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Joseph R. Flower's lifelong ministry in the Assemblies of God impacted the Fellowship from its grassroots to the national office.

Joseph Reynolds Flower (1913-2010), the oldest son of J. Roswell Flower and Alice Reynolds Flower, had a long and distinguished ministry in the Assemblies of God. He is remembered as a pastor, district official, and as general secretary of the Assemblies of God.

Joseph Flower was born in Indianapolis in 1913, one year before the founding of the Assemblies of God, and he often told people that he was born the same year as the start of the Christian Evangel, which later became the Pentecostal Evangel. His parents, J. Roswell and Alice Flower, were the founding editors of that publication, which was started in Plainfield, Indiana, just outside of Indianapolis.

Flower lived in St. Louis for two years and then moved to Springfield, Missouri, with his parents in 1918, where he attended elementary and junior high school. As a teenager he moved with his parents to Pennsylvania. While his father was superintendent of the Eastern District, the Flower family lived in Lititz, Pennsylvania, and Joseph attended Franklin and Marshall College for two years in nearby Lancaster.

Flower was preparing for a teaching career when he attended a camp meeting in western New York conducted by Charles S. Price. He said later, “It seems that God dealt with me in a special way at that camp meeting to go into the ministry.” In 1932 he enrolled in Central Bible Institute to prepare for the ministry. He graduated in 1934.

In the 1930s and early 1940s, Flower pastored or pioneered churches in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania; Dansville, New York; and Buffalo, New York. One of the churches he helped found is now known as The Tabernacle in Orchard Park, a suburb of Buffalo, New York.

In the summer of 1936, 16-year-old Mary Louise Paige preached a tent revival in Buffalo, and this led Gordon Bender of Riverside Assembly of God to want to start a new church in South Buffalo. He asked Joseph Flower to pioneer this work. The church was started in a small, vacant lot across the street from a tire shop.

Salvaging lumber from a barn that was being torn down, Flower and Bender built a small building, starting with a basement. The congregation was still meeting in the basement when Joseph Flower left a couple years later. That church grew and prospered over the years and is now one of the strongest churches in Buffalo.

While pastoring the church in South Buffalo, Flower agreed to have a single female evangelist hold services. That evangelist was Mary Jane Carpenter, who later became his wife. Joseph and Mary Jane (Carpenter) Flower were married on June 6, 1940, during the New York/New Jersey District Council at Maranatha Park in Green Lane, Pennsylvania.

One interesting story is that on the way to their honeymoon, the couple stopped to visit the pastor at Dover-Foxcroft, Maine, who was Charles Greenaway. He had recently lost his wife and was grief-stricken. Joseph and Mary Jane decided to invite him to come to the campground where they were going for their honeymoon, and he could have his own cabin and get away for a while.

While at the camp, the two men ended up going fishing almost all day every day. Mary Jane was feeling left out, so some friends helped her to dress up like Pocahontas and get in a canoe to see if she could get her husband’s attention. The plan worked, and the men quit fishing for the day. After their time at the camp was over, both Joseph and Mary Jane were glad they could be a blessing to Greenaway after the loss of his wife.

Joseph Flower was ordained in 1943 by the New England District Council. Together, Joseph and Mary Jane pastored in Pottstown, Pennsylvania; Dover-Foxcroft, Maine; Melrose, Massachusetts; and Syracuse, New York. From 1953 to1954 Flower was assistant district superintendent of the New York-New Jersey district, and then served as New York district superintendent from 1954 to 1975.

Joseph followed in his father’s footsteps. J. Roswell Flower was the first general secretary, elected at the Hot Springs convention in 1914 and continued in that role for much of his life. Joseph Flower in turn served as general secretary from 1975 to 1993. During his time as general secretary, not only did he keep the minutes of the General Presbytery, Executive Presbytery, and General Council meetings, but he maintained the records of credentialed ministers and churches. He also responded to questions of doctrine and practice in the Assemblies of God.

Spending hours in careful and prolonged Bible study, Joesph took detailed notes on his studies and used them in writing articles for the Pentecostal Evangel as well as in his preaching and speaking. Some of his writings include “The Charismatic Movement,” “The Christian and His Money,” “The Christian’s Attitude Toward Intoxicating Drinks,” “Does God Deny Spiritual Manifestations and Ministry Gifts to Women?” “Holiness, the Spirit’s Infilling, and Speaking with Tongues,” “Initial Evidence: Maintaining Our Pentecostal Distinctive,” “The Purpose of Prophetic Utterance,” “The Relationship Between the Pastor and the Church Board,” “A Sign or Stumbling Block?” and “Why Tongues?”

Flower also served on various administrative committees and boards, including Northeast Bible Institute, Long Island Bible Institute, Central Bible College, Evangel University, the Assemblies of God Theological Seminary, and Commission on Chaplains. J. Roswell and Alice Flower started the Homemakers Sunday School class at Central Assembly of God (Springfield, Missouri) in 1937, and after their passing, Joseph and Mary Jane Flower led this class for several years. This class still continues, being taught by a family member, David Ringer.

Devoted to ministry, Flower went to great lengths to be compassionate to others. He often quoted Philippians 1:6, “Being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.”

In looking back over his life, Joseph Flower once said, “I always felt that God was there behind the scenes controlling my destiny and being in charge of all the circumstances.”

Joseph Flower passed away in Springfield, Missouri, on March 29, 2010, at the age of 97. He and his wife are both buried in Greenlawn Memorial Gardens in Springfield.

Read Joseph Flower’s article, “Why Tongues?” on pages 5-7 of the Aug. 19, 1962, issue of the Pentecostal Evangel.

Also featured in this issue:

• “The Promise of the Father,” by Robert L. Brandt

• “Manifestations Do Profit,” by J. Robert Ashcroft

And many more!

Click here to read this issue now.

Pentecostal Evangel archived editions courtesy of the Flower Pentecostal Heritage Center.

Glenn W. Gohr

Glenn W. Gohr is the reference archivist at the Flower Pentecostal Heritage Center in Springfield, Missouri.

A house that sold for $420,000 tops the list of the most expensive residential real estate sales in Camp Hill in the past week.

In total, 10 residential real estate sales were recorded in the area during the past week, with an average price of $292,490. The average price per square foot was $175.

The prices in the list below concern real estate sales where the title was recorded during the week of Oct. 30 even if the property may have been sold earlier.

10. $180K, single-family residence at 514 Thomas Road

A sale has been finalized for the single-family home at 514 Thomas Road in Wormleysburg. The price was $180,000 and the new owners took over the house in October. The house was built in 1984 and the living area totals 1,480 square feet. The price per square foot ended up at $122. The deal was finalized on Oct. 26.

9. $205K, single-family home at 1905 Princeton Ave.

The sale of the single family residence at 1905 Princeton Ave. in Camp Hill has been finalized. The price was $205,000, and the new owners took over the house in October. The house was built in 1948 and has a living area of 1,120 square feet. The price per square foot was $183. The deal was finalized on Oct. 23.

8. $225K, detached house at 42 Oneida Road

The property at 42 Oneida Road in Lower Allen Township has new owners. The price was $224,900. The house was built in 1956 and has a living area of 956 square feet. The price per square foot is $235. The deal was finalized on Oct. 24.

7. $300K, single-family house at 7 Colgate Drive

The property at 7 Colgate Drive in Lower Allen Township has new owners. The price was $300,000. The house was built in 1959 and has a living area of 1,966 square feet. The price per square foot is $153. The deal was finalized on Oct. 25.

6. $300K, single-family home at 200 Green Lane Drive

The 1,584 square-foot single-family home at 200 Green Lane Drive, Fairview Township, has been sold. The transfer of ownership was settled in October and the total purchase price was $300,000, $189 per square foot. The house was built in 1963. The deal was finalized on Oct. 24.

5. $300K, single-family house at 788 Brentwater Road

The 1,604 square-foot single-family residence at 788 Brentwater Road in East Pennsboro Township has been sold. The transfer of ownership was settled in October and the total purchase price was $300,000, $187 per square foot. The house was built in 1980. The deal was finalized on Oct. 26.

4. $310K, single-family residence at 35 Farm House Lane

The sale of the detached house at 35 Farm House Lane, Fairview Township, has been finalized. The price was $310,000, and the new owners took over the house in October. The house was built in 1970 and has a living area of 1,924 square feet. The price per square foot was $161. The deal was finalized on Oct. 25.

3. $315K, detached house at 2863 Russell Road

The property at 2863 Russell Road in Camp Hill has new owners. The price was $315,000. The house was built in 1950 and has a living area of 1,792 square feet. The price per square foot is $176. The deal was finalized on Oct. 23.

2. $370K, single-family home at 506 Penn Ayr Road

The sale of the single-family residence at 506 Penn Ayr Road, Hampden Township, has been finalized. The price was $370,000, and the house changed hands in October. The house was built in 1965 and has a living area of 2,143 square feet. The price per square foot was $173. The deal was finalized on Oct. 23.

1. $420K, detached house at 348 N. 24th Street

The sale of the single family residence at 348 N. 24th Street in Camp Hill has been finalized. The price was $420,000, and the new owners took over the house in October. The house was built in 1962 and has a living area of 2,075 square feet. The price per square foot was $202. The deal was finalized on Oct. 25.

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Nate Halteman bought his first Scottish Highland a few years ago because he liked the unique appearance of the heritage breed.

After Halteman raised and processed his first Highland steer, he found there was something else he liked as well.

“The meat is really flavorful, lean but with good marbling,” said Halteman, who raises six Highland cattle on his 18-acre farm in Green Lane, Pennsylvania. “It’s similar to venison in that it’s lean and has one of the highest protein contents and lowest cholesterol contents among bovines.”

The number of people raising Highland cattle is growing, according to Judy Ligo, who has raised the breed on her LiTerra farm in Grove City, Pennsylvania, since 1995.

There are 31 Pennsylvania farms listed on the Mid-Atlantic Highland Association’s website, and Ligo said many people raise the beef breed as a novelty.

That’s how Ligo and her husband, John, got started with Highlands.

“We got them to keep the pastures down, but we really liked them,” she said. “Now we have 30 cows with calves and sell a lot of breeding stock.”

Ligo said interest in Highlands has grown in the last few years due in large part to their unique appearance, with long, thick coats and impressive horns. Prices have skyrocketed as well, and Halteman said a good registered cow can bring up to $10,000.

People are also attracted to Highlands because of the breed’s simplicity.

Highlands are excellent grazing cattle that are very self-sufficient and hardy. The breed is intelligent and very docile, Ligo said.

And they’re efficient.

Halteman said Highland cattle grow a second coat of hair in the winter and really don’t produce a fat layer.

“It takes a lot of energy to produce a fat layer, and with Highlands, it’s more efficient to produce that hair to keep warm than fat,” he said. “It’s not uncommon for them to gain weight in the winter on hay because they can put the calories toward growth instead of keeping warm, thanks to the hair.”

All of that hair serves as another benefit, Ligo added, as Highlands have become popular with those who show cattle. Highlands have won some major shows, she said, and handlers like them because there is a lot of hair to work with during preparation.

Still, Halteman acknowledged the breed has characteristics that some people might not like. They are smaller-framed than the average beef cattle, and they take much longer to finish — up to three years.

“If you’re wanting to do this on a large scale, it might not be beneficial to have an animal that takes an extra year to finish,” he said.

Ligo said her 30-cow Highland herd is on the larger side, and most people keep between five and 10.

Ligo also raises 200 commercial Angus cattle. She has crossed many of them with Highlands, and the results have been impressive.

The hybrid vigor makes an excellent animal, and the crosses typically don’t have horns because the polled Angus is dominant, she said. The hair on the crosses isn’t as long, but the marbling found in Highlands still persists.

The Angus-Highland crosses also sell well at auction.

“If you take purebred Highland cattle to auction, the price is terrible because the processors don’t want to deal with the horns,” she said. “You don’t have that with the crosses.”

Ligo said it’s difficult to expand her Highland herd right now because there is so much demand for breeding stock that she’s always selling animals.

Halteman is content to stick with six Highlands on his 18 acres, raising them for the freezer and to maintain the property.

So far, they’ve been good at both.

“They clear out the brush and vegetation. It’s like having goats on steroids,” he said. “Since I’ve gotten Highlands, I know of three other people that have bought some. They’re friendly, efficient and don't take up a lot of space, and that appeals to a lot of people.”

Goods to be sold in Northern Ireland will use a ‘green lane’ with minimal paperwork and no checks

A green/red lane system for the movement of goods and “not for EU” labels are among key measures of the Windsor Framework coming into effect for Northern Ireland on Sunday.

Goods coming into the region which are travelling to the Republic of Ireland or elsewhere in the EU will use the conceptual “red lane”, which includes customs declarations and some checks.

Goods to be sold in Northern Ireland will use a notional “green lane” with minimal paperwork and no checks.

Companies that use the green lane will be signed up to a trusted trader scheme.

The Windsor Framework has already introduced the same VAT, alcohol duty and energy tax rules as the rest of the UK to Northern Ireland, which did not exist under the Protocol.

Northern Ireland secretary Chris Heaton-Harris has said the vast majority of Northern Ireland’s economic life remains “umbilically connected to the rest of the UK”, with most of the economy untouched by anything in the Windsor Framework, adding that concerns over the supply of human medicines have been addressed.

Sunday’s changes are designed to cut paperwork and red tape for many traders.

Mr Heaton-Harris wrote in the News Letter on Saturday: “The steak bake or infamous sausage roll will never again need to be accompanied by a signed certificate from a vet to move into NI from GB, removing a major irritant with the old arrangements.”

Consumers may notice some changes in Northern Ireland and parts of the UK with the introduction of “not for EU” labels and other information in stores on some products to prevent these from being sold in Ireland.

These labels on meat and dairy will apply in stores in Great Britain next year.

Stuart Anderson, head of public affairs for Northern Ireland Chamber of Commerce and Industry, said: “A significant amount of work has been undertaken in a short time to get us to this implementation phase, particularly by those involved in the retail supply chain.

“These are new processes being applied to what are often high-volume and complex movements.

“But business has worked hard to ensure we get off to the best possible start.

“This is new for everyone involved.

“Continued engagement and a solutions-focused approach with government will be important to help businesses adapt and deal with any issues as and when they arise.”

NORRISTOWN, Pa. - Montgomery County is sending out mail-in ballots this week to voters who requested one.

Voters can drop off completed mail-in and absentee ballots at one of 12 drop box locations in the county, starting Oct. 29, the county said.

Voters can only drop off their own ballot. Make sure the completed ballot is placed inside the smaller, secrecy envelope first. Then, put the sealed secrecy envelope into the official return envelope and complete the voter’s declaration on the back.

If you still want a mail-in ballot, the deadline to apply is Nov. 1 at 5 p.m.

The county is also opening satellite offices, for voters who want to apply for their ballot in person. Residents can apply for a mail-in ballot, receive it, complete it, and place it in a secure ballot box at these locations. Appointments are not required.

Drop box locations

All are open from 8 a.m. - 8 p.m. daily, from Oct. 29 through Nov. 8 (Election Day), unless otherwise noted.

Cheltenham - Township Tax Office

Township Tax Office, 8230 Old York Rd, Elkins Park, PA 19027

Lansdale - District Court 38-1-28

District Court 38-1-28, 430 Pennbrook Parkway, Lansdale, PA 19446

Lower Merion - Ludington Library

Ludington Library, 5 South Bryn Mawr Ave., Bryn Mawr, PA 19010

Norristown - Airy Street Parking Lot

Montgomery County Airy Street Parking Lot (Corner of Airy and DeKalb Streets) Norristown, PA 19401

Norristown - Inside One Montgomery Plaza

Beginning October 29, this drop box will be available on the following schedule:

Weekdays: 6 a.m. until 11 p.m.

Saturday & Sunday: 6 a.m. until 10 p.m.

Election Day: 6 a.m. until 8 p.m.

One Montgomery Plaza, 425 Swede Street, Norristown, PA 19401

Pottstown - Office of Public Health

Montgomery County Office of Public Health - South Hall, 364 King Street, Pottstown, PA 19464

(Between N. Evans Street and N. Franklin Street)

Royersford - Victory Park Parking Lot

Victory Park Parking Lot, 2nd & Arch Street, Royersford, PA 19468 (near the electric vehicle charging stations)

Skippack - Montgomery County 4-H Center

Montgomery County 4-H Center, 1015 Bridge Road, Collegeville, PA 19474

Upper Dublin - Upper Dublin Library

Upper Dublin Library, 520 Virginia Drive, Fort Washington, PA 19034

Upper Frederick - Green Lane Park Office

Green Lane Park Office, 2144 Snyder Road, Green Lane, PA 18054

Upper Merion - Upper Merion Township Building

Upper Merion Township Building, 175 W. Valley Forge Road, King of Prussia, PA 19406

Upper Moreland - Willow Grove Annex

Willow Grove Annex, 102 N. York Road, Willow Grove, PA 19090

Satellite office locations

Lansdale Satellite Office

Lansdale County Office, 421 W. Main Street, Lansdale, PA 19446

Open Saturday October 22, 2022, and Sunday October 30, 2022, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Pottstown Satellite Office

Montgomery County Office of Public Health, 364 King Street, Pottstown, PA 19464

Open Saturday October 22, 2022, and Sunday October 30, 2022, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Magisterial District Justice Office of Lower Merion

925 Montgomery Avenue, Narberth, PA 19072

Open Sunday October 23, 2022, and Saturday October 29, 2022, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Willow Grove Satellite Office

Willow Grove Annex, 102 N. York Road, Willow Grove, PA 19090

Open Sunday October 23, 2022, and Saturday October 29, 2022, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Norristown Voter Services Office

One Montgomery Plaza, 425 Swede Street, 6th Floor, Norristown, PA 19401

Open Monday to Friday from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and Sunday October 23, 2022, and Saturday October 29, 2022, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Norristown Mail-In Balloting Center – for ballot return only

1430 Dekalb Street, Norristown, PA 19404

Open Monday to Friday from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.