Posted by Sean Trewartha on November 24, 1997 at 08:43:14:
In Reply to: Re: Beaverdam/Ashland posted by Wayne Leake on September 15, 1997 at 17:29:17:
: : I served in the Bearverdam/Ashland area back in 1987. When
: : I served there, I lived with a member of the Beaverdam Branch.
: : His name was Brother Jon Deaner. Does any one know if
: : the missionaries are still living with brother Deaner in
: : this area, or for that matter if Brother Deaner is still
: : alive? He must have been in his mid sixtees back in 1987, and
: : at that time, he worked about 10 hour days running a skidder in
: : the lumber industry (i.e., his health was real good since he was
: : such a hard working man)
Thanks for the information on Brother Dehner. If you see him
in passing, please tell him hello from Elder Trewartha.
: Brother Dehner (note spelling) is alive and well in the Scotchtown Ward.
: I am the High Councilman working with the ward. Brother Dehner greets
: everyone each week as they come in. The ward has an average attendance
: of about 180 each week now. We are growing, and plan to add the third
: phase onto the building, starting in about March 1998. The old Beaverdam
: Branch building was sold by the Church Buildings Department and was converted
: into a residence. The ninth annual Scotchtown Pig Roast was held this past
: Saturday, with about 150 in attendance. We just baptized an attorney from Louisa this past Sunday.
: He should be a considerable strength in both spirit and leadership.
: Also, for your information, we have an interesting model in effect -- the "Ammon
: Model" -- the idea being that our missionaries seek out (with member assistance)
: opportunities for service to less active members and non-members in order
: to achieve the same results that Ammon did -- to serve, and then teach. It
: has been a great blessing in this area, and, as I understand, is being monitored
: by the Council of the Twelve as a possible model for missionary work in the
: US in the future. The structure has been changed to accommodate this model --
: (1) all stake missionaries were released (2) the zones were changes to exactly
: equal a stake (3) the zone leaders serve as de facto assistants to the Stake
: President (4) local missionaries serve as de facto assistants to the Elders
: Quorum President (but still correlate with the Ward Mission Leader). Through
: this model, teaching appointments, baptisms, referrals, etc. generally have
: doubled over the results we were having previously.
: Email me back if you want any additional information concerning the ward.