Sunday, I buried, at one funeral service, ten of the members of our church who died in the fire.  It was a strange worship service, which I conducted with a loudly sobbing congregation alongside a church in ashes, conducted over open graves.  I never experienced such despair in my whole life.  At first, I could not even begin.  I leaned against a lonely standing fence post and wept, perhaps the first time since I was a child.

Pastor Ernest Thieme         

      St. Peter’s Lutheran Church              

JOIN US TO COMMEMORATE THE  

100th ANNIVERSARY OF THE METZ FIRE 

Sunday, October 12, 2008    

Activities Begin at 1 p.m.    

St. Dominic’s Catholic Church and Hall     

Metz, Michigan     

  All-Faiths Memorial Service                        ● Guest Speakers         

        ● Exhibits and Fire Artifacts                          ● Luncheon (Optional)        

                           ● Free Admission                                           ● A Family Friendly Event                         

            ● A Light Lunch Will Be Available                 ● Narrated Bus Tours of Metz Fire Sites          

● The Metz Fire of 1908 Commemorative Book Will Be Available
● Free Admission

For further information, contact the Presque Isle County Historical Museum

(989) 734-4121, or bradleymuseum@i2k.com

www.thebradleyhouse.org