Tuesday, February 28, 2017
Severe Thunderstorm Warning - Feb. 28, 2017 early eveing
A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SHELBY COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS... * UNTIL 715 PM CST * AT 626 PM CST, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR RAMSEY, OR 12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF NOKOMIS, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 70 MPH. HAZARD... 60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. SOURCE... RADAR INDICATED. IMPACT... HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO ROOFS, SIDING, AND TREES. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... SHELBYVILLE, WINDSOR, COWDEN, among other towns. . .
Tornado Watch (begins 3 p.m.) Feb. 28 for Shelby County
from Weather Channel (www.weather.com):
National.Weather.Service
National.Weather.Service
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH 42 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN ILLINOIS THIS WATCH INCLUDES 35 COUNTIES IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS: CHRISTIAN, DE WITT, LOGAN, MACON, MARSHALL, MASON, MCLEAN, MENARD, MOULTRIE, PEORIA, PIATT, SANGAMON, SHELBY, and 22 other counties.
Monday, February 27, 2017
Memorial 5K Run (U of I -- Illini Veterans) April 9 this year
from Illini Veterans dot-org website :
5th Annual Illini Veterans Memorial 5K
Sunday, April 9th, 2017
Race info:
-Race day registration and packet pick-up will begin at 8:00am
-5K recreational walk/run ceremony will begin at 10:00am
-Starting line will be near Foellinger Auditorium on the Main Quad (Location is noted on the map to the right)
-Course is approved for wheelchairs and strollers
-Leashed dogs are allowed on the course
Severe Weather Disclaimer
-The Memorial 5K will be held rain or shine. However, if the weather becomes more serious, to include, but not limited to, lightning, strong winds, heavy downpour, and flooding, the race committee may make the decision to cancel the race. If this is to occur, we cannot offer refunds or returns on race entries. All proceeds will still go towards the Center for Wounded Veterans in Higher Education.
On March 2 -- ( 226 years ago)
John Wesley's Epitaph
To the memory of the venerable
John Wesley, A.M., late fellow of Lincoln College, Oxford.
John Wesley, A.M., late fellow of Lincoln College, Oxford.
This great light arose (by the singular providence of God) to enlighten these nations, and to revive, enforce, and defend, the pure apostolic doctrines and practices of the primitive church:
which he continued to do, both by his writings and his labours for more than
half a century:
half a century:
And to his inexpressible joy, not only, beheld their influence extending, and their efficacy witness’d in the hearts and lives of many thousands, as well in the western world as in these kingdoms:
But also, far above all human power of expectation, liv’d to see provision made by the singular grace of God, for their continuance and establishment to the joy of future generations.
Reader, if thou art constrain’d to bless the instrument, give God the glory.
After having languished a few days, he at length finished his course and his life together, gloriously triumphing over death, March 2nd An. Dom. 1791 in the eighty
Friday, February 24, 2017
Safety and Security for Senior Citizens (March 8, Tolono, IL 61880) - Good Samaritans
On Wednesday, March 8th, 2017 at 11:30 a.m., the Catholic Charities Good Samaritan Program of Champaign and Piatt Counties (East Central Illinois) is sponsoring a potluck lunch at St. Patrick's Parish Center in Tolono (212 E. Washington St., Tolono 61880).
University of Illinois Detective Officer Robert Murphy will be here to provide education about safety and security for senior citizens. Everyone age 55 and over is welcome; feel free to invite your friends. Please bring a dish to share. The food is always delicious and we have a great time!
Call Kim McAvoy at (217) 637-2395 with questions.
http://www.stpatricktolono.com/parish-life/catholic-charities
University of Illinois Detective Officer Robert Murphy will be here to provide education about safety and security for senior citizens. Everyone age 55 and over is welcome; feel free to invite your friends. Please bring a dish to share. The food is always delicious and we have a great time!
Call Kim McAvoy at (217) 637-2395 with questions.
http://www.stpatricktolono.com/parish-life/catholic-charities
Bishop Polycarp of Smyrna -- martyr whose Saint's day is Feb. 23
from Franciscan Media dot-org :
Polycarp, bishop of Smyrna, disciple of Saint John the Apostle and friend of Saint Ignatius of Antioch, was a revered Christian leader during the first half of the second century.
Saint Ignatius, on his way to Rome to be martyred, visited Polycarp at Smyrna, and later at Troas wrote him a personal letter. The Asia Minor Churches recognized Polycarp’s leadership by choosing him as a representative to discuss with Pope Anicetus the date of the Easter celebration in Rome—a major controversy in the early Church.
Only one of the many letters written by Polycarp has been preserved, the one he wrote to the Church of Philippi in Macedonia.
At 86, Polycarp was led into the crowded Smyrna stadium to be burned alive. The flames did not harm him and he was finally killed by a dagger. The centurion ordered the saint’s body burned. The “Acts” of Polycarp’s martyrdom are the earliest preserved, fully reliable account of a Christian martyr’s death. He died in 155.
https://www.franciscanmedia.org/saint-polycarp/
Polycarp, bishop of Smyrna, disciple of Saint John the Apostle and friend of Saint Ignatius of Antioch, was a revered Christian leader during the first half of the second century.
Saint Ignatius, on his way to Rome to be martyred, visited Polycarp at Smyrna, and later at Troas wrote him a personal letter. The Asia Minor Churches recognized Polycarp’s leadership by choosing him as a representative to discuss with Pope Anicetus the date of the Easter celebration in Rome—a major controversy in the early Church.
Only one of the many letters written by Polycarp has been preserved, the one he wrote to the Church of Philippi in Macedonia.
At 86, Polycarp was led into the crowded Smyrna stadium to be burned alive. The flames did not harm him and he was finally killed by a dagger. The centurion ordered the saint’s body burned. The “Acts” of Polycarp’s martyrdom are the earliest preserved, fully reliable account of a Christian martyr’s death. He died in 155.
Reflection
Polycarp was recognized as a Christian leader by all Asia Minor Christians—a strong fortress of faith and loyalty to Jesus Christ. His own strength emerged from his trust in God, even when events contradicted this trust. Living among pagans and under a government opposed to the new religion, he led and fed his flock. Like the Good Shepherd, he laid down his life for his sheep and kept them from more persecution in Smyrna. He summarized his trust in God just before he died: “Father… I bless Thee, for having made me worthy of the day and the hour…” (Acts of Martyrdom, Chapter 14).https://www.franciscanmedia.org/saint-polycarp/
Thursday, February 23, 2017
Reduced visibility (National Weather service) Shelby County, IL)
from National Weather service (Lincoln, IL office):
... AREAS OF DENSE FOG THIS MORNING (Feb. 23, 2017)... THE LIGHT WINDS AND ABUNDANT LOW LEVEL MOISTURE HAS RESULTED IN SOME AREAS OF DENSE FOG EARLY THIS MORNING, ESPECIALLY BETWEEN THE ILLINOIS RIVER AND THE I-72 CORRIDOR. VISIBILITY IN SOME LOCATIONS IS DOWN TO A QUARTER MILE OR LESS. THIS FOG SHOULD DISSIPATE LATER THIS MORNING. THE FOG AND VISIBILITY ARE HIGHLY VARIABLE OVER SHORT DISTANCES
Monday, February 20, 2017
On this date in history 55 years ago - John Glenn orbits the earth three times
ON THIS DAY
On Feb. 20, 1962, astronaut John Glenn became
the first American to orbit Earth as he flew
aboard the Friendship 7 Mercury capsule.
the first American to orbit Earth as he flew
aboard the Friendship 7 Mercury capsule.
Sunday, February 19, 2017
Advisory for dense fog (Feb. 19 and 20) 1/4 mille on Wed, 2/22
from Weather Channel web page (Shelby County, IL):
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A DENSE FOG ADVISORY... WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 A.M. CST THIS MORNING. * VISIBILITY... ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. * IMPACTS... AREAS OF LOW VISIBILITY AND RAPID CHANGES IN VISIBILITY WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS..
Sunday, Feb. 19, 2017. as well as 2/20/2017 and 2/22/2017
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A DENSE FOG ADVISORY... WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 A.M. CST THIS MORNING. * VISIBILITY... ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. * IMPACTS... AREAS OF LOW VISIBILITY AND RAPID CHANGES IN VISIBILITY WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS..
Sunday, Feb. 19, 2017. as well as 2/20/2017 and 2/22/2017
Friday, February 17, 2017
Renovation at Tomb of Holy Sepulchre - 2016 posted article Beliefnet
Online 2016 article for BELIEFNET dot-com:
For centuries, no one has looked inside the simple tomb in Jerusalem’s Old City, where it is said that Jesus Christ was laid to rest after his crucifixion and before his resurrection. Until this week, where a crew of specialists opened the tomb to find the limestone burial bed.
Read more at http://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/idolchatter/2016/11/jesus-tomb-exposed-first-time-centuries.html#5QWka7guuJWcQYzK.99
“We saw where Jesus Christ was laid down,” Father Isidoros Fakitsas, the superior of the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate, told me. “Before, nobody has.” Or at least nobody alive today. “We have the history, the tradition. Now we saw with our own eyes the actual burial place of Jesus Christ.”
For only 60 short hours, the crew collect samples, took photographs and reinforced the tomb’s structure before resealing it, perhaps for centuries to come. In the end, just about 50 or so priests, monks, scientists and workers had peered inside, and they seem likely to be the only ones on the planet who will do so in our lifetimes.
The tomb was opened as part of a large renovation of the shrine that was build around it long after his death, in now what is known as the Church of the Holy Sepulcher. This is one of Christianities holiest sites and scholars hop to study what they found to determine more about the events leading up to his death.
The church was first built where the tomb was discovered in the fourth century during the reign of Constantine, the first Roman emperor to officially convert to Christianity. It was sacked after Jerusalem fell to the Persians in the seventh century, then rebuilt and later destroyed by Muslim caliphs in the 11th century. After the Crusaders captured Jerusalem, the church was restored in the 12th century but burned to the ground in the 19th century and then rebuilt yet again.
The marble shrine, known as the Aedicule, was built in its existing form in 1810 during the Ottoman era and has been crumbling lately. But only after pressure from the Israelis did the three religious communities that share the church, Greek Orthodox, Armenian Orthodox and Roman Catholic, agree to a renovation that began last spring. Chosen to handle the project was the National Technical University of Athens, which had worked on restorations of the Acropolis in Athens and the Hagia Sophia mosque turned museum in Istanbul.
The conservation experts removed the iron cage built by the British in 1947 to shore up the earthquake-damaged Aedicule and then began taking apart the shrine piece by piece. They removed disintegrating mortar, reconstructed parts of the sometimes-swollen masonry, reset the columns and injected grout into cracks in the structure.
Rainwater had deteriorated much of the mortar over the centuries. Iron support bars that were fully corroded will be removed and replaced by titanium. The specialists had no plans at first to open the tomb, but they decided a couple of weeks ago that they needed to do so in order to ensure that nothing could leak inside. It was a delicate operation. The top of the tomb was split, and the specialists worried that lifting it would break it.
“The main goal was not to break the plate,” said Harris Mouzakis, an assistant professor of civil engineering at National Technical University who is working on the project.
The team felt the pressure. “We had to be very careful,” Mr. Mouzakis said. “It was not just a tomb we had to open. It was the tomb of Jesus Christ that is a symbol for all of Christianity — and not only for them but for other religions.”
Once they removed the marble cladding, they discovered another marble slab with a cross carved into it. Beneath that, they found the limestone slab hewed from the wall of a cave that is believed to be where Jesus lay after his death.
That slab had not been seen since at least the 1500s. The team worked around the clock for three days, gathering dirt and other material from inside the tomb for future study. They closed it again quickly to avoid disrupting the visits of pilgrims who still flock to the church each day.
At the same time, clergymen approached the shrine and shook incense; most of the daily church rituals continued as usual while the restoration work went on.
Overall, the renovations were a huge success.
“It will last many, many years,” Mr. Mouzakis said. “We will succeed if after 200 or 500 years somebody will come back to restore our work.”
Read more at http://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/idolchatter/2016/11/jesus-tomb-exposed-first-time-centuries.html#5QWka7guuJWcQYzK.99
What is John Wesley's Wedding Anniversary? - Wife's name?
Feb. 19, 1751 -- from WESLEY_FAMILY_BOOK_OF_DAYS, A (1994, Susan Pellowe, compiler and editor, Renard Publications, Aurora, IL)
On this date, John Wesley marries Mrs. Mary Vazeille, a merchant's widow who has four children. She had nursed JW in her home in Threadneedle Street when he badly sprained an ankle. It was not a good match, however. She was jealous of his work and after several years together, they cease to live together.
On this date, John Wesley marries Mrs. Mary Vazeille, a merchant's widow who has four children. She had nursed JW in her home in Threadneedle Street when he badly sprained an ankle. It was not a good match, however. She was jealous of his work and after several years together, they cease to live together.
3rd Saturday Sale -- Fairgrounds, Arthur, IL
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| February 18, 2017: The New 3rd Saturday Market is back in Arthur, IL. The Market has moved from the Gazebo Annex Downtown Arthur to the Merchant Building on the Moultrie-Douglas County Fairgrounds!! The entrance to the Fairgrounds is South of the corner of RT 133 and Vine St. Follow the road in the Fairgrounds to the Merchant Build ing behind the High School at Jurgens Park. The New 3rd Saturday Market is an indoor/outdoor market filled with creative homemade crafts, antiques and unique finds. Something new each month. We have a fantastic line-up of vendors!!!! When you come to the New 3rd Saturday Market, you will be pleasantly pleased with Bath Fusion, Honey, Lilla Rose, LulaRoe, Norwex, Papparozi Jewelry, Pink Zebra, Scentsy, Summer Sausage and Watkins besides collectibles, antiques and all of our jewelry, crafts, baby items, bowl cozi, baked potato bags, aprons - just to mention a few items that are all homemade, New in February will be homemade cinnamon rolls and baked goods. This is a monthly event. The hours are from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. There is off-street parking available on the Fairgrounds. | |||||
Habitat for Humanity - Effingham IL Feb. 19, 2017
from XFM website News:
Effingham County Habaitat for Humanity will be holding a dedication of the latest Habitat home this Sunday,Feb. 19, 2017.
The dedication will begin at 2 pm at the home, located at 501 W. Richland, Effingham, IL two blocks south of the Central Fire Station.
The dedication will serve as a time to meet the homeowner, Kathy Phillips, and many of the Habitat volunteers who worked on the project. The event is open to the public.
Effingham County Habaitat for Humanity will be holding a dedication of the latest Habitat home this Sunday,Feb. 19, 2017.
The dedication will begin at 2 pm at the home, located at 501 W. Richland, Effingham, IL two blocks south of the Central Fire Station.
The dedication will serve as a time to meet the homeowner, Kathy Phillips, and many of the Habitat volunteers who worked on the project. The event is open to the public.
Tuesday, February 14, 2017
Monday, February 13, 2017
On this date in 1633
Writers Almanac for Feb, 13 --
Galileo Galilei was brought to Rome to face charges of heresy on this date in 1633. He had been arguing with the Roman Catholic Church for some time about astronomical matters. Church doctrine taught that the Earth was the center of the universe, with the sun, moon, and stars all revolving around it. The Church pointed to the writings of Aristotle and Ptolemy, as well as the Bible, to support this view. To suggest anything else would imply that we did not enjoy a central place in God’s creation.
But Galileo had studied the work of Nicolaus Copernicus, a Polish astronomer who had put forward the theory that the Earth was not even the center of the solar system, let alone the whole universe. So Galileo wrote a book called Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems. Pope Urban VIII allowed the book to be published in 1632, provided that Galileo also presented the Church’s side of the argument. Galileo presented the material as a series of discussions between two philosophers — who each took the position of one of the theories — and a neutral but well-educated layman. A fool named Simplicius presented the Aristotelian theory, and was soundly defeated. Pope Urban could not let this stand, so he summoned Galileo to appear before the Roman Inquisition.
Galileo was found guilty of heresy and ordered to recant; he wrote: “Therefore, desiring to remove from the minds of your Eminences, and of all faithful Christians, this vehement suspicion, justly conceived against me, with sincere heart and unfeigned faith I abjure, curse, and detest the aforesaid errors and heresies, and generally every other error, heresy, and sect whatsoever contrary to the said Holy Church, and I swear that in the future I will never again say or assert, verbally or in writing, anything that might furnish occasion for a similar suspicion regarding me.” Galileo spent the rest of his life under house arrest in his villa in Arcetri, near Florence. The Dialogue was placed on the Catholic Church’s Index of Forbidden Books, where it remained until 1835.
Galileo Galilei was brought to Rome to face charges of heresy on this date in 1633. He had been arguing with the Roman Catholic Church for some time about astronomical matters. Church doctrine taught that the Earth was the center of the universe, with the sun, moon, and stars all revolving around it. The Church pointed to the writings of Aristotle and Ptolemy, as well as the Bible, to support this view. To suggest anything else would imply that we did not enjoy a central place in God’s creation.
But Galileo had studied the work of Nicolaus Copernicus, a Polish astronomer who had put forward the theory that the Earth was not even the center of the solar system, let alone the whole universe. So Galileo wrote a book called Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems. Pope Urban VIII allowed the book to be published in 1632, provided that Galileo also presented the Church’s side of the argument. Galileo presented the material as a series of discussions between two philosophers — who each took the position of one of the theories — and a neutral but well-educated layman. A fool named Simplicius presented the Aristotelian theory, and was soundly defeated. Pope Urban could not let this stand, so he summoned Galileo to appear before the Roman Inquisition.
Galileo was found guilty of heresy and ordered to recant; he wrote: “Therefore, desiring to remove from the minds of your Eminences, and of all faithful Christians, this vehement suspicion, justly conceived against me, with sincere heart and unfeigned faith I abjure, curse, and detest the aforesaid errors and heresies, and generally every other error, heresy, and sect whatsoever contrary to the said Holy Church, and I swear that in the future I will never again say or assert, verbally or in writing, anything that might furnish occasion for a similar suspicion regarding me.” Galileo spent the rest of his life under house arrest in his villa in Arcetri, near Florence. The Dialogue was placed on the Catholic Church’s Index of Forbidden Books, where it remained until 1835.
Sunday, February 12, 2017
Author - essayist Marilynne Robinson -- 2017 Lecture
Theology for our Time by Marilynne Robinson
St Mellitus College, London
On Monday 13 March Marilynne Robinson is coming to speak at St Mellitus College, London, UK giving the first of our McDonald Lecture Series 2017 on the subject of 'Theology for our Time'.
Marilynne Robinson is the recipient of a 2012 National Humanities Medal, awarded by President Barack Obama, for 'her grace and intelligence in writing.' In 2016 she awarded the Library of Congress Lifetime Achievement Award in American Fiction, as well as the Dayton Peace Prize’s Richard C. Holbrooke Distinguished Achievement Award. In 2013 she was awarded South Korea’s Pak Kyong-ni Prize for her contribution to international literature. She is the author of Lila, a finalist for the National Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award, Gilead, winner of the 2005 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the National Book Critics Circle Award, and Home, winner of the Orange Prize and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, and a finalist for the National Book Award. Her first novel, Housekeeping, won the Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award. Robinson’s nonfiction books include The Givenness of Things, When I Was a Child I Read Books, Absence of Mind, The Death of Adam, and Mother Country, which was nominated for a National Book Award. She lives in Iowa City where she taught at the University of Iowa Writers’ Workshop for twenty-five years.
Marilynne Robinson is the recipient of a 2012 National Humanities Medal, awarded by President Barack Obama, for 'her grace and intelligence in writing.' In 2016 she awarded the Library of Congress Lifetime Achievement Award in American Fiction, as well as the Dayton Peace Prize’s Richard C. Holbrooke Distinguished Achievement Award. In 2013 she was awarded South Korea’s Pak Kyong-ni Prize for her contribution to international literature. She is the author of Lila, a finalist for the National Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award, Gilead, winner of the 2005 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the National Book Critics Circle Award, and Home, winner of the Orange Prize and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, and a finalist for the National Book Award. Her first novel, Housekeeping, won the Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award. Robinson’s nonfiction books include The Givenness of Things, When I Was a Child I Read Books, Absence of Mind, The Death of Adam, and Mother Country, which was nominated for a National Book Award. She lives in Iowa City where she taught at the University of Iowa Writers’ Workshop for twenty-five years.
Saturday, February 11, 2017
Astronomer Jackie Faherty on Eclipse, Full Moon, Comet (Feb. 10-11, 2017)
from NPR dot-org All Things considered:
JACKIE FAHERTY: Every now and again when you get a full moon, there's an opportunity to have a full moon that's rather special. And we're getting one of those tonight. It's an eclipse called a penumbral eclipse. The moon is going to pass into the shadow of the Earth, so for about four full hours - two hours getting dim, and then two hours getting bright. The moon is not going to be as bright as you would normally see it.
Host ROBERT SIEGEL: And here's the third act - a fast moving comet. It's called 45P, and Faherty says it has a green hue to it.
KELLY McEVERS: 45P is on its closest approach to Earth. And close is a relative term, it's over 7 million miles away.
SIEGEL: And you can try to catch it with some binoculars or a telescope and some guidance.
FAHERTY: I'm an astronomer that looks at the sky all the time, and there's - it's very difficult to locate an object like this. So I would grab a finding chart from online and have it handy when I go outside. But the general area is this constellation called Hercules. It's a big constellation. It's in the Northern Hemisphere, so that you can catch it in the North.
McEVERS: Faherty says even if you miss the comet, that full moon is still worth a good long look.
FAHERTY: Go outside and look at the structure of the moon. It's got mountains, mountainous structures. It's got craters on it. It's got ridges. It's got dark spots and light spots. The moon is a really good object to look at to get inspired about astronomy.
JACKIE FAHERTY: Every now and again when you get a full moon, there's an opportunity to have a full moon that's rather special. And we're getting one of those tonight. It's an eclipse called a penumbral eclipse. The moon is going to pass into the shadow of the Earth, so for about four full hours - two hours getting dim, and then two hours getting bright. The moon is not going to be as bright as you would normally see it.
Host ROBERT SIEGEL: And here's the third act - a fast moving comet. It's called 45P, and Faherty says it has a green hue to it.
KELLY McEVERS: 45P is on its closest approach to Earth. And close is a relative term, it's over 7 million miles away.
SIEGEL: And you can try to catch it with some binoculars or a telescope and some guidance.
FAHERTY: I'm an astronomer that looks at the sky all the time, and there's - it's very difficult to locate an object like this. So I would grab a finding chart from online and have it handy when I go outside. But the general area is this constellation called Hercules. It's a big constellation. It's in the Northern Hemisphere, so that you can catch it in the North.
McEVERS: Faherty says even if you miss the comet, that full moon is still worth a good long look.
FAHERTY: Go outside and look at the structure of the moon. It's got mountains, mountainous structures. It's got craters on it. It's got ridges. It's got dark spots and light spots. The moon is a really good object to look at to get inspired about astronomy.
Friday, February 10, 2017
Eucharist for Peace (Feb. 10, 2017 Noon Eastern)
Washington National Cathedral (live stream at Twitter)
@WNCathedral
Blessings in a Backpack (Cowden-Herrick, IL) Feb. 19, 2017 fundraiser
We are having a Fundraiser soup luncheon for our local Blessings in a Backpack Cowden Herrick Group in which we are currently feeding 48 children on the weekends. We will have a meal, a live auction (including homebaked pies and decorated cakes) as well as a silent auction for many services.
We also are having an ongoing raffle with Amazing Prizes! First Prize- a 5 night Carnival Cruise for 2 in an ocean view cabin, you chose the date and the destination OR take $1,000 cash, 2nd Prize-a weekend getaway at Whitetail Cabins on Lake Shelbyville with a Float Boat rental, 3rd Prize-a 3 month gym membership at the Workman’s Center in Effingham.
Come out and join us at the fundraiser! Spread the word for this Wonderful Cause of feeding hungry children in our neighborhood! IF you’d like to purchase raffle tickets or make a donation but are unable to attend the event please call, text or email to michelle_slater@yahoo.com, her cell is 217-343-1239.
Thank You and God Bless!
We also are having an ongoing raffle with Amazing Prizes! First Prize- a 5 night Carnival Cruise for 2 in an ocean view cabin, you chose the date and the destination OR take $1,000 cash, 2nd Prize-a weekend getaway at Whitetail Cabins on Lake Shelbyville with a Float Boat rental, 3rd Prize-a 3 month gym membership at the Workman’s Center in Effingham.
Come out and join us at the fundraiser! Spread the word for this Wonderful Cause of feeding hungry children in our neighborhood! IF you’d like to purchase raffle tickets or make a donation but are unable to attend the event please call, text or email to michelle_slater@yahoo.com, her cell is 217-343-1239.
Thank You and God Bless!
On this date - Feb. 9 (in Epworth)
from Christian Institute dot-org
JOHN WESLEY’S FATHER Samuel was a Church of England rector at Epworth. Few people attended the town’s only church. For the most part, the parish consisted of rough folk, and Samuel was not popular with them. Parishioners mutilated his animals and endangered his family. So hostile were some of them that on this night, 9 February 1709, they set the rectory (parsonage) on fire.
All of the family and servants escaped except five-year-old John, who had slept through the commotion. His nursery was directly under the flaming roof. He awoke and his frightened face appeared at the window, crying for help. Samuel made his way back into the house, but the flaming staircase crumbled under his weight. His wife Susanna tried entering through a second door, but the flames were overpowering. It seemed John was doomed because there was no time to fetch a ladder.
At that desperate moment, a couple of brawny neighbors heaved a light man onto the shoulders of a big fellow and stood him upright, creating a human ladder. The rescuer snatched John out of the window just seconds before the roof collapsed. Rejoicing aloud that all their children were safe, Samuel and Susanna soon found another home and continued to minister in the hostile town.
Haunted for years by that terrifying experience, Wesley wondered why he had been saved as a “brand plucked from burning.” Years later the answer became evident when the Lord used Wesley to carry the message of reform to England. He rode thousands of miles (as many as twenty thousand a year), preaching as only a man filled with the Holy Spirit can preach, sharing the gospel with all who would listen. One biographer said he acted “as though he were out of breath in pursuit of souls.”
Almost everywhere that Wesley preached, people changed for the better. Societies of his converts, known as Methodists, became a national force. It is sometimes conjectured that the Wesleyan revival spared England the kind of bloody revolution that occurred in France.
https://www.christianhistoryinstitute.org/it-happened-today/2/9/
JOHN WESLEY’S FATHER Samuel was a Church of England rector at Epworth. Few people attended the town’s only church. For the most part, the parish consisted of rough folk, and Samuel was not popular with them. Parishioners mutilated his animals and endangered his family. So hostile were some of them that on this night, 9 February 1709, they set the rectory (parsonage) on fire.
All of the family and servants escaped except five-year-old John, who had slept through the commotion. His nursery was directly under the flaming roof. He awoke and his frightened face appeared at the window, crying for help. Samuel made his way back into the house, but the flaming staircase crumbled under his weight. His wife Susanna tried entering through a second door, but the flames were overpowering. It seemed John was doomed because there was no time to fetch a ladder.
At that desperate moment, a couple of brawny neighbors heaved a light man onto the shoulders of a big fellow and stood him upright, creating a human ladder. The rescuer snatched John out of the window just seconds before the roof collapsed. Rejoicing aloud that all their children were safe, Samuel and Susanna soon found another home and continued to minister in the hostile town.
Haunted for years by that terrifying experience, Wesley wondered why he had been saved as a “brand plucked from burning.” Years later the answer became evident when the Lord used Wesley to carry the message of reform to England. He rode thousands of miles (as many as twenty thousand a year), preaching as only a man filled with the Holy Spirit can preach, sharing the gospel with all who would listen. One biographer said he acted “as though he were out of breath in pursuit of souls.”
Almost everywhere that Wesley preached, people changed for the better. Societies of his converts, known as Methodists, became a national force. It is sometimes conjectured that the Wesleyan revival spared England the kind of bloody revolution that occurred in France.
https://www.christianhistoryinstitute.org/it-happened-today/2/9/
Wednesday, February 8, 2017
Valentine's Day Cards - since 1850s
History and Tradition (News story 2016) - Shelbyville Union Weekly Adversiser
The tradition of Valentine's Day cards did not become widespread in the United States, however, until the 1850s, when Esther A. Howland, a Mount Holyoke graduate and native of Worcester, Mass., began mass-producing them. Today in the 21st Century, the holiday has become a booming commercial success. According to the Greeting Card Association, 25 percent of all cards sent each year are valentines!
The tradition of Valentine's Day cards did not become widespread in the United States, however, until the 1850s, when Esther A. Howland, a Mount Holyoke graduate and native of Worcester, Mass., began mass-producing them. Today in the 21st Century, the holiday has become a booming commercial success. According to the Greeting Card Association, 25 percent of all cards sent each year are valentines!
31st Annual Chocolate Festival
Notice in IL Country Living (www.icl.coop )
Feb. 11-12, 2017 @ 11 a.m. - 3 p.m.
place = Billiards on Main, 156 E. Main St., Galesburg, IL 61401
Cost = $8 - $10
Contact person is Roger Reynolds, 309-299-4552 or ready1957@gmail.com
The Galesburg Historical Society invites chocolate lovers to come to their
annual buffet of chocolate goodies and a chocolate fountain will be back.
Feb. 11-12, 2017 @ 11 a.m. - 3 p.m.
place = Billiards on Main, 156 E. Main St., Galesburg, IL 61401
Cost = $8 - $10
Contact person is Roger Reynolds, 309-299-4552 or ready1957@gmail.com
The Galesburg Historical Society invites chocolate lovers to come to their
annual buffet of chocolate goodies and a chocolate fountain will be back.
Tuesday, High Temp. 66; Wed. one to three inches snow
from nearby TV meteorologist (WAND TV dot-com)
Old Man Winter is back in town today as snow showers move in. Light accumulation of 1-2" are likely for most before everything quickly moves out by evening. That means roads could be slick for the evening commute home from work.
from Weather.com (2/8)
Cloudy with snow. Temps nearly steady in the low to mid 30s. Winds N at 15 to 25 mph. Chance of snow 90%. 1 to 3 inches of snow expected.
Old Man Winter is back in town today as snow showers move in. Light accumulation of 1-2" are likely for most before everything quickly moves out by evening. That means roads could be slick for the evening commute home from work.
from Weather.com (2/8)
Cloudy with snow. Temps nearly steady in the low to mid 30s. Winds N at 15 to 25 mph. Chance of snow 90%. 1 to 3 inches of snow expected.
Tuesday, February 7, 2017
David Brooks - author, columist, preacher at National Cathedral - Feb.12, 2017
Join us this Sunday for a conversation with David Brooks. He also preaches at the 9 and 11:15 a.m. worship services.
http://cathedral.org/
Refreshments, music, re-enactors, Lincoln's in-laws who fought against Union
The Vandalia IL Statehouse Historic Site will celebrate Abraham Lincoln's birthday on Saturday Feb. 11, 2017 with a party from 1 - 3 p.m. Local historian Dale Timmerman will lead visitors in "America" and "The Battle Hymn of the Republic." Kevin Keagy from the Bond County (IL) Historical society will deliver a presentation on Lincoln's relatives by marriage who supported the Confederacy. Several of Mary Lincoln's brothers served in the Confederate Army.
You can also visit with re-enactors portraying Abraham Lincoln's family as they celebrate the birthday of their illustrious relative at Lincoln Log Cabin State Historic Site in Lerna, IL near Charleston, IL.
You can also visit with re-enactors portraying Abraham Lincoln's family as they celebrate the birthday of their illustrious relative at Lincoln Log Cabin State Historic Site in Lerna, IL near Charleston, IL.
Wednesday, February 1, 2017
Groundhog "Punxsutawney Phil" and accuracy from Weather implication
from USA TODAY (Feb. 1 article by Doyle Rice, Section B):
"Since 1988 the groundhog was "right" 14 times and "wrong 15 times." In other words only 14 times did the national average temperature for the remainder of February match what would be expected based on what the groundhog predicted."
"Since 1988 the groundhog was "right" 14 times and "wrong 15 times." In other words only 14 times did the national average temperature for the remainder of February match what would be expected based on what the groundhog predicted."
Candlemas (Feb. 2, 2017): Loretto Chapel, St. Mary's College, Notre Dame, IN
Candlemas
Join the Descant, Chamber, and Seraphim Choirs as they sing an evening prayer service to celebrate Candlemas: The Presentation of the Lord. Music for the service was commissioned from English composer Daniel Justin.
This event is free and open to the public.
www.sma.nd.edu/
This event is free and open to the public.
www.sma.nd.edu/
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