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We're also ready for a little humor .. even if it's as old as Methuselah!!
BLOOPERS which, supposedly, actually appeared in church bulletins or were
announced in church services: Enjoy 'em again.
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The Fasting & Prayer Conference includes meals.
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The sermon this morning: 'Jesus Walks on the Water.' The sermon tonight:
'Searching for Jesus.'
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Ladies, don't forget the rummage sale. It's a chance to get rid of those
things not worth keeping around the house. Bring your husbands.
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Remember in prayer the many who are sick of our community. Smile at
someone who is hard to love. Say 'Hell' to someone who doesn't care much
about you.
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Don't let worry kill you off - let the Church help.
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Miss Charlene Mason sang 'I will not pass this way again,' giving obvious
pleasure to the congregation.
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For those of you who have children and don't know it, we have a nursery
downstairs.
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Next Thursday there will be tryouts for the choir. They need all the Help
they can get.
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Irving Benson and Jessie Carter were married on October 24 in the church.
So ends a friendship that began in their school days.
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A bean supper will be held on Tuesday evening in the church hall. Music will
follow.
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At the evening service tonight, the sermon topic will be 'What Is Hell?'
Come early and listen to our choir practice.
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Eight new choir robes are currently needed due to the addition of several
new members and to the deterioration of some older ones.
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Scouts are saving aluminium cans, bottles and other items to be recycled.
Proceeds will be used to cripple children.
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Please place your donation in the envelope along with the deceased person
you want remembered.
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The church will host an evening of fine dining, super entertainment and
gracious hostility.
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Potluck supper Sunday at 5:00 PM - prayer and medication to follow.
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The ladies of the Church have cast off clothing of every kind. They may be
seen in the basement on Friday afternoon .
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This evening at 7 PM there will be a hymn singing in the park across from
the Church. Bring a blanket and come prepared to sin.
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Ladies Bible Study will be held Thursday morning at 10 AM . All ladies are
invited to lunch in the Fellowship Hall after the B. S. is done.
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The pastor would appreciate it if the ladies of the Congregation would lend
him their electric girdles for the pancake breakfast next Sunday .
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Low Self Esteem Support Group will meet Thursday at 7 PM . Please use the
back door.
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The eighth-graders will be presenting Shakespeare's Hamlet in the Church
basement Friday at 7 PM . The congregation is invited to attend this
tragedy.
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Weight Watchers will meet at 7 PM at the First Baptist Church . Please use
large double door at the side entrance.
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The Associate Minister unveiled the church's new campaign slogan last
Sunday: 'I Upped My Pledge - Up Yours.'
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In 2005, daughter Nancy Sue, along with her mother, Nan, her brother Mike and her partner Phyllis, all went skydiving to celebrate their July birthdays. Everyone had a great time, and, most importantly, landed safely.
There are more pictures over at the John Family homepage; use your "back" button to return here when you're through!
We took our first motor trip in decades to California not long after we moved north to Crowley from Houston. It was a nostalgic affair, traveling along or alongside old Route 66. A lot has changed since the first time I made that journey, in a 1936 Hudson, with my folks and sister JoAnne, in the 1930s. This time, we were headed for our niece Barbara's wedding, in San Rafael, northern California. It's a long way from Crowley to the Golden Gate bridge, and there's still a lot to see along the way.
Headed northwest, what you see is a lot of sky and flat prairie as you finally turn due west through the Texas Panhandle..
Arizona's Painted Desert is deceptive .. left to right is about two miles..
A pair of "troubadours" on the train we took from Williams, Arizona, to the Grand Canyon..
Sunrise in Las Vegas, where we spent a couple of nights at
Fitzgerald's Casino and Hotel on Freemont Street in downtown Las Vegas.
Finally, we reached the Pacific.
Barbara's wedding was on Saturday,
up the road a bit, in Marin County,
the Golden Gate bridge was covered in fog,
but further north, overlooking San Francisco Bay, the weather was perfect. It was a lovely setting for such an affair.
After the wedding, we spent some time with my sister and her Jim at their home in northern California.
They have quite a view themselves.
They also had a bear eating kitten kibble in their garage this morning.
Starting home, our journey took us over the Sierras,
where the snow can last all summer.
The Grand Canyon, mentioned earlier,
hasn't changed since we last visited in the 1940s.
We had such fun.
If you're a grown-up and planning a trip to Europe anytime soon, Ramona's travel book, "Fun in Europe; a Travel Book for Grownups," is still available. It's a great book; it's our timing that could have used some fine-tuning. You can get a copy at Amazon online, or order a copy at your local bookstore.
Not long before we moved north from Houston, Sylvia and Ray Brauer gave us a "going away" party. It was a lovely affair, and most thoughtful. I have some pictures. And don't stop with the party .. there are pictures galore of the youngsters, and of days long ago .. no particular order, just some I still have and like. That party, and more
As children, Bill Bowers and I were friends and neighbors in Tulsa. We lost touch, and didn't lay eyes on one another for more than half a century. We stumbled into each other on this marvelous internet three or four years ago, Recently, he shared with me some memories from those days .. reminding me what life in our neighborhood was like when we were kids.
Those were the days, my friend ..
Some people are still operating a PC without an anti-virus program. If you're among them, do yourself and the rest of us a big favor. Click on the Panda logo below and they'll clean up your machine for free. As often as you like. Nobody here gets a red cent from this, but we will feel a lot better knowing that last load of internet garbage didn't come from you .. Thanks!
I'm asked, often, about our kids and the rest of the family, and why there's little about them in these pages. Well, first, they're fine.
Ric, Judy, (who's doing well after a two year battle with throat cancer!), Nancy and Mike. All grown up, now. Hell, their kids are all grown up now. And the main reason we looked around Crowley when we decided to move from Houston. Now that we've moved from Crowley, south of Fort Worth, to Arlington, east of Fort Worth, all but Mike still live within 30 minutes of us. Mike's still in Michigan; if we could get him and his Julie moved south, the situation would be well-nigh perfect.
If you'd like to know more about the rest of us, I invite you to visit the extended John family pages. Just click The rest of us ..
That's it for now .. hope you've enjoyed your visit and will come back soon. Meanwhile, if you'd like to revisit our Spring, 2001, trip to Italy and Greece just one more time, click away, Springtime in Mykonos , and bon voyage!
Ramona's website turned out to be even more of a bully pulpit than mine. It's nice. Just click Ramona John after you're finished here.
Thanks for visiting. I hope you'll do so again!
