"THORNDIKE, Maine — Last December, the Thorndike Congregational Church was reduced to a smoldering pile of rubble after a late-night electrical fire demolished the 103-year-old house of worship.
This fall, the new church is taking shape, with a framework of wood reaching into the sky and a fast-working crew of Amish men who have spent two days volunteering to help their neighbors rebuild in this tiny town of less than 1,000 people.
“Isn’t this awesome?” Hazel Rumney, the longtime church clerk, said Thursday while watching the men work putting on the new metal roof. “They’re fast and they’re quick, and they’re not scared of heights.”
The half-dozen or so workers wore old-fashioned-looking garb and suspenders as they clambered with sure feet over the shiny metal roof. They said that the Waldo County Amish community was an offshoot of the community in Smyrna.
“This is basically where we could find land,” said Abner Stoll, who is originally from Ontario but now lives in Unity.
The men working on the church were mostly farmers, but it was obvious they knew their way around a construction site." Midcoast
Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!
Psalm 133:1
This fall, the new church is taking shape, with a framework of wood reaching into the sky and a fast-working crew of Amish men who have spent two days volunteering to help their neighbors rebuild in this tiny town of less than 1,000 people.
“Isn’t this awesome?” Hazel Rumney, the longtime church clerk, said Thursday while watching the men work putting on the new metal roof. “They’re fast and they’re quick, and they’re not scared of heights.”
The half-dozen or so workers wore old-fashioned-looking garb and suspenders as they clambered with sure feet over the shiny metal roof. They said that the Waldo County Amish community was an offshoot of the community in Smyrna.
“This is basically where we could find land,” said Abner Stoll, who is originally from Ontario but now lives in Unity.
The men working on the church were mostly farmers, but it was obvious they knew their way around a construction site." Midcoast
Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!
Psalm 133:1
