New Church Life July/Aug 2014 | Page 77

  Glenn (partial term; re-elected in 2013) Re-elected in May 2012: Gregg G. Asplundh, Charles M. Cole, Leonard A. Gyllenhaal First elected in May 2013: Brian G. Blair, Dr. Phillip W. Feerrar Re-elected in May 2013: Erin Glenn Busby, Eileen R. Glenn, John A. Kern, David M. Kloc, Norman A. Norton First elected in May 2014: Dr. Charles W. Lindsay Re-elected in May 2014: Susan B. McGrath, Lael U. Odhner, Duncan Pitcairn, Joseph D. Seckelman III, John F. Walko Academy Corporation Elected in October 2012: Susan L. Asplundh, Brian G. Blair, Colin S. Cole, Jessica E. Duda, Dr. Phillip W. Feerrar, Isaac L. Smith, Kyle G. Smith, David B. Tolson Elected in October 2013: Bradley E. Cranch, Andrew L. Davis, Emily V. Genzlinger, Dr. Charles W. Lindsay upon this rock . . . This past 19th of June was the 100th anniversary of the laying of the cornerstone in the construction of the Bryn Athyn Cathedral. On the Sunday prior to this year’s celebration of New Church Day, Bryn Athyn Pastor Eric H. Carswell preached in the Cathedral on this memorable event, using the text, “The stone which the builders rejected.” In a report in the Bryn Athyn Post leading up to the anniversary, Stephen Morley, Director of the Cathedral, wrote: “Early in 1914, a granite quarry was opened in the woods near Pennypack Creek, not far from where the Cathedral stands today, with the purpose of providing stone for its construction. Nearby, a seven-ton, unhewn block of granite was discovered and chosen to be the building’s cornerstone. “Then, on June 18, 1914, the day before the laying of this very large stone, it was carved with Hebrew words from Psalm 118, meaning ‘the head of the corner’ or cornerstone. “Edward Kessel, the man in charge of the quarry (and grandfather of Edward, Carl, Chris and Emily Jane Asplundh – did the carving. Bruce Glenn, in his boo