Tag: Easter

FIRST UNITED METHODIST SUNDAY SCHOOL DONATES FURRY FRIENDS

First United Methodist Elementary Sunday School classes collected change throughout Lent and Easter to purchase furry friends. These furry friends will be donated to the Marsh Foundation for blessing bags for foster children.  They collected enough change to purchase 14 furry friends. What a great way to show God’s love to those in our community.…

Resurrection

By: Rev. Gerry Weesner, Maples United Methodist Church “Jesus, once more deeply moved, came to the tomb. It was a cave with a stone laid across the entrance. ‘Take away the stone,’ he said. ‘But, Lord,’ said Martha, the sister of the dead man, ‘by this time there is a bad odor, for he has…

The Antwerp Elevator – Mercer Landmark

By: Stan Jordan We are talking about some of Antwerp’s old businesses that are still operating. This week we are talking about what I always called the Antwerp Elevator. In 1886 Bruce Ely purchased an interest in the elevator and together with C.A. Bissell conducted the firm known as Ely & Bissell dealers and Grain…