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To all you wonderful daddies!!!

Then they arrived at the country of the Gerasenes, which is opposite Galilee. As he stepped out on land, a man of the city who had demons met him. For a long time he had worn no clothes, and he did not live in a house but in the tombs. When he saw Jesus, he fell down before him and shouted at the top of his voice, “What have you to do with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg you, do not torment me”— for Jesus had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. (For many times it had seized him; he was kept under guard and bound with chains and shackles, but he would break the bonds and be driven by the demon into the wilds.) Jesus then asked him, “What is your name?” He said, “Legion”; for many demons had entered him. They begged him not to order them to go back into the abyss. Now there on the hillside a large herd of swine was feeding; and the demons begged Jesus to let them enter these. So he gave them permission. Then the demons came out of the man and entered the swine, and the herd rushed down the steep bank into the lake and was drowned. When the swineherds saw what had happened, they ran off and told it in the city and in the country. Then people came out to see what had happened, and when they came to Jesus, they found the man from whom the demons had gone sitting at the feet of Jesus, clothed and in his right mind. And they were afraid. Those who had seen it told them how the one who had been possessed by demons had been healed. Then all the people of the surrounding country of the Gerasenes asked Jesus to leave them; for they were seized with great fear. So he got into the boat and returned. The man from whom the demons had gone begged that he might be with him; but Jesus sent him away, saying, “Return to your home, and declare how much God has done for you.” So he went away, proclaiming throughout the city how much Jesus had done for him.

Luke 8:26-39

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The Miracle of the Gadarene Swine

RIVIÈRE, Briton

1883

Tate Collections, London

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We are willing to trade the freedom to grow and change
for the security of knowing that things will be like they have always been.

                                                            ~ Herbert Anderson in

                                                              The Family and Pastoral Care

 

Courage is the power to let go of the familiar.

                                                            ~ Raymond Lindquist

 

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Vacation Bible School was this week.

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Scott Storey, District Attorney, was our very interesting speaker at Rotary.

Kimra is showing him how to do the pinky link.

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Walking around the lake this morning, Mama Duck presented her six ducklings.

Evergreen Rodeo Parade

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Carolyn Quan, Jean, and Carolyn A.

Tough Enough to Wear Pink is sponsored by Wrangler and supported by rodeos.

We were right next to the Judges Stand.

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Lynn, Dee, Jean, Carolyn

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Lynn’s daughter was the Rodeo Queen and she gave this pin to her mother.

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Evergreen High School POMS

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Another Rotary Dine Around Saturday evening!

Knute and Cathy

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Ten of us had a delightful time!

 

All that we are is the result of what we have thought.

                                                            ~ Buddha

 

June 20, 2010    12th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Previous OPQs may be found at:      

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Then the demons came out of the man and entered the swine, and the herd rushed down the steep bank into the lake and was drowned.

Luke 8:26-39

Agnus Day, by James Wetzstein

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Agnus Day appears with the permission of www.agnusday.org

"This is the first reported case of deviled ham."

1 Kings 19:1-4 (5-7) 8-15a

Psalm 42 and 43

Galatians 3:23-29

Luke 8:26-39