YARD SALE
     Thank you to everyone who contributed to and volunteered his or her time (pricing, setting up, cleaning up, baking, silent auction, hot dogs & drinks, working the sale).  We appreciate all your hard work. 
     The grand total was $1405.32, to be split between Lutheran Urban Ministry and the new fridge.

GOOD HUMOUR
      A minister was completing a temperance service.  With great emphasis he said “If I had all the beer in the world, I’d take it and pour it into the river.”
      With even greater emphasis he said, “And if I had all the wine in the world, I’d take it and pour it into the river.”
      And then finally, shaking his fist in the air, he said, “And if I had all the whiskey in the world I’d take it and pour it into the river:”
 Sermon complete, he sat down.
      The song leader stood very cautiously and announced with a smile, nearly laughing.  “For our closing song, let us sing Hymn #365, Shall We Gather at the River.”
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      If corn oil is made from corn, and vegetable oil is made from vegetables, what is baby oil made from?

NEWSLETTER ITEMS
     Items for the August newsletter can be given to Teresa Rumley or emailed to treerumley@shaw.ca by Sunday, July 20th.

 Thank you!

Poet’s Corner

Picture Appreciation

An overview
A bush laden with peony blossoms
Exuding a sweet perfume
While on bended knees
They are admired by
Hands who give them loving care

Top half
All that is seen beside the garden fence
A gray haired woman’s head
Admiring the flowers.
See the leaves
The source of nourishment
Bring this plant into fruition.
The face of the woman reflects pure joy
That after six months of winter
A miracle had occurred in her own backyard.

Bottom half
A few flowers bend low over the lawn
Covering the earth
While on knees a hand gently holds a flower
Recognizing faith in God and Nature
That a miracle has occurred.

The whole photo is necessary to comprehend
The unfolding message of this scene.

Left half (vertical)
The peony alone
Rooted in the ground
Needs no other enhancement.

Right half (vertical)
A woman on bended knee
Recognizes the hand of God
In the beauty of the flower.

This examination reveals now a new insight:
Each half can stand alone.

But together they both express
The splendor of God’s creation.
by Anna McDonald