date stone 1968

I walk in the front door and see two date stones to the right. One fits the new bricks of the building and is "1968." The other is aged and weathered and says "1892." It is obviously imported from an earlier age and place.

1968. One year before Woodstock. One year before a whole bunch of stuff.

But, now, 40 years before this beautiful building was built. One persons tells me they remember walking into this building as a high school kid, singing "We're Marching to Zion." Another tells me their husband was on the building committee.

I can see having some musical tributes this year. I think I'll look up the hymns sung those first Sundays in the new building.