MUSINGS for May 23, 2004  are slim this week.  I spend the past three days in DISCIPLE training!

 

REMEMBER in your thoughts and prayers these folks, others you know, and especially their caregivers...

>Birthdays this week:  Carol Douglas (28th).

>Randy Harris is in Hospice at present.

>Mel Halpern is still recuperating from foot surgery.

>Dorothy Bridgeman and her sister.

>Others you know...

 

>>Marie Pearce had very good participation in the review of the middle chapters of Thiabault's book.

>>Class attendance suffered a pre-mature summer slump with attendance in the mid-30s.

 

>>>5/23 ~ 7th Sunday of Easter; Ascension Sunday; Aldersgate Sunday!

>>>5/23 ~ Sydnor Thompson completes the review of A DEEPENING LOVE AFFAIR: The Gift of God in Later Life, focusing on the closing chapters of the book.  Copies of the book are available in Goodness Gracious and the Church Library.

>>>For other opportunities read the announcements & opportunities in the Sunday Worship Bulletin and The Cornerstone, or check the email announcements.

 

>>>>5/30 ~ Paul Guthery will focus our attention on the most misunderstood book of the Bible, Revelation, using the International Lesson series.

>>>>6/6 ~ Carol Douglas will continue our focus on Revelation.

>>>>6/13 ~ Gaston Gage will conclude the focus on Revelation.

>>>>6/16 ~ ADULTS PLUS! will offer an opportunity to meet Billie Rose Uses The Knife at the A+! Picnic at the home of Melvin & Anita McIntosh, 10 am - 3 p.m.  Hopefully she will tell us more about the Lakota Indian Mission works we support at Myers Park UMC.

>>>>It is never too early to sign up for the SEJAOA Conference on Older Adult Ministries, August 9-12, at Lake Junaluska, or the ADULTS PLUS! Spiritual Life Retreat October 11-14 at Lake Junaluska.  Go by the Adult Education Office (Barbara Barden's office) and sign up today!  We do have a limited number of rooms available, and we have opened registration to folks from Providence UMC, Mouzon UMC, and Matthews UMC.  FIRST COME ~ FIRST SERVED!

 

Invite a FRIEND to come to class with YOU this Sunday!

 

Take care!