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John and Jo Sumwalt and Eunice Hutchings

John and Jo Sumwalt greet Eunice Hutchings, 102, at Trinity United Methodist church in Montello, Wisconsin. Sumwalt called her “the indispensable woman” in his sermon.

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Nola Campbell, who turned 99 in May, is still active at Trinity Church. At a planning meeting for the new church Oct 21,1982, she said, ‘I want to be able to attend worship when I am old and using a cane. I don’t know if I will be able to do that in the present building with steps as they are.’

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Jo and John Sumwalt pose with Wayne Reiche, center, who was a member in 1984 of the building committee when a new church was built.

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John Sumwalt greets Shelley Robinson, who was a member in 1984 of the building committee when a new church was built, and Alice Rueb.

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John Sumwalt preaches Palm Sunday at Trinity United Methodist Church in Montello, Wisconsin. He was pastor when the church was built in 1984.

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John Sumwalt greets Trinity members Jeri Koelbl and Susan Alexander following the Palm Sunday service at Trinity United Methodist Church in Montello, Wisconsin.

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Jo Sumwalt, right, greets Mary Kamin, who was a Sunday School teacher at Trinity when the church was built in 1984.

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John Sumwalt poses with Mary Reiche, the organist at Trinity Church. She directed the choir in the first worship service in the new church – Nov. 11, 1984.

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Trinity United Methodist Church in Montello, Wisconsin, is the second building for the congregation. It was built in 1984. Visit montellotumc.org for more information.

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The original Trinity United Methodist Church in Montello, Wisconsin, is a white-clapboard building built on land donated in about 1873 by pioneer Goerge Henry Dartt. The congregation has its roots in circuit-riding preacher Isaac Smith, who began his ministry in 1848. Visit montellotumc.org for more information.

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After 42 years it was still a thrill to walk into that lovely church sanctuary in the new church we helped to build in Montello, Wisconsin. I recognized many people but there were some who needed to remind me of their names.

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John Sumwalt is a retired pastor and the son of dairy farmers. He is the author of “Shining Moments: Visions of the Holy in Ordinary Lives.” Email johnsumwalt@gmail.com or call 414-339-0676 to reach him, or write to W172 N7735, #932, Menomonee Falls, WI 53051.