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May 9, 2014
Faith UCC plans graceful farewell By Garth Snow
Homes parade to feature northeast side subdivision By Linda Lipp
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Faith United Church of Christ plans to end its story with dignity. The church at 10707 Coldwater Road will say goodbye to 46 years of ministry with a final service at 10 a.m. Sunday, June 15. Church historian Sheryl Stebbins busied herself recently sorting files, marriage records and black-and-white photos from the church archives. “My grandkids were baptized here and they’re going to preschool here,” said Stebbins, who has been associated with the church for about 10 years. “It’s a grieving process.” “Our membership is down and we couldn’t afford the building,” she explained. A nearby church has signed a short-term lease on the building. Efforts to sell the building continue.
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Faith United Church of Christ historian Sheryl Stebbins shares church photos with her grandson Ryan Stebbins, 4.
As the story ends, though, Faith parishioners want to say goodbye with grace. “We’re going through all the papers and the pictures,” Stebbins said.
“We want to leave a legacy that this church meant something to a lot of people for a long time. So we want to leave it meaningful and do honor to the church.”
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Volunteers ready steam locomotive No. 765 for its return trip to Fort Wayne during a layover on its round-trip to Lafayette last year.
Historic train to retrace route during Three Rivers On July 12 and 13, steam locomotive No. 765 will come rolling into downtown Fort Wayne on the elevated railroad overpass next to Headwaters Park — just like it did for the first time almost 60 years before. Fort Wayne’s historic
steam locomotive will be running passengers on round trips from Detroit to Fort Wayne for the Three Rivers Festival this year, following the route of a train that was known as the Detroit Arrow. “In the past, we’ve operated trips out of Fort Wayne during the festival, but we really wanted to return to the
Detroit line and bring folks to Fort Wayne,” said Kelly Lynch, communications director for the Fort Wayne Railroad Historical Society. “We’ll be re-tracing the route between Detroit and Fort Wayne in much the same way that our Wabash Cannonball train retraced See TRAIN, Page A3
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“We hope to scan a lot of the pictures, especially confirmations and baptisms, on a disc,” Stebbins said. Copies See UCC, Page A2
The Parade of Homes scheduled for September in the Forest at Foxwood subdivision won’t be the traditional show produced by the Home Builders Association of Fort Wayne. This year, the North Eastern Group, which is the developer of the subdivision on the northeast side of Fort Wayne, jumped in on its own to organize the event. “We’re taking on the responsibility for the success or failure of it,” said Kim Ward, the developer’s marketing director. The HBA’s fall parade, held recently about every other year, is a major fundraiser for the organization as well as a showcase for its builders and other members. HBA will get a portion of any proceeds from the parade North Eastern is organizing, “but our goal is not to make money on this parade, our goal is to raise awareness,” Ward said. The parade, also billed as a “lifestyle show,” will be supported by other partners and sponsors, including Windows, Doors & More and Fort Wayne Newspapers. To date, seven builders have committed to constructing homes for the show, and some of those also will have sponsors, including Lutheran Health Network and Centier Bank. “When you have these partners, it helps build awareness of the event,” Ward said. North Eastern also organized a local parade of homes in 2007. It was held in June, rather than the traditional fall time slot, and it drew only 6,300 visitors, a low for the event. Ticket sales for the parade are a major revenue generator for the HBA, so the organization had to try to make up the shortage at a fall scattered-site show in See HOMES, Page A3