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Rosemary's Blessing:  

Lord

Enlighten what’s dark in me,

Strengthen what’s weak in me,

Mend what’s broken in me,

Bind what’s bruised in me,

Heal what’s sick in me,

And lastly,

Revive whatever peace and love

Has died in me.

Amen. 

Author Unknown.

 Given to me by Lynda Flemming.

 

  Scott

        Scott reading about the grumbling Israelites in Exodus.

 

 

Our Special Thanks:  

  •    For  the Readings:  Scott & Lily
  •    For The Team:  Kevin & Georgie
  •    For the Communion Bread:   Cindy
  •    For the Wine & Cups:   Sir Charlie and Jan
  •    For the Pictures:   Rick & Connie
  •    For the coffee and extras:   Bernadette & Gilberto, Jackie & Beth 
  •    For the altar & sound: Jackie & Ray 
  •    For the Music:  Ray & Wendy & Shonda
  •    For all who helped with communion
  •    For the special help of John and Mike who did our liturgies the past two weeks

 

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     Lily reading about how bad the Gentiles are in Ephesians. 

 

 

Birthdays:    Linda Beavers (Tuesday), Eric Wittek, Lynda Fleming (55, Saturday)

Anniversaries:

Brian Bambanek & Kendal (10th, Thursday)

Mike and Judy (51st, Saturday)

 

  Valerie & Victor 1

Beginning their new life, Valerie and Victor Godinez, married Saturday evening.  Victor is Luciano's "little" brother.  Both brothers are doing really well.

 

 

Special Announcement: We are moving

After celebrating week after week for 10 years, PISD is asking us to move over to Sigler on Janwood.  Apparently it is quite expensive to A/C the large cafetorium at Vines.  Sigler will be more economical.  September 6 we begin our new adventure.

Check the map:    View this photo

 

  Valerie & brothers

 

Valerie being escorted up the aisle by her "little" brothers, John and Jason.

 

 

Please Remember these special people:

For Victor & Valerie Godinez, whose wedding we celebrated last night;  For our three special little dears, Vivian and Genevieve and McKinley;  For Barb Wittek & family whose father just died;  For  Lisa Ackerman dealing with cancer;  For Anthony;    For a number of David McKeon's family who are having a rough time with health issues;  For Frank & Mary's niece, Lisa, with cancer;  For Stacey McKinley dealing with cancer;   For Jean and Cliff with mutual operations coming up;   For a little friend, Heather;   For Rosemary's sister, Patty and her husband, Lou; For John & Jean's son John Louis;   For Jackie's friend Mary Moczygemba with cancer;  For our good friend Kay in Ontario;    For Connie's nephew, Fred; For Mary Jane Stevenson's son Philip, 34, sick & don't know why;    The Quinn’s granddaughter, Mikayla;   For Maureen’s  daughter, Kathleen, with cancer;     For Jackie Urbanczyk's continued recovery;

 

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                    Ragbrai trust.  Not one bike locked.

 

Mike & Dee Miller's daughter, Lisa, not doing well;  for Nina Tucker's dad, Art;   For Sr. Patricia Otillio, a nun I worked with for years in Grand Coteau;  Judy Thompson's dad in the hospital;  John Cade's mother in law, Kalliopi Piskiouli;  Charlie's brother in law with cancer; Beth Dugan's dad struggling with prostate cancer;  from Rob, the brother of his business associate who has cancer;   For Diane Drescher with a bad back & hips;  Frank’s sister, Grace Campos, 84, with stage one;   For Jackie;  Diane McClurg's mom having a hard time making the transition to assisted living;  Dee's friend, Don Fox, with cancer;  

 

Trust a la Ragbrai
Is somebody crazy here?  "Make your own change?"  Ragbrai trust. 

 

Dick Thompson's daughter, Teri Jill & her cousin Terri.  Barb & Warren's grandbabies, Leighton Elizabeth and Warren Phillip, & their friend Chris, plus Barb's dad & niece;   Bernadette Delgado's mom; Gilberto's mom and brother; Tom and Teresa Quinn's niece, Chawna, with cancer, plus Neva Flynn, Angel, and Diane Kreeitzer; Connie Doherty's mom and her sister, plus Kevin's cousin, Peter;  for Mary Ellen; for our friends, sons, and daughters in the military, including Cole Carey, Ryan McClurg, and Chebino; cure for autism from Laura Chollick; for our President that he have great success and someday hold his grandchildren in his lap.

 

  Newell

Beware, Do not forget where you leave your bike when you walk around the town.  More Ragbrai trust.  

 

 

Your Finances, August 2, 2015

Expenses:   $1135.00

Outreach:   $ 450.00

Donated today: $2000 to Souls Harbor

 

Thanks for your Generosity, Everybody.

 

  Fonda west of Ft. Dodge

Do not plan on riding your bike through the towns.  Between overnight towns, there are 5-6, always jam-packed with bikers walking.  Pictured, Fonda, just west of Fort Dodge and a few of the 15 thousand riders.

Have a Good Week, J.S

(214-783-0443)

 

  Ragbrai water station

Almost every little village had a water station, usually toward the end of the town.  A very popular stop by almost every biker. Look at that Iowa sky. 

 

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      Help create a Catholic Community that welcomes all God’s People,  provides for & challenges spiritual & total growth.  

      Reaches out to help people who are disadvantaged & make the world  we live in a better place to live.

 

  Exiting Storm Lake after a storm

We passed a rainy night in Storm Lake, appropriately.  A second storm passed overhead at 7:00 A.M., heading west to east really swiftly.  By 8:45 we could head out following the storm, but not in rain.  The day turned beautiful and we arrived dry in the beautiful over night town of Fort Dodge, the former home of Kent & Diane.

 

 

 

 

 

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    Rosemary's Blessing of The Week

    The Christmas Story will always be the story of Emmanuel, of God-with-us, always and everywhere, in the everyday, in the chaos, in the flight into exile, in the love between a man and a woman and in the birth of a child. It is the story of God who heals, empowers and loves us just as we are – in our greatness and our foolishness. As we anticipate the joy, the love and the peace that are God's Christmas gifts to us, let us receive them with gratitude and be sure to unfold them and share them especially where they need to be more visible.

     

    Sister Jean Amore, CSJ, Principal, Sacred Heart Academy, Hempstead, N.Y.

     

     

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    Our Special Thanks

    •    For  the Readings:   Mary Jane & John
    •    For The Team:  Georgie  &  Buddy
    •    For the Communion Bread:   Alison & John
    •    For the Wine & Cups:    Mary
    •    For the Pictures:   Rick  &  Mike  &  Connie
    •    For the coffee and extras:   Tom &  Becky & Jackie
    •    For the altar & sound: Jackie & Ben
    •    For the Music:  Shonda & Ben
    •    For all who helped with communion 
    •    For John & Mike helping with the celebration                                                    

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     Birthdays:   Ben (last Tuesday), Alex Grattifiori (21, Tuesday), Meredith (Wednesday), Connie Bresson (Thursday)

     

     

     

    Please Remember these special people:

    For Ray & Claire's son in Law, Christi's husband recuperating from a serious back surgery here in Dallas;  For Meredith, cancer free;  For David Dinsmore's mom in W. VA & for Darbyanne;  For Jerry Brophy, a high school classmate of mine  For Tom Quinn’s brother,Tim;  For Hue;  For John O'Donnell & Mary Ellen;   For Carol's continued recuperation;   For  Joe Mazzei's sister, Nina with cancer; For Dee and her daughter, Lisa; For John Schanot's continued recuperation;   For a young man who is suffering from depression;  For Cliff & Jean, plus Jean's brother Terry;  For Laura's sister Claudia;   For Dawn;    For Anthony & Sabrina;  

       

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    Rosemary reading her Blessing of The Week

     

     

    For John & Jean's son John Louis;   For our good friend Kay (at 90 years!) in Ontario;  For Jackie's friend, Barbara, plus Angela & her mom;  for Sr. Patricia Otillio, a nun I worked with for years in Grand Coteau;   John Cade's mother in law, Kalliopi Piskiouli and Lambrini;  for Frank’s brother with advanced Parkinsons;      For Steve Barrett, Rose, & Katie;  Barb & Warren's grandbabies, Leighton Elizabeth and Warren Phillip and Ethan Michel, & their friend Chris, plus Barb's  Annie & Kaitlen; 

     

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    Happy Birthday, Ben.  How come you are still a kid at heart?  To say nothing about being a wako!   Thanks, Ben for being The Best.  Yes, I am jealous of your music students, too.  Room for me in one of your classes?

     

    Tom and Teresa Quinn's niece, Chawna, with cancer, their granddaughter, Mikayla;   plus Neva Flynn, Angel, and Diane Kreeitzer;   Connie Doherty's mom and her sister, plus Kevin's cousin, Peter; For a number of David McKeon's family who are having a rough time with health issues, especially Mark Pelton; for our friends, sons, and daughters in the military, including Ryan McClurg and Chebino; cure for autism from Laura Chollick; for our President.

     

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    Can we trust Caroline to deliver Alex' birthday cupcake to him without more than a slice missing?  Thanks, Caroline. 

     

    Your Finances, December, 23,  2018

    Expenses:   $1100.00

    Outreach:    $530.00 

    Donated last week: 250 lbs. food & a $25 check to the Network of Community Ministries.

    Thanks for your Generosity, Everybody.

     

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    Happy Birthday, My Dear Connie.

     

     

     

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    Thanks, Dear Zoe, for lighting our 4 Advent candles this morning.

     

    Bulletin 3 on the Lumbar Stenosis event:

    1. Back operation date, 12/28/18, Day surgery at Dallas Presby.
    2. Spinal surgeon, Dr. Jones-Quaidoo.  Check the September, 2018 issue of D Magazine.
    3. The process: a laminectomy & a discectomy, work on pinched nerves and discs.

     

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    Welcome back, Jim Simari.  Nice to see you seated next to your son, John

     

    Have a Good Week, J.S

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    Thanks, My Dear Harper, for making my special Christmas tree ornament.  You are special to me.

     

    JSM Mission-Faith Statement  

          Help create a Catholic Community that welcomes all God’s People,  provides for & challenges spiritual & total growth.  

          Reaches out to help people who are disadvantaged & make the world  we live in a better place to live.

     

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    Welcome home, My Dear Sabrina.  Not only have your parents and I missed you, but all of Dallas, too.

     

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    Welcome tomorrow Christmas Eve to this marvelous room.   Is that not Van Gogh on the back wall?

     

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    Rosemary's Blessing: 

          This day and always may God's strength direct you,
    May his Power sustain you,
    May his Wisdom guide you, and
    May his Vision light you.
     

    Jo 11-16

    Special Thanks:

    • For reading: Scott & Jo 
    • For the Communion Bread:  Kim & Cindy 
    • For Serving: Noah
    • For the Books & wine cups: Roy & Carol, Rob & Beth
    • For the music: Ray & Wendy & Celeste & Hue
    • For the coffee & Juice: Alicia
    • For the pictures:  Jan Keszler 

      Quads 11-16

    Happy Birthday:  Megan Dulenti (13);  Renee Bresson (17); Richard Baack; Blair & Blake (19); Jane Drake; Penny Morrow; Danny McCoy, & Mary Ellen.

    Happy Anniversary: John & Connie Bresson (23rd)

    Please Remember:     Cindy Cramer's friend Sarah Dixon who just went on life support & Ken's brother Don; Jackie's friends Earl Martineau & Jack Brown; Grace Leal's friend Paul Weaver; Andy Goode; a little 10 year old friend of mine having a tough time; Mary Ellen's Christopher, Margaret, & Jim; Maureen Macchio's brother Michael with cancer;  Kathleen's friend Jim Wallis;    Mary's son John; Tom & Teresa's friend Teri Knapke with cancer & Teresa's niece Angel;  Diane's dad Butch Uderman recuperating from an operation & cousin Judy;  Margie's mom; Donna & Cathy Goode's mom; David Pastula's companions in the military overseas, including Trey Bailey, Ryan McClurg, Matt Gardner, Chebino, Roy's son Chris, & Lisa's nephew Kristopher on his 2nd Iraq trip, his grandmother Alice Quiocho & Lisa's friend Shelly & Uncle Keith; David & Rita;  George & Marianne's sons & Linda's son and Marianne's mom Marguerite who is not doing well; Rosemary's nephew, Kevin; a cure for autism from Laura Chollick;  Dawn's friend Jessica & Aunt Ann; Fred's friend John with cancer; Casey & Rob plus Cameron  & Reid, Trey and Brady.

    Quads Halloween 11-16


    Check out the Quads: http://gerwerbabies.blogspot.com 


    Picture 4: Jo Whitley

    Picture 5: Guess Who

    Picture 6: The First Halloween

    Your Finances:

    November 16: 

    • Income for Running  Expenses: $ 1,105.00 
    • Income for Outreach Expenses: $    150.00  

    Thanks for your Generosity!

    Have a Great Week, J.S    (214-783-0443)

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    Rosemary in Alsace.


      Special Thanks:

    • For Reading:  John &  Jean O'Donnell  
    • For Serving:  Georgie & Kevin
    • For the Communion Bread:  Jan & Claire
    • For the Wine & Cups:  Beth
    • For the Music: Ray  & Shonda & Bethany
    • For the Pictures & Video:   Next week
    •  For the coffee and pastries:  Fred & Maureen,  Jerry & Jackie
    • For the altar & sound: Jackie & Hue

                                                                                                                             

     Birthdays: Dee Miller (today, Sunday), John O’Donnell (Thursday), Michael Kern (49 Saturday), Christine Drescher (Saturday)

    Anniversary:  Fred Martinez & Martha (4th, Friday)

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    Strasbourg Train Station, the new and the old.

    We Remember  

    Tom Quinn's shoulder surgery coming up, plus Tom & Teresa's daughter, Colleen, with cancer;  Barb & Warren's new grandbaby, Leighton Elizabeth;  Bill Ekes eye operation recuperation;   Jim Butterly’s brother, Paul;  Rose Banzhaf & the Banzhaf family on their new grandkid, Warren;  Mary Hall who broke her foot; Barb & Warren's  friend, Mike, fighting cancer, & Tara;  Judy's Matt Larson with cancer, David, and Sue, her sister & Sue's husband, Jim;  Janie's friend Wilbur;  Gerald's mom really sick;  Cathy Bambanek’s recuperation from her foot operation;  Jean Wright's recovering from rotator cuff surgery;    Sue Tomas;   Mike & Dee’s daughter, Lisa;    Alexander Occhipinti;  Mary Zachos' brother (Jessica Bresson's maid of honor) with a stroke;  Rita

      Bernadette Delgado's mom & Gilberto's mom;   Marilyn Ackerman's mom & brother, Dick;   Grace LeBlanc's niece Carlin, 13, with hodgkins;  Tom & Teresa Quinn's niece, Chawna, with cancer, plus Neva Flynn, Angel, & Diane Kreeitzer;  Connie Doherty's mom & her sister, plus Kevin's cousin, Peter, & John's dad  in assisted living; Jean Wright's daughter, Mary;    Mary Ellen's Christopher, Margaret, & Jim; our friends, sons, & daughters in the military, including Cole Carey, Ryan McClurg, & Chebino;  a cure for autism from Laura Chollick;   for our President that he have great success and someday hold his grandchildren in his lap.

     

     

      Your Finances: March 10, 2013

    Expenses:     $    See next weeks blog.

    Outreach:     $  

     We donated this week: 

    1.   Catholic Charities.

        Thanks for your Generosity 

    Have a Great Week, J.S (214-783-0443)

      

            

    JSM Mission-Faith Statement

          Help create a Catholic Community that welcomes all God’s People, provides for & challenges spiritual & total growth.

          Reaches out to help people who are disadvantaged & make the world we live in a better place to live.

      

     

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    The editors in the vineyard above Colmar, France

     

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    Our Special Thanks:

    • For Reading: Bernadette & Mike         
    • For Serving:  Kevin  
    • For the Communion Bread:  Lynda Fleming
    • For the Wine Cups:  Jan & Sir Charlie
    • For the Music: Ray & Shonda & Bethany
    • For the Pictures & Video: Beth
    • For the pastries & coffee:  Joan & Jackie & The Wyndham Group
    • For the altar & sound:   Jackie & Hue

     

    Bernadette 5-27-12

    Bernadette reading Acts

     

     Birthdays:  Judy Thompson & Scott Simari, John’s son (25)

    Anniversaries:

    John & Maria Gorman (14th)

    M. Miller 5-27-12

    Mike reading 1 John

     

     We Remember  

    A young man, Andy, who died of an overdose & his mom, Beverly;   Rich & Carol Eshebrenner's new grandson, Oscar, & his mom, Gloria, in Seattle;  Denni's older sister Patti who just died recently;  Michael Kern’s dad;  Christine Drescher's grandmother Margie with a stroke;  Lisa's Ackerman’s  Louis & Jim;  Gina Adcock's mother with a new outbreak of cancer;  Dorothy Perry;     Rita;     Alison's recuperation;  Tom & Teresa Quinn's daughter Colleen with breast cancer;    Barb & Warren's  friend, Mike, fighting cancer, & Tara;   Bernadette Delgado's mom & Gilberto's mom;   Marilyn Ackerman's mom & brother, Dick;   Grace LeBlanc's niece Carlin, 13, with hodgkins;  Tom & Teresa Quinn's niece, Chawna, with cancer, plus Neva Flynn, Angel, & Diane Kreeitzer;  Connie Doherty's mom & her sister, plus Kevin's cousin, Peter, & John's dad  in assisted living; Jean Wright's daughter, Mary; Kerry's sister Maura with her second cancer;   Mary Ellen's Christopher, Margaret, & Jim; our friends, sons, & daughters in the military, including Ryan McClurg & Chebino; George & Marianne's sons & Linda's son, plus Stacie & Ben White & their niece with leukemia; a cure for autism from Laura Chollick; Fred's friend John with cancer;  for our President that he have great success and someday hold his grandchildren in his lap.

     

    Your Finances: May 27, 2012

    Expenses:    $1405.00

     Outreach:   $  685.00  

     

    Thanks for your Generosity 

     Have a Great Week, J.S (214-783-0443)

     

     

    JSM Mission-Faith Statement

          Help create a Catholic Community that welcomes all God’s People, provides for & challenges spiritual & total growth.

          Reaches out to help people who are disadvantaged & make the world we live in a better place to live.

     

      

  • 1st Sunday of Lent, February 22, 2026

    Genesis 2:  The LORD God formed man out of the clay of the ground and blew into his nostrils the breath of life, and so man became a living being.
    Romans:  One man said no to God and put many people in the wrong; one man said yes to God and put many in the right.
    Matthew 4:  “Get away, Satan! It is written: The Lord, your God, shall you worship and him alone shall you serve.”

    Music,  Ben & Shonda
    Readers,  Carrie & Paul
    Homily,   John Stack
    Eucharistic Prayer A & B,  John Stack & John Cade
    The Magic Zoom makers,  Hue & Kevin
    The Organization man,  Richard
    Final Blessing,  Rosemary

    Paul reading from the Book of Genesis


    Remember these special people:

    For all the people affected by natural disasters like floods, earthquakes etc;  For the Ukraine and the Holy Land; For our new Pope, Leo XIV;  For John Stack;    For the Quinn’s daughter, Colleen  with breast cancer; For Carrie’s son, Chase, who was in an auto accident;   For Adam, that the doctors may find a remedy for his seizures; For Meredith ;   For Tom  Quinn;

    For Tom Good; For Lambrini, John Cade’s wife, who is dealing with cancer ;  For Allen Stryker;   For Mike and Judy Carrell ; For Hue; For Jackie;  For Ron and Marilyn;  For Ed Kless;  Jackie’s sister, & friend, Lynn;  For Rick Turner searching for a kidney donor, Type O neg.;   For Jean & Cliff Wright;    from Barbara, a little baby boy named Ford ;    for the medical staffs, teachers, and coaches in our public & private schools.

    Carrie reading from the Letter of St. Paul to the Romans


    Birthdays:
    Mike Elmore
    Anniversaries:

    Tom sharing ideas on how to have a happy Lent


    Expenses: $  
    610.00
    Outreach: $  160.00
    Thanks again, Folks, for doing what you can.

    Mike gets a cookie for his birthday.

     

    Rosemary’s Blessing:

    John Stack Ministries meets on Sunday for Mass at
    9:30 at the ArtCentre of Plano,
    902 E. 16th St, Plano, Texas.


    JSM Mission-Faith Statement
    Help create a Catholic Community that welcomes all God’s
    People, provides for & challenges spiritual & total
    growth.   Reaches out to help people who are disadvantaged &
    make the world we live in a better place to live.

     

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    Rosemary's Blessing: 

    On this feast of the Holy Family,

    May the Lord fill your home with

    Respect ,  Love , and  Acceptance.

    J & R Creations

    John 12-26-10 

    Special Thanks:

    • For Reading:  John & Claire
    • For Serving:  Kevin Doherty
    • For the Communion Bread: Alison DeGenova
    • For the Wine Cups:  Rob & Beth
    • For the Music:  Ray & Ben
    • For the Pictures:  Jan & Richard
    • For the altar & sound: Margie & Hue
    • For the coffee and pastries: Mike & Judy; Jackie, Claire & Maureen 
        
       Claire 12-26-10 
                                                                                            

    Happy Birthday:   Connie Bresson, Diane Holcomb, Tom Gleason & T.J. Gleason (15)

    Happy Anniversary: Tom & Teresa Quinn (43rd)  

      Claire & CCAC 12-26-10 
     

    Please Remember:

     Jim Drescher who just died;  Warren & Barb's friend, Phil Fruge, with cancer;    Charlie Sawtelle's buddy, Moe, with cancer;  John Cade's mother in law;   Mike & Dee's daughter, Lisa;  Kathleen Gardner's friend Dana;  Bonnie Roger's brother & sister, both seriously sick;   Margie Malone's 2 year old niece;    Kim Burkhart's dad;   Jack Carlson's brother, Bob, with a stroke;   Tom & Teresa Quinn's niece, Chawna, with cancer, plus Neva Flynn, Angel, & Diane Kreeitzer;    Gilberto Delgado's mom;  Connie Doherty's mom & her sister, plus Kevin's cousin, Peter, & John's dad moving into assisted living;  Rose Banzhaf's friend, Graham Henning & Wally's sister, Chris;   Marilyn Ackerman's  brother, Dick, and their grand daughter, Alex;  Jean Wright's  daughter, Mary;  David Hoover;     Angie Carroll's mom, Mary Lou Kendrick, with cancer;   Kerry's sister Maura with her second cancer; Theresa McClure's dad;  Theresa Quinn's dad;     Rita Dore;   Hugh Bivona's sick friends Bob & Bonnie; Rick Urbanczyk’s mom, Irene;     Mary Ellen's Christopher, Margaret, &  Jim;    Margie's mom;  our friends, sons, & daughters in the military, including Trey Bailey, Ryan McClurg, Matt Gardner, Chebino;   George & Marianne's sons & Linda's son and Marianne's mom Marguerite, plus Stacie & Ben White & their niece with leukemia; a cure for autism from Laura Chollick;   Fred's friend John with cancer; Casey & Rob plus Cameron  & Reid, Trey and Brady; for our President  that he have great success and someday hold his grandchildren in his lap.  

     Baptism 12-26-10 

     
    Picture 1:   John     

    Picture 2:   Claire     

    Picture 3:   Claire accepting our Collin County Adult Clinic monthly check, $2000   

    Picture 4:   Baptism of Deven Christmas Eve   

     Video:         Santa is coming!    

      

          

      
    Your Finances:  December 26

    Expenses:   $235.00

    Outreach:   $ 80.00

     Mexico:      $1700.00 latest total; goal $2400  

    Thanks for the Generosity

    Have a Great Week, J.S    (214-783-0443)