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Boston University to honor Hoosier as Distinguished Alumnus
BOSTON - Boston University School of Theology will grant the Rev. Dr. Henry L. Gerner, retired minister of the South Indiana Conference and former Pastoral Counseling Director at the Buchanan Council Center at Methodist Hospital, its 2006 Distinguished Alumni Award. He will receive the award during the Dean's Luncheon during the Distinguished Alumni/ae Awards Ceremony on Saturday, May 13 at the school in Boston.
Greene County Chapel celebrates 180th anniversary
Greene County Chapel (United Methodist Church) now serves in its third century as members celebrate 180 years of history. They will celebrate with a Heritage Sunday Homecoming May 28 at 1:30 p.m.. This day also will mark the congregation's 116th Annual Memorial Day. Greene County Chapel is located on Highway 45 southwest of Bloomington.
The congregation's roots go back to 1826 when five men filed their names as trustees of the Ebenezer Methodist Episcopal Church at the Greene County Courthouse. The Greene County Chapel name appeared first in a 1914 conference journal.
The present building was erected by Thomas Cook and Sons in 1870 following the destruction by fire of the original log church.
Current Pastor Ed Beedle serves both this church and the Solberry United Methodist Church.
Bloomington church children's choir director killed in plane crash with four other IU students
During worship services April 23, First United Methodist Church in Bloomington remembered the five Indiana University music students killed in a plane crash last April 20. First Church was home to one of the students, Zachary Novak, 25, of Anderson, Ind., who directed the Children's and Wesley Choirs at the church as a music student at IU in Bloomington.
The Rev George Purnell, senior pastor of the First UMC, told Indianapolis Channel 13 Eyewitness News, "It's really unspeakable. All of these people are grieving enormously today. Zach Novak had a spirit that was contagious. His gifts were extraordinary."
Other victims of the crash included: Garth A. Eppley, 25, Wabash, Ind.; Robert Clayton Samuels, 24, Medina, Ohio; Georgina H. Joshi, 24, South Bend and Christy Bates Carducci, 27, Monroe, Mich.
A memorial service for Novak was held April 27 at Brown-Butz-Diedring Funeral Home in Anderson.
Eppley's parents are members of LaFontaine United Methodist Church, where he attended there when he returned home. His memorial service was held April 28 at the LaFontaine United Methodist Church.
Last updated on 25 Apr 2008