Imagine: A solid-framed, silver-haired, 79 yr old man walking with intentional pace up a handful of broad stairs on his way to standing on a large platform alone, prepared to present truth from the Living God, as he has done nearly every Sunday morning at 8:30am for the last 50 years....5 decades. Some in the building have been present for nearly all of it. Most certainly is his supportive, loyal wife sitting on the first row with her petite stature barely reaching the floor looking and listening intently with respect and gratitude. He comfortably stands behind a large wooden pulpit as he has done over 3,500 times and simply offers: "Let's open our Bibles". The 84 yr old music leader, having just finished leading the parishioners in an all-three verse congregational singing of "My Jesus I Love Thee" supported by a merry group of 1980's burgundy choir robes worn by dozens of septuagenarian s of all makes and models, often be...
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