Christmas - 2009 - "For unto us is born ...a Savior"

For unto you is born this day… a Savior who is Christ the Lord .”
Luke 2:11

Hope has Come
Let us join with the angel voices
Let us join their happy song
All of heaven and earth rejoices
For the Lamb of God has come
He has come to rescue sinners
Come to meet our desperate need
He was born to bring forgiveness
Born for Calvary

Alleluia, Hope has come
Alleluia, Christ has come
We once were slaves in misery
Till You appeared and set us free
Alleluia, Hope has come

Let us lay our gifts before Him
Let us magnify His Name
With our thankful hearts adore Him
For the Lord has come to save
He has come to break sin’s power
He has come to set us free
Hope was born that glorious hour
Christ the mighty King

by Stephen Altrogge

Savior: Celebrating the Mystery of God Become Man

Cyndi- 3 yrs Comissioned- excellent work!!

We remember the day 3 yrs ago 2006 when you pledged to serve , Thanks for the excellent example.

Psalm 103:1 Bless the Lord, O my soul,and all that is within me,bless his holy name! 2 Bless the Lord, O my soul,and forget not all his benefits

Matt and Cyndi


You are truly a blessing to us.

We never want to forget that you are a gift to us by God.

We also want you to know that our soul is refreshed when we think of you and spend our cherished times together.

So be encouraged this day and know, new and afresh, the new mercies and protection of our Lord.

We give thanks this day for you!

Love,

your fam

“In order to our return of praises to God, there must be a grateful remembrance of the mercies we have received from him: Forget not all his benefits. If we do not give thanks for them, we do forget them; and that is unjust as well as unkind, since in all God’s favours there is so much that is memorable.” (Matthew Henry Commentary)

Afghanistan surge

16,000 have orders for Afghanistan surge

Officials Announce First Afghanistan Surge Units
By Jim Garamone
http://www.armytimes.com/news/2009/12/ap_afghanistan_orders_120709/

American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, Dec. 7, 2009 – About 16,000 Marines and soldiers have been notified they will deploy to Afghanistan as part of President Barack Obama’s new strategy.
Obama announced his decision to deploy 30,000 U.S. troops to Afghanistan in the first half of 2010 on Dec. 1. The troops in today’s announcement primarily will come from Camp Lejeune, N.C.; Fort Drum, N.Y.; and Camp Pendleton, Calif., Pentagon officials said today. More notifications will be made in the weeks and months ahead, Pentagon spokesman Bryan Whitman said.
These initial deployments will join the 68,000 American troops already in the country. At the end of the effort, about 100,000 U.S. troops will be deployed to Afghanistan.
About 1,500 Marines from Camp Lejeune will deploy later this month. In addition, 6,200 Marines of Regimental Combat Team 2 at Camp Lejeune were alerted for deployment early in the spring, Whitman said.
The 1st Marine Expeditionary Force at Camp Pendleton will deploy 800 Marines in the spring, Whitman said.
The 1st Brigade Combat Team from the Army’s 10th Mountain Division at Fort Drum will deploy 3,400 soldiers in early spring to train Afghan forces.
 Additionally, 4,100 support personnel will deploy at various times through the spring, Whitman said. Military officials call these personnel “enablers” who do essential missions and bring extra value to the counterinsurgency effort. These include military police personnel, engineers, civil affairs personnel, route-clearance teams, explosive ordnance demolition personnel and experts in intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance.

Christmas/Thanksgiving 2009

 

"The Rising Sun will always speak your name.

Your memory is never passing
It won't be long, we'll meet again .
My love for you is everlasting." (Killswitch Engage-song)


 

Gealy W.Wallwork Hall- IUP

We have been fortunate to share our lives with Gealy and Betty Wallwork. Over the years we have found that at the important times they were there with us. They are true friends. William Wilberforce, a reformer of his day in the late 1800’s, has written concerning friendship that describes them:
“Friends have the capacity to listen when we most need it, the capacity for sharing a word in season when we most require it; they stay the course with us when the storms of life break over us. No man has more cause for gratitude to God than myself for this gift of friendship."


Gealy we want you to know that our respect and affection for you and Betty increases the longer we live and the more we know. We recount the blessings you have given us.
Betty your husband, children, and grandchildren “rise up and call you blessed” . You are a lovely person. You are steadfast in your support of Gealy and your family.
Gealy, the naming of this hall is an honor for the Wallwork, Myers, Boone and Greenly families and a testimony to your parents. We are grateful to all the individuals at IUP who have granted this honor.
Future generations will hear of you and will recall this day and this Residence Hall and will recall your dedication, kindness and service. The power of your “devotion and energy” and vision will pass into your children’s, children, children and others that attend this University.
Our hope and anticipation as we look ahead to your future is captured in a quote of John Flavel a Puritan leader from Dartmouth, England in 1678 speaking on stewardship:
“Whoever finds a careful and a thankful heart to record and treasure up the daily experiences of God’s mercy to him shall never lack new mercies to record to his dying day.