In order to spend time with my family, (my daughter and family or my siblings and parents), requires me to travel on the highway. I travel north to visit my daughter, son-in-law and grandson. And, travel south, which I was blessed to do this past weekend, to see my two sisters and two of my…
This is always the time of year I like to spotlight our wonderful Newsletter Ladies! If you’re not sure what our Newsletter Ladies do, let me help out. They are very dedicated, they show up week after week (unless I give them a week off due to holidays, etc.), they insert, fold, apply wafer seals,…
Take II for the little things in life! Once upon a time when I would give “tours” of our building and our Fellowship Hall for use of outside events, turning off lights (among other things) are on the check off list. I would show them where to place trash when done and where to find…
When we dream of becoming grandparents, we dream of what name our grandchildren will call us. Or, at least I did! G R A M M I – grammi is what I thought and dreamt of my grandson would call me. With that, I “personalized” a lot of things as “Grammi” and had received gifts…
Offering envelopes are a very vital part of our financial office! When you place your envelope in the offering plate (or by mailing it to us) you can guarantee efficiency for financial record keeping. We provide offering envelopes for non-electronic giving in our church. These are usually found by our community bulletin board with Starting…
According to the Christian Bible Reference Site, the word “JOY” is mentioned 114 in the Old Testament and 58 times in the New Testament. I try to find “JOY” in most things in my life. It reminds me of happiness, bouncing with glee, tapping my toes and swaying back and forth to name a few.…
Feeling blessed, grateful and honored. Again, this year for our local “Wreaths Across America,” I have been asked to place a wreath on a U. S. Coast Guard unknown soldier tombstone in our National Cemetery. If you’re not familiar, this service coincides with the service in Arlington, Virginia! So emotional and well serving. I’ve been…
Too much is just too much. Very recently, I experienced some very troubling times. So much has happened; passing of dear friends, sickness of dear friends, dental work to be done. All of this in a matter of 36 hours. Being hard to focus on my daily duties… I sit here, wondering how much God…
The love our “newsletter ladies” have and show each week is immeasurable. They come in smiling and chit chatting, always wanting to know how everyone is doing. They are like a little ministry amongst themselves. Each week one of them signs up to bring treats and I provide coffee for them always knowing who takes…
Such a beautiful time of the year spring is! We have celebrated Lent, Easter, celebrating Jesus’ victory over death and mankind’s hope for eternal life. We have witnessed many young people being baptized. So many victories in such a beautiful time of the year. With us approaching our fifth month of 2017, yes…time flies, we…