A Blessed Memorial Day to you all, Friends in Christ,
It is a happy celebration kicking off the start of summer! It is also a day of remembrance for all of those who have fallen while serving our country. I know many of you who also see it as a day to decorate the graves of our loved ones.
Did you know that Memorial Day was declared a federal holiday in 1971? But "Decoration Days" were happening as early as 1865, after the American Civil War, when our country was beset with the work of burying somewhere between 600,000 - 800,000 fallen soldiers, from both the Confederate and Union sides. African-American people who were former slaves - freed at the end of the war - started a day of remembrance in 1865, less than a month after the Confederacy surrendered. In 1996, this fact was discovered at Harvard in a box of Civil War records that no one had read before. Very interesting! Here you can read more from History.com: Freed Slaves Memorial Day
I hope that you had a good weekend, no matter how you spent it :)
Yesterday the church also observed a transitional time, which often falls around Memorial Day. We observed Trinity Sunday, which marks the transition from the season of feast and festival days into the time we call "Ordinary Time." This is that time when we can grow and learn about God, maybe pick up a good book to savor. Find time to learn something new.
This week...
MWF at 10 Exercise, Eat and Pray
T at noon Yoga
Sunday - Holy Communion Sunday
A week from today (June 7th) will be the next Green Chile Gals gathering. Hopefully all the "gals" of our church can come! Bring your own dinner. If one or more of us would like to go in together and make something to share, that's fine too. Let's meet at the church around 6:00PM on that day.
Prayers:
Amy (Glenna Gray's daughter) - multiple surgeries
Betty (Alzheimer’s) and Dolores (paralyzed) – Glenda’s sisters
Dorothy Randals – at Autumn Blessings, for strength and comfort
Fay Birch – stage 4 cancer, prayers for her husband, Larry too
First Responders
Dr. Jean Corey, losing two employees, looking for new hires
Glenda Coles - rotator cuff pain
Julie Sursa – pain with walking
Lissa – Glenda’s granddaughter (3 months pregnant, health concerns)
Lucy Jasper – Alzheimers/Dementia
Lynn Hawkins – looking for a new home in town
Marty Garcia – severe pain, awaiting doctor’s report
Rain - thanksgiving and please send more :)
Ruth Johnson – for general health, preparing to move to Wisconsin
Sharon and Wayne Huffman – general health, Wayne preparing for surgery
Shay – Julie Sursa’s daughter
Teresa Gallegos-Brake - healing from leg surgery, about to get stitches out
Travelers
All those suffering from COVID19, for the recent spike in local cases
Hope that your Memorial Day Holiday is a great one! We sure have been blessed with an unseasonably nice, cool day. Enjoy it!
The Lord bless you and keep you till we meet again.
Rev. Amy
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