When Debbie Brewer was 11 the pianist at Eagle Creek Baptist Church, Dadeville, retired and Brewer started playing for the church.
When she was 13 the church got an organ and she started playing that — and 11-year-old Vicky Patterson took over the piano.
“I lived down the road on one side of the church and Debbie lived down the road on the other side,” Patterson said. “We would ride our bicycles up to the church to practice in the summer.”
This carried on for years and years, and the women both grew up and raised their families at Eagle Creek in Tallapoosa Baptist Association. Brewer said there’s been very few Sundays they haven’t both been there.
“We’ve learned to almost read each other’s minds because we’ve played together for so long,” she said.
On Sept. 30 the church recognized them for 50 years as the church’s accompanists.
Pastor Tim Thompson said the church is blessed to have them.
“I don’t think you’ll ever find two more faithful people serving God with their gifts as those two. If you think about over 50 years, the number of people’s lives and the way people have been influenced by their witness — it’s a big impact,” he said. “It’s so wonderful for our young people to see that kind of … faithfulness in a day where people often only commit for six months or a year. What a faithful witness they’ve been.” (Grace Thornton)
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