Greetings to you all on this beautiful, sunny day. I guess if it isn't raining, we might as well look on the bright side and say, "Thank you, Lord for the beauty of your world."
Yesterday after Sunday potluck, Robin, Jean, Marge, Kenna and I took down the Christmas decorations. Thank you, Ladies, for taking the time out to help. I believe we were there until sometime after 2:00PM. What a joy it is to work with a group on a creative project. They also brought out some new decorations to spruce up the sanctuary.
For those who are planning holiday travel, etc.:
Lent starts on March 6th (really the Wednesday before, 3/2)
Palm Sunday is April 10th
Easter is April 17th
Prayers:
Amy (Glenna Gray’s daughter) chronic medical issues
Betty (Alzheimer’s) and Dolores (paralyzed) – Glenda’s sisters
Brian Sims - hospitalized with COVID (brother-in-law of Laro Sims, Marge's daughter)
Elmer Schuster - leg pain
Fay Birch – stage 4 cancer
Glenda Coles – bad shoulder pain, praying for surgery
Jenna Morris – moved to Clovis for her new job
Kevin Mueller - grief both for his father and his uncle
Lucille Andrada's daughter and her family - COVID
Lucy Jasper – Alzheimers/Dementia
Misty Tompkins and her family – stiff person syndrome, seeking experimental program
Paige Christian - Linda's niece, 7 mos pregnant and COVID positive
Paul Estrada - for encouragement
People seeking jobs, and people seeking employees
Ruth Johnson – for general health
Ryan Pottenger's dad (COVID)
Ryan's Grandpa, Francis - for comfort and care
Sarah Hittson's daughter Marie - surgery
Schools, students, teachers and families
Scott Holtz - on life support with pneumonia and valley fever
Sharon and Wayne Huffman – general health
Shay – Julie Sursa’s daughter
Susie – still seeking a car, planning for EMS school
Tammy Lucero - thanksgiving that she completed a course of cancer treatment and may she be healed
Tommy Morris – for health and strength
Travelers
Tyler (former student of Emily's) and his wife at loss of their infant son
All those suffering from COVID19
This week:
Today: Exercise, Eat and Pray is cancelled, as 2 of us will not be there. We will resume on Wednesday at 10:00AM!
Tuesday: At noon we will have yoga in Fellowship Hall
Wednesday: Bible Study @ 5:15 PM Fellowship Hall. We are starting to take a look at the church lectionary. To follow along, you can visit the lectionary website at: https://www.presbyterianmission.org/devotion/revised-common-lectionary/
I had a little fun researching the Shakers and Shaker furniture this past week. As a child living in Kentucky, my family would visit the Shaker communities across the border in Ohio and was fascinated by the fact that the people were all but gone. For more information, feel free to visit:
Mortise and Tenon
Woody Woodburn
Shaker History
Friends, I hope that your day is a great one. May God guide you through this week, triumphantly!
Blessings and hugs,
Rev. Amy
575-708-0860
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