Our area for ministry

I just got home from a visit to Steve and Patricia Ohlund's house. It was a nice night for a ride in the country and Lebanon was the place to go. Earlier this week I stopped in to visit Matthew and Elizabeth Isenburg. They live in Hadlyme.

I remember Doris Royce telling me that most of the families that came to First Baptist when she was growing up lived in the neighborhood. Times have changed. today there are only five families that live in the immediate vicinity of the church. June and Fred Coleman, Yolanda Charles and Tag and Joy Griffin and the boys all live behind the church within a quarter mile. Kathy Marino, Muriel and Frank Roderick live across the street in the senior housing.

Just for the fun of it I went town by town and listed the number of families in each area town. There are 54 families that live in Norwich and40 that live outside of town. Here is the breakdown.

Norwich 54

Baltic 1
Bozrah 3
Colchester 1
Dayville 1
East Lyme 1
Gales Ferry 1
Griswold 4
Hadlyme 1
Jewett City 2
Lebanon 2
Ledyard 1
Lisbon 1
Montville 1
Moosup 1
Mystic 1
North Franklin 1
Oakdale 1
Plainfield 1
Preston 5
Quaker Hill 1
Salem 2
South Windham 1
Sterling 1
Suffield 1
Taftville 1
Uncasville 2
Waterford 1

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