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VOL XXIX • NO 38
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
Coming Home To The Beginning By Dayna M. Reidenouer
The 94th annual homecoming service on Sunday, Oct. 20, at 10 a.m. at Union Presbyterian Church, 5637 Street Road, Kirkwood, will mark a homecoming for the Rev. Glen Knecht, 65 years after he first arrived at the church. As a newly fledged minister fresh out of Princeton Theological Seminary in 1954, Glen accepted the call to Union. According to church member Martin Greenleaf, Glen and his wife, Betty Jane, were the first to occupy the newly completed manse. Glen and Betty Jane served at Union for three years, at which point they were sent to Tabriz, Iran, as missionary evangelists with the Mission Agency of the Presbyterian Church, USA. After returning to the United States in 1962, the Knechts served at nearby Oxford Presbyterian Church for eight years. The family, which eventually included six children, moved to Maryland in 1971, and except for 14 years at First Presbyterian Church in Columbia, S.C., the Knechts have made Maryland their home. Glen is pastor emeritus at Christ Reformed Evangelical Church in Annapolis. He retired at age 82 after a bout with pneumonia, and he and Betty Jane live in Laurel, Md. “From all this, we can report that when you commit your life to Christ unreservedly, He will take you places you never expected to see and never thought you would serve,” Glen said. “But God has taken us to Ethiopia, Kenya, Malta, Ukraine, England, Switzerland, and Iran, where our hearts and prayers still linger. We can testify that He has remained faithful and more so every step of the way.” Now age 89 and in good health, Glen will preach the sermon during the worship service on Oct. 20. Everyone is See Homecoming Service pg 2
Union Presbyterian Church in Kirkwood was the first pastorate served by the Rev. Glen and Betty Jane Knecht. Glen, who accepted the call to Union 65 years ago, will preach at the church’s 94th homecoming on Oct. 20.
Church To Present AngelFest Fair
Library Plans Special Events
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Exton will present its annual AngelFest Fair on Friday and Saturday, Oct. 18 and 19. The event will feature live and silent auctions, food and the opportunity to shop in various rooms - each with a different theme. The event will begin with a preview party on Oct. 18 from 6 to 9 p.m. Guests will be able to enjoy hors d’oeuvres and beverages, as well as a live auction. Live auction items will include a one-week stay at a villa in Tuscany, Italy, for 20 guests; a week’s stay at The Estates in Williamsburg, Va.; a hot air balloon ride; a stay at The General Warren Inn; a Japanese massage chair valued at $5,800; a garden plot rental at St. Paul’s See AngelFest pg 2
A variety of items, including home décor, a handmade quilt and a massage chair, will be available to win during the silent and live auctions being held as part of the AngelFest Fair at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Exton on Oct. 18 and 19. Inviting the community to the event are organizers (back, from left) Abby Zalimas, Nancy Pollock, Patti Glassey, Karen Marto, Kathryn West and (front) the Rev. Maxine Maddox Dornemann, St. Paul’s pastor.
Moores Memorial Library, 9 W. Slokom Ave., Christiana, will offer several special events during October. For more information about the events, readers may visit www.christianalibrary.org or call the library at 610-593-6683. The library’s weekly Preschool Story Time with Miss Joyce will be held on Wednesdays at 10:30 a.m. Local author Iris Gray Dowling will visit during story time on Oct. 16. A special STEM Program will take place at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 17, when the Lancaster Science Factory presents a program called “Engineering 2-D/3-D Thinking.” “The Life and Art of John J. Audubon” will be the topic of a presentation on Thursday, Oct. 24, at 6 p.m. The annual fall book sale held by the Friends of the Library will take place at a new time this year from Wednesday, Dec. 11, through Friday, Dec. 13, in the See Library Events pg 3 The
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