Renovation Report
 During July, Winchester Friends' meetinghouse and parsonage received partial "facelifts."  Complete Masonry Services (Yorktown, IN) carried out tuckpointing of the turret and the east, south, and west sides of the upper section of the bell tower.  They repaired the building's original chimney and replaced its cap, and they replaced about 100 damaged bricks on the annex chimney and shortened it slightly.  The window air conditioners in the office and pastor's study were removed and bricks/blocks replaced. Culy Construction cleaned and repaired the storm drainage system on the north west side of the annex that had allowed seepage into the fireplace room in the basement.  John Engle then repaired and repainted damaged interior walls (thank you, John!).  In addition to the masonry work, Bill Emrick and Son repainted the exterior trim on the meetinghouse and completed painting of the outside of the parsonage.  And lastly, Mangus Construction replaced 5 upstairs windows and 2 downstairs windows at the parsonage.  Everyone involved spoke of how well the parsonage and the meetinghouse were built and have been maintained. Thank you to the Trustees and many others who are keeping the building safe and usable for another 100 years.

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On May 31, 2010 70 Friends participated in the 2nd 5th Sunday Intergenerational Sunday School Class on the 10 Commandments.  For more photos, click here...... On Thursday morning, June 3, 2010, three men from Workforce, Inc. came to Winchester Friends to load electronics to be recycled.  For more photos, click here.....
Betty Locke, right, talks to Anna Lou Arnett about the iris she shared at meeting for worship during May.  Tony Kritsch also brought flowers from his field.
On May 11, 12, and 13 a new heat pump was installed in the parsonage replacing the 35 year old air conditioner (to the left).  Many thanks to the men from Indoor Comfort by Vance for the great job!
The annual Mother-Daughter Dinner was held Tuesday night, May 11, 2010.  Around 80 ladies attended the event hosted by the Evening United Society of Friends Women.  For more photos, click here......
Left: On Sunday, May 9, 2010 Isabella Edwards was dedicated during meeting for worship.  Below to the left, Walter Mills holding Isabella during meeting for worship several weeks before.

 

Below right, Jenny Hines reading a USFW book to her two boys and great-grandchildren of Caroline Houk.  

Below, four photos taken when Shane Hall and Ron Ferguson worked on the rubber roof of the 70 foot bell tower on April 30, 2010.  Below right, the Presbyterian Church.
   
The regular Prayer Soup supper was held at the meeting on April 21, 2010 to spend time hearing from Tim and Anne Kendall about their time in Haiti and their upcoming transition to the Mowa-Choctaw Friends Center in Alabama.  30 Friends gathered to spend time with the Kendall's and to enjoy a meal together.
100 flowering dogwood trees were distributed after meeting for worship on April 18, 2010 in celebration of Earth day on April 22, 2010. Gary Girton tilling the Community Garden at the YMCA on April 16, 2010.
 

On Sunday evening April 11, 2010 Winchester Quarterly Meeting met at Peaceful Valley Friends Meeting.  Deb Thornburg, clerk and Claudia Thornburg recording clerk.  Photos below of fellowship between business meeting and the program.

 
Ron Ferguson talking to Horace Smith about the Woolman Award project of recycling electronics at Quarterly Meeting. Sue Hubbard from Sycamore Friends and Clerk of the Yearly Meeting Program Committee gave the program at Quarterly meeting telling about this year's yearly meeting at Quaker Haven July 21-31, 2010
 

On April 11, 2010 the Welcome Class hosted the Annual Spring Fling, and egg-citing egg-travaganza!

 
Several of the Trustees gathered at the end of March to replace light fixtures in the parlor of the basement.  Thank you for this improvement!
April 4, 2010 Easter Lillies April 4, 2010 Easter Fellowship with muffins and scones after worship.
Easter Sunday:  Bob and Lois Hogg and son, Wayne Kendra Holliger with her grandfather, Norm Peters.
 

 

 

 
Fellowship after worship on Easter Sunday. Jeff Edwards with his daughter, Isabella.
On April 2 and 3, 2010 eight Winchester Friends joined other churches in the Winchester Area Ministerial Association to put on the musical, God of the Empty Tomb.  

 
 

Keith Kendall giving the Children's lessons on Palm Sunday, March 28, 2010

 
Workday around the meetinghouse on March 20, 2010  Thank you to many who cleaned inside and outside!
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