July 2009 - Netherwood Park church of Christ

ARTICLES. NEWS AND ACTIVITIES CALENDAR
FOR SENIOR MEMBERS AT NETHERWOOD PARK CHURCH OF CHRIST
JULy/AUGUST 2009
VOLUME 5 ISSUE 7
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What's Going On?
Reported by Jim Guthrie
SENIOR FELLOWSHIP
11:30
12:30
THIS FRIDAY
JuLY 17, 2009
Lunch - Catered BBQ, sides and dessert from: Whole Hog
Championship BBQ -- $6,00 per person at the door - Bring a
guest!
Annual Business Meeting - Jim Guthrie
Hosts: Zona White, Jody Lowry, Dorthy Jones
Decorations: Mary Guthrie
PLEASE PLAN
To A'ITEND
NEWS:
There were 68 attendees at our June Senior Luncheon. The food was great, as
was the entertainment presented to us by the "The Last Howlin' Coyotes" band.
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The Senior Matinee on July 3rd was enjoyed, along with the popcorn,
drinks and fellowship by thirteen of our movie buffs.
Our new calling coordinators are Wanda Colclough and Silvia Strickland.
There are twenty-plus seniors callers, dedicated to making these very
important calls to our sick and shut-ins of Netherwood.
Zane Heard is developing a secure link for the "~C)xXf.dIc)x," to be included on our
Netherwood website. Each issue will be available through the members' section. Zane
then will post the "Ask David" feature for public access to the website. Thank you, Zane!
Past issues of the
"~c)XJfF.eTIC)x"will
be available at our luncheon this Friday.
WE ARE GOING TO HA VE A BIRTHDAY PARTY!
Plans are being made to honor eleven seniors at our August 21 luncheon.
See below for details!
COMING SOON!
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July 17 -- We are having our annual business luncheon at 12:30 PM this Friday, July 17.
There will be a catered BBQ with all the trimmings for our eating enjoyment. Thus far,
we have 80 committed to attend. As always, we have planned for your guest. See our
luncheon schedule.
August 1 -- Steve and Anita Zdunek will be honored to have you as a guest at their 25th
Wedding Anniversary celebration. Please join them on Saturday, August 1,2009,2:00 to
4:00 PM at the Netherwood Park fellowship hall. NO gifts, please.
August 2 - Aluminum Recycling
August 21 -- At our August 21 luncheon. we will honor and celebrate our 11 seniors who
are 90 plus years young. Details will follow in the August issue of the "CONNECTION".
August 22 - Albuquerque Christian Children's Home BBQ & Fundraiser (more details to
be announced).
September 7 - Office Closed for Labor Day
September 11 -- There will be a paper napkin drive for the New Mexico Christian
Children's Home in Portales during the month of August. A box will be placed in the
commons area for your donations, and their truck will pick up our donations in
September.
September 18 - Twenty-first Annual Ponderosa Christian Camp Benefit Golf
Tournament - Registration forms are available at the Welcome Booth or in the office.
For any questions, please call Wayne Moss at 821-3837 or 980-8266 or Walter Lane at
256-7389.
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Birthdays 2009
July
LaNell Wilkins
Oscar Yates
August
Irma Patton
Maria Montoya
**Luella Ardrey
Fred Bitting
JodyLowry
7/15
Gene Wort
7/16
Jack Riehl
Maggie Frame 7/25
8/01
8/03
8/04
8/06
8/06
7/21
Carmen Trujillo
7/23
Glen Barker
Duane Miller 7/25
Del Conley
8/11
Jean Blackburn 8/15
Ross Hinshaw
8/19
LuAnn Marpel 8/20
Larry Pitts
8/24
Edna Wort
Mary Mitchell
Louise Pitts
**Geraldine Anderson
7/23
7/24
8/25
8/26
8/28
8/29
**Luella will be 91 yrs. & Geraldine will be 92 yrs. old
August Anniversaries 2009
Fred & Ann Bitting
Buzz & Lucy Custard
Tommy & Carolyn Thompson
Stephen & Anita Zdunek
OUR SHUT-INS:
8/15/59
8/17/62
8/25/55
8/28/84
50 yrs
47 yrs
54 yrs
25 yrs
Visits and cards are appreciated by all of these ladies.
Geraldine Anderson
Rehab Center of ALB
5900 Forrest Hills Rd, NE
Room 102A
ABQ. NM 87109
Marge McKinney
Princeton Place
500 Louisiana Blvd, NE
Room204B
ABQ, NM 871 08
Sue Pardue is
now at home.
"The Lord will command His loving kindness in the daytime,
And in the night His song shall be with meA prayer to the God of my life."
Psalm 42.8
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A Deacon's Perspective
Five years ago, as our senior program began, with the objective of bringing
us together by "Sharing Our Love" for one another. Indeed, we have grown
in love as we have gotten to know each other through caring and fellowship.
Numbers are not the proof of success, as we may know, but they do give us a
measurement of where we are in our work together. In addition, they give us
insight into the possibilities of seeking better results in our work for the Lord.
The numbers below are a snapshot of where we are today, 2008-2009:
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Presently, we have 105 senior households.
There are a total of 155 seniors.
121 seniors have participated in this ministry. (78%)
There are six senior shut-ins. (4%)
28 seniors are not participating. (18%)
51 seniors of the participating 121 are actively involved in the many facets of the senior
programs. (42%)
Our attendance average: Luncheons - 58
Movies - 23
We average an estimated seven guests per luncheon.
The "Ce)XJ-IT.dle)J(' circulation is 170 per month.
The love we share, and the many acts of kindness we experience, have been strengthened
because of our involvement in outings, luncheons and movies.
Our commitment for this year should be to continue to show our love by serving the needs of
each other. As we provide the attitude of heart, the Lord will provide the energy and strength for
us to accomplish these acts of love.
Thank you! Jim Guthrie
A Short History of Medicine:
I Have an Earache ...
2000 B.C. - Here, eat this root
1000A.D. - That root is heathen, say this prayer.
1850A.D. - That prayer is superstition, drink this potion.
1940 AD. - That potion is snake oil, swollow this pill.
1985AD. - Thot pill is ineffective, take this antibiotic.
2000 AD. - That antibiotic is artificial. Here, eat this root.
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Movie Review
"The Pacifier" Vin Diesel redefines what it means to be an action hero in the
heartwarming family action-comedy The Pacifier. Diesel stars as Navy SEAL Shane Wolfe who, as an
elite member of the world's fiercest and most highly trained force thought he was prepared to take on
any duty no matter how perilous or impossible ... until he tried babysitting. Assigned to protect the five out-of-control children of an
assassinated scientist working on vital government secrets, Shane is
suddenly faced with juggling two outrageously incompatible jobs: fighting
the bad guys while keeping house. Replacing his usual arsenal of wetsuits
and weapons with diapers and juice boxes, Shane not only must battle a
deceptive enemy but wrangle teen rebel Zoe (Brittany Snow), sullen 14
year-old Seth (Max Thieriot), 8 year-old Ninja-wanna-be Lulu (Morgan
York), as well as 3 year-old Peter and baby Tyler - not to mention their
off-beat Romanian Nanny (Carol Kane). But while drop zones,
demolitions and destroying enemy targets come naturally to Shane, he has
no idea what tough really is until he pits his courage against diapering,
den-mothering and driver's education. He's truly a SEAL out of water, and
now it's up to this one-time lone warrior to take on the most important
mission of his life: keeping a family together. Violence is clearly what earned this film its PG rating,
where mostly comic-style action is the brand of violence here. For the most part, I found The Pacifier
surprisingly enjoyable. It's a bit violent and maybe crass at times, but is overall a decent flick for the
family.
-submitted by Laura Riehl
Compassion
- Matthew
14:13-14 (ERV)
When Jesus heard what happened to John (he had been beheaded), Jesus left in a boat. Jesus
went alone to a place where there were no people. But the people heard that Jesus left. So the
people left their towns and followed Jesus. They went by land to the same place Jesus went.
When Jesus came there, he saw many, many people there. Jesus felt sorry for them, and he
healed the people that were sick.
Key Thought
One of the most remarkable qualities of Jesus is his sense of compassion. He
can see, feel, and identify with the desperation of people in need, and then he is
willing to act on that compassion in a way that personally involves himself.
Not only do I admire that trait, but I also desire to make it part of my life.
Unfortunately, I have to battle my selfishness on one hand, and my lack of
discipline on the other, to say no to my tendency to just ignore the needs around me.
In this powerful situation, Jesus is grieving the loss of his cousin John the Baptist and is also
fully aware that John's death signals that he, too, will face death. Yet rather than leaving the
crowd behind, he ministers to them and to his disciples as well. While we know that Jesus took
time away from the crowd to be alone with his father and that Jesus will spend much of the rest
of his ministry away from the crowd teaching his disciples, he will interface repeatedly with the
crowd to offer compassion and share God's love. Sometimes under heavy stress, there is no
greater comfort than to be used by God to minister to others -- not for our good, but for theirs!
from Phil Ware, www.heartlight.org
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ON THE FRONT PORCH
by Anna Lewis for Leta Bassham
"What is "On the Front Porch" all about anyway?" As I began
to think about this, many things came to mind; but then it
dawned on me that it's all about happy thoughts. It is about a place to find
peace, to reminisce, to laugh, share tales, sing, to hold grandbabies and to find
contentment, to name a few. While on the front porch, you can be by yourself
or with someone else.
OK, OK, so I'm being too literal again, not
expanding my thoughts or imagination. So, let's
talk about favorite writers who may write about
those imaginary characters that we enjoy
reading about, watching on video or DVD. Here
are two of my favorites:
The author, Dorothy Gilman, wrote about "The
Amazing Mrs. PoZZifax." Her books are all about
Classic Mrs. Pollifax mystery
an endearing and irresistible little lady in her
60's whose hobby is raising special flowers and participating in a tea club of
some sort. But she also earns a black belt in karate and works part-time as a
CIAagent and is always ready for a harrowing adventure in some exciting part
of the world. So, she puts on her flowered hat and flies away to rescue someone
from danger. She ends up helping some country, while enhancing the good
name of America.
Next, and more recently, I find that one of my favorite
DVD's is "The Incredibles, for entertainment and good
imagination. If you haven't seen it, it's an animated family
of superheroes. (The kind of animation that I consider
more fun to watch.] There is the dad, Mr. Incredible; the
super mom, Elastigirl; teenage daughter, Violet; young
son, Dash; and baby boy, Jack-Jack. I find their
adventures (but disappointingly, I know of only one DVD
out there) very fun to watch, and yes, "The Incredibles"
save the day; shoot, they save the universe!
J)
Action-packed
Incredibles
As I write this, I'm hoping you are looking forward to some relaxing reading
material and entertaining movies.
--Anna
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A Proposition {rom the Youth Group
During the first week of June, an excited group of nineteen teenagers took off into the hot sun of
Lubbock, TX to enjoy a spiritually renewing week known as "ENCOUNTER" at Lubbock Christian
University. While they were there, they most certainly encountered our Heavenly Father and
they were challenged to Rise in His presence to do His good work.
It is my proposition to you that we aid them in their new walk of faith, to
find the talent given to them to benefit His Kingdom. I want to put together
(1) A Help Group and (2) A Willing-to-Help Group. Oftentimes we
separate the church into groups that never interact, and we lose precious
contact with each other. I know that there are many people who can use
help in the upcoming season: with raking leaves, turning on heaters, and
we could always use a hand cleaning house or going to the store. If you
are interested, please allow the teens to help you in this area and get to know them. The
relationships we bridge between the young and the wise will be beautiful in God's sight.
Another idea is to Rent-a-Teen for service. If one is to askfor help, I ask that they put a small
price tag on it, so that the money collected can go into a youth fund This money will allow teens
to go to camps and reach out to the community through providing food or lumber to the needy in
the area.
If you have questions or comments, I would love to throw some ideas around Please find
sometime to talk about possibilities, and we will all work at bringing our church closer together
under God's love. Thankyou, Kayla Guthrie 269-5887
About Growing Older:
- b~ Will Rogers
First ~ E vcntuall_y_youwill reach a point when :Jou stop l:Jingabout !Jour age and start bra~ing about
it.
Second
- The older we.get, the tewer things seem worth waiting in line tor.
Third ~ Some people try to turn back their odometers. Not me; 1 want people to know 'why' I look
this wa_y.I'vetraveled a long wa:J,and some ot the roads weren't paved.
Fourth - When _youare dis5atistied and would like to go back to !Jouth, think ot Algebra.
Fifth ~ You know !Jou are getting old when ever_ythingeither dries up or leaks.
Sixth -I don't know how 1 got over the hillwithout ge.tting to the top.
Seventh ~ One of the man_ythings no
OM
tells :Jou about aging is that it is such a nice change trom
being!Joung.
Eighth - One must wait until evening to see how splendid the da_yhas been.
Ninth - 5eing:Joung
is beautiful, but being old is comtortable.
Tenth ~ Long ago, when men cursed and beat the ground with sticks, it was called witchcraft.
Toda:J
it's called galt.
And, tinall:Jold.
It :Jou don't
learn to laugh at trouble, _youwon't have an_ythingto laugh at when _youare
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THIS
Is My
STORY •.
MARGARET
«MAGGIE"
FRAME,as told to Carolyn Thompson
Many years ago, Maggie's grandparents came from Georgia to a
farm in Rochester, Texas. Her grandfather was a farmer and a
traveling preacher for many of the churches of Christ around
Rochester, Texas. His brother traveled with him and was the song
leader. Grandmother Jones taught elocution in the grade school. Maggie's
parents, Elsie Jane & Samuel Worth Matheny, were also farmers. In addition,
Maggie's father was manager of a wholesale grocery store. Elsie Jane made hats
for the ladies wear department of the store.
Maggie's father was transferred to Lubbock in 1928, and there her brother was
born, in 1932. She recalled that she wasn't sure that she would like him very
much but she did, and they have always been very close. When Maggie was 13
years old, she was baptized into the Lord's church. The only baptistery available
was a horse trough. Her grade school years were at Sudan, TX and a small
country school in Goodland, Texas. She graduated from High School in Causey,
NM.
In 1942, while attending Eastern NM College, Maggie met a handsome young
man, George (Jack) Frame. It was love. Pearl Harbor had been attacked and war
declared. It was to change their lives in a way they never imagined.
Jack lived in Causey, NM with his mother Daisy Mae & stepfather Joe
Thompson. Joe was the Blacksmith in Causey and owned a cafe where Jack's
mother worked. Jack enlisted in the Air Force and told Maggie they, "had to get
married now!" - to which her answer was, "why?" Jack replied, "Because I love
you. " She said, "OK."
Maggie was seventeen years old. When Maggie told her Mother, she cried and
said, "NO!Maggie is too young. " Her father replied, "What is your problem? How
old were you when we got married?" "Seventeen, " she said, "but I was older than
Maggie." Maggie and Jack went to Portales and were married in the preacher's
home. Jack had orders to report to EI Paso for his basic training and left
immediately after the wedding.
Their lives were suddenly in fast forward. The world was at war. Before Jack
was shipped overseas, Maggie went to New Jersey and was with him for three
weeks. She would not see him or hear his voice again for three long years. Their
letters were so censored that they were not a very satisfactory method of
communicating.
Jack saw combat and the horrors of war in North Africa and Italy for the next
three long years. There were so many battles and so many deaths, and
thousands and thousands of letters sent to families, which read, «We are sorry
to inform you. "Jack related a humorous story to Maggie about a time in North
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Africa when there were nine men in his tent and it was very cold, so they got the
idea they wanted to see how tough they were. To prove it they were to go to the
showers nude in that cold. Unfortunately, they had not planned on stickers
between their tent and the showers. While they attended to all of the stickers in
their feet, a German plane flew over dropping bombs, and the stickers were
forgotten while they ran for cover, in the nude!
Jack came home on leave and to see his parents, who were working in a war
related facility in Shiprock, NM He was waiting for his orders for his next tour of
duty, which was to be Japan. While in the Shiprock barbershop he heard the
news - The war was over!
For the next 50 years, Jack had recurring nightmares about the combat, death
and horrors of the war he had witnessed. He hardly talked about it to anyone.
After his discharge from the military, he and Maggie moved to Hot Springs, NM
where Maggie's parents owned a motel. Jack worked for the Ford Motor Co
making $75.00 a month. Wanting to find a better paying job, they moved to
Lubbock where he worked as a carpenter laying hardwood floors and made a
good living.
There they were blessed with the birth of their son Robert Lynn. Jack was
baptized into the Lord's church in Lubbock. Their next move was to Albuquerque
where they built a house in the South Valley, lived there for four years, and
attended the Southside congregation. Jack decided he wanted to go back to
school, so they moved to Tulsa, OK, where he attended aircraft radio school. In
1951, while in Tulsa, they were blessed with another son, Charles Ronald.
An opportunity for Jack to work at Douglas
Aircraft took them to California. Maggie worked
for North American Aviation. Jack's parents
visited them while they lived in California. Jack
studied with them and both parents were
baptized. After 23 years in California, the
family returned to Albuquerque in 1971. Maggie
commuted to Santa Fe for 13years, working as
a supervisor with the Bureau of Land
Management.
The couple bought a home in the NE heights to be closer to Santa Fe so there
would be less driving for Maggie. They started attending Netherwood Park
Church of Christ.
Maggie lost her beloved husband after a long illness in 2002. Maggie and Jack
had been married for 60 years.
At Netherwood, Maggie found a very dear Christian friend in Juanita Goodner.
Their special friendship was to last for 10 years with humor and Christian love.
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They were so much alike, with the same sense of
joy and fun, and the heart of a servant. Maggie
and Juanita were in charge of meals for funerals
and taking food to the sick for many years. One of
Juanita's concerns when she knew her death was
near was that they had not trained some of the
younger women to take their place. Before her
Maggie & Juanita
death, Juanita told her family to promise they would
take care of Maggie after she was gone.
In 1975, Maggie began losing her eyesight to Macular Degeneration and
glaucoma. She has lost all of her sight in one eye and has very little vision in the
other. She has endured 51 injections in her eye in an effort to save the vision she
has left.
Maggie is such an inspiration to us all. She faces her trials and difficulties with
humor, a strong faith, and love for God and the church. Maggie Frame is truly a
servant of God.
"The Lord bless you and keep you; The Lord make His face shine upon
you, and be gracious to you. The Lord tum His face toward you And give
you peace." Numbers 6:26
A little blonde humor:
A blonde wanted to sell her 1957 Cadillac, but nobody wished to buy a car with
250,000 miles on it. So, she tells her brunette girlfriend at the salon about her
problem, and the brunette suggests she take the car to a mechanic friend of hers,
who will turn the meter back by 50,000 miles.
The blonde thinks this is a sound suggestion and does so.
About a month later, the brunette sees her blonde girlfriend in a store and says,
II Did you ever sell your car?"
"No," says the blonde. "Why should I? It's only got 50,000 miles on it."
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The following is from my brother, Orrin, who has lots of great "stuff' like this.
-- Anne Weimer
A PERSPECTIVE ABOUT OLD BARNS
Years of standing in the weather, bearing the storms and
scorching sun, only that can produce beautiful barn wood.
A stranger came by the other day with an offer that set me to
thinking. He wanted to buy the old bam that sits out by the
highway. I told him right off he was crazy.
He was a city type, you could tell by his clothes, his car, his
hands, and the way he talked. He said he was driving by and
Barn for sale in Peculiar, MO
saw that beautiful barn sitting out in the tall grass and wanted
$5000
to know if it was for sale.
I told him he had a funny idea of beauty.
Sure, it was a handsome building in its day. But then, there's been a lot of winters pass with their
snow and ice and howling wind.
The summer sun's beat down on that old barn till all the paint's gone, and the wood has turned
silver gray. Now the old building leans a good deal, looking kind of tired. Yet, that fellow called
it beautiful.
That set me to thinking. I walked out to the field and just stood there, gazing at that old bam. The
stranger said he planned to use the lumber to line the walls of his den in a new country home he's
building down the road. He said you couldn't get paint that beautiful. Only years of standing in
the weather, bearing the storms and scorching sun, only that can produce beautiful barn wood.
It came to me then. We're a lot like that, you and I. Only it's on the inside that the beauty grows
with us. Sure we turn silver gray too ... and lean a bit more than we did when we were young and
full of sap. But the Good Lord knows what He's doing. And as the years pass He's busy using the
hard weather of our lives, the dry spells and the stormy seasons to do ajob of beautifying our
souls that nothing else can produce.
And to think how often folks holler because they want life easy!
They took the old barn down today and hauled it away to beautify a rich man's house.
And I reckon someday you and I'll be hauled off to Heaven to take on whatever chores the Good
Lord has for us in His big mansion.
And I suspect we'll be more beautiful then for the seasons we've been through here ... and just
maybe even add a bit of beauty to our Father's house.
May there be peace within you today.
May you trust God that you are exactly where you are meant to be.
And ...I do sincerely Thank God for my wonderful friends and family who love me even though I
show signs of weathering.
"I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me;
and the life which I now live in the [lesh. I live by faith in the Son of God, who
loved me and gave Himselffor me. Gal. 2:20
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