Service. On that day, the come, that a people yet to be
church rented a bus to take more created may praise the Lord”
than 100 people to see the prop- [NKJV]) is “Dreaming for Tomor-
erty. The church discovered only row, Building for Today,” which
a week before the celebration he shared with the group as they
that another three-quarters of an stood on the new property, sur-
acre had also been donated. rounded by mountains in the dis-
Pastor Myers’ newly named tance—“a symbol of God’s arms
slogan for the church (taken stretched out wide embracing
from Psalm 102:18: “This will be and protecting the land.”
Evangel Influences a Life Ministry
he owned to the church. The year, Harry Miller served as
men of the church worked pastor of a total of nine
WINCHESTER, Va.—In district pastor and brought his together to make the necessary Church of God congregations
1951, Harry M. Miller Sr. and congregation into the Church of remodeling for the church to in Virginia, and started five
his wife, Esther, started a God. Thus the Winchester meet there. Soon, however, the other new churches besides
church in their home. The fol- Church of God was congregation the one in Winchester. He also
lowing year, a man in the con- founded in 1952. became too large served on various boards and
gregation gave Pastor Miller a The services that for that building committees at the district and
copy of the Church of God had begun in the also, and they pur- state levels. He helped build
Evangel. After reading the arti- Miller’s home soon chased a lot and the first buildings on the Vir-
cles of faith, he found that outgrew the space. It built a church, ginia campground, and also
they corresponded with the was then that one of which has contin- served as president of the
Word of God and his beliefs of the men of the ued to grow. Retired Ministerial Alumni of
its meaning. Subsequently he church, Frank Bow-
Harry
Miller
Before his death Virginia for five years after his
contacted the Church of God ers, offered a building at age 84 earlier this retirement.
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