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  • Evergreen Outreach

    By Charlene M. Jett
    We had a really nice cool fall day for our meeting Monday, and we had a full house! Joyce Staff was our leader and activities manager. Betty Stolte played the ivory piano keys and jazzed it up quite a few times! We sang our "Welcome" and "EO" songs, and then "Happy Birthday" to Brenda Reese, Edna Strullmyer, Phyllis Rames (who just returned from visiting her daughter in Tennessee), Madonna Latimer, Carey Meyer, Evelyn Edwards, Joe Hoffman, Tina Lograsso, Brian Eller and Patty Sprague, who has moved to Texas.

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  • Church Briefs

    Life Chain event to be held in Vandalia on Sunday afternoon

    Members of local churches will participate in the national Life Chain observance this Sunday from 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m., at the corner of Kennedy Boulevard and Gallatin Street.
    According to organizers, the event is designed as a "peaceful and prayerful public witness of pro-life individuals standing for prayer for our nation and for an end to abortion."
    For information, visit www.lifechain.net, on Facebook at Life Chain Vandalia or call 339-7783.

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  • Church Briefs

    Life Chain event to be held here Oct. 6

    Members of local churches will participate in the national Life Chain observance on Sunday, Oct. 6, from 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the corner of Kennedy Boulevard and Gallatin Street.
    According to organizers, the event is designed as a "peaceful and prayerful public witness of pro-life individuals standing for prayer for our nation and for an end to abortion."
    For more information, visit www.lifechain.net, on Facebook at Life Chain Vandalia or call 339-7783.

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  • Evergreen Outreach

    By Charlene M. Jett
    What a beautiful day for our meeting! Good weather, friends and music!
    SoftFire (David and Patricia Pence from Hillsboro, plus their five border collies) were our entertainers today. Cindy Hunter was our leader, and she also brought homemade cookies.

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  • Try thinking of Sunday as your grace period

    “Let everything that breaths, praise the Lord.” (Psalm 150:6)
    “And above all these, put on love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony.

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  • Evergreen Outreach

    By Charlene M. Jett
    Monday was one of those "just plain fun days" at Evergreen Outreach, and it suited me perfectly! Betty Stolte was on the piano, playing songs to welcome and lift everyone's heart. Judy and Bob Varga, and Randy Schukar were our entertainers for the day, and they were already set up with all their electronics. We announced our attempt to get approval for pictures and videos of our meetings posted on our new Facebook page. We will let you all know when the approvals have arrived.

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  • Ten Commandments are foundation of our nation

    A minister friend of mine posted this recently on his blog:
    “Four hundred years of slavery had ended with the glorious exodus and the crossing of the Red Sea. Now the challenge was a new fledgling nation with an inexperienced leader contending with a crowd of several million unhappy people.
    "In a wilderness-like desert, without water or food, Moses had to lead several million people to the Promised Land. The task was enormous.

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  • Slow down, ponder, reflect and pray

    The season of fall is my favorite time of the year! (The earlier part of August was a teaser, with the cooler weather that we experienced for a couple of weeks.)

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  • Evergreen Outreach

    By Charlene M. Jett
    Wow, did we miss lots of our friends on Monday! Was it really too hot, or did our Long-Term Care and Vandalia Rehab friends just get a better offer? I don’t think so!
    We had fresh-baked oatmeal and chocolate chip cookies from Mary Fulton, plus iced tea. Donna Smith played peaceful and comforting piano music as our guests and our singer – Leanne Bales and her granddaughter, Ayla – arrived.  

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  • Church Briefs

    Lutheran women to hold rally Sept. 25

    “Streaming for the Lord,” based on Jeremiah 17:7-8 will be the theme for this year’s Altamont Zone Fall Rally of the Lutheran Women’s Missionary League, Central Illinois District.
    The rally will be held on Sept. 25 at Holy Cross Lutheran Church, located at 726 W. Fillmore St. in Vandalia.
    The event will begin at 6 p.m. with opening devotions by the Rev. Peter Kolb, pastor of the host church. Dinner will follow.

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