Senior Pastor Marvin Arnpriester In the United Methodist Hymnal is a prayer titled “For Our Country” by Toyohiko Kagawa. I believe it appropriate for this July 4th weekend. “Oh God, keep our whole country under your protection. Wipe out sin from this land; lift it up from the depths of sorrow, O Lord, our shining…
Penny Petersen Phyllis Hawkins Schurz grew up on a farm in South Dakota. She had a horse named Snooks. She went to school every day at a one-room schoolhouse, one teacher and 12 to 15 students at every level. She jokes about being Homecoming Queen, because she was the only girl in the senior class.…
Maynard Iverson On Sunday, May 30, 12 Knights of Columbus members and support ladies met at the Renaissance to distribute nearly 300 flowers to the residents. The flowers had been ordered and paid for a year ago, but distribution was canceled due to the pandemic. For more than 10 years, Council 9678 members have annually…
David Zapatka We’re doing something different this month. We’re going to explore getting a new word into dictionaries. Reader Debbie M. writes, “Hello, I enjoy your column and want to offer a suggestion. ‘Orbisculate’ is a word not yet in the dictionary. I think we should help the young people who are trying to get…
Linda Smart Join us on the second Saturday of every month to make two greeting cards with an Independent Stampin’ Up Demonstrator. The class fee is $5 and includes everything you need! The doors open at 9:20 a.m. The cards will be completed during one of multiple class sessions which will begin at 9:30 a.m.…
Dean Athmer The Sun Lakes Posse will be hosting a Red Cross Blood Drive on Thursday, July 8, from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. The address is 9531 E. Riggs Road, Sun Lakes. The event will be in the meeting room, with plenty of space to comply with social distancing requirements. Here are the basic…