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On June 26, 2022, Church Service from Martinsburg Mennonite Church was held at Precious Moment Memorial Park at 153 Ott Road, in the pavilion of Judith Ott.
This park was built in remembrance and honor of her late husband John Ott and his mother Elizabeth Ott, who formerly lived on this property. The pavilion and chapel have been a quiet, serene place for family and friends to enjoy under the trees. This group from Martinsburg has enjoyed this facility for three years now.
This year the group had a special meal provided by the Royal Rangers of Everett under the leadership of Dennis Dibert. The group is associated with the Assembly of God Church. They are an activity-based church ministry for boys and young men in grades kindergarten through 12th. The mission is to evangelize, equip and empower the next generation of Christlike men and servant leader according to their website.
This group believes in teaching on hand skills. The boys, along with the help of some family girls, prepared and cooked a complete dinner. Dennis and other adult assistants carefully work with and oversee the boys in each step of the process. Along the way lessons from the bible are discussed and this enables the boys to learn valuable life sustaining lessons and skills. The group also made pineapple upside down cakes.
This group uses the money earned from this endeavor to provide community service outreaches for others. This group joined in the church service to hear the message given by Pastor Joe Furry.
Patricia Sutton played her electric keyboard and Ron Putorek sang special music with the song “How Great Thou Art.” Other songs like “In the Garden” and “Lord Listen to Your Children Praying” were sung.
Anthony and Amanda Gonsman had 5 children attending this event. They travel from Williamsburg to Everett because they believe in this group, and it is well worth it for their children.
Other parents from Clearville and New Enterprise attended with their boys to participate.
The children made burritos in the morning for breakfast, served others and then ate their dinner. The boys are being taught to respect the girls. The girls eat first are treated like their sisters and mothers, and this will help them be good husbands to their wives in the future, as stated by Dibert.
Martinsburg Mennonite Church plans on having this event again next year and having the Royal Rangers once again.
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