{"id":8229,"date":"2005-12-13T00:25:31","date_gmt":"2005-12-13T05:25:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/newswire\/?p=8229"},"modified":"2011-07-06T08:29:10","modified_gmt":"2011-07-06T13:29:10","slug":"4637","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/newswire\/2005\/12\/13\/4637\/","title":{"rendered":"Pines Not the Oldest, But Stands &#8216;Tall&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ARNOLD, CA (December 13, 2005)\u00a0 &#8211; Chapel in the Pines Community Covenant Church\u00a0 stands tall above all others in the Pacific Southwest Conference.\u00a0 Although the congregation is not the oldest or largest, it is the\u00a0 highest &#8211; built at 3,960 feet above sea level.<!--more--><\/p>\n<div>The church celebrated its 40th anniversary on November 20 with former\u00a0 pastors and the son of the founding minister addressing the gathering.<\/div>\n<div>Chapel in the Pines started as a Sunday school in 1952, as pastor Fred\u00a0 Bach made the trip each week from San Andreas to the Arnold area. The\u00a0 current facility was built in 1965, with several additions and\u00a0 remodelings completed over the years.<\/div>\n<div>In addition to a catered dinner and a multimedia historical\u00a0 presentation, a special message was brought by former pastor Rick\u00a0 Larson, who served the congregation for the longest period in its\u00a0 history. Bob Bach, the founding pastor&#8217;s son, shared that as a boy he\u00a0 accompanied his father every week on his trips. Then, using his father&#8217;s\u00a0 old portable pump organ, Bob accompanied his wife, Marlene, for two\u00a0 special musical numbers.<\/div>\n<div>Lead pastor Dave Waterman, who came to the church as associate pastor in\u00a0 1990, gave this charge to his congregation in the celebration bulletin:\u00a0 &#8220;As we step back and celebrate the character and fortitude of men and\u00a0 women who built this community of faith, may you be motivated to carry\u00a0 the baton on this next leg of the race.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\"> <\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>Copyright \u00a9 2011 The Evangelical Covenant Church.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-report-this\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/newswire?moderation_action=report_form&#038;object_type=post&#038;object_id=8229&#038;width=250&#038;height=300\" class=\"thickbox\" title=\"Report This Post\">Report This Post<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ARNOLD, CA (December 13, 2005)\u00a0 &#8211; Chapel in the Pines Community Covenant Church\u00a0 stands tall above all others in the Pacific Southwest Conference.\u00a0 Although the congregation is not the oldest or largest, it is the\u00a0 highest &#8211; built at 3,960 feet above sea level. Report This Post<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8229","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Pines Not the Oldest, But Stands &#039;Tall&#039; - Covenant Newswire Archives<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/newswire\/2005\/12\/13\/4637\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Pines Not the Oldest, But Stands &#039;Tall&#039; - Covenant Newswire Archives\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"ARNOLD, CA (December 13, 2005)\u00a0 &#8211; Chapel in the Pines Community Covenant Church\u00a0 stands tall above all others in the Pacific Southwest Conference.\u00a0 Although the congregation is not the oldest or largest, it is the\u00a0 highest &#8211; built at 3,960 feet above sea level. Report This Post\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/newswire\/2005\/12\/13\/4637\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Covenant Newswire Archives\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2005-12-13T05:25:31+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2011-07-06T13:29:10+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/blogs.covchurch.org\\\/newswire\\\/2005\\\/12\\\/13\\\/4637\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/blogs.covchurch.org\\\/newswire\\\/2005\\\/12\\\/13\\\/4637\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"admin\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/blogs.covchurch.org\\\/newswire\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/2a26f1b1df304098ad9cbae0bbf2c6e8\"},\"headline\":\"Pines Not the Oldest, But Stands &#8216;Tall&#8217;\",\"datePublished\":\"2005-12-13T05:25:31+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2011-07-06T13:29:10+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/blogs.covchurch.org\\\/newswire\\\/2005\\\/12\\\/13\\\/4637\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":245,\"commentCount\":0,\"articleSection\":[\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/blogs.covchurch.org\\\/newswire\\\/2005\\\/12\\\/13\\\/4637\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/blogs.covchurch.org\\\/newswire\\\/2005\\\/12\\\/13\\\/4637\\\/\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/blogs.covchurch.org\\\/newswire\\\/2005\\\/12\\\/13\\\/4637\\\/\",\"name\":\"Pines Not the Oldest, But Stands 'Tall' - Covenant Newswire Archives\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/blogs.covchurch.org\\\/newswire\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2005-12-13T05:25:31+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2011-07-06T13:29:10+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/blogs.covchurch.org\\\/newswire\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/2a26f1b1df304098ad9cbae0bbf2c6e8\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/blogs.covchurch.org\\\/newswire\\\/2005\\\/12\\\/13\\\/4637\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/blogs.covchurch.org\\\/newswire\\\/2005\\\/12\\\/13\\\/4637\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/blogs.covchurch.org\\\/newswire\\\/2005\\\/12\\\/13\\\/4637\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"http:\\\/\\\/blogs.covchurch.org\\\/newswire\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Pines Not the Oldest, But Stands &#8216;Tall&#8217;\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/blogs.covchurch.org\\\/newswire\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/blogs.covchurch.org\\\/newswire\\\/\",\"name\":\"Covenant Newswire Archives\",\"description\":\"Evangelical Covenant Church\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"http:\\\/\\\/blogs.covchurch.org\\\/newswire\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/blogs.covchurch.org\\\/newswire\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/2a26f1b1df304098ad9cbae0bbf2c6e8\",\"name\":\"admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/ed9f85aca58d0540113c3fcae90abb716831fd0b1d806d275666cf7052268ea9?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/ed9f85aca58d0540113c3fcae90abb716831fd0b1d806d275666cf7052268ea9?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/ed9f85aca58d0540113c3fcae90abb716831fd0b1d806d275666cf7052268ea9?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"admin\"},\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/blogs.covchurch.org\\\/newswire\\\/author\\\/covwebster\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Pines Not the Oldest, But Stands 'Tall' - Covenant Newswire Archives","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/newswire\/2005\/12\/13\/4637\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Pines Not the Oldest, But Stands 'Tall' - Covenant Newswire Archives","og_description":"ARNOLD, CA (December 13, 2005)\u00a0 &#8211; Chapel in the Pines Community Covenant Church\u00a0 stands tall above all others in the Pacific Southwest Conference.\u00a0 Although the congregation is not the oldest or largest, it is the\u00a0 highest &#8211; built at 3,960 feet above sea level. Report This Post","og_url":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/newswire\/2005\/12\/13\/4637\/","og_site_name":"Covenant Newswire Archives","article_published_time":"2005-12-13T05:25:31+00:00","article_modified_time":"2011-07-06T13:29:10+00:00","author":"admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"admin","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/newswire\/2005\/12\/13\/4637\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/newswire\/2005\/12\/13\/4637\/"},"author":{"name":"admin","@id":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/newswire\/#\/schema\/person\/2a26f1b1df304098ad9cbae0bbf2c6e8"},"headline":"Pines Not the Oldest, But Stands &#8216;Tall&#8217;","datePublished":"2005-12-13T05:25:31+00:00","dateModified":"2011-07-06T13:29:10+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/newswire\/2005\/12\/13\/4637\/"},"wordCount":245,"commentCount":0,"articleSection":["News"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/newswire\/2005\/12\/13\/4637\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/newswire\/2005\/12\/13\/4637\/","url":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/newswire\/2005\/12\/13\/4637\/","name":"Pines Not the Oldest, But Stands 'Tall' - Covenant Newswire Archives","isPartOf":{"@id":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/newswire\/#website"},"datePublished":"2005-12-13T05:25:31+00:00","dateModified":"2011-07-06T13:29:10+00:00","author":{"@id":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/newswire\/#\/schema\/person\/2a26f1b1df304098ad9cbae0bbf2c6e8"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/newswire\/2005\/12\/13\/4637\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/newswire\/2005\/12\/13\/4637\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/newswire\/2005\/12\/13\/4637\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/newswire\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Pines Not the Oldest, But Stands &#8216;Tall&#8217;"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/newswire\/#website","url":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/newswire\/","name":"Covenant Newswire Archives","description":"Evangelical Covenant Church","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/newswire\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/newswire\/#\/schema\/person\/2a26f1b1df304098ad9cbae0bbf2c6e8","name":"admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ed9f85aca58d0540113c3fcae90abb716831fd0b1d806d275666cf7052268ea9?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ed9f85aca58d0540113c3fcae90abb716831fd0b1d806d275666cf7052268ea9?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ed9f85aca58d0540113c3fcae90abb716831fd0b1d806d275666cf7052268ea9?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"admin"},"url":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/newswire\/author\/covwebster\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/newswire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8229","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/newswire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/newswire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/newswire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/newswire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8229"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/newswire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8229\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8786,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/newswire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8229\/revisions\/8786"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/newswire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8229"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/newswire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8229"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/newswire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8229"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}