Open
Door Hours
The
front doors of Old Stone are opened from
noon to 1:00 p.m.
Monday through Thursday every week with one of our Open
Door volunteers on hand during that time. We have an average of nine
visitors each day the doors are open.
During office
hours when the front doors are closed, visitors who would like to
come to the
sanctuary or Chapel for quiet reflection and prayer may enter through the Ontario entrance.
Who
Are Our Visitors?
Some
of the visitors are people from the Cleveland area who have always
wanted to see what the church looked like inside, while others were
married or baptized here, or had parents or grandparents who were
married at Old Stone. Some people come in looking for help of some
kind, and if possible, we direct them to a pastor or some other
source of help. There are others who come in
regularly to sit and pray.
Out
of Town Visitors
As
recorded by
our hosts, in the past two years we have had people from Australia,
Chile, China, Croatia,
England, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Russia,
Slovenia,
Sweden,
and “East Asia”; from Alabama, Arkansas, California, Colorado,
Connecticut, Florida, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, New Jersey, New
Mexico, New York, Wisconsin and Virginia; and from Boston, Chicago,
Cincinnati, Detroit, Houston, Los Angeles, Phoenix, Pittsburgh, St.
Louis and Washington.
Sunday
Morning
Visitors
are invited to meet with our docents by the center front pew
following worship to share some of the fascinating highlights of the
Old Stone Church's history and architecture.
Thanks
to our Volunteers
The
volunteers who serve as hosts for visitors during noon hours are:
Willie Brown, Marty Damm, Tony Kordalski,
Gary Richter, Dick Rutti, Andy Sykora, Bob Speer and Doris
Geist who provides the schedule and makes necessary changes. Most
of them are at Old Stone two days a month and all of them rarely
miss a day.
