October, 2026 Pictures
Events featured include Akita Family Fun Day, Foundation Donor Appreciation Dinner and the Soli Deo Gloria concert. Photos by Michael Barber
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AKITA - A Camp Akita adult visitor screams her way through the giant swing during the annual Family Fun Day on Sunday, October 25. The 1,200 acre camp, located in Hocking County, Ohio, is open one Sunday every fall after worship to hiking, boating, pumpkin carving and other family fun.
AKITA - Fun Day included a pumpkin carving station located on the camp's tennis courts.
AKITA - A young girl makes her way across wooden beams while enjoying the seasonal fall day.
AKITA - The Tower is a challenge for all who accept.
FOUNDATION - Rev. Seth Stearns instructs Phil Hawley and his daughter Lauren Norelli ahead of their presentation to a group of Foundation donors during a Donor Appreciation Dinner on October 20.
FOUNDATION - Donor Ron Gardner waits for company to join him for the Foundation dinner.
FOUNDATION - Julie Miles (right), wife of Senior Minister Rev. Dr. Glen Miles, enjoys time with Barb and Terri Davis ahead of the Foundation Diner.
SOLI - Associate Director Amy Johnston Blosser prepares the choir for 'Soli Deo Gloria' as her husband, Director of Music Andy Blosser, listens in.
FOUNDATION - David Nickel has a discussion with a Foundation donor ahead of the dinner.
SOLI - Organist May Schwarz marks up music during rehearsal for 'Soli Deo Gloria'.
SOLI - A young boy takes in the music with his parents from the back row of the North Campus Sanctuary.
SOLI - Mezzo Soprano Emily Rogers sings 'It's Been a Long Dark Night' by Dolly Parton.
SOLI - Rev. Dr. Glen Miles preaches to a full house.
SOLI - A parishioner records the combined choirs on her phone.
SOLI - Following her Postlude, May Schwarz receives hearty applause from the audience.