I am placing this geocache to honor Pastor Sue Frost, who is retiring soon. She is loved by the congregation here and will be missed!
Rev. Sue Frost to Retire
The Rev. Sue Frost will preach her final sermon at the Hampton United Methodist Church in Hampton, NH at 10am on Sunday, June 14th.
Pastor Sue grew up in Anchorage, Alaska. A love of early American history brought her to New England, where she graduated from Williams College.
Hearing a call to ministry, she attended Yale Divinity school, graduating with a Master of Divinity degree. She was ordained in 1989 by the Southern New England Conference of the United Methodist Church.
She pastored three United Methodist churches in western Massachusetts, then three more in Eliot, Dover, and now Hampton.
During her retirement, Pastor Sue looks forward to spending time with family & friends, gardening, and other creative pastimes. The church members in Hampton will miss the way God’s grace shines through her sunny disposition, playful nature, and inimitable dance moves!
This is a perfect location for a unique cache container I have had in my cache bag for years. It should be a quick and easy find. Plenty of parking. Winter friendly but not wheelchair accessible. Please visit during daytime hours only. Most of the vines near the cache are Woodbine (clusters of five leaves) and not poisonous. But there is some poison ivy in the area, too. "Leaves of three... let them be!"
And here's a fun fact:
The dove atop the steeple here was carved by a former pastor, Rev. J. J. Spalding as a symbol of peace and installed at the time the church was moved to its present site in 1881. When the church replaced shingles on the roof in 2019, they were told the dove was badly deteriorated and its head was missing. So, they found someone to design and carve a replacement and the new dove was installed on Oct. 28, 2019. The new dove is made from mahogany with a white paint gloss and white enamel..It was blessed by the church before it was placed on the steeple.
“Gracious God, Bless the visitors that come to find our cache. We pray that all who find it know your presence in our church, our community and our world.”