50th Anniversary

We're celebrating our 50th year as a congregation!  It was on December 9, 1956 that the charter members of our congregation came together at the Cheshire Grange Hall for worship for the first time.  Throughout 2006 we will be observing and celebrating fifty years of Christian worship, witness, fellowship, and service in a series of special congregational events.  We will be giving special thanks to God for the past half century of our life together as God’s redeemed people.  We are inviting all former members to join our celebrations over the next year.

Some interesting historical information:

• A 50 year history of Congregational Presidents

• CLC Charter Members - Alive and With Us (as of 12/1/2005)

• “A Time Line Celebrating 50 Years of God's Grace and Blessing.” This timeline that lists many of the good things that have happened at CLC in Christ’s name between 1956 and 2006.  We hope it will bring back memories of the time you have been with us here in our Christian company and that it will inform you about what was going on here before you became a member.

So far, the special events that have been planned by our 50^th Anniversary Committee for 2006 are:

• Sunday, January 8^th - -We kickoff our Anniversary Year with a single service of worship at which we will introduce and sing a newly-written hymn commissioned by the 50^th Anniversary Committee.  This service will include the installation of the 2006 Council and our congregational meeting.  It will be followed by a coffee hour.

• Sunday, March 4^th — We will sponsor a concert by the Susquehanna University Choir.

• Sunday, April 16^th — We will have an Easter Sunrise Service, followed by breakfast.

• Sunday, May 28^th -- We will remember PFC Gary Richards, the first Cheshire casualty of the Vietnam War. Gary and his parents were members of CLC, and the Bell Tower was erected in his memory.

• Sunday, June 11^th — At our Annual Picnic, we will recognize past and present parish presidents and charter members.

• Sunday, October 22^nd — Our worship services will feature music selections by the vocal and handbell choirs including former members.

• Sunday, November 12^th -- We will have a special salute honoring past and present members of our armed services.  Service uniforms, pictures, and medals will be on display.

• Sunday, December 10^th — Our anniversary celebrations will culminate in a special 50th Anniversary Service with guest preacher, Dr. George Heider.

Please plan to join in these special events and to celebrate together CLC’s fifty years of Christian worship, witness, fellowship, and service.