Grace Lower Stone German Reformed Church will celebrate its 275th celebration on Aug. 3. – Submitted

By Pastor Kevin Sloop

ROCKWELL — Grace Lower Stone German Reformed Church will begin the celebration of its 275th anniversary on Homecoming Sunday, which is Sunday.

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Pastor Jay Whitley, who served the congregation from 1985-1993, will be the guest speaker at the 11 a.m. service.

During the festivities, a hymn will be sung, which incorporates the English translation of the German poems carved in stone above the three doors of the congregation’s 230-year-old stone church building.

Grace Lower Stone was organized by early German settlers circa 1750. These pioneers were busier making history than

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