A brittle bird's nest sits on top of Bettye Wolinski's bookcase at Community Lutheran Church, Frankford, Del. It's a gift from a member who said the backyard nest had served two families of birds and reminded her of the church.
"Birds miraculously re-created this nest," said Wolinski, pointing to the brilliant feathers that the second family had added to spruce it up after the original inhabitants moved out.
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| Bettye Wolinski, pastor of Community Lutheran, Frankford, Del., is helping re-create the congregation, just as a second family of birds did with the nest that sits in her office as inspiration. |
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