I received something in the mail yesterday that really gave me a wake up call. I received my AARP Card! Yikes! It is really true. I am turning fifty this year. The good news is that there are several others in the same boat rowing with me. Many of them are regulars at church. Others come on occasion. They include Pete Adams and Mark Rogers (Pictured to the right) Patty Bell, Leon Dalbec, Mark Damien, Ray Deptulski, Sue Ferguson, George Fratoni, Fred Green, Elizabeth Isenburg, Stephanie Mattos, and George Rezendes.As we approached new years I decided we were going to have some fun with this at church. We are going to celebrate with all these half century- arians and have a party. On June 1, 2008 we are going to have a reception in their honor after church. During worship we will also look back at 1958 and see what was happening in society and in church. We will recognize our fifty year members. They include Edith Robinson (1928), Doris Wilcox Regets (1937), Jean Wilbur Roscoe (1939), Lois Peckham Lopez (1944), Bruce Royce (1952), June Pendelton (1953), Doris Adams (1954), Marge Meyer Booth (1954), Carolyn Benker (1955), Charles Hamblen (1955), Bonnie Royce Koch (1955), Gorge Strouse (1956), Elaine Bromley Berrie (1957), and Jean Macht Smith (1958).
We are also going to recognize our couples who have been married 50 years or more. That includes, Jean and Steve Roscoe, Bob & Marge Booth, Dick and Elizabeth Strong, Al and Sue Damien, and Dot and Harry Calkins.
We may even recognize others who are celebrating big days. For example I know three of our members who will celebrate the big 6-0. We might include them in the celebration just so some of us can have hope that 50 is not the end of the world :-)
It is going to be a great day and lots of fun. Stay tuned and you will hear more about it in the coming weeks.
Cal
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