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SUMMARY:Midwinter Lecture: Woodworking as Prayer
DESCRIPTION:Join us for this FREE lecture! In the business of making entries and exits: A retrospective of my work and thoughts making entry doors for churches\, Notre Dame and Saint Mary's. Reverence for wood: standing between the tree and the entry and exits. He has come to see the door-making work as a gift of spiritual practice. The meaning of prayer and handwork: reverence\, risk\, and readiness. Sometimes the prayer has been "HELP!" Verlin Miller grew up in this area. He graduated from Bethany in 1964\, then from Goshen College with a degree in English. He says. "I mostly wanted to read books\, less concerned about grammar\, as my wife reminds me often." He studied for three + years at Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary and then immersed himself at the Fellowship of Hope Intentional Christian Community. There he met his wife\, Elaine Guengerich\, a Goshen College graduate working as a nurse. They have three married sons and six grandchildren. "Since the children live from Boston to Eugene\, Oregon\, and Evanston in between\, that gives us a reason to travel." Verlin discovered a passion for woodworking and housebuilding and found work with a local builder of thoughtfully designed houses. Jim Ryman taught him much\, and Verlin built his first doors while working for Jim in the mid-1970s. He worked for the Fellowship of Hope owned business\, Hope Builders\, until 1985. He also taught industrial arts for a year at Bethany before starting a business. Verlin says\, "I always dreamed of building my own house and all the furniture in it. I have mostly done that\, though there are a few details yet to do. A friend once told me of a proverb\, 'The man who finishes his house dies.' I hope to live a long life."
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Join us for this FREE lecture! In the business of making entries and exits: A retrospective of my work and thoughts making entry doors for churches\, Notre Dame and Saint Mary&rsquo\;s. Reverence for wood: standing between the tree and the entry and exits. He has come to see the door-making work as a gift of spiritual practice. The meaning of prayer and handwork: reverence\, risk\, and readiness. Sometimes the prayer has been &ldquo\;HELP!&rdquo\; Verlin Miller grew up in this area. He graduated from Bethany in 1964\, then from Goshen College with a degree in English. He says. &ldquo\;I mostly wanted to read books\, less concerned about grammar\, as my wife reminds me often.&rdquo\; He studied for three + years at Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary and then immersed himself at the Fellowship of Hope Intentional Christian Community. There he met his wife\, Elaine Guengerich\, a Goshen College graduate working as a nurse. They have three married sons and six grandchildren. &ldquo\;Since the children live from Boston to Eugene\, Oregon\, and Evanston in between\, that gives us a reason to travel.&rdquo\; Verlin discovered a passion for woodworking and housebuilding and found work with a local builder of thoughtfully designed houses. Jim Ryman taught him much\, and Verlin built his first doors while working for Jim in the mid-1970s. He worked for the Fellowship of Hope owned business\, Hope Builders\, until 1985. He also taught industrial arts for a year at Bethany before starting a business. Verlin says\, &ldquo\;I always dreamed of building my own house and all the furniture in it. I have mostly done that\, though there are a few details yet to do. A friend once told me of a proverb\, &lsquo\;The man who finishes his house dies.&rsquo\; I hope to live a long life.&rdquo\;
LOCATION:Greencroft Goshen Community Center
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DTSTAMP:20260427T190051Z
URL:https://business.goshen.org/events/details/midwinter-lecture-woodworking-as-prayer-24592
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