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Over 100 photographs are now available for viewing

"...Over 100 pictures of the special events on January 25th are now ready for your enjoyment! Simply open one of these photo albums...."

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Take a trip back in time: Read Warren Rogers' communion meditation

"...If you were not able to attend the Anniversary Communion Service in the gym at Glendover Elementary School, I encourage you to read the Meditation that Warren Rogers delivered at that time. ... It's a wonderful trip back in time, which will make you proud of the things Crestwood has accomplished in the years since...."

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Crestwood celebrates 50th anniversary of first congregational meeting with 'virtual' meeting on Super Bowl Sunday

"...... Some members of the congregation were getting ready for Super Bowl parties in the evening. But they were able to participate in the "virtual" meeting by visiting this site from the comfort of their homes throughout the afternoon. How the world has changed in fifty years! ..."

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Jim Havens honored for 50 years of service in the Crestwood Chancel Choir

"...Mr. Havens is the first "servant leader" of the congregation to be honored as part of Crestwood's 50th Anniversary Celebration. Other members of Crestwood will be honored in the same way throughout 2009, as part of the celebration...."

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Crestwood's Homecoming Luncheon a huge success

"...The luncheon was attended by over 300 people, including families of current and former Crestwood members. Entertainment was provided by the Transylvania Boys Acapella (a name they cleverly derived from "TBA" -- "to be announced"). The octet of young men perfomed a wide repertoire of music, including a couple of "barbershop quartet" tunes in honor of the entertainment at Crestwood's first fellowship gathering in 1959...."

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Anniversary Worship Service embraces Crestwood's past, present and future

"...In worship services on January 25, 2009, the Crestwood congregation was encouraged to consider its past, present and future. ...

...Charter Members of Crestwood were called by name and led into the sanctuary by children who are now part of Crestwood's church family ...

... Warren Rogers delivered the same Christian cross that Crestwood used in worship during its first years of existence, including the two years it worshiped in the gym at Glendover Elementary School ...

... Transitional Minister Tim Murtaugh delivered a sermon titled, "Drop What You're Doing," ... [in which he] encouraged the members of Crestwood to embrace the challenges of the present with the same steadfast faith in God [as the disciples on the beach]...."

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Celebration begins with reenactment of Crestwood's original Communion Service

"...The day began with a Communion Service inthe gym at Glendover Elementary School, reenacting Crestwood's first communion service in the same gym fifty years earlier. The service was attended by about 100 people, including current and former members of the congregation and their families...."

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