Hosanna Cyberfline - November 23, 2007

God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear, though the earth be moved, and though the mountains shake in the depths of the sea. (from Psalm 46)

Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving. We smoked our turkey for the first time and it was delicious.

I’m happy and relieved to report that Hosanna’s Internet service was restored this past Monday morning. We had to purchase a new modem, but it includes secured wireless access. If you need to connect to it with your laptops for a meeting, contact me to get the numerical code. I wasn't’t able to upload last week’s This Week at Hosanna to the website until late Monday.

Thanks to everyone for submitting their Hotline articles on time. I was able to put everything in place by Tuesday afternoon. It is ready to print and will be mailed to homes early this coming week

A special prayer of thanksgiving... On Thanksgiving day I was notified that Dolores Jaramillo's son David is back in the U.S. from his tour in Iraq. Thanks be to God for keeping him safe.

Here is the link to This Week at Hosanna for November 25: http://www.welcometohosanna.com/weekly_news.pdf Here is the link to the November Hotline, one last time: http://www.welcometohosanna.com/monthly_news.pdf

This week…

• Congregation meeting and Potluck next Sunday, December 2, after 11 AM worship.
  December 2 is also the First Sunday in Advent leading up to Christmas.
  Speaking of Christmas, here’s the line up of services for Christmas Eve:
• 4:30 PM - Service of Holy Communion with Candlelight-Child Friendly
• 7 PM - Festival Service of Holy Communion with Candlelight
• 9:30 PM - Christmas Eve Contemporary Service with Holy Communion and Candlelight
• WELCA is collecting used greeting cards for Leeza's Place, a non-profit organization in Melbourne, Florida, which provides services for patients with Alzheimer's and their care givers. The cards are recycled and made into new cards. for a Christmas Bazaar. Deadline for collecting the cards is this Sunday. Leave them in the kitchen under the phone

Other items…

• Rehearsals for the 4:30 PM Christmas Eve children’s service have begun... Sundays @ 9:30 AM in the children's choir room. All children grades pre-k through 6th grade are invited to sing!
• The Kempers are extending an invitation to join them for some Ballroom Dancing, Saturday, December 15, 8:30 p.m. at the Chandelier Ballroom in the Heights, with Ed Gerlach and his big band music. Join the Christmas festivities! For Reservations: Call Earl and Dottie Kemper (832-229-4385) Cost: $12/person. Seating is limited.
• Hosanna’s next IHN rotation is Sunday, December 16 - Sunday, December 23. Our guests will be staying at the In Town Suites, not the church. Meals need to be prepared and delivered to In Town on December 16, 17 and 18. Drivers are needed for the truck and van on December 16. See the back of the green “Welcome” insert to sign up.

Family Life notes from Amber Walker…

• Would you like to give a Children’s Talk at Sunday morning worship? See Amber to schedule a day, also for resources. (P.S. The Sundays in Advent are covered, but dates are open in January.)
• Advent Retreat at Lutherhill, December 8-9 (grades 3-6). Register ASAP with Amber.

A Little Humor:

As we eat our Thanksgiving leftovers, here’s a Thanksgiving poem:

Tis the night before Thanksgiving and all through our house
No turkey is baking; I feel like a louse,
For I am all nestled, so snug in my bed;
I’m not gettin’ up and I’m not bakin’ bread.
No pies in my oven, no cranberry sauce
Cuz I give the orders, and I am the boss.
When out in the kitchen, there arose such a clatter
I almost got up to see what was the matter.
As I drew in my head and was tossing around
To the bed came my husband, he grimaced, he frowned.
And laying his finger aside of his nose,
He scared me to death and I thought, “Here he goes!”
He spoke not a word as he threw back my quilt
And the look that he gave was intended to wilt.
So up to the ceiling my pillows he threw
I knew I had had it, his face had turned blue.
“You prancer, you dodger, you’re lazy, you vixen
Out yonder in kitchen, Thanksgiving you’re fixin.”
But he heard me explain, with my face in a pout:
"I'm just plain too tired and we're eating out!"

Dale Bargmann
Hosanna Parish Communications