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10/23/2004: "DJ-ES"

When I first got involved with the church, he was the youth pastor; he got his own church a few miles further out and I would see him nowe and then. Today he came back to get married, no longer a youth, but still boyish. His present church, those of us who remember him, her kindergarten class, all gathered together; with five Presbyterian ministers and one Catholic monsignor on the premises, there was no doubt a wedding was going to happen. A beloved friend I hardly ever see any more was there. The groom's sister caught my eye. He declared his vows strong and enthusiastic. Every other church in town, it seemed, was also throwing a wedding, and it was a beautiful day for it. They all left, and I locked up and went home.