Praise God … all you shining stars!

 

Praise God!

Praise God 
   from the heavens;
praise God 
   in the heights!

Praise God, 
   all you angels of God;
praise God 
   all you host of heaven!

Praise God, 
   sun and moon;
praise God, 
   all you shining stars!

Praise God, 
   you highest heavens,
and you waters 
   above the heavens!

Let them praise 
   the name of God,
for God commanded 
   and they were created.

God established them 
   forever and ever;
God fixed their bounds, 
   which cannot be passed.

Praise God 
   from the earth,
you sea monsters 
   and all deeps,
fire and hail, 
   snow and frost,
stormy wind 
   fulfilling God's command!

Mountains and all hills,
   fruit trees and all cedars!
Beast of the forest 
   and all cattle,
crawling things 
   and flying birds!

Rulers of the earth 
   and all peoples,
nobles and all leaders 
   of the earth!

Young men and women alike, 
   old and young together!

Let them praise the name 
   of the Sovereign,
whose name alone 
   is exalted;
whose glory is above earth 
   and heaven.

God has raised up a horn 
   for the people,
and praise 
   for all the faithful,
for the people of Israel 
   who are close to God.
Praise be to God!

Psalm 148

 

The Starry Night

VAN GOGH, Vincent

1889

MoMA The Museum of Modern Art

New York, NY

United States

 

Van Gogh's night sky is a field of roiling energy. Below the exploding stars, the village is a place of quiet order. Connecting earth and sky is the flamelike cypress, a tree traditionally associated with graveyards and mourning. But death was not ominous for van Gogh. "Looking at the stars always makes me dream," he said, "Why, I ask myself, shouldn't the shining dots of the sky be as accessible as the black dots on the map of France? Just as we take the train to get to Tarascon or Rouen, we take death to reach a star."

The artist wrote of his experience to his brother Theo: "This morning I saw the country from my window a long time before sunrise, with nothing but the morning star, which looked very big." This morning star, or Venus, may be the large white star just left of center in The Starry Night. The hamlet, on the other hand, is invented, and the church spire evokes van Gogh's native land, the Netherlands. The painting, like its daytime companion, The Olive Trees, is rooted in imagination and memory. Leaving behind the Impressionist doctrine of truth to nature in favor of restless feeling and intense color, as in this highly charged picture, van Gogh made his work a touchstone for all subsequent Expressionist painting.

https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/the-starry-night/bgEuwDxel93-Pg?hl=en

 

 

 

 

 

Every morning when you wake up,

decide to live the life God has given you to live right now.

Refuse to live yesterday over and over again.

Resist the temptation to save your

best self for tomorrow.

~ Barbara Brown Taylor

 

 

 

 

 

Most of us don’t listen with the intent to understand.

We listen with the intent to reply.

~ Stephen Covey

 

 

 

 

 

Mothers’ Day, 2019

The men at church provided homemade goodies after church on Mothers’ Day!

 

 

Bootstraps 

Scholarships & Loans

Evergreen Lakehouse

Monday, May 13, 2019

A large reception was held for this year’s 29 scholarship and/or loan recipients.

http://www.bootstrapsinc.org

 

BOOTSTRAPS

 

 

My area rug arrived!

 

 

Afternoon Book Club

Thursday, May 16, 2019

Lynn Gilbert was our hostess and Nancy Knudsen reviewed our book.

 

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Rotary Club of Evergreen

Friday, May 17, 2019

Russ Hammond and their son, Rylan Wyatt

 

 

 Colter Snyder’s parents had a party to celebrate his graduation from Evergreen High School.

 

 

Congratulations, Colter!

 

 

The adults were upstairs and most of the kids were downstairs.

 

 

 

 

The Good Choice Blessing

 

This day, we choose to be people of light,

we choose to be people of wisdom,

we choose to be people of hope,

we choose to be people of peace,

we choose to be people of joy,

we choose to be people of love,

we choose to be people of grace,

so that we are transformed

into the good beings

we were created to be.

Let it be so. Let it be so. Let it be so.

 

 

 

 

 

May 19, 2019  Fifth Sunday of Easter Year C   

 

Previous OPQs may be found at: 

 

 

Now the apostles and the believers who were in Judea heard that the Gentiles had also accepted the word of God. So when Peter went up to Jerusalem, the circumcised believers criticized him, saying, "Why did you go to uncircumcised men and eat with them?" Then Peter began to explain it to them, step by step, saying, "I was in the city of Joppa praying, and in a trance I saw a vision. There was something like a large sheet coming down from heaven, being lowered by its four corners; and it came close to me. As I looked at it closely I saw four-footed animals, beasts of prey, reptiles, and birds of the air. I also heard a voice saying to me, 'Get up, Peter; kill and eat.' But I replied, 'By no means, Lord; for nothing profane or unclean has ever entered my mouth.' But a second time the voice answered from heaven, 'What God has made clean, you must not call profane.' This happened three times; then everything was pulled up again to heaven. At that very moment three men, sent to me from Caesarea, arrived at the house where we were. The Spirit told me to go with them and not to make a distinction between them and us. These six brothers also accompanied me, and we entered the man's house. He told us how he had seen the angel standing in his house and saying, 'Send to Joppa and bring Simon, who is called Peter; he will give you a message by which you and your entire household will be saved.' And as I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell upon them just as it had upon us at the beginning. And I remembered the word of the Lord, how he had said, 'John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.' If then God gave them the same gift that he gave us when we believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I that I could hinder God?" When they heard this, they were silenced. And they praised God, saying, "Then God has given even to the Gentiles the repentance that leads to life."

Acts 11:1-18

 

Agnus Day, by James Wetzsteinaa

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

 

 

 

Remembering

 

Jo Ann Rasmussen

April 1, 1933 ~ May 12, 2019

  

"Well done, good and faithful servant!”

 

Golden Banner AKA "Yellow Flag"

(Jo’s unique name for Golden Banner)

 

 

 

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Acts 11:1-18
Psalm 148
Revelation 21:1-6
John 13:31-35

 

 

 

Acts 11:1-18

Now the apostles and the believers who were in Judea heard that the Gentiles had also accepted the word of God. So when Peter went up to Jerusalem, the circumcised believers criticized him, saying, "Why did you go to uncircumcised men and eat with them?" Then Peter began to explain it to them, step by step, saying, "I was in the city of Joppa praying, and in a trance I saw a vision. There was something like a large sheet coming down from heaven, being lowered by its four corners; and it came close to me. As I looked at it closely I saw four-footed animals, beasts of prey, reptiles, and birds of the air. I also heard a voice saying to me, 'Get up, Peter; kill and eat.' But I replied, 'By no means, Lord; for nothing profane or unclean has ever entered my mouth.' But a second time the voice answered from heaven, 'What God has made clean, you must not call profane.' This happened three times; then everything was pulled up again to heaven. At that very moment three men, sent to me from Caesarea, arrived at the house where we were. The Spirit told me to go with them and not to make a distinction between them and us. These six brothers also accompanied me, and we entered the man's house. He told us how he had seen the angel standing in his house and saying, 'Send to Joppa and bring Simon, who is called Peter; he will give you a message by which you and your entire household will be saved.' And as I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell upon them just as it had upon us at the beginning. And I remembered the word of the Lord, how he had said, 'John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.' If then God gave them the same gift that he gave us when we believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I that I could hinder God?" When they heard this, they were silenced. And they praised God, saying, "Then God has given even to the Gentiles the repentance that leads to life."

Psalm 148

Praise God!

Praise God 
   from the heavens;
praise God 
   in the heights!

Praise God, 
   all you angels of God;
praise God 
   all you host of heaven!

Praise God, 
   sun and moon;
praise God, 
   all you shining stars!

Praise God, 
   you highest heavens,
and you waters 
   above the heavens!

Let them praise 
   the name of God,
for God commanded 
   and they were created.

God established them 
   forever and ever;
God fixed their bounds, 
   which cannot be passed.

Praise God 
   from the earth,
you sea monsters 
   and all deeps,
fire and hail, 
   snow and frost,
stormy wind 
   fulfilling God's command!

Mountains and all hills,
   fruit trees and all cedars!
Beast of the forest 
   and all cattle,
crawling things 
   and flying birds!

Rulers of the earth 
   and all peoples,
nobles and all leaders 
   of the earth!

Young men and women alike, 
   old and young together!

Let them praise the name 
   of the Sovereign,
whose name alone 
   is exalted;
whose glory is above earth 
   and heaven.

God has raised up a horn 
   for the people,
and praise 
   for all the faithful,
for the people of Israel 
   who are close to God.
Praise be to God!

Revelation 21:1-6

Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth; for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more. And I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying,
   "See, the home of God is among mortals.
     He will dwell with them as their God;
          they will be his peoples,
          and God himself will be with them;
          he will wipe every tear from their eyes.
      Death will be no more;
          mourning and crying and pain will be no more,
          for the first things have passed away."
And the one who was seated on the throne said, "See, I am making all things new." Also he said, "Write this, for these words are trustworthy and true." Then he said to me, "It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. To the thirsty I will give water as a gift from the spring of the water of life."

John 13:31-35

When he had gone out, Jesus said, "Now the Son of Man has been glorified, and God has been glorified in him. If God has been glorified in him, God will also glorify him in himself and will glorify him at once. Little children, I am with you only a little longer. You will look for me; and as I said to the Jews so now I say to you, 'Where I am going, you cannot come.' I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another."