August Lamplighter
August 6th, 2008Madison Avenue Church of the Brethren
645 Madison Avenue, York, PA 17404
Phone: 854-1885
The Lamplighter
August 2008
Editor: Lillian Geltz
From the Pastor’s Desk
Because I’ve grown up in the church, I have many memories of Sunday School teachers who – though they had no way of ever even guessing – helped shape who I am theologically and what I’ve become. I’ve often wondered why perfectly nice folks (especially ladies, it seems) would give up their time and sanity and lock themselves in a room with socially inept and theologically void young minds. My fondest memories are those years with Mrs. M. She was a busy mother of 5, yet she chose to spend her Sunday mornings with a bunch of nose-picking, gum-chewing adolescents. She was interesting though in her teaching style, though we constantly tried to get her off the subject!! (unbelievable, right?)
One day we were discussing the topic of heaven. Foreshadowing the theologian I would some day become, I asked the obvious question I was certain everyone else was thinking (except those guys who were planning an escape out to the parking lot during Worship). I asked Mrs. M “What do you think heaven will be like?” I’ll never forget her answer. She smiled and said, “Oh, it’ll be a lot like Church.”