Sweet & Sassy: Happy 150th anniversary, Trinity!

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The Pitsburg Evangelical Lutheran Church is going to be celebrating its 150th anniversary on Sunday.

Because I didn’t receive the historic information by deadline time and had to write the story without it last week, I decided to let the readers know about that church.

In the mid 1800s in Monroe Township of Darke County, several of the residents living there, some of whom had come from Wurttemburg, Germany, some from New York and Pennsylvania and some who had been in the area for many years, sought to establish their own place of worship according to the Lutheran faith based on Martin Luther’s teachings that we are saved by the grace of Christ Jesus’ death and resurrection.

In August 1865, the Rev. George Bachmann came and preached in a clearing in the woods at what is now Graw Road. He continued to do so for several months before giving notice to the elders of the community to form a council and officially found their congregation. They met on Jan. 8, 1866, elected a council, and laid out the plans to purchase and build a church. At the time of the founding everything was held in German and continued until 1895 when they began to change to English.

Over the course of the next 150 years they outgrew the small 30×25-foot building and moved to the present location in Pitsburg. The church has served the community and its members all these many years and has had to enlarge the facility on more than one occasion. Fifteen called pastors and several interim pastors have served Trinity, though not until 2015 has she had her very own, not shared with another congregation in a two or more point parish. The Rev. Melvin R. Musser is the first exclusive to Trinity pastor in 150 years.

Sunday, the church will celebrate all these 150 years with a prayer service at 8 a.m. at the original site one-fourth mile west of the “Midway” station at the juncture of State Route 49, Schnorf-Jones Road and Graw Road in Monroe Township. At 10 a.m., there will be a half-hour musical praise celebration, worship service with the honorable Southern Ohio Synodical Bishop, Suzanne Darcy-Dillahunt preaching followed by a lavish dinner catered by Michael’s Catering of Greenville and held at the Franklin-Monroe High School at 1 p.m. For more information or to reserve a place at the banquet feast, phone 937-692-5670.

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• The Center for Neurological Development’s annual benefit weekend will be at the Wendelin Sports Club July 15-17. Friday night will be Paint and Create (call 419-733-6600); Saturday will feature poker run beginning at 1 p.m. followed by a hog roast and a drawing for a 2016 Harley Davidson Street Glide (call Calvin at 410-852-6973) and on Sunday, there will be an outdoor mass at 9:30 followed by the Walk for Courage, entertainment by the Thien Snipps, horseshoe tournament, bingo, and cake walk. Lunch stand open all day. Raffle drawing at 3:30. BBQ boneless pork loin dinners served from 4-6 p.m. by pre-sale only (call 419-375-4562). Raffle tickets can be purchased at the Wendelin Sports Club or by calling 419-375-4741. Organizers ask that the public come to support the Center for Neurological Development, located in Burkettsville.

• Ansonia American Legion Post 353 is planning an event July 22, with margaritas all night, and tacos, taco salad and burritos from 5 to 8 p.m. only. A flyer reads, “Good food, good drinks, good people, great fun.”

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Happy birthday to:

• July 13 to Laura Francis. (25), Larry Walters, Gage Daniels and Chloe Heck (9).

• July 14 to Jerrod Teegarden, Niki Ford-Hill, Lois Gibboney, Ronnie Hartrum, Eugene Hoening Jr., Kathy Zacharias Leeper, Tom Fox (40), Mary Barga, Kim Custenborder,

• July 15 to Steve Baker (70), Tonda Wentworth, Freida Reier, Teresa Fleckenstein, John Middleton Sr., Elaine Amspaugh, Carla Smith-Bubp, Dennis Leeper, Dan Esser, Paul Klingshirn and Troy Foster.

• July 16 to Mike Hammontree, Zachary Bartrum, Stella Guthrie and Cindy Antrican.

• July 17 to Janie Pepple Hammelrath, Brad Hiestand, Pam Hartzell, Missy Schmitz, Kyle Jordan, Mike Osterloh, Tonia Poth and Austin James.

• July 18 to Dan Studabaker, Chloe McCabe, Naomi Hathaway and Rod Anthony.

• July 19 to Randy Heck, Jennifer Peck, Judy Barga, Patty DeMange, Edna Striegel and Deloris Lawrence.

Happy belated birthday to: Missy on July 3.

Happy anniversary to Chris and Kim Barnhardt on July 14; Elmer and Karen Long on July 15; Scott and Amy Rice on July 17.

Happy belated anniversary to Tony and Tami Liette on July 7.

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Don’t forget to pray for: Stacy Dorko, Dick Michael, Tracy Bailey, Lee and Bea Moody (our parents), Carol Bollheimer, Roger McEowen, Tim King, Gary Poor, Clinton Linebaugh, Layna Best, Jean Eastridge, Justin Ungericht, Alishia Clark Funk, Shannon Peters Hall, Tom Hawkins, Mike Bale, Phyllis Gibbons, Rosemary Wetzel, Greg Whittington, George Fanning, Angie Young Noggler, Kenny Borger, Mary Marshall, Jenson Fullerton, Judy York, Treva Hamilton, Sue Miller, Gary Reier, Carmen Sanders, Michael Allen Clark, Elmer Long, Anthony Joyner, Shirley Mead, Dave Sloan, Harry Moody, Jim Moody, Linda Subler, Jerrod Pratt, Tim Ridenour, Shelly Hoffman, Keith Howard, Betty Grimes, Kathy Magoto, Dean Brewer, Lisa Hall, Dick Neff, Tammy Shapiro, Ken Martin, David Magoto, Phil Clark, Sonny Hunt, Terry Longfellow, Don and Nina McDaniel, D’Arleen Waymire, Linda Johnston, Ron Kreitzer, Pappy Harshman, Delores Duncan, John Klipstine, Elsie Svajda, Dave Sherman, Sue Chitty, Phil Chilcoat, Christine Pipenger, Paul Barton, Terry Ungericht, Gracyn Blackburn, Robert Codling, Kohen Thwaits, Dave Starline, Bob Hiestand Jr.

Also, Kathy and Tom Hamilton, Joanne Sharp, Ivan Miller, Cindy Elson, Cary Van De Grift, Dina Dancer Morris, Teresa Mayo Amspaugh, Tina Kiser Deaton, Tonia Thompson, Fred Monnin, Stephen “Brownie” Brown, Nate Epperson, Brad Pipenger, Faye Schlecty, Sheila Reed, Bill Beasley, Steve Cunningham, Kody Ketring, Bob and Sandy Finkbine, Kevin Dickey, Joe Martin, Brenda Grimes, Margaret “Peg” Bundy, Kevin Hemmerich, Penny Starns, Tim Heck, Vanna (Hannam) Abbott, Addie Henderson, Barb Morrow Zimmerman, Samantha Smith, Todd Walls, Ron Kramer, Melissa “Missy” Helmer, Dana Holzapfel, Kara Didier, Carla Welch, Bill Schuette and to all those others who suffer from the many debilitating diseases.

And, God bless all of our military people serving and protecting this nation, as well as rescue, fire and law enforcement personnel who put their lives on the line to protect us.

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Son Jamie and I extend our condolences to the families of: Rex Vogler, David Milligan, Elsie Ashby, Ellee Clack, Anna Adkins and Danny Daugherty.

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Think about: it: “Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live. It is asking others to live as one wishes to live.” — Unknown

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By Linda Moody

Sweet & Sassy

Happy 150th anniversary, Trinity!

Linda Moody is a staff writer for The Daily Advocate. Her column appears every Sunday. She can be reached at [email protected].

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