By Joyce Egge, St. John Evangelical Lutheran Church, Sayre

St. John Evangelical Lutheran Church, Sayre, Pa., held a lively anniversary party in October for Vera Fenimore.

The party celebrated Vera’s 55 years as a Sunday church school teacher at St. John.

Attending the party were Sunday church school children from St. John, past and present, plus Vera's family, members of the congregation Women of the ELCA, and friends.

The party included cake and punch, and the presentation of a plaque. It also included the planting of a lovely young weeping cherry tree on the church grounds to commemorate this remarkable anniversary.

Vera Fenimore has lived in the next door town of Waverly, NY, since 1953. She has been a member of St. John since her marriage to her late husband in 1943.

Vera teaches the youngest members of our congregation, who all love her. The members of St. John look forward to many more Sunday church school classes being taught by Vera Fenimore.