The Rev. Dillon Epler intended to become a lawyer.
Epler had graduated from Central Penn College with a degree in legal studies, worked for a time with the Pennsylvania State Senate, and spent five ye.
St. John’s Lutheran Church, Palmerton, celebrated its 225th anniversary on Sunday with a service of Holy Communion.
More than 100 people celebrated the occasion, said the Rev. Kenneth T. Melber Jr., P.