Yesterday we attended our last service at the church we have been members of for the last 15 years. All our children attended school there and Kenny & Gretta were both baptized there. In this pic is the sign I made a few years ago. It's sandblasted vertical grain redwood with 24k gold leaf lettering. You can even see the top of the K-Rose in the background.
When we first joined St. Paul's it was still a small community congregation with many lifelong members. They had just installed two co-pastors because one just wasn't enough anymore. Onalaska was poised for some tremendous growth. A few years ago we built a beautiful, huge new sanctuary and greatly expanded the school. Now it is one of the largest congregations in the Wisconsin Synod.
Saying good-bye to our brothers and sisters in Christ is somewhat bittersweet. We've watched their children grow along with ours. We know it will be a long time before we see their faces again, perhaps not until eternal glory. But we praise God for the opportunity to have known them and we are eager to meet other saints along our way.
When we first joined St. Paul's it was still a small community congregation with many lifelong members. They had just installed two co-pastors because one just wasn't enough anymore. Onalaska was poised for some tremendous growth. A few years ago we built a beautiful, huge new sanctuary and greatly expanded the school. Now it is one of the largest congregations in the Wisconsin Synod.
Saying good-bye to our brothers and sisters in Christ is somewhat bittersweet. We've watched their children grow along with ours. We know it will be a long time before we see their faces again, perhaps not until eternal glory. But we praise God for the opportunity to have known them and we are eager to meet other saints along our way.
2 comments:
I suppose you are still keeping your membership there until you settle somewhere???
My prayers are with you and family.Have a great time and drive safely.
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