Faith in prayer...
Do you have it?
Share it with other Star readers here.
Send requests, lists, answers, etc. to cassietarpley@shelbystar.com.
New list today is from the newsletter of Aldergate United Methodist Church, Shelby.
Any questions about it?
Contact the church office, (704) 487-8491.
www.aldersgateshelby.com
Lane Alexander
Holden Barker, son of Andrew & Ashley (Cothran) Barker
Marie Barringer, mother of Mike Barringer
Betty Brackett, mother of Debbie Brackett Edwards
Lee Britt, nephew of Keith & Freida Hawkins
Charlotte Bush, friend of Art & Carolyn Stevenson
Len Byers
Trina Callahan
Sarah Campany, friend of Bob Shepherd
Sara Chadwick, friend of the McSwains
Frieda & Mike Collins
Cindy Drake’s parents
Amanda Dunlap, daughter of Renee Greak
Mabel Fontaine, friend of Susan Kollmar
Harry Goble, friend of Susan Kollmar
Mary Hambright, mother of Jane Brothers
Mike Helms
Forrest Hite, Donna Hutchinson’s father
Edie Hunt
Pat Kitchens
Andrea Kruse, daughter of Cassie Tarpley
Mackenzie Lynch, friend of Shirley and Gary Murray
Jim Lytle, brother of Inez Presson
Donna Martin, Dawn Herring’s mother
The Family of Jack Pendley
Vance Reynolds, father of Dot Peeler
Helen Ridenhour, mother of Paula Barringer
Amos Rollings, father of Denise Cooper
Charles and Joan Sheppard
Dagmar & Dorothea Sippel, friends of Erin Cothran
Donald Steele
Mary Reese Sullivan, great-granddaughter of Dave & Mary Kachner
JimTate, brother-in-law of Doris Lowery
Reid Tillman, grandson of Catherine Porter
Austin Tome
Hubert Triplett, son-in-law of Vera Getty
Linda Watson, daughter of Harold & Billie Watson
Ashley White
Family of Saidy Willis, friends of Charles and Joan Sheppard
Please keep Sally and Kevin Queen and their new baby girls, Ella & Mattie, in your prayers.
Thursday, August 30, 2007
Wednesday, August 29, 2007
Time for morning prayers? Add these...
I have the rare opportunity today of working the 6-3 shift for The Star and Gazette newsrooms. Many of you take this early time for prayer and spiritual reading. The prayer lists I've been sharing here are for your friends and neighbors in Cleveland County. Perhaps you'd like to include them in your devotional moments.
Have a prayer list you'd like posted? Send it to me.
Have a prayer list you'd like posted? Send it to me.
Tuesday, August 28, 2007
Remember in prayer....
Part of my job at The Star is to report on what's happening in the faith community - big news, little fundraisers, trends - things you can see, touch or experience.
What I know from my own experience and from e-mail, letters and calls is that the most prevalent activity is not visible, can happen anywhere and take place anytime.
It's prayer.
Send me your list and I'll post it.
Remember in Prayer:
From First Baptist Church, Kings Mountain
Newsletter Aug. 22, 2007
Questions about this list? Call (704) 739-3651; or e-mail brochip@fbckm.com
Cathy Powell, chemotherapy
Jerry Guin, cancer
Johann Sherrill, surgery planned 9.17
Jean Thrift, post-surgery
Sara Weaver, post-surgery
Dean Spears
James Galloway, cancer
Henrietta Ogle, cancer
Reggie Ledford
Bill Bates
Shirley McMurry
Jane Seawright
Linda Jackson
Helen Smith
Helen Bullock
Johnny Robbs
Carol Lewis
GuyAnne Hullender
Debbie Dye
Joyce Hord
Paul Hord
Margaret Dover
Kimberly Malone
Bobby Doster
Jane Jordan
Jacob Byrd
Roy Duncan
Everette Mote
Alyse Cannon
G.L. McDaniel
Lillian Boheler
Wanda Moore
Randy Buffkin
In assisted living, nursing home and extended-care:
Peggy Greene, Kathleen Sloan, Espy Cooke, Helen Norman, Violet Dixon, Sybil Hamrick, Ruth Terres, Fred Dixon, Elsie McKinnish, Bertha Morrow, Ruby Bratton, Ruby Turner, Charles Alexander, Marie Mauney, Carolyn Cobb, Eloise Wilson, Marie Rhodes, Estelle Beam, Gert Owens
Homebound:
Paul Szymborski, Judie Robbs, Marion Elliott
Missionaries:
Jimmy and Lori Ferebee, Ross Thomas, Chris and Donna Keeter, LaMon and Pat Brown, Emily Anthony, Brad and Lori Stamey, Jonathan and Christy Jones, Tim Byrd, Mike and Violette Remy, Steven and Susan Jett, Joanna Helton, Greg and Dana Smith
Law enforcement team:
David Allen, Linda Hardin, Mike Hardin, Matt Hardin, Jeff Ledford, Eddie Lovingood, Bob Myers, Teresa Earls, Larry Ware, Mark Wampler, Michael Ward, Gary Hogue
Serving in the military:
James Rikard, Eric Anthony, Brad Deaton, Mark Simpson, Mike Bumgardner, Gordon Wright, Joe Page
Praises:
Everette Mote, Virginia Nicholson, Shirley Shytles
What I know from my own experience and from e-mail, letters and calls is that the most prevalent activity is not visible, can happen anywhere and take place anytime.
It's prayer.
Send me your list and I'll post it.
Remember in Prayer:
From First Baptist Church, Kings Mountain
Newsletter Aug. 22, 2007
Questions about this list? Call (704) 739-3651; or e-mail brochip@fbckm.com
Cathy Powell, chemotherapy
Jerry Guin, cancer
Johann Sherrill, surgery planned 9.17
Jean Thrift, post-surgery
Sara Weaver, post-surgery
Dean Spears
James Galloway, cancer
Henrietta Ogle, cancer
Reggie Ledford
Bill Bates
Shirley McMurry
Jane Seawright
Linda Jackson
Helen Smith
Helen Bullock
Johnny Robbs
Carol Lewis
GuyAnne Hullender
Debbie Dye
Joyce Hord
Paul Hord
Margaret Dover
Kimberly Malone
Bobby Doster
Jane Jordan
Jacob Byrd
Roy Duncan
Everette Mote
Alyse Cannon
G.L. McDaniel
Lillian Boheler
Wanda Moore
Randy Buffkin
In assisted living, nursing home and extended-care:
Peggy Greene, Kathleen Sloan, Espy Cooke, Helen Norman, Violet Dixon, Sybil Hamrick, Ruth Terres, Fred Dixon, Elsie McKinnish, Bertha Morrow, Ruby Bratton, Ruby Turner, Charles Alexander, Marie Mauney, Carolyn Cobb, Eloise Wilson, Marie Rhodes, Estelle Beam, Gert Owens
Homebound:
Paul Szymborski, Judie Robbs, Marion Elliott
Missionaries:
Jimmy and Lori Ferebee, Ross Thomas, Chris and Donna Keeter, LaMon and Pat Brown, Emily Anthony, Brad and Lori Stamey, Jonathan and Christy Jones, Tim Byrd, Mike and Violette Remy, Steven and Susan Jett, Joanna Helton, Greg and Dana Smith
Law enforcement team:
David Allen, Linda Hardin, Mike Hardin, Matt Hardin, Jeff Ledford, Eddie Lovingood, Bob Myers, Teresa Earls, Larry Ware, Mark Wampler, Michael Ward, Gary Hogue
Serving in the military:
James Rikard, Eric Anthony, Brad Deaton, Mark Simpson, Mike Bumgardner, Gordon Wright, Joe Page
Praises:
Everette Mote, Virginia Nicholson, Shirley Shytles
Friday, August 17, 2007
If it makes you happy...
Tax-free weekend is gone but your shopping list for school isn't any shorter?
I'm really sorry.
I got caught up in the back-to-school frenzy - as I hope you read Thursday - last week in Atlanta. My 7-year-old granddaughter, Sophie, started second grade Monday.
Thankfully, I'd done my clothes shopping for her online. I try not to do crowds much anymore.
Soph's life profile is outlined in pink, but I took a chance and bought her a red, red hoodie and matching soft pants. I added a pink butterfly shirt and a little jeans skirt and something else pink, just for insurance.
You'd have thought the red outfit had Sophie magnets in it. Straight to it. Big fashion-show entrance to model for me and her mom. And then she didn't want to take it off, not even to try on the other things.
"But we want to make sure they all fit," Mom said.
"Oh, they will," she announced confidently. "I'm going to wear this all day. And I'm going to wear it to school tomorrow."
Here's another battle best left unfought (remember the pink glitter pencil case?)
There's no harm in backing off this one. It's only clothes. They make her happy.
I'm really sorry.
I got caught up in the back-to-school frenzy - as I hope you read Thursday - last week in Atlanta. My 7-year-old granddaughter, Sophie, started second grade Monday.
Thankfully, I'd done my clothes shopping for her online. I try not to do crowds much anymore.
Soph's life profile is outlined in pink, but I took a chance and bought her a red, red hoodie and matching soft pants. I added a pink butterfly shirt and a little jeans skirt and something else pink, just for insurance.
You'd have thought the red outfit had Sophie magnets in it. Straight to it. Big fashion-show entrance to model for me and her mom. And then she didn't want to take it off, not even to try on the other things.
"But we want to make sure they all fit," Mom said.
"Oh, they will," she announced confidently. "I'm going to wear this all day. And I'm going to wear it to school tomorrow."
Here's another battle best left unfought (remember the pink glitter pencil case?)
There's no harm in backing off this one. It's only clothes. They make her happy.
Thursday, August 16, 2007
Mom & Dad: It's not about you
"Grandma! Guess what! I get to be on the second floor this year!"
If you're a parent or a grandparent, you already know that school starts in 11 days here in Cleveland County.
Stop right there.
Take a really slow, deep breath, then blow it out thoroughly.
Lower your stress level.
Yes, I realize that your to-do page has run out of room. I know your schedule is nuts and is sure to get nuts-er ... not to mention your shopping list and your budget.
But you know what?
Going back to school is not about you.
It's about the kids. New beginnings. Old friendships. Moving forward. Seeing into the future.
I believe the grownup's job is to help them make the most of all that.
And to set an example that transition can be managed without all that stress.
My second-grade granddaughter, Sophie, started her school year in Atlanta on Monday.
I already wrote about what a school-supply nerd I was in eons past.
Apparently, it's genetic.
All in one breath on a trip to Target the Friday before, Sophie rattled off the list of things "I really need for school."
Notebooks
Binders
Folders
Paper
Pencils - "I really love mechanical pencils, Grandma."
And the most important item: A pencil case.
Not just any old run-of-the-mill case, either. Pink, sparkly, zippered.
Not impractical but a tad more costly. But this is not the time to say no, unless it's a real bank breaker.
Never mind that, when we visited her new classroom at Mary Lin Elementary School the next day, the teacher had a whole new list. *(See postscript)*
The great thing was that I was there to experience her delight at seeing friends from first grade she'd missed all summer.
I watched joy paint her face as she ran to hug last year's teacher, Mrs. Guthrie, and saw the happy expectancy of a new relationship with Mrs. Blackwell, who will teach her in second grade. Upstairs.
It made me think of when her mother - my daughter Andrea - started first grade in Stone Mountain, Ga. I still have the picture I took of her sitting at her brand new desk.
She remembers it fondly too. Not because of the camera focused on her, but because, thankfully, I was too.
PS: Find the list of supplies your kid needs online at clevelandcountyschools.org.
If you're a parent or a grandparent, you already know that school starts in 11 days here in Cleveland County.
Stop right there.
Take a really slow, deep breath, then blow it out thoroughly.
Lower your stress level.
Yes, I realize that your to-do page has run out of room. I know your schedule is nuts and is sure to get nuts-er ... not to mention your shopping list and your budget.
But you know what?
Going back to school is not about you.
It's about the kids. New beginnings. Old friendships. Moving forward. Seeing into the future.
I believe the grownup's job is to help them make the most of all that.
And to set an example that transition can be managed without all that stress.
My second-grade granddaughter, Sophie, started her school year in Atlanta on Monday.
I already wrote about what a school-supply nerd I was in eons past.
Apparently, it's genetic.
All in one breath on a trip to Target the Friday before, Sophie rattled off the list of things "I really need for school."
Notebooks
Binders
Folders
Paper
Pencils - "I really love mechanical pencils, Grandma."
And the most important item: A pencil case.
Not just any old run-of-the-mill case, either. Pink, sparkly, zippered.
Not impractical but a tad more costly. But this is not the time to say no, unless it's a real bank breaker.
Never mind that, when we visited her new classroom at Mary Lin Elementary School the next day, the teacher had a whole new list. *(See postscript)*
The great thing was that I was there to experience her delight at seeing friends from first grade she'd missed all summer.
I watched joy paint her face as she ran to hug last year's teacher, Mrs. Guthrie, and saw the happy expectancy of a new relationship with Mrs. Blackwell, who will teach her in second grade. Upstairs.
It made me think of when her mother - my daughter Andrea - started first grade in Stone Mountain, Ga. I still have the picture I took of her sitting at her brand new desk.
She remembers it fondly too. Not because of the camera focused on her, but because, thankfully, I was too.
PS: Find the list of supplies your kid needs online at clevelandcountyschools.org.
Wednesday, August 8, 2007
'Invisible' faith
Part of my job at The Star is to report on what's happening in the faith community - big news, little fundraisers, trends - things you can see, touch or experience.
What I know from my own experience and from e-mail, letters and calls is that the most prevalent activity is not visible, can happen anywhere and take place anytime.
It's prayer.
Starting now, I'll be sharing prayer lists that are shared with me on this site.
Send me your list and I'll post it.
Today's list is from the Cleveland-Rutherford Kidney Association:
Becky Alexander....................Faye Nettles
Carl Morrison.........................
Washington Family................Denise Clemmer
Malcolm Stewart.....................Cookie Thompson
Samuel Ledford.......................Ruth Butler
Carmen & Tim Butler............Wayne and Bonita Butler
Kip & Charlie Butler................Martha Turner
Dennis Roberts..........................Ashley Lewis
Rex Whicker.............................Tina Callahan
Bryce Clemmer.........................Karen Nalley
VanAustin Hoyle Sr...............Jean Hoyle
Eddie Head...............................Ravetto family
Opal Beaver.............................Bolin family
Gary Borders...........................Thomas Smith-Allen Jr.
Aislinn Blackstone.................Porter Family
Anita Cantrell...........................Jonathan Crotts
Jane Cooke..............................Lunette Cook
Pam and Mark Kay.................Calvin and Elsie Dixon
Cheri Evans.............................Georgia Adams
Allison Gilbert..........................William Howell
Sheriff Raymond Hamrick........Scott Jackson
Whicker family..........................Mike Rutherfordton
Diane Neal.................................Ella Stroud
John Kubiak.............................Davante Moore
Aaron Ledford..........................Renee Ledford
Chester Lynch..........................Massey Family
Sandi Murray........................... Marsha Babb
Don Roskam............................Brian Burgess
Leona Robinson........................Don Shields
Ken Tarpley.................................John Coates
Scott Thornburg........................Carpenters
What I know from my own experience and from e-mail, letters and calls is that the most prevalent activity is not visible, can happen anywhere and take place anytime.
It's prayer.
Starting now, I'll be sharing prayer lists that are shared with me on this site.
Send me your list and I'll post it.
Today's list is from the Cleveland-Rutherford Kidney Association:
Becky Alexander....................Faye Nettles
Carl Morrison.........................
Washington Family................Denise Clemmer
Malcolm Stewart.....................Cookie Thompson
Samuel Ledford.......................Ruth Butler
Carmen & Tim Butler............Wayne and Bonita Butler
Kip & Charlie Butler................Martha Turner
Dennis Roberts..........................Ashley Lewis
Rex Whicker.............................Tina Callahan
Bryce Clemmer.........................Karen Nalley
VanAustin Hoyle Sr...............Jean Hoyle
Eddie Head...............................Ravetto family
Opal Beaver.............................Bolin family
Gary Borders...........................Thomas Smith-Allen Jr.
Aislinn Blackstone.................Porter Family
Anita Cantrell...........................Jonathan Crotts
Jane Cooke..............................Lunette Cook
Pam and Mark Kay.................Calvin and Elsie Dixon
Cheri Evans.............................Georgia Adams
Allison Gilbert..........................William Howell
Sheriff Raymond Hamrick........Scott Jackson
Whicker family..........................Mike Rutherfordton
Diane Neal.................................Ella Stroud
John Kubiak.............................Davante Moore
Aaron Ledford..........................Renee Ledford
Chester Lynch..........................Massey Family
Sandi Murray........................... Marsha Babb
Don Roskam............................Brian Burgess
Leona Robinson........................Don Shields
Ken Tarpley.................................John Coates
Scott Thornburg........................Carpenters
Thursday, August 2, 2007
What's your greatest fear?
We're all confessing our fears in newsroom chatter this afternoon, specifically fear associated with bridges. The tragic collapse in Minneapolis, of course, is the catalyst.
Everybody has a cautionary tale: Jackie said she's afraid of bridges, all bridges - ironic since that's her last name too. It started with the old Cooper River Bridge in Charleston, S.C. "It was just so narrow, and ooooh, just scary."
And now every time she goes across a bridge, she holds her breath and shuts her eyes. "Of course, I'm not driving."
Actually, she's toning it down to big, high bridges, especially the ones that curve, like Spaghetti Junction outside Atlanta.
What's your fear?
If it's bridges, your fear is called "gephyrophobia" and other weird words that sound like that.
Me, my greatest fear is not having a bridge over troubled waters.
Everybody has a cautionary tale: Jackie said she's afraid of bridges, all bridges - ironic since that's her last name too. It started with the old Cooper River Bridge in Charleston, S.C. "It was just so narrow, and ooooh, just scary."
And now every time she goes across a bridge, she holds her breath and shuts her eyes. "Of course, I'm not driving."
Actually, she's toning it down to big, high bridges, especially the ones that curve, like Spaghetti Junction outside Atlanta.
What's your fear?
If it's bridges, your fear is called "gephyrophobia" and other weird words that sound like that.
Me, my greatest fear is not having a bridge over troubled waters.
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