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May, 2008 Dear Christian Friends,
Greetings in Christ!
Twenty-five years ago on May 1, 1983 I was ordained into the ministry of the Lutheran Church. I give thanks to God for the privilege and the joy of serving the Lord and His church. I thank God that He has called me to live and work with you, my dear church family in Havertown.
As I reflect back to God’s calling in my life I recognize that His hand was gently leading me all of my days. I remember as a teenager my faith becoming the central focus of my life. As a young teen I hungered and thirst to learn more about God and His ways. I did not know how but I always knew that I wanted to serve God. I can still remember the evening when I was 14 years old and was participating in an adult Bible Study at my home church, St. John’s Mayfair in Philadelphia and the Pastor announcing at the end of the class that the Lutheran Church just voted to ordain women to be Pastors in the Church. I remember speaking to the pastor telling him that when I grow up I wanted to be a Pastor. So since 1970 I knew something about what God wanted me to do.
When I went to college I majored in Social Work because I thought that would be a good course of study to learn about people from many varied backgrounds. I thought that a Social Work background would be helpful for me when one day I would be doing my ministry. I went to a Christian College, Eastern University and the faculty clearly taught the doctrine of the Priest-hood of all believers. Which meant that ministry is something that all the people of God do, in the work that God has placed before them. So Luther taught that the person who slops pigs for a living is just as important and has a valid ministry as the pastor that celebrates the Holy Communion. As a college student I came to realize that if I was a social worker, a teacher, doctor, lawyer or Indian chief then that was the way God wanted to use me to serve Him.
Whatever you do, do to the Glory and Praise of God.
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Nursery School and Mothers' Morning Out |
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Robert Dowd brought his mom, Monique, to school for “Show & Tell”. Mrs. Dowd is a nutritionist and made delicious fruit butterflies for the children to eat. The pineapple wings were the best part of the insect! Since today is only April 15th, we don’t know the results of our own “Trinity Pennsylvania Primary”. First we had to complete our voter’s registration form. We had to print our name if we knew how, or make a mark. Next, we had to circle that we weren’t seven years old yet. After that, we had to decide if we were on the Red Elephant team or the Blue Donkey team. (difficult decision – some red team members switched, just so they could pick their favorite donkey to run against their favorite elephant.) We stamped (Dr. Seuss stamp) our voter registration form and mailed it in the Trinity mailbox. We learned the word ballot and will draw a circle around our favorite contestant from our registered team on April 22nd. NO CROSS VOTING ALLOWED! |
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Answers from April
Q. Where was Moses when the Israelites indulged in wild religious revelry?
A. On Mount Sinai, receiving the Ten Commandments. The Israelites were having their wild party around the golden calf Aaron had made. (Exodus 32).
Q. What righteous man was, rather surprisingly, the Bible’s first drunk?
A. Noah, who “planted a vineyard” in his post-flood days, made some wine, and let it go to his head. (Genesis 19: 30-36).
Questions for May
Q. Which apostle was accused of being an Egyptian terrorist?
Q. The great river of Egypt is never named in the Bible but merely referred to as
“the stream”. What is the name of the river?
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ARMED FORCES DAY – MAY 17TH
“This nation will remain the land of the free only so long as it is the home of the brave.” ~Elmer Davis
“It is easy to take liberty for granted, when you have never had it taken from you.” ~Dick Cheney
“Where liberty dwells, there is my country.” ~Benjamin Franklin
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A man observed a woman in the grocery store with an infant and a three year old girl in her basket. As they passed the cookie section, the child asked for cookies and her mother told her "no." The little girl immediately began to whine and fuss, and the mother said quietly, "Now Ellen, we just have half of the aisles left to go through; don't be upset. It won't be long."
He passed the Mother again in the candy aisle. Of course, the little girl began to shout for candy. When she was told she couldn't have any, she began to cry. The mother said, "There, there, Ellen, don't cry. Only two more aisles to go, and then we'll be checking out."
The man again happened to be behind the pair at the check-out, where the little girl immediately began to clamor for gum and burst into a terrible tantrum upon discovering there would be no gum purchased today. The mother patiently said, "Ellen, we'll be through this check out stand in five minutes, and then you can go home and have a nice nap."
The man followed them out to the parking lot and stopped the woman to compliment her. "I couldn't help noticing how patient you were with little Ellen..." The mother broke in, "My little girl's name is Tammy... I'm Ellen!
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