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A space to grow Friday, September 18, 2015
St. Mary School honors those lost in 9/11 attacks
Mill Pond Church opens family center
By ERICA SCHMITT STAFF WRITER
NEWINGTON — A contemporary Evangelical church opened the doors of its new Child and Family Center to the community this week. Pastor Joel Rissinger and his Volume 55, No. 38
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wife, Karen, welcomed parishioners, Newington residents and town officials to Mill Pond Church, located at 2175 Berlin Turnpike, Monday night. The new center expanded classroom space to 1,000 square feet to accommodate its growing congregation, who meet every Sunday for casual “coffee house-style” worship. “The real genesis of it was that we didn’t have a lot of See FAMILY, Page 7
Each year, the St. Mary School community holds an assembly to remember the events of 9/11. This year, the ceremony began with a prayer service. Students, teachers and parents in attendance then processed to the front lawn of the school carrying the American flag and a large banner reading “We Remember.” The group sang the national anthem as cars driving by waved and sounded their horns in support.
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