TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, June 29, 2022
The Official Newspaper
of the City of Heppner and the County of Morrow
Good News Only
Spiritually Speaking
Heppner
By Doris Brosnan
As though on cue, the weather did an amazing
switch last week, so, roll out those lazy, hazy, crazy days
of summer .... Swimming lessons! Baseball All-Stars!
Weddings! Farmers Markets! Amazing roses blooming.
(Stop and smell them?) Blackbirds buzzing anyone or
thing that gets remotely close to their nests.
Vacation Bible Schools ....
St. Patrick and St. William parish kids attended four
days of activity- centered study from June 13 through
16. The theme of the week was "Prayer." Ethan Wood,
2Y2 year-old son of co-planner Laurie Wood, was the
youngest attendee to join the preschool set who had ses-
sions that rotated among a craft station, a game station,
and a station for talking about prayer. The school-aged
students had a two-day workshop with visiting priests,
and Joe lindsay led a session of mini plays, with teen
actors helping. Snack times, music, and mass to end
each day were also features. The experience was pos-
sible only because of the many adult helpers who were
assisted by teenagers.
Shirley Connor received good news about not just
one but about two granddaughters last week! They are
both on their ways to becoming familiar faces to many:
Katie Mills, daughter of Shirley's daughter Penny and
husband Doug, is featured on a billboard in laGrandel
Katie works in the personnel office at the laGrande Hos-
pital, and the hospital has chosen Katie for the face of
the hospital in a new advertising campaign. At the same
time, granddaughter Kenlie Connor, daughter of Shir-
ley's son Greg and wife Jodi, appears on an advertising
poster at
the Reno Rodeo! Kenlie, who lives in Asotin, WA, works
in a western store that has created for their advertising
campaign the poster that features her.
The Kilkenny ranch was an ideal setting last Satur-
day evening for the wedding of daughter, "Katie," who
looked stunning in her fitted lace gown, and her groom,
Thomas Russell. The couple had planned a truly person-
al and untraditional ceremony and a continued evening
of fun and fine food.
What a wonderful surprise for this grandmother on
Saturday morning when grandson Conor pulled into the
driveway! He had "motored" up from his new location,
Corvallis, in his recently purchased used car, to visit a
few friends. Grandma was thankful for the bit of time
she had with Conor and a bit nervous when he talked her
into driving the low-to-the-ground, manual-transmission
vehicle built for the younger crowd.
Cara Osmin will be one of a group of ten individuals
from around Oregon heading for Kenya on Thursday.
Led by Rev. Jim Monroe, these volunteers will begin
their twenty-plus-hours flight starting in Redmond, Or-
egon, will land in Nairobi, and then will travel by bus to
the Maua Methodist Hospital, which will serve as their
base. For three weeks, the volunteers will go to villag-
es to administer an important deworming medication to
children, and they will also build a house for a family
who has lost the parents. For several years, Monroe has
been taking volunteer workers to Kenya, where he and
his wife served for three years. This will be Cara's first
trip, but a return trip for some of the other volunteers.
Covid precluded this trip two years ago, but they were
able to begin planning again last fall. Among the prepa-
rations have been many vaccinations, and everyone will
begin an anti-malaria treatment tomorrow, to be taken
daily during their stay and for another three weeks after
their return to the states. Updates on the group's activi-
ties will be available on Facebook at kenya2022.
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Here's hoping that some good news comes to every-
one reading this!
By Fr. Thankachan Joseph
This coming Sunday, the Church is calling our at-
tention to the mission entrusted to each
of us: Every Christian is sent by Christ
into the world as a messenger of hope
and love. The "world" here means the
area in which I live, my place of work,
the people whom I meet every day. Ac-
tive concern for the world and other
people is an essential mark of a good Fr. Thankachan
Joseph
Christian.
The Prophet Isaiah brings the mes-
sage of joy and gladness (Is. 66: 10-14). Can you imag-
ine the happiness of Christopher Columbus when he dis-
covered the new world, as he went about telling friends,
acquaintances, and strangers about the new world he
had discovered? Can you picture the joy of our founding
fathers as they began to realize the dreams of establish-
ing a land of the free? And yet, compare the joy of Co-
lumbus and the founding fathers to that of the disciples
of Christ. They
communicated to the World the good news of eternal
freedom and the Kingdom of etemallife.
In St Paul's Letter to the Galatians (6: 14-18), he is
boasting in the cross of Christ, in spite of the hardships
he has had. We, too, rejoice in the cross of Christ be-
cause it is the sign of God's great love for us and of ours
for Him, and we can rejoice in the assurance of eternal
life with God. Whn we face difficulties, problems, anx-
ieties we often need to be reminded of these words of
Paul: "From now on, let no one make troubles for me;
for I bear the marks of Jesus on my body" (6:17).
The Gospel reading of the day from Luke (10:1-12,
17-20) gives us the goal of discipleship. Luke warns us:
If you want to be a disciple of Christ, ready to walk to
Jerusalem willingly and freely, no detours are allowed,
no vengeance; God loves a cheerful giver. It is very clear
what the selected must do for Christ.
a) Be determined: "Salute no one on the road" (Lk,
4). That is, do not get distracted from your work and do
not miss an opportunity to take Christ into the hearts of
people. Robert Schumann's middle fmger became para-
lyzed and his future as a pianist seemed at an end. How-
ever, he produced beautiful melodies in spite of this
tragedy.
b) Do not put our trust in human means: "Carry
no purse ... " (Lk 10,4). That is, neither money, nor hu-
man power, nor human learning is really needed to bring
people to Christ. What is really needed is the example
of a truly Christian life. The beautiful prayer taught by
Jesus to his disciples is a beautiful example: instead of
accumulating. try to look out for the daily bread.
c) Be messengers of peace and love: "Whatever
house you enter, let your first words be, 'Peace to this
House!'" (10:5). When the Bible uses the word "peace,"
it uses it in four different senses: In a military sense - to
indicate an absence of war between nations. Thus, we
say, "The nations are at peace." In a personal sense - to
indicate a feeling of personal well-being. Thus, we say,
"We are at peace with ourselves." In a religious sense -
to indicate a right relationship between God and
ourselves. Thus, we say, "We are at peace with God."
And to indicate a state in which everyone on Earth is at
peace with God, neighbor, and self. This is what we
mean by the "peace of Christ."
d) Never lose courage: "When they do not receive
you in a place ... go to another" (Lk 10,10). We should
never get tired, never lose courage; God wants us to try
and try again, just as He does; the person who rejected
us yesterday might accept us today. It is not the size of
the dog in the fight, but the size of the fight in the dog
that counts. Kites rise not with but against the wind. In
George Bernard Shaw's play is a scene in which Saint
Joan knows she has been abandoned by the men who
should have been her supporters, so she is alone. As
she leaves them, she turns and says, "It is better to be
alone with God than to listen to jealous little counsels.
His friendship will not fail me, nor His counsel, nor His
Love. In His strength I will dare and dare and dare until
I die."
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A View from the Green
Over the Tee Cup
The Willow Creek
Country Club ladies en-
joyed sunny and warm
weather for their June 21
playday. Virginia Grant
took low gross of the field
and Corol Mitchell low net
of the field. Pat Dougherty
got the least putts of the
field.
Karen Thompson had low
gross for flight A, Pat Ed-
mundson for flight B and
Betty Carter for flight C.
Low net for flight B was
Shirley Martin and Jackie
Allstott for flight C. Sha-
ron Harrison had the least
putts for flight B and Kim
Carlson had the least putts
for flight C.
Pat Dougherty got a
chip-in and Virginia Grant
got closest to the line.
Closest to the pin winners
were Karen Thompson for
flight A, Pat Dougherty for
flight B and Kim Carlson
for flight C.
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