Midweek: Wednesday, November 2nd, 2022
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.
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
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.
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[1]
Then took the other, just as fair,/And having
perhaps the better claim,
I shall be telling this with a sigh/ Somewhere
ages and ages hence:
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.”[2] 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!
“I’m satisfied with just a cottage below, a little silver and a little gold;
Don’t think me poor or deserted or lonely, I’m
not discouraged, I’m heaven bound;
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