A Story of Preparation
 

9In those days Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan. 10And just as he was coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens torn apart and the Spirit descending like a dove on him. 11And a voice came from heaven, "You are my Son, the Beloved; with you I am well pleased."
                            Mark 1:9-15

VERONESE, Paolo
Baptism and Temptation of Christ
 Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan
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12And the Spirit immediately drove him out into the wilderness. 13He was in the wilderness for forty days,
tempted by Satan;
                            Mark 1:9-15
 
KROMSKOY, Ivan Nikolaevich
Christ in the Wilderness
Oil on canvas, 1873
The Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow
http://www.artrenewal.org/asp/database/art.asp?aid=998
 
 
 
 
 
Baptism takes only a few minutes to do
but a whole life time to finish. 
                            ~ Martin Luther
 
 
The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking
new landscapes but in having new eyes.
                            ~ Marcel Proust
 
 
 
Noah invented wine to help him forget what had happened
and God tied a rainbow around his finger to help Him remember. 
                                 ~ Frederick Buechner 
 
 
 
 
 
Evergreen Rotary
at El Rancho
March 3, 2006
 
Our Bootstraps Mini-Cooper raffle presentation by
Mike Keefe and Ken Larner
(So far I have sold SIX tickets!)
 
 
 
Paul, one of our "artists."
Senior Resource Center (Yellow House)
Evergreen, Colorado
March 1, 2006
 
 
 
 
 
Friends, though absent, are still present.
                                    ~ Cicero
                  
(Get well, Jackie!!!  Many prayers for you!)
 
 
 
 

March 5, 2006    First Sunday in Lent

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12God said, "This is the sign of the covenant that I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for all future generations: 13I have set my bow in the clouds, and it shall be a sign of the covenant between me and the earth.
                                                                                   Genesis 9:8-17


The Covenant with Noah

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Genesis 9:8-17
Psalm 25:1-10
1 Peter 3:18-22
Mark 1:9-15