A Sunny 2010 Homecoming Event

Maud Garrick, Homecoming Coordinator says, "We had surprises (people coming for first time) and more surprises (people saying they couldn’t come and there they were anyway). Lots of fellowship and you could truly feel LOVE among us all."

Welcome from our Pastor

Good Morning! We have two things to celebrate today. First, of course, we are celebrating Homecoming. It is a time to celebrate the heritage of the Lower Peach Tree United Methodist Church. This grand lady has been making a difference in people’s lives for over 160 years! Just imagine if you could suddenly have in print all the sermons, Bible Studies, Sunday School lessons, and testimonies of this church…what a volume of books that would be!

It is truly a blessing that we can take this time to look back at the history of the Lower Peach Tree United Methodist Church. We definitely need to learn from it and be inspired by it. But this is not the only thing we celebrate today.

Second, today we celebrate Pentecost. I like to think of it as the birthday of the Church! Today I will be preaching from the 2nd chapter of Acts, where we find the story of Pentecost. This is an important day to think about our future. We are reminded by this story that each of us and the Lower Peach Tree United Methodist Church have been empowered for a very important job.
So as we enjoy the Worship and Fellowship of Homecoming today, let us not forget that we are still a Church and people of the Great Commission (Matthew 28:16-20)! We have a great heritage, but what an outstanding future we can have. Are we up to the challenge?

Enjoy Homecoming and God Bless
Paul McVay

"Down by the Alabama River"

Captain Richard Patrick “Pat” Meyers was back with us after 10 years to present some beautiful model boats. He knows boats quite well for he started working on towboats with his father (Dick Meyers) in 1965. During his 45-year career Pat worked on several boats for several companies until he retired in January 2010.

During his career he navigated many intercoastal waterways: Mississippi River from New Orleans to Baton Rouge; Alabama River from Mobile to Montgomery; Tombigbee River from Mobile to the Tennessee River; Tennessee River from Paducah, KY to Guntersville, AL; and Black Warrior River from Demopolis to Birmingham.
Pat began his hobby at a very young age, and his collection includes models of boats that he worked on and others. He also builds radio control airplanes and flies them.

This photo of Pat's models as well as other scenes from this year's homecoming were generously contributed by Ashley Davis Scruggs and Lida Wood Landreth. See more lovely photos starting here.