Sunday, June 24, 2007
Held Prisoner
Have you ever been held prisoner? I have, just yesterday afternoon.Back in April I had 4 teeth pulled and a new upper plate put in, because of the shrinkageof my gums after 2 weeks they put in a soft liner, then yesterday morning at 8 am I was back for a hard-liner which is to do me for the next several months until shrinkae is compile, at which time they will make a complete new plate.Well after some impressions yesterday morning they sent me home until 2pm at which time I was to pick up my plate and be off to do whatever I pleased.When I walked in the waiting room was full so I took a seat and waited, and waited, at 3pm I asked the receptionist if they forgot me. I was assured that it would be soon they where running behind.So practicing my sweet christian patience I sat back down and visited with others there. At 4pm I checked once again being very polite.Even though I was held prisoner, it was Friday afternoon fast becoming evening and if I left without my teeth I was done until Monday, SO I WAS HELD PRISONER.At 4:30 I began to worry that Bernaine would be worrying where I was at. So I ask to use the phone and call her, I told the receptionest that I didn't have my medication with me and it was overdue and my wife was worried. She asked me if my wife was going to bring my medication, When I told her it would take her awhile as it would be a 12 mile was a walk and I was going to start shaking very soon, she began to take action, took me right in and they went to work to get me out, they thought they might have to drive me home.So at 5pm I was released with my teeth. PTL.
Monday, June 18, 2007
Dream Fulfilled
Great Grandfather takes Great Grandson fishing. And the old man’s dream comes true.
Its almost Christmas 2001, our First (of five) grand-daughter Emily was going to give birth to our first great grand child, which would make our son Harold a grandfather. And since we had spent the last six Christmas in Florida we decided to fly home for the holiday and get to see the first Great Grand child. We were to get into South Bend airport in early afternoon on the 23 of
December. The great Grand child beat us there. We knew we had a boy but hadn’t been told his name.
Harold was at the airport to take us to see the new boy. It had snowed several inch’s of new snow and the plows had not cleared the parking lot yet. After getting in the van and still not finding out what they had named the boy we started out and hit a cement parking block.
So here we were freezing and helping change the tire, we finally head to Emily and Craig Sherwood’s.
We walked in and they put the boy in my arm’s and I said alright what’s your name, they told me his name was Jackson Dean and I was filled with so much joy and tears to think they had given him the same middle name as mine, (JD for short).
From that day forward I had prayed I would live to take JD fishing. Two weeks ago on a Saturday morning we picked him up for the day. How he has grown up this past winter, I remember when we arrived at the airport he was there to meet us and he helped me take one of my suit cases to the car. Back to fishing, we got the worms and poles and went to Mike and Brenda’s to fish off the sea wall. J D got baited up and cast his line out into the water. It hardly got there and JD had a fish on, Brenda was taking pictures, he caught 5 and lost one when the line broke. It got hot so we decided we had enough fishing for the day.
Mike took JD and the fish to the fish cleaning house and showed JD how to clean the scales off with a spoon, then Mike fillet them, explaining each step and told J D they were dead so it wasn’t hurting them.
So we took the fish home for lunch and Great Grandma Bernadine cooked the fish for us.
J D took a small fillet and ate, it then he had another on his fork when he looked at me saying, “they are dead aren’t they?”
That night when he went to bed his mother was telling him good night, but he wanted to talk, He said next time when I go fishing out at Mike’s I’m going to bring them home in a bucket and I’ll take the seals off with a spoon and you can cut them up. I’ll bury the heads and we can take the bucket back to Mike, then you can cook them for us. His mother told him she didn’t know how to cook fish. He said “well take a pencil and paper and We will go to Great Grand ma’s house and she will tell you how to cook them.”
What a boy and God is so good to have let met take him fishing and see him catch his very first fish.
Thank you God.
Great Grandpa Dean.
Wednesday, May 16, 2007
THE CHURCH
“THE CHURCH”
What a study!
Just what does the church look like?
Is it a building? If so is it white wooden with a tall steeple or brick or some other stone, is it large or small , does it have stained glass windows?
Or is it people gathered together.
All white or all black, all speaking English or another language .
How it looks could go on and on, it has an easy beginning, but there’ll be no ending until Jesus Christ take’s the true church home to glory.
The true church is people who come together in the name of the Lord, no matter color, nationality, male or female.
He has said wherever two or three come together in my name I will be there.
THAT MY FRIEND IS THE CHURCH
He is to be glorified and worshiped, He will become greater while we become lesser.
He is to be loved with all your heart soul and mine, then love one another.
Now lets look at the church in the New Testament.
We did not see the church in scripture until the New Testament.
In Matthew 16: 18, And I also say to you, that are you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it.
Next we see that Christ as the “Redeemer” laid down His life on the cross as the perfect sacrifice for the sin’s of the whole world. The grave could not hold Him, and on the 3rd day He came forth alive forever more. (Acts 1;3-8 3 To whom he also showed himself alive after his passion by many proofs, appearing unto them by the space of forty days, and speaking the things concerning the kingdom of God: 4 and, being assembled together with them, he charged them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the promise of the Father, which, [said he], ye heard from me: 5 For John indeed baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized in the Holy Spirit not many days hence. 6 They therefore, when they were come together, asked him, saying, Lord, dost thou at this time restore the kingdom to Israel? 7 And he said unto them, It is not for you to know times or seasons, which the Father hath set within His own authority. 8 But ye shall receive power, when the Holy Spirit is come upon you: and ye shall be my witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea and Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth
Matthew 28:19 Jesus had given them a charge Yet In the above scripture He told them to wait. This they did, about 120 of them, taking care of business, seeking for God’s direction, praying and waiting.
And then the day of Pentecost came and the Holy Spirit came in “POWER”, after Peter told the people there what was happening and preach a powerful message, 3,000 repented and were baptized thus the church was up and running.
The body of believers had no building, yet the Spirit of God drew them together. The book of Acts in chapter 2 tells of one of the first practice of one group. Vs. 42-47.2
And they continued steadfastly in the apostles' teaching and fellowship, in the breaking of bread and the prayers. 43 And fear came upon every soul: and many wonders and signs were done through the apostles. 44 And all that believed were together, and had all things common; 45 and they sold their possessions and goods, and parted them to all, according as any man had need. 46 And day by day, continuing steadfastly with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread at home, they took their food with gladness and singleness of heart, 47 praising God, and having favor with all the people. And the Lord added to them day by day those that were saved.
This was the very beginning of what we today call the church. There was harmony, and love for one another, they continued to go to the temple daily,(this would have been at 3 p.m. each afternoon.) They shared there meals, had respect for those in authority over them
There are 7 benefits of belonging to a church or maybe you like gathering together better.
At Citrus Hill Park where church was held on Sunday evening it was called
“Sunday Gathering.”
Notice the N T church came together for more than an hour on Sunday morning.
It was daily and they eat together, worshiped and praised the Lord, had teaching, shared there needs and spent time in prayer.
These were the benefits.
Instruction, apostles teaching
Fellowship
Communion (remembering the Lord)
Corporate prayer
Outreach (people being added daily)
Sharing of material goods
Fear of, respect and reverence of God. (He Is LORD)
Here are some more not mentioned in the above, worship, discipline, pastoral oversight. and obedience to God’s word.
The growth that came from the early believers is something we need to look at long and hard, it came not from planned programs but from there living out what the believed,
Come to think of it could that be what holds back the church today?
As the church grew, it began to spread trough out the then known world, some of the spreading came from the persecution they were receiving.
Then the Holy Spirit began equipping and edifying the body of Christ (church) with making some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelist, and some pastors and teachers, also by giving different gifts of the Holy Spirit such as word of wisdom, word of knowledge, gift of faith, gift of healing, working of miracles, prophecy, discernment of spirits, tongues, and interpretation of tongues. along the gift of giving, helping, and the list goes on for the Holy Spirit has equipped the body to be servants just as Jesus demonstrated with the disciples when he washed there feet.
“HI’ HOW MAY I HELP YOU?
No one gift or talent is more important that any of the others. In fact just this morning I read in 2 Timothy 2 from the Message “ In a well finished kitchen there are not only crystal goblets and silver platters, but waste cans and compost buckets---some containers to serve fine meals and others to take out the garbage out. Become the kind of container God can use to present any and every kind of gift to his guest for their blessing.”
We don’t do anything to our glory, everything id for His glory.
As the church grew, problems arose, why? Because of the carnal human spirit of man wanting it his way.
When Christian believers gather in churches, everything that can go wrong sooner or later does. So Christians churches are not, as a rule, not model communities of good behavior. They are rather, places where human misbehavior is brought out in the open and dealt
with. People when they become Christians They at the same moment DON’T necessarily become nice. Dealing with them is so much more that putting on a band aide or looking the other way.
Christians do not have to always agree with each other, but they need to learn to agree to disagree and respect each other in love, for love covers a multitude of sins.
God did not make us from one mold, but made each one to be different from any other living being. He did however give us leader that we are to respect and to be under there authority in the local church, and in doing that ‘HOW MAY I HELP YOU” become the building of the body of Christ is this world
There is much more, or is there, but this I believe would
What a study!
Just what does the church look like?
Is it a building? If so is it white wooden with a tall steeple or brick or some other stone, is it large or small , does it have stained glass windows?
Or is it people gathered together.
All white or all black, all speaking English or another language .
How it looks could go on and on, it has an easy beginning, but there’ll be no ending until Jesus Christ take’s the true church home to glory.
The true church is people who come together in the name of the Lord, no matter color, nationality, male or female.
He has said wherever two or three come together in my name I will be there.
THAT MY FRIEND IS THE CHURCH
He is to be glorified and worshiped, He will become greater while we become lesser.
He is to be loved with all your heart soul and mine, then love one another.
Now lets look at the church in the New Testament.
We did not see the church in scripture until the New Testament.
In Matthew 16: 18, And I also say to you, that are you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it.
Next we see that Christ as the “Redeemer” laid down His life on the cross as the perfect sacrifice for the sin’s of the whole world. The grave could not hold Him, and on the 3rd day He came forth alive forever more. (Acts 1;3-8 3 To whom he also showed himself alive after his passion by many proofs, appearing unto them by the space of forty days, and speaking the things concerning the kingdom of God: 4 and, being assembled together with them, he charged them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the promise of the Father, which, [said he], ye heard from me: 5 For John indeed baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized in the Holy Spirit not many days hence. 6 They therefore, when they were come together, asked him, saying, Lord, dost thou at this time restore the kingdom to Israel? 7 And he said unto them, It is not for you to know times or seasons, which the Father hath set within His own authority. 8 But ye shall receive power, when the Holy Spirit is come upon you: and ye shall be my witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea and Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth
Matthew 28:19 Jesus had given them a charge Yet In the above scripture He told them to wait. This they did, about 120 of them, taking care of business, seeking for God’s direction, praying and waiting.
And then the day of Pentecost came and the Holy Spirit came in “POWER”, after Peter told the people there what was happening and preach a powerful message, 3,000 repented and were baptized thus the church was up and running.
The body of believers had no building, yet the Spirit of God drew them together. The book of Acts in chapter 2 tells of one of the first practice of one group. Vs. 42-47.2
And they continued steadfastly in the apostles' teaching and fellowship, in the breaking of bread and the prayers. 43 And fear came upon every soul: and many wonders and signs were done through the apostles. 44 And all that believed were together, and had all things common; 45 and they sold their possessions and goods, and parted them to all, according as any man had need. 46 And day by day, continuing steadfastly with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread at home, they took their food with gladness and singleness of heart, 47 praising God, and having favor with all the people. And the Lord added to them day by day those that were saved.
This was the very beginning of what we today call the church. There was harmony, and love for one another, they continued to go to the temple daily,(this would have been at 3 p.m. each afternoon.) They shared there meals, had respect for those in authority over them
There are 7 benefits of belonging to a church or maybe you like gathering together better.
At Citrus Hill Park where church was held on Sunday evening it was called
“Sunday Gathering.”
Notice the N T church came together for more than an hour on Sunday morning.
It was daily and they eat together, worshiped and praised the Lord, had teaching, shared there needs and spent time in prayer.
These were the benefits.
Instruction, apostles teaching
Fellowship
Communion (remembering the Lord)
Corporate prayer
Outreach (people being added daily)
Sharing of material goods
Fear of, respect and reverence of God. (He Is LORD)
Here are some more not mentioned in the above, worship, discipline, pastoral oversight. and obedience to God’s word.
The growth that came from the early believers is something we need to look at long and hard, it came not from planned programs but from there living out what the believed,
Come to think of it could that be what holds back the church today?
As the church grew, it began to spread trough out the then known world, some of the spreading came from the persecution they were receiving.
Then the Holy Spirit began equipping and edifying the body of Christ (church) with making some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelist, and some pastors and teachers, also by giving different gifts of the Holy Spirit such as word of wisdom, word of knowledge, gift of faith, gift of healing, working of miracles, prophecy, discernment of spirits, tongues, and interpretation of tongues. along the gift of giving, helping, and the list goes on for the Holy Spirit has equipped the body to be servants just as Jesus demonstrated with the disciples when he washed there feet.
“HI’ HOW MAY I HELP YOU?
No one gift or talent is more important that any of the others. In fact just this morning I read in 2 Timothy 2 from the Message “ In a well finished kitchen there are not only crystal goblets and silver platters, but waste cans and compost buckets---some containers to serve fine meals and others to take out the garbage out. Become the kind of container God can use to present any and every kind of gift to his guest for their blessing.”
We don’t do anything to our glory, everything id for His glory.
As the church grew, problems arose, why? Because of the carnal human spirit of man wanting it his way.
When Christian believers gather in churches, everything that can go wrong sooner or later does. So Christians churches are not, as a rule, not model communities of good behavior. They are rather, places where human misbehavior is brought out in the open and dealt
with. People when they become Christians They at the same moment DON’T necessarily become nice. Dealing with them is so much more that putting on a band aide or looking the other way.
Christians do not have to always agree with each other, but they need to learn to agree to disagree and respect each other in love, for love covers a multitude of sins.
God did not make us from one mold, but made each one to be different from any other living being. He did however give us leader that we are to respect and to be under there authority in the local church, and in doing that ‘HOW MAY I HELP YOU” become the building of the body of Christ is this world
There is much more, or is there, but this I believe would
Tuesday, April 10, 2007
My Struggle with the Churc in America
Winter in Florida is over for Bernadine and I, back in Michigan just in time for a spring snow and below freezing temperature.
Time to set and think about the things that stir your soul. One thing I seem to struggle with is the church in America, were is it going, and can I help to bring it to were I would have it to go. No not where I would have go, but where God wants it to be.
God could change it in and instant, but He will wait for man to come willingly of his own accord seeking God’s will for him.
Some churches put much into membership, I talked with a fellow last week who said the church he was a member of had a membership of seven hundred and some members and attendance of one hundred eighty to two hundred on a good Sunday.
Do you suppose the five hundred members who do not attend, with the exception of some who make it to a Christmas or Easter service really believe that its alright to belong but not participate?
The large churches that are called mega church draw people of all ages, You can get lost in the crowd and come and go as they please.
Studies show that the smaller church (eighty to one hundred fifty) produce more people to the ministry, both missions and pastors and others.
Its not really the size of church but what the content of what goes on in and trough the individual church that matters.
Jesus said that where two or three are together in my name I will be there.
My question is,
if Jesus Christ is not there is it church?
Jesus also said I am the way, the truth and the life, no one comes to the Father except
though me.
Another thing I see is that most people go to church to receive something from it.
But when we look at the old testament, we see men bringing an offering of different sacrifices to God. It started at home where the scripture was implanted into the children , also how important to go and offer sacrifices, that the Temple was holy because God lived there. Today the spirit of God lives in man.
Today people believe they should receive from the church before they give back.
Wouldn’t it be wonderful if when Christians came together, they came in Jesus name.
Serving instead of wanting to be served
Its time we quiet putting band-aids on the wounded and hurting.
Everyone of us can be a real help by greeting people and asking, “HOW MAY I HELP YOU.”
Should not the church be a place where people that come together are greeted with, “How may we help you” being a real caring servant of the Lord, Jesus was constantly striving to meet the needs of the people, we are a part of the body. Let us use the part we are to help in leading each one to a deeper holy life in Christ Jesus.
Not what can you do for me. “How may I help you today.”
Sometimes all we need to do is walk across the room and make someone’s day.
Give an ear to listen, but keep what you hear to yourself and God..
It is so rewarding to see people come to the Lord and not be ashamed of Jesus Christ.
I’m not an expert on church growth or anything else as far as that goes, but my mind keeps going back to Jesus asking Peter “do you love me? Then feed my sheep.
Three times he asked Peter do you love me, then feed my sheep.
Why do sheep go to other pastures? Perhaps they are looking for better food.
So feed the sheep. Keep them feeding on God’s word.
Sheep produce other sheep.
Soon the sheep pen will be full to over flowing with healthy sheep.
Thrusday Morning. This helps tocompletewhat I had started yesterday
This morning as I read God's word it confirmed what I had said in the above post.
Reading from the Message.
Once again God through His word confirmed the ending How may I help?
Listen to what Paul says in Romans 15.
Those of us who are strong and able in the faith need to step in and lend a hand to those who falter, and not just do what is most convenient for us. Strength is for service, not status. Each one of us needs to look after the good of the people around us, asking ourselves, "How can I help?"
That's exactly what Jesus did. He didn't make it easy for himself by avoiding people's troubles, but waded right in and helped out. "I took on the troubles of the troubled," is the way Scripture puts it. Even if it was written in Scripture long ago, you can be sure it's written for us. God wants the combination of his steady, constant calling and warm, personal counsel in Scripture to come to characterize us, keeping us alert for whatever he will do next. May our dependably steady and warmly personal God develop maturity in you so that you get along with each other as well as Jesus gets along with us all. Then we'll be a choir—not our voices only, but our very lives singing in harmony in a stunning anthem to the God and Father of our Master Jesus!
So reach out and welcome one another to God's glory.
Let me say AMEN or as the Message puts it “Oh Yes”
If each one will step in and do there part the church will truly become the church of Christ.
Time to set and think about the things that stir your soul. One thing I seem to struggle with is the church in America, were is it going, and can I help to bring it to were I would have it to go. No not where I would have go, but where God wants it to be.
God could change it in and instant, but He will wait for man to come willingly of his own accord seeking God’s will for him.
Some churches put much into membership, I talked with a fellow last week who said the church he was a member of had a membership of seven hundred and some members and attendance of one hundred eighty to two hundred on a good Sunday.
Do you suppose the five hundred members who do not attend, with the exception of some who make it to a Christmas or Easter service really believe that its alright to belong but not participate?
The large churches that are called mega church draw people of all ages, You can get lost in the crowd and come and go as they please.
Studies show that the smaller church (eighty to one hundred fifty) produce more people to the ministry, both missions and pastors and others.
Its not really the size of church but what the content of what goes on in and trough the individual church that matters.
Jesus said that where two or three are together in my name I will be there.
My question is,
if Jesus Christ is not there is it church?
Jesus also said I am the way, the truth and the life, no one comes to the Father except
though me.
Another thing I see is that most people go to church to receive something from it.
But when we look at the old testament, we see men bringing an offering of different sacrifices to God. It started at home where the scripture was implanted into the children , also how important to go and offer sacrifices, that the Temple was holy because God lived there. Today the spirit of God lives in man.
Today people believe they should receive from the church before they give back.
Wouldn’t it be wonderful if when Christians came together, they came in Jesus name.
Serving instead of wanting to be served
Its time we quiet putting band-aids on the wounded and hurting.
Everyone of us can be a real help by greeting people and asking, “HOW MAY I HELP YOU.”
Should not the church be a place where people that come together are greeted with, “How may we help you” being a real caring servant of the Lord, Jesus was constantly striving to meet the needs of the people, we are a part of the body. Let us use the part we are to help in leading each one to a deeper holy life in Christ Jesus.
Not what can you do for me. “How may I help you today.”
Sometimes all we need to do is walk across the room and make someone’s day.
Give an ear to listen, but keep what you hear to yourself and God..
It is so rewarding to see people come to the Lord and not be ashamed of Jesus Christ.
I’m not an expert on church growth or anything else as far as that goes, but my mind keeps going back to Jesus asking Peter “do you love me? Then feed my sheep.
Three times he asked Peter do you love me, then feed my sheep.
Why do sheep go to other pastures? Perhaps they are looking for better food.
So feed the sheep. Keep them feeding on God’s word.
Sheep produce other sheep.
Soon the sheep pen will be full to over flowing with healthy sheep.
Thrusday Morning. This helps tocompletewhat I had started yesterday
This morning as I read God's word it confirmed what I had said in the above post.
Reading from the Message.
Once again God through His word confirmed the ending How may I help?
Listen to what Paul says in Romans 15.
Those of us who are strong and able in the faith need to step in and lend a hand to those who falter, and not just do what is most convenient for us. Strength is for service, not status. Each one of us needs to look after the good of the people around us, asking ourselves, "How can I help?"
That's exactly what Jesus did. He didn't make it easy for himself by avoiding people's troubles, but waded right in and helped out. "I took on the troubles of the troubled," is the way Scripture puts it. Even if it was written in Scripture long ago, you can be sure it's written for us. God wants the combination of his steady, constant calling and warm, personal counsel in Scripture to come to characterize us, keeping us alert for whatever he will do next. May our dependably steady and warmly personal God develop maturity in you so that you get along with each other as well as Jesus gets along with us all. Then we'll be a choir—not our voices only, but our very lives singing in harmony in a stunning anthem to the God and Father of our Master Jesus!
So reach out and welcome one another to God's glory.
Let me say AMEN or as the Message puts it “Oh Yes”
If each one will step in and do there part the church will truly become the church of Christ.
Wednesday, March 7, 2007
Is the church losing this generation?
IS THE CHURCH ABOUT TO LOSE A GENERATION TO THE WORLD?
Let me take you back to the story of Joseph the son of Jacob. Whose name God changed to Israel after his wrestling match with the angel of God.
Joseph as a teenager had a couple dreams that he shared with the family, which mane his brothers angry, which added to there jealousy because he was his fathers favorite.
One thing lead to another, over the years He became second to Pharaoh king of Egypt.
Was able to bring his family to Egypt were they settled because of a famine in there Canaan.
Now fast forward 400 years the children of Isreal had grown at a rapid pace, causing fear to the then present Pharaoh who said they need to be have birth control so they don’t over power us.
With that in mind he ordered all male Israel children to be killed at birth. Keep the men in slavery, don’t allow them to rise up and revolt against us.
God seen they needed a deliver
Moses enters the story. Born of one of Jewish ladies was able to keep him a secret for 3 months. Than putting him in a basket puts him in the Nile river, the basket is seen by pharaoh’s daughter who said he is so lovely, I’ll adopt him and called him Moses. Needing someone to feed him, Moses sister happens to be there and offers to find that someone to feed him, In those days one was not weaned until about five years of age.
Those first years being the most important one to establish the fundament way of life one would carry though life, even though Moses then was schooled in the best of the Egypt learning institutions, he cared the early learning of his mother.
Today the biggest percentage of youngsters are drop off at day care, and the percentage of those getting little if any spiritual training.
Oh you say, we take them to church and they are in the nursery may be true, 1 hour a week when they go.
I believe the church of Jesus Christ has a mandate that every single one would have a day care run by the church, supported by the church. Training up children in the way they should go.
Lets not lose them to the world.
Let me take you back to the story of Joseph the son of Jacob. Whose name God changed to Israel after his wrestling match with the angel of God.
Joseph as a teenager had a couple dreams that he shared with the family, which mane his brothers angry, which added to there jealousy because he was his fathers favorite.
One thing lead to another, over the years He became second to Pharaoh king of Egypt.
Was able to bring his family to Egypt were they settled because of a famine in there Canaan.
Now fast forward 400 years the children of Isreal had grown at a rapid pace, causing fear to the then present Pharaoh who said they need to be have birth control so they don’t over power us.
With that in mind he ordered all male Israel children to be killed at birth. Keep the men in slavery, don’t allow them to rise up and revolt against us.
God seen they needed a deliver
Moses enters the story. Born of one of Jewish ladies was able to keep him a secret for 3 months. Than putting him in a basket puts him in the Nile river, the basket is seen by pharaoh’s daughter who said he is so lovely, I’ll adopt him and called him Moses. Needing someone to feed him, Moses sister happens to be there and offers to find that someone to feed him, In those days one was not weaned until about five years of age.
Those first years being the most important one to establish the fundament way of life one would carry though life, even though Moses then was schooled in the best of the Egypt learning institutions, he cared the early learning of his mother.
Today the biggest percentage of youngsters are drop off at day care, and the percentage of those getting little if any spiritual training.
Oh you say, we take them to church and they are in the nursery may be true, 1 hour a week when they go.
I believe the church of Jesus Christ has a mandate that every single one would have a day care run by the church, supported by the church. Training up children in the way they should go.
Lets not lose them to the world.
Sunday, January 28, 2007
#4 Yellow River
Tales from north of the YELLOW River.
I was one of the lucky one’s to be born during the Great Depression, lucky you say, what is so lucky about being born during extreme times? For starters, it made you appreciate the little you had. Parents of honesty and integrity, parents that loved you and only wanted the best for you.
Neighbors that where just like your parents. I learned the value of life, the importance of being responsible in doing my chores, and I had the great privilege of attending a one room school with eight grades and one teacher.
Those days we had no head start, didn’t need any, no kindergarten either. Since we had no cartoon’s on T V and not even a radio, we where taught all the beginning basics at home before we became old enough for the first grade.
We had no school bus to pick us up, it was walk, walk, walk.
Those eight years were good years, you knew all the others and even if we didn’t know it at the time, we were alike (poor). We didn’t wear uniforms to school but all the boys dressed the same,
In bib overalls.
How does this all connect to the Yellow River? Our family lived on a farm that joined the river on the north side. From our home about one-half mile to the north when we walked to school we crossed Eagle Creek and we were walking over water which flowed into Yellow river to the west of us. (seems we are always connected to the river) Now just a couple hundred feet on to the north was the school, your right the Eagle Creek school.
Red brick, wooden floor that got a coat of oil at the beginning of each school year, a pot belly coal burning stove right in the middle, a little room at the back for coats and a shelf to put your lunch on.
The average number of students was about 27 to 30 children each year. The teachers desk was at the front in the middle, with a black board that went almost all the way across the room.Rows of desk began with first and second grades on the west side and by the time you were in the eight grade you had made it to the east side by the windows, however you could not see out unless you would stand up, and in those days very few automobiles went by on the gravel rood, but when they did the dust would fly.
Oh yes the rest rooms, Ha! I mean the toilets were two hole out house’s and the water came from a pump outside, one with a handle that you had to work up and down. In the winter it was mostly froze up, made no difference who washed there hands anyway!.
My favorite teacher was Mrs. Glant my first teacher ever. Her husband was a preacher.
When I was in seventh or eight grade we had a hippy for a teacher, she wore a gold ring in her nose. We also had a nice young teacher right out of school, Willie and Marion Walkal who were twins just a grade behind me gave Miss Wonderlick (I think that was her name) a hard time, we found out one day that it was her birthday and we where going to give her a birthday spanking, we chased her around the outside of school house until we caught her. To day we would have been expelled.
The very best part of the day was recess and lunch time. I don’t think kids play the way we did, mostly made up our own games, like when it snowed we would play fox and goose.
The only paddling I got in school was for giving a boy a bloody nose for messing up our pattern for the game. IT WAS WORTH IT.
Well there is more but I’m wore out.
Later, My mamma named me Harold but then called me “Dean.”
I was one of the lucky one’s to be born during the Great Depression, lucky you say, what is so lucky about being born during extreme times? For starters, it made you appreciate the little you had. Parents of honesty and integrity, parents that loved you and only wanted the best for you.
Neighbors that where just like your parents. I learned the value of life, the importance of being responsible in doing my chores, and I had the great privilege of attending a one room school with eight grades and one teacher.
Those days we had no head start, didn’t need any, no kindergarten either. Since we had no cartoon’s on T V and not even a radio, we where taught all the beginning basics at home before we became old enough for the first grade.
We had no school bus to pick us up, it was walk, walk, walk.
Those eight years were good years, you knew all the others and even if we didn’t know it at the time, we were alike (poor). We didn’t wear uniforms to school but all the boys dressed the same,
In bib overalls.
How does this all connect to the Yellow River? Our family lived on a farm that joined the river on the north side. From our home about one-half mile to the north when we walked to school we crossed Eagle Creek and we were walking over water which flowed into Yellow river to the west of us. (seems we are always connected to the river) Now just a couple hundred feet on to the north was the school, your right the Eagle Creek school.
Red brick, wooden floor that got a coat of oil at the beginning of each school year, a pot belly coal burning stove right in the middle, a little room at the back for coats and a shelf to put your lunch on.
The average number of students was about 27 to 30 children each year. The teachers desk was at the front in the middle, with a black board that went almost all the way across the room.Rows of desk began with first and second grades on the west side and by the time you were in the eight grade you had made it to the east side by the windows, however you could not see out unless you would stand up, and in those days very few automobiles went by on the gravel rood, but when they did the dust would fly.
Oh yes the rest rooms, Ha! I mean the toilets were two hole out house’s and the water came from a pump outside, one with a handle that you had to work up and down. In the winter it was mostly froze up, made no difference who washed there hands anyway!.
My favorite teacher was Mrs. Glant my first teacher ever. Her husband was a preacher.
When I was in seventh or eight grade we had a hippy for a teacher, she wore a gold ring in her nose. We also had a nice young teacher right out of school, Willie and Marion Walkal who were twins just a grade behind me gave Miss Wonderlick (I think that was her name) a hard time, we found out one day that it was her birthday and we where going to give her a birthday spanking, we chased her around the outside of school house until we caught her. To day we would have been expelled.
The very best part of the day was recess and lunch time. I don’t think kids play the way we did, mostly made up our own games, like when it snowed we would play fox and goose.
The only paddling I got in school was for giving a boy a bloody nose for messing up our pattern for the game. IT WAS WORTH IT.
Well there is more but I’m wore out.
Later, My mamma named me Harold but then called me “Dean.”
Friday, January 26, 2007
The Rodgers Group
Ma (Bernadine) and Pa (Dean) Rodgers
Our three children
Harold (Barb), Brenda (Mike) and Linda (Jim)
Our five Grand-daughters
Emily (Craig), Andrea (Joshua), Jennifer (Derek), Kim and Kristin.
Our four Great Grand children
Jackson Dean (JD), Kate, Ella and Jordan.
Twenty in all for the time being.
I was born near Knox, Indiana, our farm was on the
north bank of the Yellow River
Herman and Hazel had bought seventy acre’s and I’m not sure
of the year but think it was just before my brother
Joe was born or just after which put it at between 1915 to 1919
My Brothers & Sisters.
Don , Chuck, Joe, Lois, Dean and Marilyn.
Just two of us left, Marilyn and me.
Bernadine was born in South Ryegate Vermont.
Our three children
Harold (Barb), Brenda (Mike) and Linda (Jim)
Our five Grand-daughters
Emily (Craig), Andrea (Joshua), Jennifer (Derek), Kim and Kristin.
Our four Great Grand children
Jackson Dean (JD), Kate, Ella and Jordan.
Twenty in all for the time being.
I was born near Knox, Indiana, our farm was on the
north bank of the Yellow River
Herman and Hazel had bought seventy acre’s and I’m not sure
of the year but think it was just before my brother
Joe was born or just after which put it at between 1915 to 1919
My Brothers & Sisters.
Don , Chuck, Joe, Lois, Dean and Marilyn.
Just two of us left, Marilyn and me.
Bernadine was born in South Ryegate Vermont.
She has four brothers, Ellsworth, Calvin, Charlie and Hamilton
and a sister Pauline. All but Ellsworth are living.
We met in Arizona, it was 1949 in December, Bernadine
was a waitress and I a room service waiter.
At Camel Back resort in Scottsdale.
In early January of 1950 we were on a double date, except we were
not dating each other, Bernadine was with my friend Jr.
And I was with this fat girl (but she was pretty)her name was Phyllis
Somewhere along in the evening the girls decided to change places,
thus started our love affair, which lead to our being married,
April 16 on the porch of a Baptist preacher.
The season was over for work so we honey-mooned across America
Spending our second night on the rim of the Grand Canyon, then on to
Nebraska for a stop to visit my Aunt Mabel, my mother’s sister, then
on to Knox where Bernadine got to meet my family and friends.
Then it was on to Vermont and Bernadine’s family who received me really
nicely. Then it was on to Whitefield New Hampshire where we worked
at the Mountain View House Resort, then in October we went
To Pass-a-grill Beach, Florida where we worked at the Rellum Hotel.
This was our way of life for the first 4 years, then we bought
a Drive Inn Restaurant which we called Dean’s Drive Inn.
In the late fifties I went to school to become a hair stylist and
in 1960 we bought a Salon at 2119 Miami St. South Bend, Indiana
Fifteen years later after multiple salons and other parts of the
beauty business we sold all of the business, with nothing ahead or planned
we took it easy for a few months.
Then I went to work for Georgia Boy Motor Home Company in Edwardsburg
Where we had moved to Eagle Lake in 1962,
In 1980 I went to work for PHM School district as a custodian, I was lucky and got assinged to Else Rogers Elementary School where I worked until I retired on December 31,1995. And four days later we were in Florida at Citrus Hills Park
Which has been our home for the winter months since then..
Now I’ve said all that to say how the Yellow River blog got started.
The last of our Great Grand children was born on August 20, 2006
And my cousin Rose Ann husband past away, at this time I wrote about New life and the ending of life along the River.
dean
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