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Her husband Frank was born Catholic but converted and has been a member of Mingo Creek Presbyterian Church since 1964. He may have summed up the feeling of those who belong to the church the best.
“We are a family,” added her husband.
“He has fantastic leadership and his skills are what we need,” said Frank Roskov.
The church has not had a full-time pastor for a number of years.
“Church population is down,” LoPresti said. “We don’t necessarily have the means to have one full-time. We’ve always had a minister here, even if he was part-time, we’ve always had a minister.”
“I would like to see the young people come back and grow here,” LoPresti said. “I do n’t know how we’re going to get the young people back.”
“Part of the church is our desire to keep the doors open,” Campion said. “When the need arises, the doors open and people can come in. That’s why we’re here.”
Spaghetti dinner every election day. No longer indoor seating. Now it’s a takeout. Serve about 500.
“One thing about this church is they are workers,” Campion said. “When something needs to get done, folks chip in and it gets done. It’s a joy to work along them.”
Roskov actually is a converted Catholic, but became Presbyterian when he married his wife Bonnie, who said she has been a parishioner of the church for at least 60 years.
“Since this is a historical celebration, we’re dealing an awful lot in the history of the church,” added Frank Roskov, a parishioner of the church since 1964. “We have a pictorial display running on a DVD. We have photographs from before the parking lot was put in. Many items we have here are of a historic value. “