92-Year-Old Playing Piano at Schererville Church

By Woodrow Wilcox

On May 22, 2023, Carol Comstock became 92 years old. She has been playing the piano since age 4 and the organ since age 12. Now, she regularly plays the piano for Grace Baptist Church in Schererville.

When Carol was 8 and her brothers were 5 and 3, her father would bring the family to a Christian campground in Cedar Lake every year for a family vacation. That is now under Cedar Lake Ministries in Cedar Lake. For years, Carol lived in Illinois but regularly visited Cedar Lake.

Carol and her husband lived in Illinois until they retired to Cedar Lake in 1983. As a volunteer, she played the piano and the organ for the Christian camp in Cedar Lake. She met the minister of the Lutheran Church in Schererville at a funeral where she played the organ. He asked her if she could play the organ at his church. She agreed to do that and did it for twelve years.

When the Lutheran church building was sold to Grace Baptist Church, Carol wrote a letter to the new pastor and offered to continue playing the piano or organ for the new church. Pastor David Douglass talked with her and thought that she would be wonderful as the church pianist or organ player.

The church is located at 2010 Peace Parkway Court in Schererville. Pastor David Douglass is the former President of Hyles-Anderson College. He and his wife Tina started the church with meetings in a rental space at the Hampton Inn in Schererville. Then, the Lutheran Church became available and Grace Baptist Church bought it.

Carol grew up in a one room school house for grades 1 through 8 in “the country”. It was a Lutheran school. While her husband owned a business in Illinois, Carol played the piano and organ at La Grange Bible Church in La Grange, Illinois for 66 years.

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