jhummel@southjerseymedia.com Web: nj.com/ben Phone: 856-451-1000, ext. 556 Cellphone: 856-237-6645 FAX: 856-455-3098 U.S. Army: RA13815980 The column that says everything this weekend will probably get washed out. — Good evening! — "Jack, "There is a documented connection between Oberlin Smith and Nickola Tesela and considerable detailed documentation regarding Smith being the inventor of Magnetic Sound Recording.'' — Art Cox —...
jhummel@southjerseymedia.com
Web: nj.com/ben
Phone: 856-451-1000, ext. 556
Cellphone: 856-237-6645
FAX: 856-455-3098
U.S. Army: RA13815980
The column that says everything this weekend will probably get washed out.
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Good evening!
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"Jack,
"There is a documented connection between Oberlin Smith and Nickola Tesela and considerable detailed documentation regarding Smith being the inventor of Magnetic Sound Recording.''
-- Art Cox
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On Sunday, Sept. 13, Ebenezer United Methodist Church, Auburn, celebrated its 225th anniversary with a service of praise, worship and fellowship.
In the year 1790, a very enthusiastic group of people formed what became the Ebenezer United Methodist Church.
It was on a very hot August afternoon in this year that Francis Asbury stopped at the Seven Stars Tavern for refreshment. After preaching a soul-searching sermon, he appointed one of his preachers to look after the new field.
A church was built in September 1790, near Sculltown (later became Auburn) in Gloucester County.
The church's present site is at 59 Main St. in Auburn, Salem County, where it has stood since 1890.
The name Ebenezer was chosen because of its meaning, "Stone of Help.''
God has continued to be the strength for the congregation over the years as it has continued to minister to the village of Auburn and the surrounding community.
Ebenezer is part of the Delaware Bay District and over the years has been assigned over 70 pastors as part of both dual and single charges.
Currently, Pastor R. Bret Walker serves the Ebenezer church and Hudson UMC in Pedricktown.
Among those in attendance on Sept. 13 was Rev. Charles Green, retired elder of the Greater N.J. Conference.
Rev. Green served as pastor of the dual charge of Ebenezer in Auburn and Hudson in Pedricktown from June 1968 to June 1971.
Soloist Blythe MacDonald, great-granddaughter of former pastor Aaron J. Smith (1926-1930), provided a beautiful rendition of "Be Still My Soul'' for the congregation.
The service included special music provided by Beverly Steward Wordsworth of Massachusetts, daughter of Ebenezer's former long-time organist Ida Steward, along with many hymns and musical selections written by Charles Wesley, an English poet and brother of John Wesley, the founder of Methodism.
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"Hi, Jack,
"I noticed you recently did a story involving the 'tiny house' movement.
"Are you open to new ideas on the theme?
"I represent a company that designs, builds and delivers tiny houses on wheels.
"Some bullet-pointed story ideas include:
* New Lookout cabin by Wheelhaus lets the outdoors in with walls of glass.
* New tiny house community being built in Northern Michigan RV resort.
* Test-drive a tiny house at a tiny house resort in Jackson Hole.
* Wheelhaus brings rustic/contemporary style, durable materials and Green Building standards to tiny house movement.
* Tiny houses on wheels breathing new life into trailer homes.
"I could go on and on but will stop with hopes that something here piques your interest.''
-- Steve Snyders
Sublime Public Relations
Phone: 406-728-4180
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You want to talk to Bridgeton Mayor Albert Kelly, who brought the idea to his city.
But we should tell you in advance that Mike Abbott doesn't like the idea
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The sleep in the box fundraiser for Cumberland County Code Blue at Bethany Grace Community Church has been postponed until Oct. 11, 7 p.m. to 7 a.m.
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Soroptimist International of Cumberland County Domestic Violence event in Bridgeton City Park on Sunday postponed until Nov. 11 at Peace and Tranquility Garden at 3 p.m.
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MY KIND OF TOWN: Where did they get the cat down out of the tree in Laurel Lake?