Wayne and Carol Spangler, longtime members and leaders in the Oakton Church of the Brethren were honored with a farewell reception on Sunday, January 19, 2014. The Oakton Bell Choir hosted a homecoming meal at the church the previous evening inviting everyone who ever played bells under Carols direction. The Spanglers who joined the Oakton Church of the Brethren in 1956 moved to the Bridgewater retirement community in January and will be greatly missed by the congregation here.
Among those who returned to celebrate and remember our time together were Bill and Mary Ludwick who moved to Bridgewater last year and have also been greatly missed here at the church. Many joyful memories were shared as we bid our brothers and sisters farewell.
These are important times in the life of the church. It is a time to look forward and look back with thanksgiving to God.
