Center for the Arts Evergreen

Randy Hale, Lena Beauchamp

 

Afternoon Book Club

Vicki Kyle, our amazing hostess, did a theme-related presentation

of A Gentleman in Moscow, by Amor Towles.

 

 

Vicki had a challenging Treasure Hunt for us to attempt and then … to top if off ...

 

 

There was a BIG herd of elk grazing on the golf course when I left for Book Club.

When I returned, hundreds of crows were cleaning up their droppings.

 

 

Rotary, Friday, November 15, 2019

Max Hammond was our very interesting speaker.

Max just returned from 2 1/2 years with the Peace Corps in Tacloban, Philippines.

He will be returning to the Philippines as a Program Specialist with 

SOS Children’s Villages Philippines.

 

 

This is Max with Ann Moore, a member of our Rotary Club.  

Ann was the 63rd person to enter

the Peace Corps in 1961!

 

 

Soldier Boxes

Gail Sharp and her TallGrass Aveda Health Spa crew, organized their 10th year of collecting

and packing and mailing of Soldier Boxes for our troops overseas. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

An amazing project!!!

Well done, Gail, and all of you involved.

 

 

 

 

Few people are capable of expressing 

with equanimity opinions which differ 

from that of their social environment. 

~ Albert Einstein

 

 

 

 

Isaiah 65:17-25 with Isaiah 12 or
Malachi 4:1-2a with Psalm 98
2 Thessalonians 3:6-13
Luke 21:5-19

 

 

 

Isaiah 65:17-25

For I am about to create new heavens
   and a new earth;
the former things shall not be remembered
   or come to mind.
But be glad and rejoice for ever
   in what I am creating;
for I am about to create Jerusalem as a joy,
   and its people as a delight.
I will rejoice in Jerusalem,
   and delight in my people;
no more shall the sound of weeping be heard in it,
   or the cry of distress.
No more shall there be in it
   an infant that lives but a few days,
   or an old person who does not live out a lifetime;
for one who dies at a hundred years will be considered a youth,
   and one who falls short of a hundred will be considered accursed.
They shall build houses and inhabit them;
   they shall plant vineyards and eat their fruit.
They shall not build and another inhabit;
   they shall not plant and another eat;
for like the days of a tree shall the days of my people be,
   and my chosen shall long enjoy the work of their hands.
They shall not labor in vain,
   or bear children for calamity;
for they shall be offspring blessed by the Lord-
   and their descendants as well.
Before they call I will answer,
   while they are yet speaking I will hear.
The wolf and the lamb shall feed together,
   the lion shall eat straw like the ox;
   but the serpent-its food shall be dust!
They shall not hurt or destroy
   on all my holy mountain, says the Lord.

with

Isaiah 12

You will say on that day:
I will give thanks to you, O Lord,
   for though you were angry with me,
your anger turned away,
   and you comforted me.

Surely God is my salvation;
I will trust, and will not be afraid,
   for the Lord God is my strength and my might;
he has become my salvation.

With joy you will draw water
   from the wells of salvation.
And you will say on that day:
Give thanks to the Lord,
   call on his name;
make known his deeds among the nations;
   proclaim that his name is exalted.

Sing praises to the Lord, for he has done gloriously;
   let this be known in all the earth.
Shout aloud and sing for joy, O royal Zion,
   for great in your midst is the Holy One of Israel.

or

Malachi 4:1-2a

See, the day is coming, burning like an oven, when all the arrogant and all evildoers will be stubble; the day that comes shall burn them up, says the Lord of hosts, so that it will leave them neither root nor branch. But for you who revere my name the sun of righteousness shall rise, with healing in its wings. You shall go out leaping like calves from the stall.

with

Psalm 98

O sing to God 
   a new song,
for God has done 
   marvelous things.

God's strong hand 
   and holy arm
have given God the victory.

God has made known 
   God's victory;
and has revealed God's vindication
   in the sight of the nations.

God has remembered 
   having steadfast love
and faithfulness 
   to the house of Israel.
All the ends 
   of the earth
have seen the victory 
   of our God.

Make a joyful noise 
   to God,
all the earth;
break forth 
   into joyous song
and sing praises.

Sing praises to God 
   with the lyre,
with the lyre 
   and the sound of melody.

With trumpets and the sound 
   of the horn
make a joyful noise 
   before the Ruler, 
the Sovereign.

Let the sea roar, 
   and all that fills it;
the world and those 
   who live in it.

Let the floods clap their hands;
   let the hills sing together 
for joy at the presence 
   of God,
for God is coming 
   to judge the earth.

God will judge the world 
   with righteousness,
and the peoples 
   with equity.

2 Thessalonians 3:6-13

Now we command you, beloved, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to keep away from believers who are living in idleness and not according to the tradition that they received from us. For you yourselves know how you ought to imitate us; we were not idle when we were with you, and we did not eat anyone's bread without paying for it; but with toil and labor we worked night and day, so that we might not burden any of you. This was not because we do not have that right, but in order to give you an example to imitate. For even when we were with you, we gave you this command: Anyone unwilling to work should not eat. For we hear that some of you are living in idleness, mere busybodies, not doing any work. Now such persons we command and exhort in the Lord Jesus Christ to do their work quietly and to earn their own living. Brothers and sisters, do not be weary in doing what is right.

Luke 21:5-19

When some were speaking about the temple, how it was adorned with beautiful stones and gifts dedicated to God, he said, "As for these things that you see, the days will come when not one stone will be left upon another; all will be thrown down."

They asked him, "Teacher, when will this be, and what will be the sign that this is about to take place?" And he said, "Beware that you are not led astray; for many will come in my name and say, 'I am he!' and, 'The time is near!' Do not go after them.

"When you hear of wars and insurrections, do not be terrified; for these things must take place first, but the end will not follow immediately." Then he said to them, "Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; there will be great earthquakes, and in various places famines and plagues; and there will be dreadful portents and great signs from heaven.

"But before all this occurs, they will arrest you and persecute you; they will hand you over to synagogues and prisons, and you will be brought before kings and governors because of my name. This will give you an opportunity to testify. So make up your minds not to prepare your defense in advance; for I will give you words and a wisdom that none of your opponents will be able to withstand or contradict. You will be betrayed even by parents and brothers, by relatives and friends; and they will put some of you to death. You will be hated by all because of my name. But not a hair of your head will perish. By your endurance you will gain your souls."