AN EDITION OF THE UNITED METHODIST REPORTER
Day light savings time ends at 2 a.m. on November 7. Don’t forget to fall back one hour. Two Sections, Section A • 076510 • Vol. 157 • No. 26 • October 29, 2010
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Bless Friday
Health Fair
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Eternal Light: A Requiem
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t takes 17 bags of mulch to cover our flower beds. 5 ½ for the front beds, and 11 ½ for the back beds. I do it twice a year, on a very precise schedule—either the first or second Saturday after Dee says, “We need to mulch.” When she says this, she is using the “royal we,” because I am the one who does the actual spreading of mulch. Dee spends her energy at the more skilled labor: planting some fall flowers, thinning the leaves on the bushes, and generally “cleaning things up” in the flowerbeds.
Maintenance of the Soul
It really isn’t much, this twice-a-year work. It takes a few hours, once in the spring and once in the fall. And I suppose it makes a difference. But twice a year doesn’t really maintain landscaping. It takes mowing each week, and continuing to keep the lawn and flowers watered. And the most important part has to happen every single day: sunshine.
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he 2011 Stewardship theme is “Standing on the Promises”– Promises that we have made to support our Church and all of the incredible things that it does that make it such an integral part of our lives. We are honored to be a part of this year’s campaign with Herminio and Miriam Aguila and Chuck and Pam Holm.
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We might take a lesson from nature on the care and feeding of a soul. There are some things that have to be done every once in a while: a spiritual retreat; a hard look at the stewardship of your life-how you spend your time and money and talent. And there are some things that require weekly participation: a time of Sabbath; worship as part of the church community; and Bible study alongside other Christians. And there are some things, perhaps the most important things, which need to happen every day, perhaps even all the time: prayer; reading of Scripture; practicing mercy and justice; and consistently and persistently basking in the sunshine of God’s grace.
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