Ye Olde History Snippets… August 19, 1991.  Ocala Star-Banner.  Music minister an early talent. -“Marylyn Adams”!

​Music minister an early talentAugust 19, 1991 | Ocala Star-Banner (FL)Author/Byline: Star-Banner staff | Page: 10 | Section: Business Note:   This article featuring Marylyn Adams was published in the Ocala Star-Banner 31 years ago.  Marylyn still regularily joins us for worship via Zoom.  -HGB Marylyn Adams has been the music minister of music at Fort King…

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Remembering Charles Norman Vowinkel, a beloved member of the Fort King Presbyterian Church in Ocala, Florida on today his birthday, June 9.

Last Sunday’s flowers for worship service were provided by MaryEllen in remembrancec of Charles.  He was a most amazing and much-loved man.  Every Sunday, I find myself envisioning Charles’s smile and kind words, as he greets everyone at the front doors of the church.  Charles passing tore a hole in all our hearts and it…

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Today marks the 78th anniversary of the D-Day Invasion.  ​Which Presbyterian US President would later state; “I hate war, only as a soldier who has lived it can, only as one who has seen its brutality, its futility, its stupidity”

As the largest invasion force in history against Nazi Germany, the D-Day invasion combined effort brought sea, land & air components to the forefront of the efforts to secure Europe from tyranny.  Did you know that President Dwight David Eisenhower was horrified by the sheer depravity of combat, stating, “I hate war, only as a soldier…

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Ye Olde History Snippets…   On this day in 1931, Carl McIntire was ordained and installed at the Chelsea Presbyterian Church in Atlantic City, NJ. He became well-known radio broadcaster.

​Carl Curtis McIntire, Jr. (May 17, 1906 – March 19, 2002), known as Carl McIntire, was a founder and minister in the Bible Presbyterian Church, founder and long-time president of the International Council of Christian Churches and the American Council of Christian Churches, and a popular religious radio broadcaster.  Photo by Unknown author – family photo,…

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