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Share Your World- Jan. 30,2017

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I am just coming back to the blogoshere after vacationing with my son Joe. My first blog this week is going to be Cee’s Share Your World Challenge..

If you have never played it is so simple. Cee asks five questions and in answering them the world is shared…at least a little bit . And folks every little bit of sharing in a positive light these days helps.

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Here are Cee’s five questions and my answers:

What is the most incredible natural venue that you’ve ever seen in person?

Oh gosh this is a hard one. I have been privileged to see so many amazing sights.

I think the grandest sight in nature I have seen has to be the Grand Canyon.

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I have been twice and both times the sight just took my breath away

A close second was Angel’s Peak in Zion

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Third was the Cliffs of Moher

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The Cliffs of Moher

And The Lower Lake in Killarney was also pretty impressive

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How many siblings do you have? What’s your birth order? 

I have one sister, Brenda. I am two years her senior. We are very close. She is a missionary in the Netherlands.

If you were a shoe, what kind would you be and why?

I am a slipper, not very impressive on the surface and certainly not a very exciting shoe but I am comfortable and warm.

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What is the strangest/weirdest thing you have ever eaten?

Ostrich jerky.

Optional Bonus question:  What are you grateful for from last week, and what are you looking forward to in the week coming up? 

I am so grateful to have had a week with my son. We went to Boston and Keene NH. We played board games and ate out a lot. We also got a chance to catch up. Joe is quite a conversationalist.

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This week I am looking forward to getting back into the swing of things at Cornerstone Church. I sense this going to be a year of change and my word for the year coming out my time of fasting is LEAD.

 

Share Your World 2017 Week 3

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I am a little late getting out of the starting gate this week. The week has had several surprise meetings that took over my writing time. I am currently writing  between my morning prayer meeting and my afternoon Communion service. But I have been missing my blog friends this week so I though it important to take a little bit of time to write all y’all

Here are Cee’s five weekly questions and my answers. You can see how everyone else answered by CLICKING HERE.

  1. Do you sleep with your closet doors open or closed?

My closet door has some very loose hinges that I have yet to fix. So it doesn’t close all the way even though I would like it to.

  1. Do you take the shampoos and conditioner bottles from hotel?

Yes. They throw them out anyway.

  1. What is your usual bedtime?

Between 10 and 11 P.M. And for the last two weeks I have been up at 4 A.M.

  1. Do you like to use post-it notes?

I do. I use them all the time.

  1. When was the last time you wrote a letter to someone on paper?

What’s paper?

  1. Any phobias?

Not what I will call a phobia but I do have a keen aversion to other people’s disapproval.

  1. How tall are you?

I am 5’6″

Optional Bonus question:  What are you grateful for from last week, and what are you looking forward to in the week coming up? 

Sunday I tag teamed preached with my colleague Rev. Donna Slocum at Cornerstone Church. It went really well! I am looking forward to having my son home next week from South Korea. To that end I will be posting all my blogs ahead except for a daily picture blog of our journey through the week. I will be trying to stay ahead of comments, but please forgive me if I fall a bit behind.

Share Your World Week #1 2017!!

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Happy first week of 2017 everyone! I am kicking the year off by Sharing My World with you all and I hope that this will be a year of great sharing.

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CEE MAKES SHARING OUR WORLDS EASY BY ASKING US FIVE QUESTIONS EVERY WEEK. JUST CLICK HERE TO SEE HOW THE REST OF THE WORLD ANSWERED.

Here are the New Year’s first questions and my answers.

Would you prefer to receive a unicycle, bicycle, tricycle or motorcycle?

I would like to receive a unicycle. Not because I think I could ride it. Some days I can barely walk without falling over (and I don’t even drink). And frankly anything with a  little triangular seat  makes me go a little cross eyed with painful thoughts. So no I wouldn’t think of riding a unicycle…or a bicycle…or a tricycle. Frankly a motorcycle is just a really fast vibrating version of any of those aforementioned things (my legs are going numb just thinking about it). BUT  it would be cool to say, “Oh I have a unicycle.”

What is one thing you’d like to accomplish this year?

I would like to publish.

What was one of the highlights of 2016 for you?

2016 was probably the busiest year I have ever had period. It was a great year of accomplishment, but it was also the year when I crossed the threshold into what I think is going to be a quieter more reflective and perhaps more creative period of life. At least that is one of the commitments I am making to the Lord and myself having come through 2016. I guess that’s not as much a highlight as it is a life lesson but there ya’ go!

Would you prefer to fly a kite or fly in a hot air balloon?

Hot air balloon definitely. Maybe this is the year.

Optional Bonus question:  What are you grateful for from last week, and what are you looking forward to in the week coming up? 

I am grateful for a quiet New Year and a wonderful visit with my daughter Melanie on New Year’s Eve.

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This week I am grateful for an opportunity to preach a message on fasting and prayer at Cornerstone Church. The message is entitled, “Truth, Justice and the heavenly Way.”

Share Your World 2016- Week 51 Holiday Traditions!

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Woo Hoo! I get to share my world this week! This year has been so busy I have missed a bunch of weeks but I have some extra time this week it being the holidays and all and so I have time to share little bits of my world with you through Cee’s challenge.

THIS WEEK SHE IS ASKING US FIVE QUESTIONS AROUND HOLIDAY TRADITIONS. CLICK HERE TO SEE HOW ALL CEE’S CONTRIBUTORS ANSWERED THE QUERY.

Here are the questions and my answers!

What types of food is associated with your holiday?

I love to cook at the holidays. Our traditional Christmas feast is lasagna, garlic bread and cole slaw. For dessert we usually have either pumpkin roll or Christmas Shtollen

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Do you travel for your holiday?

I don’t usually travel for the holiday. This year Mom and I went to my daughter Melanie’s house for Thanksgiving. It was her first Thanksgiving at her home. I imagine as the years move on I will be doing a lot more of making the rounds at Christmas. It’s that time of life.

Is it a religious or spiritual holiday?

Oh this is one of my high holy days. I love! love! LOVE! Christmas eve service and this year is especially special because Christmas is on a Sunday so we have both Christmas Eve and Christmas Sunday service. Christmas Sunday is my ALL TIME FAVORITE SERVICE AT CHURCH!

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Is there a gift exchange?

We do have a gift exchange, but as all the kids are grown, and I don’t have grandchildren yet gift exchange is much smaller just now. Mom usually gives money as she doesn’t go to the stores much any more and as my son, one of my daughters and sister live away even I find gift cards and mailed gifts easier to deal with.

My favorite thing to open is the stockings. After all Christmas is the season where we all sit around a dead tree eating candy out of our socks!

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How long does the celebration last?

Christmas season starts directly after Thanksgiving. and goes until The 26th. The season is complete with special services, outreach, concerts and parties. Usually I also go carolling but this year do to the craziness of the rest of my schedule I opted out of that.

Optional Bonus question:  What are you grateful for from last week, and what are you looking forward to in the week coming up?  

I am to have finished my final two outreach concerts last week. This week I am looking forward to Christmas Eve service Christmas Sunday service and on Christmas night my daughter, my nephew and I will go to see our Christmas movie which this year is PASSENGERS.

Share Your World Week# 49 2016

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I have slated some time to put together some challenge posts this week and of course Share Your World has to be part of that space and time. So jump over to CEE’S WEEK 49 AND SEE HOW ALL CEE’S CONTRIBUTORS ANSWERED THE QUESTIONS.

Here are this week’s questions and my answers:

What do you value most in a friendship?

I would have to say it is the willingness to stick it out and not give up on the relationship. I only have a few friends who have not walked away over the years. We may not get together every week or even see eye to eye all the time, but the people who I consider true friends are those who have stuck by my side and not walked away even when they saw me in all my ugliness.

Do you prefer eating the frosting of the cake or the cupcake first?  Do you prefer a specific flavor?

I like frosting! I think butter cream is my favorite.

Have you ever been in a submarine?  If you haven’t, would you want to?

No I have never been in a sub. It does sound kind of like fun.

If 100 people your age were chosen at random, how many do you think you’d find leading a more satisfying life than yours?

I think I would be in the top 10%. Sometimes my particular road gets a little lonely. Sometimes I feel like my life is a little too big but overall I can say I live a very fulfilling and exciting life which balances out with periods of quiet.

Optional Bonus question:  What are you grateful for from last week, and what are you looking forward to in the week coming up? 

I am grateful to be finally getting on top of this sinus cold which has dogged my steps for almost three weeks. I am looking forward to the Cashman’s  concerts at our church this week.

 

Share Your World 2016 Week#44

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I can hardly believe that there are only eight weeks left to 2016. Wow! Where did that year go? Well I know where the fall has gone. This fall has been an incredible time of outreach starting back in August with the Special Touch North East Getaway. In September we participated in the Toy Town Fall Festival. October was C.cada’s 6th annual art show. Last weekend was Trunk Or Treat and this weekend we have special guests Charlie Chivers and Frank Cacich coming to host the first North East Special Touch Disability Friendly Church Training Conference and then on Sunday Watoto African Children’s Choir is ministering at our church! We have outreached literally thousands of people with the message of Jesus this Fall!

The work of pastoring has kept me from the work of writing but as always I come back to the writing desk to help me find my center. Answering Cee’s weekly questions at SHARE YOUR WORLD is one way that I do that.

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Here are Cee’s questions for this week and my answers.

What was your favorite subject in school?

English. I always dreamed of being a writer.

If you could have a servant come to your house every day for two hours, what would you have them do?

Paint and handyman jobs. I have a ton of those just waiting for me to get some time.

Where did you live when you were in the third grade of school?  Is it the same place or town you live now?

I live in the same house we moved to when I was in third grade. I have moved away and back several times now.

In your opinon, list some places that are great for shopping?

I love Kohl’s, Barnes & Noble, Target and Sears

Bonus question:  What are you grateful for from last week, and what are you looking forward to in the week coming up? 

I am grateful that we had a very successful Trunk or Treat. Nearly 500 people came out to the event at our church and over 300 came to hear the gospel preached that night.

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I am excited that this weekend we will have the double blessing of hosting the Disability Friendly Church Training Conference and Watoto Children’s Choir.

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Charlie and Debbie Chivers Directors of Special Touch