This evening, October 7, Lancaster Mennonite School will kick off a weekend of celebrations to mark its 75^th anniversary. I feel honored to read a portion of Scripture tonight, the opening event for the weekend.

The school opened in 1942.  Anna Ruth enrolled as a sophomore that year and graduated in 1945 and I taught there from 1949 to 1952.  So that lovely spot along the Conestoga River is a revered place for us.

Below, Anna Ruth as a sophomore in 1942, her first year at LMH, with a friend, picture taken in front of one  of the original buildings on the campus.