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"For you have been my hope, Sovereign Lord, my confidence since my youth."
Psalm 71:5
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Angel Co-Op Newsletter
Dear Sister,
I'm a little later in getting the
newsletter out today-- Ed's sister, Brigitte, is visiting, and since we
connect in the flesh rarely, I have set aside some of the time I usually
spend on the computer to spend visiting. But she and Ed are now off to
the healing waters of the mineral springs at the Watrous pool, so, here
I am!
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The weekend paper has an interesting
Commentary on its religion page. Ed and I don't watch TV, but I hear a
lot about the popular shows and media surprises in the lunchroom at
work. Naturally I have heard about Janet Jackson's half-time peepshow
at the Super Bowl.
I do listen to CBC radio enroute to work,
and home again, so I am also familiar with the U.S. Congress's proposed
bill to ban eight 'bad words' from the air.
Richard N. Ostling, writing for the
Associated Press, suggests that even Church groups have neglected to
express alarm by the frequent inappropriate use of the three-letter word
"once allowed only in carefully reverent contexts but now regularly
exploited: God."
Personally, I cringe inwardly when I hear
four-year old girls intoning, "ohmygawd" and feel disturbed by the
Lord's name taken in vain by adults. Do I say anything? How do you
feel about this issue? What do you do?
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I had supper last week with my dear
friend and former colleague, Jacquie. Jacquie is now
living and working happily in Calgary, although she professes to miss
lots of things about Saskatoon (no, not the weather).
We chatted like crazy over our tandoori
chicken and chick pea masala, catching up on each other's lives. When
we walked out to the cars, Jacquie stated in parting that she would be
praying for a particular concern I had brought up. Imagine my amazement
the next day when we had a definite answer to this same prayer that Ed
and I have been agonizing over and lifting up to God for months! Praise
God! (Jacquie's mom is recovering from a messy surgery, so I would ask
you to pray for her speedy recovery please.)
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I finished reading and reviewed a book
last week, Protecting the Gift:Keeping
Children and Teenagers Safe (and Parents Sane) that
many of you may already have read (it was published in 1999). Parents,
grandparents and teachers will benefit from the information and
reassurances about protecting children and teens.
Check it out by clicking on>>>
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Canada's Favourite Parenting
Educator Barbara Coloroso: teacher, consultant on conflict
resolution, and author of Bully, the Bullied, and the Bystander:
From Preschool to High School-How Parents and Teachers Can Help Break
the Cycle of Violence topic of bullying and the tools to break the
cycle of violence, will be back by popular demand in Saskatoon in
March.
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International Women's Day Dinner,
an annual celebration of our gender, takes place on
March 6, at 6pm (buffet dinner at 6:30pm) at the Quality Hotel (across
from Midtown Plaza). The theme of this year's IWD is
"Achieving a Balance in Women's Lives". Tracey Wilson, from the Harmony
Song Project at Tamara's, will be the guest speaker. There will be a
stand-up comedian and the music of "Mayfly". Tickets are $15 for
employed and $10 for underemployed. There is a childcare supplement and
if you need a ride home after the event, that can be arranged. This
event is sponsored by the Saskatoon Women's Community Coalition
http://shaw.members/swcc
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Saskatchewan SDA Christian
Women's Ministries presents its 10th Anniversary Annual Women's Retreat:
HEAVEN BOUND. April 2, 3 and 4th at the Radisson Hotel in Saskatoon.
Rose Otis is the Guest Speaker.
For more information, click on >WM
Events Calendar Register by Feb.25!
Have a great week! In Christ, Cynthia
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