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My confirmation mentor, Mr. Thompson suggested that we repaint the
tree crosses at a location North of Frederick, Maryland…..people beeped
their horns at us and waved as they drove by…..This was an experience
that I will never forget and I am looking forward to making this a tradition
every Good Friday….
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Blythewood,
SC along I-77: While
driving to Columbia one day last August, I noticed the rundown condition of
the crosses along the side of the road, on I-77…..Unable to be seen from the
interstate are three nails in each cross. One at each of the cross arms, and one halfway down the
cross represent where the hands and feet were nailed…. |
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The middle cross is faded yellow. The other two, peeling pale blue. Despite their aging appearance, the three crosses catch the eyes of travelers on 1-20 headed toward Vicksburg….. |
Well, the question has been answered. Robert Clarke and
William "Painter" Hopkins are helping the Keslers save the crosses
on Faith Road…. |
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The Nicholas County man who gained national attention for making clusters of Crosses a common site throughout the United States has died. Rev. Berard Coffindaffer, 68, died Friday, Oct 8, of a heart attack at is home in Craigsville, WV….. |
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Keeping Coffindaffer Ministry Alive The late Bernard Coffindaffer of Craigsville, W.V., left a
legacy of crosses when he died in 1993. He led a one-man crusade that erected
1,864 sets of three crosses in at least 27 states, the District of Columbia,
Zambia and the Philippines "I think…. |
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FLATWOODS - A little more than
15 years ago, here on a windy rise along Interstate 79, the Rev. Bernard
Coffindaffer and a small group of followers set their first cluster of crosses.
One gold, flanked by lesser pale blue replicas. Christ and the two thieves ….
man who spent three years on the road, working for Coffindaffer, working for
God… ….
Hanna said it was Coffindaffer's plan for workers to revisit each site for
straightening and painting every two years…. |
We need Your help. Your time and
talents and contributions to carry on this work for our Lord Jesus Christ. |
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