Ninety-two years ago, Sara Long received her invitation to Rally Day at the Penryn Lutheran Church.
Penryn is an unincorporated community in Penn Township of Lancaster County in southeast Pennsylvania.
The small community is located in an area of gentle hills covered with farms.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penryn,_Pennsylvania
Rally Days were celebrated each Fall in many Protestant churches; it was an organizational meeting and an “open house” for the start of the Sunday School year.
In addition to forming the Sunday School classes and introducing teachers, books, and plans, many congregations also hosted social activities or congregational meals on that day.
Here is an example of Rally Day in a United Presbyterian congregation:
Sara Long lived on a rural postal route outside Lititz; her postcard was mistakenly addressed to Rothsville.
The postmaster or postmistress, presumedly, added the correct address in pencil.
The “Penryn Lutheran” Church must be St.Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church.
https://stluke-stpaul.org/whoweare
This small country church was the first Lutheran congregation in Lancaster County to become a “Reconciling in Christ” community – affirming a commitment to acceptance of distinctions that often divide people.
