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The Premiere
Hear the story read by the author. In the town of Normal, Pennsylvania, there’s a little church at the corner of Wilson and Elm. A few months ago, the church served as the location for a short film shoot. The film, “Old, New, Undead, Blue,” was the story of zombies attacking a wedding. It was...
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A Christmas Eve Miracle
Hear the story read by the author. In the town of Normal, Pennsylvania, there’s a little church at the corner of Wilson and Elm. Christmas was Senior Pastor Henry O’Donnell’s busy season. Sure, Easter was the more important holiday from a religious standpoint, but Christmas brought with it all…
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Orphans' Thanksgiving
Hear the story read by the author In the town of Normal, Pennsylvania, there’s a little church at the corner of Wilson and Elm. The church’s young associate pastor, Michelle Tellum, loves Thanksgiving. She loves the camaraderie of a big gathering of loved ones, the spirit of gratitude, and, most…
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Church of the Living Dead
Hear the story read by the author. In the town of Normal, Pennsylvania, there’s a little church at the corner of Wilson and Elm. Recently, fifteen-year-old Tabitha Dunkleman found herself sitting in Pastor O’Donnell’s office anxiously awaiting a decision on a request she had made. She was with…
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The Car Wash
Hear the story read by the author. In the town of Normal, Pennsylvania, there’s a little church at the corner of Wilson and Elm. Recently, Senior Pastor Henry O’Donnell invited a visiting African aid worker to speak at a potluck mission luncheon about her work with refugees in Uganda. Pastor...
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The Sunburn
Hear the story read by the author. In the town of Normal, Pennsylvania, there’s a little church at the corner of Wilson and Elm. Last Sunday morning, Senior Pastor Henry O’Donnell stood in his bathroom in his underwear examining himself in the mirror. For the most part, the pastor’s complexion…
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The Serpent in the Cupboard
Hear the story read by the author. In the town of Normal, Pennsylvania, there’s a little church at the corner of Wilson and Elm. Last Sunday was warm and breezy, and the windows of the social hall had been thrown open for coffee hour. Audra Park, however, was too preoccupied to enjoy the weather....
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Overrun
Hear the story read by the author. In the town of Normal, Pennsylvania, there’s a little church at the corner of Wilson and Elm. On Mondays Senior Pastor Henry O’Donnell goes over the following Sunday’s service with church secretary Tammy Billings so she can make the bulletin. The basic liturgy…
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Panic Button
Hear the story read by the author. In the town of Normal, Pennsylvania, there’s a little church at the corner of Wilson and Elm. Last week, the church made the police blotter in the Normal Star Times. The mention was brief, but it had taken investigating officers Glenn Johnson and Cindy Beaumont...
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Car Trouble
Welcome to the 100th Little Church Story! Hope you've enjoyed them as much as I have. Hear the story read by the author. In the town of Normal, Pennsylvania, there’s a little church at the corner of Wilson and Elm. Senior Pastor Henry O’Donnell has been driving the same car for seven years. His...
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Stage Parents
Hear the story read by the author. In the town of Normal, Pennsylvania, there’s a little church at the corner of Wilson and Elm. The choir director, Shane Reed, is dating Audra Park, a young, single mother and member of the choir. One recent Friday Shane went to pick her up for a date. When she...
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Baked Goods
Listen to the story read by the author. In the town of Normal, Pennsylvania, there’s a little church at the corner of Wilson and Elm. Like most churches, this one has coffee hour every Sunday after service. The various church groups rotate responsibility for hosting. Some, like the women’s group,...
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The Sweetheart Dance - Part II
Hear the story read by the author. (This is part two of two. To read part I click here or scroll down) In the town of Normal, Pennsylvania, there’s a little church at the corner of Wilson and Elm. This year the church decided to have a Valentine’s Day dance – but not everyone present was excited…
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The Sweetheart Dance - Part I
Hear the story read by the author In the town of Normal, Pennsylvania, there’s a little church at the corner of Wilson and Elm. During coffee hour on the first Sunday in February, Kevin and Jill Boyer asked Senior Pastor Henry O’Donnell’s fifteen-year-old daughter Katie if she would babysit for...
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Stung
Hear the story read by the author. In the town of Normal, Pennsylvania, there’s a little church at the corner of Wilson and Elm. One morning church secretary Tammy Billings informed Senior Pastor Henry O’Donnell that Abigail Leary had passed away. This was sad news, of course, but Abbie was...
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Hearing Better
Hear the story read by the author. In the town of Normal, Pennsylvania, there’s a little church at the corner of Wilson and Elm. Recently, the church got an assisted listening system for the hearing impaired. This was a great development for eighty-six year-old Donald East, whose hearing had...
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Resolutions
Hear the story read by the author. In the town of Normal, Pennsylvania, there’s a little church at the corner of Wilson and Elm. Every year for the last six years, Senior Pastor Henry O’Donnell has made a New Year’s resolution to lose ten pounds. But he’s ended every one of those six years…
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Scott's First Christmas
Hear the story read by the author. In the town of Normal, Pennsylvania, there’s a little church at the corner of Wilson and Elm. Carrie Winslow and her husband Carlos Lopez moved in with Carrie’s parents, church members Del and Karen Winslow, a year and a half ago when the company they worked for...
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The Boyers Buy A Tree
The following is based on an excerpt from the novellette "The Christmas Tree Lot" available in the book, "The Christmas Tree Lot and Other Holiday Tales from the Little Church Stories" now available at: http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/deboch (Hear the story read by the author.) In the town of…
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Laity Sunday
Hear the story read by the author. In the town of Normal, Pennsylvania, there’s a little church at the corner of Wilson and Elm. One Sunday every year is designated Laity Sunday when the members of the congregation run the worship service. The clergy do not get the day off, however. Traditionally...
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Pumpkin Carving
Hear the story read by the author. In the town of Normal, Pennsylvania, there’s a little church at the corner of Wilson and Elm. One of Associate Pastor Michelle Tellum’s many jobs at the church is programming. So Michelle was constantly on the lookout for events and activities to encourage...
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The Runaway
Hear the story read by the author. In the town of Normal, Pennsylvania, there’s a little church at the corner of Wilson and Elm. Eight months ago church members Carlos and Carrie Lopez had their first child, a beautiful boy named Scott. Recently, Scott learned to crawl. This elicited a variety of...
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Best Annual Meeting Ever
Hear the story read by the author. In the town of Normal, Pennsylvania, there’s a little church at the corner of Wilson and Elm. Like most churches, this one has an all-church annual meeting to elect committee members and hear reports from committee chairs. And like most churches it is difficult…
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Road Rage
Hear the story read by the author. In the town of Normal, Pennsylvania, there’s a little church at the corner of Wilson and Elm. Last Sunday Pastor Henry O’Donnell’s wife Jennifer was out of town on business. Which meant Henry was on his own for breakfast. Meals were important to Henry but...
About this show
A series of humorous short stories about the misadventures of the congregation, clergy and staff of a church in Pennsylvania. Read by author Douglas J. Eboch
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Douglas J. Eboch
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