Five Pa. Churches Join for Route 30 Picnic
Posted by Liz Cutler Gates on September 15, 2009
U.S. 30 is the first paved transcontinental highway. It largely follows a route known as the Lincoln Highway, beginning on the Atlantic coast in Atlantic City, N.J. and ending on the Pacific coast in Astoria, Oregon. Follow the highway through Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Indiana, and you’ll likely encounter a number of Grace Brethren churches within a few miles of the road.
In Pennsylvania, one church is using its U.S. 30 location to connect with other GBCs along the road. On Sunday, September 20, the Susquehanna Grace Brethren Church in Wrightsville is hosting the first Route 30 Corridor GBC Picnic. They’ve invited four other Grace Brethren congregations within a 25-mile stretch of the highway and are anticipating an good, old-fashioned church picnic, according to Bob Smoker, pastor at the Wrightsville church.
“We have had an annual church picnic for as long as I can remember,” says Pastor Bob. “The meal always included BBQ chicken on our home made barbeque pit and corn on the cob.” Last year, they had a pig roast. “It was a big hit and we decided to do it again this year.”
The folks at the Susquehanna GBC realized they were central to four other churches within 25 miles along the famed highway. So they issued an invitation to churches in York, Columbia, and Lancaster, Pa., to join them for the picnic, now dubbed Pignic by Pastor Bob. “It was a short notice invitation but the response has been good with folks coming from all five,” says Bob.
The festivities begin at 3 p.m. at the Susquehanna church, 6694 Sunrise Ave., Wrightsville, with picnic games such as egg toss, sack race, three-leg race, peanut scramble, candy count, and cake walk. It concludes with an after-dinner concert and sing-along.
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