By Mary Bickelman
Maple Lake UMC in Spring Brook Twp. displays a beautiful Poinsettia ‘tree’ for the congregation every year in the Christmas season. The idea was presented to the administrative council in 2004 by the Penglase family who had seen this tree in their former church.
Plants are purchased in memory or honor of family members and friends whose names are listed in the Sunday bulletin. Individual plants are inserted in a special tree-shaped frame and watered twice a week, in order to last for the 3-4 weeks the tree is on display.
