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Evergreen Outreach

By Charlene M. Jett
We need to syncronize our watches!
We start the Evergreen Outreach program at 1 p.m. every Monday. You can come early and visit if you want, but you will miss lots of fun and music if you leave early. Please don’t try to squeeze all this wonderfulness in to a 30-45 minute program. So, alert your bus drivers. You can always stay late and visit, just please don’t leave in the middle of the program. It might offend our highly trained and overpaid professional musicians and singers. HA!
Beulah Brown was the leader on Monday, and once she got a grip on the fact that none of our musicians showed up, she clipped on her wings and took charge. So, she welcomed two new guests as everyone enjoyed refreshments. A new caregiver, Denise Donaldson, volunteered to play welcoming music, and the fun began. We sang our "Welcome" song, and "Happy Birthday" to Karen Redfern, Grace Hunt and Virginia Smith.
Beulah created a vision of patriotism with her question and answer period on the flag, Uncle Sam, the Statue of Liberty, presidents, the White House, the eagle and firecrackers. Wow, does she know what it takes to make a good Fourth of July!
The Rev. Joe Lawson also created a very patriotic moment, when he discussed Philippians 2, which speaks about having a Christlike attitude. And that is what our patriots do, when they adopt an "obey-to-the-point-of-death" attitude.
He told a moving story about an elderly gentleman trying to cross a river without a horse during a storm. After two people passed him by, a stranger finally came along and offered him a lift across the river. Then, he was taken to a shelter, cleaned up and made safe and warm. Thomas Jefferson was talking to himself as he left the older man,  and said, “I must never forget who I serve!" What a leader he was.
Beulah read a poem she found by Ralph Polk Jr. of Warrenton, Va., entitled “Red, White and Blue.” It reads: “Every country has its problems, no doubt this is true. But there’s still no better place, than the red, white and blue.”
Beulah led us in singing three patriotic songs while Denise played the piano. Randy Schukar also pulled one out of his repertoire and, for a change, played the piano instead of singing. We had a bit of musical chaos, but everyone had fun! We even got to march around Wesley Hall carrying little flags. One guest, Cathy Collett, read another poem and sang several songs with us.
In pinochle, Shirley Locke and Mary Woolsey won one game over Ruth Ann Scott and Jeanne Schlicht.
Now, I know this isn’t very scientific, but with our goal of “having fun” accomplished,  everyone headed out!
God bless everyone until next week. Stay cool.

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