C4 - THE JOURNAL, Thursday, January 26, 2012
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Free Income Tax Help at Senior Center
The City of Stillwater Senior
Activity Center will offer free
income tax assistance provided
by AARP trained representa-
tives starting Wednesday,
February 1 st, 9:30 a.m. to 12:
00 p.m. This service will run
through April 17 . No appoint-
ment is needed. Bring your last
year' s tax return and all income
information. Also, coming up
in the month, free blood pres-
sure checks will be provided
by Healthback Home Health
Care on Thursday, February
9 at 1:30 p.m. No appoint-
ment needed. Notice, coming
next month on March 12 the
popular defensive driving class
will be held from 9:45 a.m. to
4:15 p.m. Call or come by to
sign up now. The Center is a
fun place to come and social-
ize with other seniors. 50
and over, while participating
in many different activities.
Center hours are: Monday
through Friday, 9:30 am to
4:30 p.m. and Thursday. 6:00
p.m. to 8:30 p.m. for music
night. The facility is closed on
weekends. Stop by 1015 E.
12%r call 747-8080 for more
information and make sure to
pick up a February calendar
of events.
Monday, January 30
- Monday mornings consist
of women playing pool and a
painting class both beginning
at 9:30 a.m. The women enjoy
practicing their pool shots
while getting in some good
social time with each other.
The artists in the painting
class enjoy socializing also,
while getting creative with
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their paints and brushes. In the
aftemoon at 1:00 p.m. games
of; rubber bridge, canasta,
dominoes, pool, and Mexican
train dominoes, are played.
Tuesday, January 31 - Test
you flexibility in the free Sit'n
Be Fit exercise class that starts
at 9:30 a.m. every Tuesday and
Thursday. This class is a 45-
minute workout where chairs
are provided for each person.
Some exercises are done while
sitting and some are done
while standing by your chair.
Bouncing balls, hand weights,
and slretch bands are incorpo-
rated in to the exercises for an
extensive workout. Wii games
and ping pang are always
available for a fun time, too.
Aftemoon activities include
games such as; duplicate
bridge, Mexican Train domi-
noes, canasta, pitch, Skipbo,
puzzle solving, sneaker, pool
and dominoes. A representa-
tive from Veteran's Affairs
comes in on Tuesdays, from
1:00-3:00 p.m. to help with
any questions or paperwork
you may have pertaining to
veteran's assistance.
Wednesday, February 1
- The free AARP tax help
will begin today at 9:30 a.rrk
to 12:00 p.m. No appointment
needed. Sign in when you
arrive. Women's pool gets
underway again at 9:30 a.m.
Wii interactive games and
ping pang are also available
for participation. Afternoon
games that usually begin at 1:
00 p.m. include; canasta, domi-
noes, pool. Texas Hold'em.
pitch, and puzzle solving. The
really means. If you read only one book this year besides the
Bible. please read this book.
We invite you to join us on Lover' s Lane as we try to empha-
size what Jesus taught in the Sermon on the Mount and be
among those few who endeavor to stay on that narrow path
to heaven.
adventure movie, "Alabama
Moon", will be shown at 2:
00 p.m.
Thursday, February 2- The
free Sit'n Be Fit exercise
class meets again at 9:30 a.m.
Along with the raceme tax
aid group. Afterwards, Wii
Fit .is available to use. This
is an interactive game system
that challenges and can help
improve your balance. At 1:
00 p.m. you can join in games
of canasta, dominoes, social
bridge, pitch, pool, sneaker,
and puzzle solving. A coed
in-house pool toumament will
be held at 1:00 p.m. Bingo is
played at 2:00 p.m. where
everyone is a winner. Thurs-
day evenings the Center's
doors reopen at 5:30 p.m. for
Music Night. The musicians
tune up their instruments and
start some good o1' country
tunes at 6:00 p.m.
Friday, February 3 - Activi-
ties start at 9:30 a.m. with
women's pool playing and a
painting class. There is exer-
cise equipment, Wii games,
and a ping pang table all
available for use, too, After-
noon participates like to play
games that include: canasta.
pool, sneaker, pitch, Texas
Hold'em, dominoes, and
a puzzle is out waiting for
someone to find the missing
pieces.
Last weeks winners of robber
bridge were: Wally Reynolds,
t st, and DoNe McClary, 2%
The week before that the
winners of rubber bridge
were: Norma Burk and J.W.
Thomas, tied for 1 st place.
and Joyce Cox was 2%
Social bridge winners: Ina Lee
Abels, 1st, and Mia Owens,
2% Texas Hold'em winners
were: Shirley Crockett and
Betty Shields.
For more information, call
City of Stillwater Senior
Activity Center, 747-8080.
Christian Church of Perkins
By Ralph Martin
Sunday, our Minister, David Pock, brought a message
"That You May Believe - Part I2" from John 7. The more
Jesus taught and worked, the more his creditability came into
question. The crowds were growing. Some were believers
and called him a wonderful man. the Messiah. and a prophet.
Some were hostile and called Jesus demon-possessed and a
fraud. Others disqualified him as the Messiah because they
had jumped to the wrong conclusion that Jesus had been bom in
Nazareth - when actually he had only grown up there - instead
of in Bethlehem as had been prophesied some 700 years before
by the prophet Micah.
Adding fuel to the fire were the Pharisees. These religious
leaders had a great deal of power over the common people.
They saw themselves an elite group that alone had the troth.
They resisted the real math about Christ because it wasn't theirs
to begin with. Jesus' message posed a real threat to their power.
They hated him and many would refuse his gift of salvation
- no matter what he said or did.
Their efforts were not working in their favor. Their attempts to
have the Temple guards arrest Jesus for causing a disturbance,
or breaking some ceremonial law. had back- fired. The guards
couldn't find one reason to do so. While they had listened to
find evidence, they couldn't help heating the wonderful words
he said. To make matters worse, one of their peers (Nicode-
mus) had apparently became a secret believer of Jesus and was
now speaking out for him. The Pharisees were losing ground.
Their hypocrfical motives were being exposed and their pres-
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tige eroding. They began to move to protect themselves. Pride
interfered with their ability to reason and soon they became
obsessed with getting rid of Jesus. What was good and right no
longer mattered. They would soon succeed - temporarily.
Even today, questions remain among us about who Jesus is,
knowing that it has eternal consequences. We best get this one
sorted out now. Time is short. How can we ever think God is
pleased with the mess we have made out of this world?
Weare located at 121 E. Stumbo in Perkins, OK. 405-547-
2004 christianchurchperkins@yahoo.com Sunday School 09:
45 A.M. Worship 10:45 A.M. Experiencing God Class 6:
30 P.M. Wednesday, Nursery available. Visitors welcome.
Members expected.
Mehan Union Church
Are you living in the darkness of Satan's world, or in the
Light with Christ? Christ forgives. Have you forgiven
those who trespass against you?
BIBLE-Basic Instruction Before Leaving Earth.
Thanks Mrs. Friedeman for this word of advice.
Congratulations on a couple anniversaries - Mr. & Mrs.
German, 55 years; and Bill & Roma, 14 years.
We had a very special visitor today, Gerald Davis, a
soldier serving our country in Afganistan on his third tour
of duty. He is the son of Darrell & Vida Davis. They also
have a grandson serving there, John. We need to keep all
of our soldiers serving forever in prayer
Saturday Jan. 28, at 2 p.m. will be our Secret Sister Meet
& Greet. Come join the fun.
Prayer Breakfast Jan. 29, 9:15-9:45 a.m. Bring a
dish and join us for prayer and praise time. Sunday School
follows, then Worship time at 10:30.
New elders were introduced --Lawrence Robinson,
Dave Smith, and Scott Harrison. Pray, for them in this
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new position for our church.
If you call yourself"Christian" make a" Godly" differ-
ence in someone's life everyday.
St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church
By Fr. Ken Harder
"This is the time of fulfillment, the kingdom of God is
at hand, repent and believe."
You and I have heard these words before and as such,
it is easy to pass over them without much thought. These
words, however, tell us much, if we pay attention. A
reality that we can ignore until our demise is imminent.
is our eternal status, heaven or hell.
It is much more comfortable to believe that we will go to
heaven. Some will maintain that you can have certainty;
that you will be in heaven if you just say that Jesus is
Lord and Savior. That would be nice if that were all, but
it fails to pass one test, REPENT!
Heaven and hell are eternal states but we live in them
to some degree now. The kingdom of God, heaven, is
present even now. We say as much in mass when We sing
the great hosanna with the angels and saints. Heaven is
not so much a place of pleasure but a state of being. It is
the state of being loved by God and loving him in return.
Any pleasures associated with heaven flow from this.
Hell is the opposite. It is a refusal to love God and thy
neighbor; it is an ultimate state of selfishness.
C.S. Lewis wrote an excellent book, The Great Divorce,
which is about heaven and hell in these terms. I highly
recommend this book. It is easy reading and insightful.
Acknowledging the presence of the kingdom of God
and having real belief in it requires a step in between,
REPENT! Repentance is not punishing oneself as we
may be inclined to think. Repentance means more than
simply regret wrong actions; it is more fundamental.
To regret wrong actions, a person must change the way
they see things. Repent, therefore means that we must
be open to change. Openness to change is a willingness
to embrace truth itself. To seek truth is the highest of
human endeavors, for in seeking truth, we learn to act
on what is truly good.
My friends, the kingdom of God is here and now. To
see it, to be aware of it, you must repent. Open your
minds and hearts more and more to this reality. If you
are willing to do this, then this is truly the time of your
fulfillment.
Roger Stevens
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