Midweek 11/2/22
In this issue:
- Reminders
- Music Notes
- Connections
- College Care Packages
- Daylight Savings Time
- Celebrations
- PPM Update
- Christmas Flower
Orders!
- Live and Learn on Saturdays!
- P.R.A.Y.E.R. R.E.Q.U.E.S.T.: Reflect and
Remember
- Poet’s Corner & Quotable Quotes
“. . . that we may be mutually
encouraged by each other’s faith, both yours and mine.” Romans 1:12
Reminders: This Sunday’s
after-service-treat will be provided by Pam Dies. Good job for signing up for
greeters positions! We are now covered for November and December. We welcome as
greeter for this Sunday Bess Wilkes. So you are able to prepare in advance, for
the Sunday of November 13th the greeters will be our veterans. We have
treats-folks signed up until Nov. 20, then have open spots for those who would
like to share a special yummy something during Sunday fellowship before the
year is over. Whether you’re here to greet or to share a treat, the real treat
we enjoy is you!
Music Notes: Presbyterian
Ringers: Thursday at 6pm,
Sanctuary. Chancel
Choir: Rehearsal Thursday at 7pm, Sanctuary.
Connections: Connections will
meet on Tuesday, November 8th at 11am for lunch, fellowship, & holiday
planning. We will be sending finals care packages to our college
students, so please bring NEW items to include in their boxes, ie.
instant/microwavable foods, candy, gift cards, snack foods, lip balms, CBD
products...get creative!
College Care Packages:
Connections will be sending college
care packages to our students from FPC. If you have a college student, or
you yourself are studying in an adult education program, please let Gretel know
BY FRIDAY this week.
Daylight Savings
Time: remember to set your clocks BACK (earlier) an hour when you go to bed on
Saturday night. Fall Back!
“Congratulations to you! We celebrate with you! Know that we love you, and God loves you
too!” Happy birthday to: Carolyn Dunham, 11/2; Hank
Walters, 11/04; Rob Bevington, 11/8. Happy Anniversary to Pamela and Ken Dies,
11/3 and Neal & Debbie Crouse, 11/7!
Christmas
Flower Orders! Orders will be collected for the LHS Christmas
Flower Orders this Sunday through Nov. 9th. Please be prepared to bring payment
for your order to the church on Sunday or bring to the office by Nov. 9th.
You may write your check out to “Lebanon Music Boosters” for the exact amount
of your order. Order sheet is posted on the bulletin board. If you wish a list
of options and accompanying information, please email Gretel in the office (Gretel@lebanonfpc.org)
and she will send a list. (You can also write a check to the church and we will
pay together. At least one order has been done that way so far.) For those
ordering poinsettias, you can choose to share them with the church to grace the
sanctuary until Christmas services. Poinsettias are $16 and offered in red,
white, ice crystal, pink, and marble. You can also contact Gretel in the office.
Live
and Learn on Saturdays: Good time being had by all! This coming
Saturday, November 5th, the Bible study will be led by Gretel. It will be going
through the Psalms study book, lesson 1, Psalm 19. Bring your Bible, your study
book, and scripture verse card from our last Psalm study. Every
discussion/study time is fun and informative. We encourage you to stop by.
Senior exercise is at 10:30, lunch to follow (usually around 11:30-11:45).
Study/discussion follows lunch, at approximately 12:30-12:45.
P.R.A.Y.E.R. R.E.Q.U.E.S.T. We
are continuing our consideration of the acrostic poem.
Pause Reflect Adore Yield
Extol Remember
Request/Release Entreat
Question Unite Enjoy Surrender Thank
What is the difference between
“reflect” and “remember”? To remember means to bring something to mind or to
think of something again. To reflect, in the sense I am using it here, means to
realize, to consider, to think calmly and quietly. When we remember, we
consider things that happened in the past. Reflecting can be done on things
past, present, or future.
How does this affect our
prayer life? As we pause for prayer before our Heavenly Father, we can take
time to consider what He has done for us, reflecting on His goodness and the thanksgivings
in our lives. We can also reflect on His character and attributes. We can look
into His Word and reflect on the story of God at work in His creation. As we
yield to Him, we can spend time remembering miracles, changes, deliverances God
has wrought in our lives.
“Remember” comes from the
Latin word rememorari or memorari, which means to be mindful of. Are we mindful
of what the Lord has done for us? Do we consider how He has worked in the lives
of others? Could such consideration inspire adoration? “Reflect” comes from the Latin word
“reflectere”, to bend back again. Perhaps as we bend our knee in prayer,
reflecting on who the Lord is, what He is capable of, and where and how he
works in our lives, we will bend our hearts towards Him.
We can reflect on our
Heavenly Home, our “mansion on a hilltop”. We can remember to abide in Him,
ensuring that we as branches are daily abiding in Him.
Poet’s Corner: Well
one can hardly start a “Poet’s Corner” with Robert Frost in autumn and not do “The
Road Not Taken”! So . . . The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost
Two Roads diverged in a yellow wood,/ And sorry
I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood/And looked
down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;
Then took the other, just as fair,/And having
perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grass and wanted wear;/ Though as
for that passing there
Had worn them really about the same,
And both that morning equally lay/ In leaves no
step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!/ Yet
knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.
I shall be telling this with a sigh/ Somewhere
ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I –
I took the one less traveled by,/ And that has
made all the difference.
Quotable quotes: Today’s quote comes from verses 1 and 3 of a
hymn called “Mansion Over The Hilltop” written by Ira F. Stanphill in 1949. Ira
was a gifted musician who was playing multiple instruments by a young age and
composing music by age 17. As one story goes, the hymn was inspired by the tale
of a wealthy business man, a drive in the country, and a derelict mansion. As
the man drove, he passed an old mansion. It looked to be in quite a state of
disrepair. A young girl was playing in the front yard. When questioned about
the home, she said, “Haven't you heard? My daddy just inherited a fortune and he's
building us a mansion just over that hill over there. Don't know when it will
be done, but I won't have to live in this house forever.” Praise
the Lord, we won’t have to live in this earthly house forever! Our Daddy is
building us a mansion just over the hilltop. That is quite a beautiful thought
to reflect on!
But in that city where the ransomed will shine,
I want a gold one that’s silver lined!
I’ve got a mansion just over the hilltop, in
that bright land where we’ll never grow old;
And someday yonder we will never more wander but
walk the streets that are purest gold.
Don’t think me poor or deserted or lonely, I’m
not discouraged, I’m heaven bound;
I’m just a pilgrim in search of a city, I want a
mansion, a harp and a crown.
I’ve got a mansion just over the hilltop, in
that bright land where we’ll never grow old;
And someday yonder we will never more wander but
walk the streets that are purest gold.”
Interested in
joining the
prayer chain? Contact Phyllis
Duff at (765)482-1485/
raduff2@att.net.
Dear Heavenly Father, Where in
our lives have our paths diverged? Has there been a time when we took the road
less traveled? As we reflect on our lives and remember Your Hand at work, can
we recall standing at a crossroads? Can we remember choosing one way but hoping
to return to that spot so as to also explore the other path? Perhaps we can
agree with Robert Frost that way often leads on to way; what we plan for
another day may not ever come to pass. As we traverse these paths, Lord, may we
yield to Your direction on our way. May we trust You to guide our steps, not
just for the sake of trodding down the leaves on the path, but to learn of You
and to share You with others as we go. May we have peace that Your plan is
perfect and encompasses our paths, the ones we choose to follow and the ones we
don’t. Ultimately, may Your light shine on our path and may we shine that light
for others. Amen.
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