A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day....04-21-03...A Nose for Danger

04-21-03 | Story from People Magazine

[LadyX]

LOLOL - you would do it, too...:))
Thursday was attacked by a Christmas card at Easter time - God trying to tell me something?!

Was placing something on a high shelf, and a box of leftover Christmas cards slid, one spilling out and striking my right eye. Corneal abrasion - antibiotic and an eye patch for a week.
I am being very, very protective of the right foot, Sistah!

[Billie]

LOL! Actually, I figured you would 'borrow' my gif and replace your name with mine.

Oh, no! I just gave you an idea, didn't I? :)

[LadyX]

Did anyone record it with a camcorder, Nan? Still photos?

I can almost see it in my mind - -

[Billie]

Mr. Peabody looks very lovable and sweet!

[Billie]

Hi, Sistahs - glad you liked the pledge graphic - yes, it is new, daisy - just made it over the weekend when I put this thread together. Please add to your pledge files and use anytime!

Buster is a sweetie, isn't he? He needs special treatment for what he's doing, though. I think of the danger he's in, too.

[WVNan]

Our S.S. and Worship was also great. During the children's time I talked about the empty tomb using the vanishing Jesus in the paper bag trick. I put Jesus in the bag, and he vanished. It's the old double sideed bag trick.

During the rest of S.S. I got my characters costumed. During worship I went through the regular worship routine with prayers, Apostles' Creed, tithes & offerigs. Then I disappeared behind the backdrop we had set up in front of the piano and choir for our Abigail reader. Abigail came in from the front door and down the aisle to the desk in her setting. She is carrying four scrolls. She sits down and talks about receiving so many messages from Jerusalem and how unusual that is. She opens the first scroll from her cousin Malcus who is a member of the Sanhedrin, and begins to read. Dear Cousin Abigail, the Passover this year was both exciting and disturbing......

At that point Malcus has comes in and sat at the desk in front of the second set on the other side of the room. He picks up the sentence.....and things haven't settled down yet. It was meant to depict a flashback where the participant in the events is writing the letter. Malcus tells about the arrest and trial of Jesus. After Malcus, came Abigail's son Eli, who is a member of the Temple Guard. Eli tells about the arrest in the garden and how Jesus healed his ear after it was sliced off. Then Ayla tells about her husband Josh being crucified with Jesus, so she tells the crucifixion story from the Via Dela Rosa to the death. Then finally Mary Magdalene tells of the burial and resurrection. Inbedded (like that word) within the monologues were appropriate songs coming from the invisible choir.

At the end of the program I had all the adults come forward and select a live carnation from the "living cross" I made on Saturday. Each flower had a Scripture message wrapped around the florist stick. That was my gift to everyone. The children got Easter eggs with a small toy and candy in them.

Everyone was very complimentary of the program and I thought it went well. The choir was in good voice and no one made any mistakes. My readers did a great job. I just wish I could have been out front to see the whole thing.

[WVNan]

No one took any videos of either program. It seems like someone took some still shots at the Sunrise Service. Not sure. I really wish I had a video of the Worship program. I never think of that ahead of time. I get so involved in getting the program together, I forget the little things.

[LadyX]

I so love the things you create, Nan - how blessed are those who know you!

[WVNan]

Sheesh, there are enough mistakes in that report to start a course in English grammer.

[Billie]

Hi, Nan - love your favorite flowers! Thank you for sharing with me. Wish we could see you more often.

Saying goodnight now. See you all tomorrow.

[WVNan]

Lady, get this. I'm seriously considering taking over management of our local theater. It's an old movie theater and a real historical treasure. Right now a young couple is renting it from the owner and the girl runs her dance studio out of it. She also lets people use the theater for a cut and concessions. The owner won't do the necessary repairs and things are falling apart. Needs new heating and cooling units, etc. The owner will sell for $125,000 but won't come off that price. We can't afford it and the couple who rent can't afford it. My idea is to get out there and try to organize a fine arts group who will incorporate and buy it and refurbish it. I would like to start a community theatre and children's theatre. We already use the theater for our River Valley Opry and will have to give that up if the couple gives up the lease in July. She says she will only renew her lease if she can find someone to help her with managing it. It's taking all of her time now. Now do I look like I'm nuts? I'm pushing 70 here, but I have a passion for preserving history. I took on the Union Campground and got it designated as an official historical site. Maybe I can save the theater somehow. I don't know if I can handle it with everything else I have on my plate.

[WVNan]

Hi and good night Bille. Maybe one of these days. Sleep well.

[LadyX]

If there is a single human being who can do it, you are surely The One!

Gosh, Nan - it is breathtaking in scope!
Wish I could lend more than prayer support, but those go forth all the time anyway...will increase them, though..:))

[LadyX]

Afraid I need to withdraw, too, Nan.
Am writing back and forth with jw on The Project we are doing for Billie, and have some critical work to do before I go to bed!

Hope you'll come back tomorrow, dear sistah - - - good night, and God bless - - -

[WVNan]

((((Sistah)))) Nighty night. God love you.

[Pippin]

Okay, will try again!

Did you get my e-mail to you?

[Pippin]

YUMMY!

Thank You! :O)

[Pippin]

May God put His healing hand on this Freeper today and always.

[MeekOneGOP]

He and Rummy do know how to turn a phrase...

hehe ! They sure do. :O)

[grantswank]

DYING IN THE FAITH

I am drinking my Tim Horton’s coffee while seated in this crowded coffee shop in Elmsdale, Nova Scotia. The day is overcast, drizzly and not all that sunshine promising.

However, I have just come upon another Easter story of sunlight. It flows quite freely from the life of John Savage, former premier of Nova Scotia. He has but a short time to live, dying of cancer.

Three weeks ago, he lost his wife of 45 years, Margaret, to cancer.

“I’m not maudlin about it. I’m not crying about it. I’m accepting what happens to everybody sooner or later,” Mr. Savage witnessed to reporters on Easter Monday. He was speaking from his dining room table in his lakeside home in Dartmouth. To this city, he gave seven years of his life as mayor before leading the provincial Liberals to power in 1993.

As I feel hail and hearty on this misty Tuesday morning, Mr. Savage is closing out his earthly stay in typical courage and outspokenness. Never one for mincing words, he continues his forthright persona to the end.

“I’ve had some really startling remissions. . .now it’s got to the point where there is no further treatment and I’m prepared to go the way the good Lord intends me to go,” Mr. Savage stated simply.

For a personality of extreme independence and at times bold stubborn streak, his reliance upon God has never wavered. He told reporters that being obedient to the divine was his daily walk. He did not mind it. It brought him great support and now that the end is near, it is proving to be his stay.

It was the same spiritual stamina experienced by his wife. What a heritage to give to his children who were watching over him as the reporters queried the politician.

Photographers asked if they could take his picture; he declined, saying that he was no longer photographable. He has lost 40 pounds due to sickness and therefore would like to be remembered as he looked when in robust health.

Mr. Savage could not be more complimentary of the medical staff he has come to know most intimately during his illness. He also expressed heartfelt appreciation to his children for their daily kindnesses.

In speaking to the media, he stated that he expects to spend “the rest of my life in some peace,” primarily because of his faith in God. He stated that what lies ahead is exciting him for he believes that death will entrance him into the presence of God, just as his wife’s faith held firm.

“I’m quite happy. I have no qualms about dying.” He elaborated by saying that a person’s faith “gives you a reason for being and for doing. . .It’s something that I’ve always followed, something I’ve always obeyed and worked with. I find it a real treat at the end.”

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J. Grant Swank, Jr., Pastor, New Hope Church, Windham ME