[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The sixth floor at my high school had been collecting dust for years. It was where people put stuff they didn’t need anymore: metal file cabinets, chairs, boxes, and old televisions. At the beginning of my junior year, I started to think that I could...
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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Bob Reinecke's life is marked by high accomplishments and an insatiable love of learning. An eye surgeon and former medical director of the Wills Eye Institute, Bob has written over 200 scientific publications related to the human eye. He is a father to one daughter...
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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Nicole and her family have been members of Old Pine for several years. Nicole was recently featured on the Rachel Maddow show where she discussed her new book Crook County. This book was an accidental journey. When I was younger, I wanted to be a prosecutor because I thought...
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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]I am from El Salvador. When I was a teenager attending college, the civil war was raging between the government and the guerillas. One day I arrived at school to find the dead body of a guerilla soldier on the floor of my classroom. Soon...
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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]My husband John and I joined Old Pine in 1995. John grew up Catholic and always had faith, but I was raised without any religion at all. I was curious about his faith and wanted to find out more about Christianity, so we tried to...
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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]I grew up in northern Pennsylvania, the only child of working class parents. Although my background was modest, I had an extraordinary stroke of luck: an artist who taught in the schools and mentored me throughout my childhood and adolescence. She shaped my love of...
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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Kim and Rod Sewell have been members of Old Pine since 2005. Sadly for all of us at Old Pine, next August they will be moving to Santa Fe, the place they have always dreamed of retiring to. Several years ago, Kim and Rod started...
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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Donald has been a member for many years. On Saturday mornings, you can find him at our Community Center, where he generously washes dishes for our Saturdays for Seniors program. Here’s some of Donald’s story. “In January 2001, a car accident changed my life. A driver...
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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Ilse Poindexter joined Old Pine in the 1970s and has served the church in various capacities, including years as our Clerk of Session. "I grew up in Dresden, Germany. During the Allied bombing campaign, my family and I hid in our basement. My mother told me...
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