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To learn more, talk to any of our board members listed below. You can
join by sending $5.00 to our Treasurer, Les Alden, at Box 277, Bryn Athyn
Church, Bryn Athyn, PA 19009. (Checks should be made out to: New Church
Challenge. Any additional financial support would be welcome at this time of
our annual appeal.)
Rob Andrews
Rev. Kurt Ho. Asplundh
Brian Blair
Bill Buick
Jody Hyatt
Ivan Maddock
Robin Morey
Tony Rose
Glynn Schauder
Rev. Phil Schnarr
Lisa Weiss
in memory of lindy nemitz
More than four years ago when Melinda (Lindy) Nemitz
died in a tragic accident in Bryn Athyn, talk began about
an appropriate way to honor her in the Academy Girls
School, where she worked for many years as an assistant
to Principals Margaret Gladish and Sue Odhner. She
was loved there by faculty and students for her warm
smile and friendly, helpful ways, and the Girls School
has been looking for a way to honor her memory and her
indomitable spirit.
Sue said that among Lindy’s happiest memories were the years she and
her young family spent in Maine. A perfect scene was found to evoke those
Maine memories. The result is a beautiful painting (see the image on page
78) by Keith Gruber, art teacher in the Secondary Schools. This painting has
been hung in the Girls School, just outside the third floor office that Lindy
brightened during her years in Benade Hall, with a plaque: “In loving memory
of Lindy Nemitz.”
Classmates of Lindy (1962) and her husband, the Rev. Kurt Nemitz (1956)
have been raising money for this memorial for Lindy and for the Girls School
Growth Fund, in Lindy’s memory.
Anyone who would like to support this effort may send a check to the
Office of Advancement, Box 708, Bryn Athyn, PA 19009, payable to the
Academy of the New Church, with “Lindy Nemitz Memorial Gift” in the
memo line. Contributions are tax deductible and will be warmly appreciated.
bryn athyn cathedral director
The Rev. Eric H. Carswell, Pastor, Bryn Athyn Church
I am happy to announce that I have appointed Stephen Morley to fill the role
of Interim Cathedral Director, effective January 1, 2014.
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