Tablecloth Hangers

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> The new pastor and his wife, newly assigned
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> On their first ministry to reopen a church
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> In the suburb of Brooklyn, arrived in early October
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> Excited about their opportunities. When they saw
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> Their church, it was dilapidated and needed
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> Lots of work. They set a goal of having all
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> Done in time for their first service
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> Christmas Eve.
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> They worked hard, repairing pews, plastering walls
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> Painting, etc., and December 18
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> Were ahead of schedule and nearly finished.
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> On December 19 a terrible tempest - a driving license
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rain> hit the area and lasted two days.
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> 21, the pastor went to the church.
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> His heart sank when he saw that the roof had
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> Leak, causing a large area of plaster about
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> 20 feet by 8 feet down the wall before the
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Sanctuary> just behind the pulpit, beginning about
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> The head high.
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> The pastor mopping the floor,
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> And not knowing what else to do but postpone
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> The service on Christmas Eve, the way back.
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> On the road he noticed that local companies has been
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> A sale of flea market type of charity he stopped in. One of the items was a beautiful
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sheet in hand, "ivory-colored crocheted
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> With exquisite workmanship, beautiful colors and a cross
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> Embroidered in the center. Was just
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> The right size to cover the hole in the forehead
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Wall. " He bought it and headed for the church.
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"At that moment it began to snow. A former
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> Woman from the opposite direction was
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> In trying to catch the bus .. She missed. Rev.
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> When asked to wait in the hot church
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> The next bus 45 minutes later.
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> She was sitting on a bench and did not pay attention to the pastor
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> So he got a ladder, hangers, etc., to put
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> Until the tablecloth as a wall tapestry. Rev.
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> Could hardly believe how beautiful it is watched and
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> She has covered the problem area as a whole.
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> Then he noticed the woman walking in the center
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alley. " His face was like a leaf .. "Shepherd"
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> She says, "where do you have that tablecloth?"
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> The pastor explained. The woman asked him to check
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> The lower right corner to see if the initials, EBG were
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it> it. They were. These are the initials of the woman,
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> Does this tablecloth 35 years before, in Austria.
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> The woman could not believe that the pastor
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> Tell me how he had just gotten the tablecloth. The
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> Woman explained that before the war itself and
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> Her husband was at ease people in Austria.
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> When the Nazis came, she was forced to leave.
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> Her husband was going to follow next week.
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> He was captured, sent to prison and never SA.