Community Festival
Part 3 of 3
Franconia Mennonite Church, Telford, Pennsylvania
Saturday, April 27
An attention getter for the adults – especially those of the male gender – was a car show.
I especially liked these two Desotos. I was ten years old when the black one was built, and beginning my senior year in high school when the white one was built.
The hot dogs, baked beans, chips, juice, and coffee were free to everyone…
…and this was our choice for dessert.
There were two music groups that played periodically throughout the day.
We were busy with visitors on the chapel for the entire afternoon 2 p.m. to 6 p.m.
We were glad that we asked Sam Rittenhouse (TFC Assistant Director of Pastoral Care for Chaplains) to help us. Sam is in the green shirt, and lives nearby.
Visitors came and went all afternoon, many had never seen inside a chapel, and most knew very little about TFC’s ministry to truck drivers.
The clown even came to visit us.
I was outside when I overheard the lady in the flowered shirt say to a friend, “I am trying to get up enough courage to go inside and ask if they remember my dad.”
I asked her, “Who was your dad?” She replied, “Mel Lapp.”
I said, “Yes, my husband will remember him.” So I took her inside and introduced her to Cerwin. She was so pleased to find someone who knew dad who was active in TFC (in the Lancaster area) thirty-five years ago.
Carol Leatherman putting a date into her cell phone after Sam reminded her of a future event in this area.
By sunset we were on our way home – traveling west on the Pennsylvania turnpike.
Exiting the turnpike shortly after 7:00 p.m.
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