25th Sunday in Ordinary Time, September 21, 2025

Amos:  Hear this, you who trample upon the needy and destroy the poor of the land!
1 Timothy 2: It is my wish, then, that in every place the men should pray, lifting up holy hands, without anger or argument.
Luke 16: No servant can serve two masters.  He will either hate one and love the other, or be devoted to one and despise the other.  You cannot serve both God and mammon.

Lynda reading from the Book of Amos


Thanks…   

Music,   Shonda & Ben
Readers,  Lynda and Tom
Homily,   John Stack
Eucharistic Prayer A & B,  John Stack & John Cade
The Magic Zoom makers,  Hue, Kevin & Richard
Final Blessing,  Rosemary

Tom reading from St. Paul’s first Letter to Timothy

Remember these special people:
For all the people affected by the floods;  For the Ukraine and the Holy Land; For our new Pope, Leo XIV;  For John Stack;    For Adam, that the doctors may find a remedy for his seizures; For Meredith ;   For Tom  Quinn;   For Warren Wittek; 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 Mary Hall’s family and friend Cadence still suffering from a serious medical condition;   For Sir Charlie;  For Ron ;  For Teresa Quinn’s niece, Maddie who has a brain tumor;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 recuperating from an operation,  the families of Annie and Michael and her neighbor, Marie and the family;    for the medical staffs, teachers, and coaches in our public & private schools.
Birthdays:
Anniversaries:   Becky & Tom Good 9/26
Becky and Tom get a cookie for their anniversary

Expenses: $  335.00
Outreach: $  30.00

Thanks again, Folks, for doing what you can.


Rosemary’s Blessing:

… May God bless you with enough foolishness
to believe that you can make a difference
in this world, in your neighborhood,
so that you will courageously try
what you don’t think you can do, but,
in Jesus Christ you’ll have all the strength necessary.

“Troubadour: A Missionary Magazine,” published by the Franciscan Missionary Society

 

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

     Life is not a journey to the grave

    With the intention of arriving safely

    In a pretty and well preserved body,

    But rather to skid in broadside,

    Thoroughly used up,

    Totally worn out,

    And loudly proclaiming

    —WOW—What a Ride!

    Author Unknown

     

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    Connie reading from Sirach.

     


     Our Special Thanks

    •    For  the Readings:    Connie & John
    •    For The Team:   Kevin & Georgie & Buddy
    •    For the Communion Bread:   Alison
    •    For the Special Communion Cups:  Ken & Cindy
    •    For the Pictures:   Rick & Connie  
    •    For the coffee and extras:   John Cade & Jackie 
    •    For the altar & sound: Hue & Jackie
    •    For the Music:   Ray & Shonda
    •    For all who helped with communion   

     

     

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    John reading from 2 Timothy.

     

    Birthdays:    Chuck Pratt,  Zoe (8, Wednesday & Samantha),  Richard Eshelbrenner (last Sunday) 

     

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    Rosemary shares her Blessing of The Week.

     

     

    Please Remember these special people:

    For Tom Good; For Dee;   For Gilberto & Bernadette,  both of whose moms have died, and for the family;  For Carol’s treatment;  For John Schanot's treatment;   For Brent, whose mom who died & for the family;   For Frank's treatment;    For Nadia's recuperation;   For a young man who is suffering from depression;    For Rosemary's great nephew, Patrick who broke his leg and is in a body cast (3 years old); For Claire's mom;  For Jan’s mom;  For Grace's mom and brother in Alberta ;     For Tom Good;     For Cliff & Jean;    For Laura's sister Claudia; For Bernadette's mom;   For Dawn; John Simari’s friend, Ron;    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 John & Jean's son John Louis;    For our good friend Kay in Ontario;    For Jackie Urbanzyk's continued recovery;

     

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    Happy 8th Birthday, Zoe.  You just get more beautiful.  Share a bite with Samantha.

     

     

    For Rosemary's sister, Patty and her husband, Lou;  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's friend, Barbara, plus Angela;    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;    Frank’s & Mary's niece, Lisa, with brain cancer, Franks brother with advanced Parkinsons;     Diane McClurg's mom in Fort Dodge;   For Steve Barrett, Rose, & Katie;

     

     

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    Happy Birthday to you, Richard.  Please accept a Bellvita package instead of a cupcake.  Your example of healthy eating is extraordinary.  

     

    Dick Thompson's daughter, Teri Jill.   Barb & Warren's grandbabies, Leighton Elizabeth and Warren Phillip and Ethan Michel, & their friend Chris, plus Barb's dad & niece & Annie & Kyler;     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 & her Margaret, Jim, & Christopher;   for our friends, sons, and daughters in the military, including 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.

      

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    Sandra, just because Chuck cannot be here to enjoy his birthday cupcake, does not mean you (and we) cannot celebrate his birthday.

     

     

     Your Finances, Oct0ber 23, 2016

    Expenses:   $1750.00

    Outreach:   $ 925.00

    Thanks for your Generosity, Everybody.

    Have a Great Week, J.S

    (214-783-0443)

     

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    Thanks, Cole, for being our Candle Lighter of The Week. 

     

     

    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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  • 4th Sunday of Advent, December 21, 2025

    Isaiah 7:  Therefore the Lord himself will give you this sign: the virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall name him Emmanuel.
    Romans 1: Through him we have received the grace of apostleship, to bring about the obedience of faith, for the sake of his name, among all the Gentiles, among whom are you also, who are called to belong to Jesus Christ;
    Matthew 11:  
    Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and they shall name him Emmanuel, which means “God is with us.”

    John Cade’s Homily :  12-21-25 Homily-4th Sunday of Advent

     

    Becky reading the First Reading

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

    David reading from Paul’s Letter to the Romans

    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 Warren Wittek; 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

    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.

    Connie Doherty gets a cookie for her birthday last week


    Birthdays:
    Meredith Burmaster 12/26, Connie Bresson 12/27
    Anniversaries:

     

    Connie Bresson receives a cookie for her birthday this week


    Expenses: $  
    1,985.00
    Outreach: $    570.00

    Thanks again, Folks, for doing what you can.

    Willow gets a cookie for being Willow


    Rosemary’s Blessing:
    May…
    the spirit of Christmas which is Peace
    the gladness of Christmas which is Hope
    the adoration of Christmas which is Joy
    and the heart of Christmas which is Love
    be yours now and tomorrow.

    Jackie presents John Stack with a Remembrance Box from the Community

     

    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 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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    Mary Jane reading from the prophet Micah

     

    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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    John reading from Hebrews.

                                    

     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?

     

  • 1st Sunday of Advent, November 30, 2025

    Isaiah 1:   All nations shall stream toward it; many peoples shall come and say: “Come, let us climb the LORD’s mountain, to the house of the God of Jacob, that he may instruct us in his ways, and we may walk in his paths.”
    Romans 13:  You know the time; it is the hour now for you to awake from sleep.  For our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed; the night is advanced, the day is at hand.
    Matthew 24: Therefore, stay awake!  For you do not know on which day your Lord will come.

    Denni reading from the Book of Isaiah

    Thanks…   
    Music,  Ben & Shonda
    Readers,  Denni & Tom
    Homily,   John Stack
    Eucharistic Prayer A & B,  John Stack & John Cade
    The Magic Zoom makers,  Richard & Kevin
    The Organization man,  Richard
    Final Blessing,  Rosemary

    Tom reading from Paul’s Letter to the Romans

    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 Warren Wittek; 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

    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.

    Shonda and Cody get a cookie for their anniversary


    Birthdays:
       Mike Moran 12/2, Cathy Bambanek 12/2
    Anniversaries:  Meredith & Brent 12/1, Shonda & Cody 12/3, Denni & Tom 12/6

    Denni and Tom get a cookie for their 50th anniversary


    Expenses: $  
    1,250.00
    Outreach: $     140.00

    Thanks again, Folks, for doing what you can.

    Cathy gets a cookie for her birthday


    Rosemary’s Blessing:

    it’s all a matter of surrender.
    this one truth i’ve come to know.
    nothing can be taken from you
    once you’re willing to let go.

    all the riches we have gathered
    all the treasure that we seek,
    all the earth and sky and oceans,
    have been promised to the meek.

    so, dance within the tune allotted,
    whether it be brief or long,
    pausing not to mark the measures;
    rejoicing ever in the song.

    David Reske

    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: 

     Oh, Lord,

    Lent goes by too quickly, as does my Life.

    Help me to take advantage of all the opportunities You give Me.

    Don't let me be so caught up in the Demands of the Day,

    The Phone, the Doorbell, The Computer

    That I lose Touch with You and the

    Invitation to Love which You Always offer Me. 

     Andrew Greeley, A Book of Irish American Blessings

     

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    Zack reading Jeremiah

    Our Special Thanks:

    • For Reading:  Taylor & Zack           
    • For Serving:  Kevin  
    • For the Communion Bread:  Claire & Jan
    • For the Wine Cups:  Beth 
    • For the Music: Ben
    • For the Pictures & Video: Jan & Beth & John
    • For the pastries & coffee: Joan & Jackie & Ron & Marilyn
    • For the altar & sound:  Jackie & Hue

     

    Taylor 3-25-12

    Taylor reading Hebrews

     

      Birthdays: Sheila Baack, Bill Poncik (63)

     

    Pastry Shoppe 3-25-12

    The Pastry Shoppe, Zoe, Fred, Michelle, Buddy, Maureen, & Christine

     

     We Remember 

    Our Angela who broke her hip three weeks ago;  Christine Drescher's grandmother Margie with a stroke;  Lisa's Ackerman’s sister, Pam and Louis & Jim;  Gina Adcock's mother with a new outbreak of cancer;  Dorothy Perry;  Bob Dunbar with shingles;    Rita;     Alison's recuperation;  Tom & Teresa Quinn's daughter Colleen with breast cancer;  Julia Grenier;   Barb & Warren's  friend, Mike, fighting cancer, & Tara;   Bernadette Delgado's mom & Gilberto's mom;   Marilyn Ackerman's brother, Dick, recuperating from a back operation & broken wrists;   Grace LeBlanc's niece Carlin, 13, with hodgkins;  Jack Carlson's brother, Bob, with a stroke; 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; Angie Carroll's mom, Mary Lou Kendrick, with cancer; 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.

     

    Our Father 3-25-12

    Our Father

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    Your Finances: March 25, 2012

    Expenses:   $1820.00

     

    Outreach:   $1166.00  

    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.

                                                                                                                                      

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    Rosemary's Blessing:  
     

    I wish you enough sun to keep your attitude bright.
    I wish you enough rain to appreciate the sun more.
    I wish you enough happiness to keep your spirit alive.
    I wish you enough pain so that the smallest joys in life appear much bigger.
    I wish you enough gain to satisfy your wanting.
    I wish you enough loss to appreciate all that you possess.
    I wish you enough "Hello's" to get you through the final "Goodbye.

    Geri 11-1-09 

    Special Thanks: 

    • For Reading: Patricia, Jackie, Geri

    • For the Communion Bread:  Alison DeGenova

    • For Serving:   Kevin

    • For the Books & Wine Cups & Cross: John & Alison 

    • For the Music: Ben & Wendy

    • For the Pictures:  

    • For the altar & sound:  Margie & Hue

    • For the donuts & coffee:  Jackie & Joan & Gayle & Sydney & Hue Bivona

    • For all the work put into the All Saints Celebration: Jackie, JoJo, Geri

    • For all the help with Heritage Farm, Warren, Grace, Carmen, Greg, Tony & Gayle, and our guest helpers

    Ekes' Wedding 11-1-09

      

    Happy Birthday:  Ed Kless and Christine Kless, Megan Dulenti (14), Rob, & John Degenova (50)

     

    Anniversary: Bill Ekes & Zaile (Day 1)

     

    Please Remember:   Theresa Quinn's dad; Stacie McKinley's sister, Jenny; Celeste's niece, Lexi Colmenero; Alice Alt;   Christine Drescher's Grandmother;   David Hoover's mom;  Ann Bivona with her broken leg;  Rita Dore;  Julie Johnston;  Margie Weynant;  Hugh Bivona's sick friends Bob & Bonnie; Rick Urbanczyk’s mom, Irene;  Richard Froebe's dad who had a stroke;  Warren & Barb's friends Jerry & and Mark, and a little baby, Reese who has tuberous sclerosis complex;   Mary Ellen's Christopher, Margaret, & Jim;  Tom & Teresa's friend Neva Flynn with cancer & Teresa's niece Angel;  Lucas' Quiocho's grand dad; Diane's dad Butch Uderman  & cousin Judy;  Margie's mom ; Donna & Cathy Goode's mom; our friends, sons, & daughters in the military, including Trey Bailey, Ryan McClurg, Matt Gardner, Chebino, Roy's son Chris, Lisa's nephew Kristopher on his 2nd Iraq trip;  George & Marianne's sons & Linda's son and Marianne's mom Marguerite, plus Stacie & Ben White & their niece just diagnosed with leukemia; a cure for autism from Laura Chollick;  Dawn's friend Jessica & Aunt Ann & Hector; 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. 

     


     
      Heritage Farm 11-1-09


    Picture 1:  Geri Moran

    Picture 2:  Patrica Jansky

    Picture 3:  Bill Ekes & Zaile

     

    Picture 4:  Heritage Farm, Saturday morning, Gayle, Warren, Carmen, Grace, & Tony

     

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


     

    Your Finances: November 1

    • Income for Running   Expenses: $  1,272.00
    • Income for Outreach Expenses: $  492.00 

     

     Thanks for your Generosity!

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