C4 - THE JOURNAL, Thursday, December 23, 2010
Seniors
New Year schedule for Senior Center
The City of Stillwater
Senior Activity Center will
be closed Friday, Decem-
ber 31 for the New Year
holiday. Also, Thursday's
music night on December
30, will not be held due to
the holiday. Regular center
hours are: Monday through
Friday, 9:30 a.m. 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=or call 747-8080 for
more information and make
sure to pick up a January
calendar of events.
Monday, Dec. 27- Wom-
en's pool and oil painting
class start the week offat 9:
30 a.m. Also, a Wii gaming
system is always ready to
set up for you to try. Exer-
cise equipment is available
for senior use such as; a
treadmill, exercise bikes, a
weight machine, and a ping
pang table. Afternoon gets
busy with bridge, canasta,
pitch, pool, dominoes,
Mexican Train dominoes,
and puzzle solving.
Tuesday, Dec. 28 - Work
off your holiday calories
by joining the Sit 'n Be
Fit exercise class. It meets
every Tuesday and Thurs-
day mornings at 9:30 a.m.
Chairs are provided for
each person during the 45-
minute, low impact exercise
workout. Some exercises are
done while sitting and some
are done while standing by a
chair. Bouncing balls, hand
weights, and stretch bands
are incorporated in to the
exercises for an extensive
workout. At 10:30 a.m.
you can stay and continue
your exercise while play-
ing a variety of games
on the Wii system or try
some ping-pong. Tuesday
afternoon activities include
games such as; duplicate
bridge, Mexican Train
dominoes, canasta, pitch,
Skipbo, puzzle solving, and
dominoes. A representative
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, Dec. 29
- The sound of pool balls
scattering and dropping
in to the pockets can be
heard Wednesday morn-
ing starting at 9:30 a.m. for
women's pool. Ping-pong
and Wii interactive games
are also available for some
fun times. Activities for the
afternoon include; canasta,
pool, dominoes, Texas
Hold'em, pitch, puzzle
solving, and a movie. The
movie, "Snow Walker",
will be shown at 2:00 p.m.
Thursday, Dec. 30 - Time
to exercise again with the Sit
'n Be Fit exercise class at 9:
30 a.m. After the exercise
class, stay and have a good
time bowling with the Wii
or try the WiiFit system for
some fun exercise. Also, a
ping pang table is available
for a game of laughter. Then
in the afternoon you can
join in games of canasta,
social bridge, pool, pitch,
dominoes, puzzle solving.
Music night will not be
held due to the New Year
holiday.
Friday, Dec. 31- Center
\\;is closed.
• Last weeks winners for
mbber'bridge were: Wally
Reynolds, 1% and Treca
Adams, 2"! Social bridge
winners were: Lynn Fent,
pt, and Cloyann Fent, 2"!
Duplicate bridge players got
together and the winning
partners of the group were:
Jerry Koelsch and Murna
Raff, pt; and Treca Adams
and Norma Burk, 2 "d. The
Texas Hold'em champi-
ons of the week were Sue
Adams and Don Lorett.
For more information, call
City of Stillwater Senior
Activity Center, 747-8080.
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Bringing Them In
Short days and long nights
unconsciously increases our
desire to bring the outdoors
in. Dried wreaths, hydran-
geas and vases of lavender
carry into fall the pleasures of
summer s delight. Holiday
tables adorned with squash,
pine cones and bright berries
brighten these quiet days
bringing faint reflection of
gardens past and gardens yet
tobe.
One of the most common
ways the outdoors comes in
is with houseplants. Many
gardeners bring in their
tender containers not only
to offer protection from the
cold, but to supplement the
plant s fight This is the per-
fect opportunity to give your
plants a bit of extra attention
and potentially discourage
or eliminate fledgling prob-
lems.
Outdoors, winter s cold slow
down pests with intermit-
tent warm days encouraging
natural predators. The extra
warmth offered indoors
during winter also becomes
CHURCH
the perfect climate for insects
or disease to flourish.
Two of the most common
houseplant pests are mealy
bugs and scale. Because of
their habits, both are often
not detected until populations
become significant.
Take the time when bringing
plants in to wipe down each
leaf with a soft cloth. Pay
close attention to the leaf s
underside and stems keeping
an eye out for tan, oval spots
or dark brown, raised bumps
both about the size of a match-
head. These are two of the
most common kind of scale.
These sucking insects have
favorite plants citrus trees,
palms and Ficus are common
hosts. Scale is often harder
to detect on Ficus and palms
because of the smaller leaves
and many soft stems on each
plant. Scale on citrus is often
first detected by the evidence
of black sooty mold a dusting
of soot that is a result of the
sticky excrement of the scale.
Mealy bugs on the other
hand tuck themselves in hard
to reach places. They are a
whitish gray creature with
many legs and prominent
antennae. Often their bodies
are surrounded by a cottony
mass. Mealy bugs are often
found at the soil line or nestled
into the scales of bulb type
plants. Check plants carefully
by separating the strap leaves
of Amaryllis, Clivia and
Cymbidium orchids. Mealy
bugs are also a common pest
of many cactus and succulents
hiding in deep ribs or clustered
around tufted spines.
Both of these houseplant
pests are easily eradicated
with a thorough applica-
tion of properly diluted (my
favorite!) ultra fine oil. It is
effective because the refined
paraffin smothers the insect
and leaves no toxic residue.
Recheck your plants in four
weeks to make sure you didn
t miss any of the critters.
Warmth coupled with short
days creates an unnatural
environment. Ive found
winter to be the most problem
prone months for houseplants.
Don t throw up your hands in
defeat, but keep an eye on the
plant for indications of what
its needs may be.
Less vigorous growth gener-
ally calls for less water. Most
of my indoor foliage is satis-
fied with a small drink every
three to four weeks. Spare
the fertilizer unless a plant
is ready to bloom. Feeding
plants nitrogen at this time
of year will probably create
weak, leggy growth and in
the absence of natural preda-
tors aphids and spider mites.
If possible, position your
houseplants, (including tropi-
cals) away from your home
s heat source. Leaves cannot
replace the moisture in their
cells fast enough to keep up
with the drying effect of gas
or wood heat. Moderation is
the key.
Winding this up, I was
thinking my most unusual
houseplant wasn t a house-
plant at all. Thirty years ago,
my roommate Delilah and I
were given a houseplant by
a departing college student.
Seven feet tall and planted in
a plastic kitchen garbage can
it definitely made its presence
known in our small four room
home. At some point it was
identified as an oleander tree
highly poisonous. For me, this
made it all the more intriguing.
We decorated it with balloons
and in her odd humor Delilah
wouldcall OhLeeAnn andin
my daze I d reply, der. I still
laugh at our youthfifl delight
playing with words and creat-
ing altemate song lyrics.
The plant was not special, but
the sharing of it was. Can you
share your green treasures and
create a Christmas memory
this season?
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center of your celebration. Blessings and honor are due HIM
for all He has done.
We invite you this week to join us on Christmas Eve for a
special Christmas service beginning at 9:00 pm and again on
Sunday Morning for Sunday services. Blessing to you this
Christmas Season, "For unto us is bom.. unto us is Given..a
Savior Which is Christ the Lord."
Immanuel Baptist Church
By Claudia Andrews
A prayer for you to have a wonderful Christmas! It's all
about Christ and the Greatest Gift of all to mankind over
2,000 years ago. We will worship together on Sunday, Dec.
26 at 10:45 a.m. only. There will not be Sunday School or
evening worship. Brother Ben Lacy will bring the message
that morning.
Tina Foster sang "Mary did you know?" for those who
came to celebrate Jesus as Lord and King on Sunday. Brother
Robin brought the message "Make Christ 'happen' in 2011"
taking the text from John 1:1-14. This is a very beautiful
passage as the Apostle John defends the Godhead of Jesus
Christ expounding on His deity. 'q'he Word" is Jesus Christ
- the Word meaning Igos or"things ordered by God." No
other interpretation can be taken in this passage. Jesus came
to dwell among us that we might have, eternal life. The Light
shines in the darkness and Jesus overcame the darkness. How
awesome a plan God had to reconcile us to Himself. Jesus:
the Son of God and the son of man; all God and all man- hard
to comprehend, but not hard for God at all. Only the perfect
Lamb of GOd is able to save mankind:
Brother Robin's evening message was taken from several
passages expounding on "Will you miss Christmas?" He
spoke of the innkeeper in Lake 2:7; Herod the king in Matthew
2:3-18; of the chief priests and scribes in Matthew 2:4-8; of
the Romans in Luke 2:1-3; and of the rulers in the synagogue
in Luke 4:16-21. These were "aware" of the Messiah Christ
coming, but missed the celebration of His birth because of
unbelief. Those who did not miss that first Christmas were
the shepherds in Luke 2:8-20; Simeon in Luke 2:25; and Anna
the prophetess in Luke 2:36-38 because they believed. Let
us not miss the real Christmas! It's not about the season, it's
about the Reason.
The first A-Y'S senior adult lunch of 2011 is Jan. 3 at 11:
30 a.m. with special guest Jan Cook. AWANA Clubs and
Prayer, Praise, & Bible study will begin again on Jan. 5. The
ladies WM&M's breakfast is Jan. 8 at 8 a.m. at Jalopy's. We
will celebrate our 7th anniversary as a church on Jan. 9 with
special guests during the day and, of course, a fellowship meal!
More details coming.
Come visit us at 2415 E 104 just a mile north of Perkins.
Info: 547-1222 or www.immanuelbaptistperkins.org
First United Methodist Church
Join us for worship this Sunday at Stillwater First United
Methodist Church. Worship is at 8:30 and 11:10 at our 7 th &
The Gospel of 1995
Each year at this time the Christmas story is repeated
over and over again, but some years ago I got to thinking
how the story would read if God had waited until, let's
say, 1995 to send Jesus to establish his kingdom. In that
year I was teaching a high school class at church, and
most of my students had been raised in the church. Jesus
taught by telling stories. My students knew most of them
by heart, but it was hard for them to relate to some of
them because their world was so very different from the
ways of life back then.
I decided to write the Gospel story as if Jesus had been
born in Texas in 1995. It seemed to me that we could
profit by seeing how Jesus' stories would play out in our
culture. Perhaps they would impact us more deeply if they
were about things we are familiar with. It seems that no
prominent writer had thought of doing that until some
years later when one attempted it in order to promote his
politically correct convictions.
Some may find my story appalling, even sacrilegious, but
I studied the four gospels and tried to combine them into
one story without inserting any of my personal opinions.
In trying to imagine what the religious world would have
looked like by then without Jesus, I surmised that many
would have become Jewish proselytes and continued to
look for their savior to come. Other churches and reli-
gious groups might have sprung up because people have
a natural yearning for meaning in life. Some might have
come along presenting themselves as Christ and forming
cults. In that climate religious leaders and preachers could
easily be pictured as those in my story. By considering
what Jesus said and did in a new light 1 hoped to help
make Jesus teachings relevant in this, The Greatest Story
Ever Told.
In my story, I pictured John the Baptist as a Mexican
man named Pedro who dipped people in the waters of the
Pecos River. The angel Gabriel came out of nowhere in a
U.F.O. and told Maria and her husband to be, Jose, that she
was to be the earthly mother of God's son, and she would
give birth to him under a bridge in Austin, Texas. His
name was to be Jesus (pronounced in Spanish, Hey-sots),
and she would wrap him in a faded red Mexican serape.
Picturing Jesus as a Mexican construction worker might
be closer to the real Jesus than the long-haired effeminate
pictures we are used to seeing. Would a mental picture
of the futility of trying to stampede a herd of longhorns
through a soda straw help impress you with the danger
involved with having a lot of money? Would a modem
day method of execution shock you with the horror of
that event? I hope my story might make Jesus' teachings
come alive and cause us to revisit them with renewed
intensity and insight.
Sandy placed a notebook copy of this book in the Per-
kins library for anyone to check out. If you read the book,
please let me know what you think of my effort. If they
can't find it, let me know and I'll print a couple of copies
to loan out to you.
Now, go enjoy the real story.
Duck location and at 11:00 a.m. at our South Husband location.
This Sunday Stan Warfield, senior pastor, will preach at both
the 8:30 and 11:10 services at our 7 & Duck location. The
title of his sermon is "Joseph's Nightmare" based on text taken
from Matthew 2:13 - 23.
The 8:30 a.m. worship service is broadcast live each week on
Stillwater radio station KSPI-AM 780. A nursery is provided
for children 5 and under during both services.
Steve Roach will preach this Sunday at our South Campus,
2823 S. Husband, at 11:00 a.m.
Closer Walk, a modem service is held every Sunday morning
in the Family Life Center on the comer of 7 and Duck at 10:
00 a.m. This music-rich service will enlighten your spirit and
energize you. This Sunday Stan Warfield, senior pastor, will
preach at both the 8:30 and 11:10 services at our 7 h & Duck
location. The title of his sermon is "Joseph's Nightmare" based
on text taken from Matthew 2:13 - 23. This will truly be a
unique worshipping experience with Methodist traditions in a
casual atmosphere. Please join us!
This Friday evening we will have 3 Christmas Eve Communion
Services at 3:30, 5:00 and 7:00 p.m. ilrour sanctuary at our main
campus. Christmas morning we will have a service of celebra-
tion at 10:30 a.m. in our sanctuary at our main campus at 7 and
Duck. Please join us for these very special services!
Grace Church Stillwater
Grace Church Stillwater (PCA) is community of faith that
emphasizes strong biblical teaching through a service that
reflects the historic and modem church. Pastor Jonathan Dorst
will be teaching through the Old Testament book of Genesis
from November-February. We meet for worship Sundays in
Westwood Elementary School, comer of Sixth and Kings
(across from Warren Clinic), at 10:30 a.m. and Theology
Breakfast classes at 9:30 a.m.. Children's classes provide a
safe place for kids to learn biblical truth and have fun. Grace
hosts Bible studies, community groups, film nights and cultural
equipping, as well as service opportunities. Our new office is
at the comer of Seventh and Main. Information: 334-2188 or
www.gracestillwater.us.
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