The Blossburg Memorial Library is now offering Grab & Go pickup services for library materials! Patrons can schedule an appointment to pick-up up to 10 items per family (any combination of books, audiobooks and up to 3 DVDs) that have been placed on hold through our catalogue, via e-mail, or via phone. It may take up to 24 hours during our current business days to prepare materials. The catalogue is linked from our website, Blossburgmemoriallibrary.com. Patrons will need their library card to place holds on-line, but can call the library if they need help accessing their account. If somebody does not have a library card, let us know and we can help you out. Patrons can also make holds by calling the library (570-638-2197) and either speaking to staff or by leaving a clear and detailed message or by sending an e-mail request to [email protected].
Hi all, I can’t believe it’s June already. Would like to wish all the people born in June a happy birthday.
The Fire Co. made another little boy happy for his birthday with a parade of fire trucks. I think this should go on even when things get back to normal as its a nice gesture. Congratulations to all seniors may all your hopes and dreams come true. Have a great weekend and week. It has been GREAT to be back and see so many of you at the Library!
Registration for this year’s Epic Virtual Summer Reading Adventure: Imagine Your Story for children up to grade 6 has begun! To register your child(ren), please e-mail the library at [email protected] with their name, age, grade if in school, your address, e-mail address and phone number so that we may stay in contact with you. Our new adventure includes an online program called Readsquared. The children can log the minutes that they read, how many books, play games and earn badges. The link is http://greenfreecanton.readsquared.com. Contact the library if you need help signing your child(ren) up or have any questions about the program. Once again, I hope this finds you all doing well and coping best we all can amid the chaos. I thought “going green” would really help calm things down, but, from I see, not so much. Please pray for the leaders of this great nation during what has become another time of bitter unrest.
We continue to do lots of yard work. I had to buy more cherry tomato plants, as the potted one I had re-potted looks horrid. It’s looking wilted and its leaves are turning white. What’s that about? And, the Rose-A-Sharon bush we’ve had in the front yard for decades completely died over the winter. So sad. There were some years that those white with magenta centers blooms would cover the entire bush. But, thanks anyway to neighbor Hojo for yanking it out. On Friday I took Ron to Windfall cemetery so he could see the several crocks I had filled for Decoration Day. They all looked good, and we got our first sight of field corn pushing up out of the ground. Hooray! A return to “normal”??? We then tripped down Coolbaugh Hill, saw the buffalo, and went on to call on Judy and David Bristol. I bought 2 beautiful wooden crates that David makes – which I’ll use in this year’s Grange booth for the fair – if, in fact, there is a Troy Fair. Judy and David were doing pretty good – David has an upcoming surgery. James 3:1
[1] Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers, for you know that we who teach will be judged with greater strictness. (ESV) Recently, I had the privilege of visiting two of my favorite teachers that I have ever known. They both live in Florida. One was my professor from Bible College. I had a strict policy when I was in Bible college; whatever this one professor taught I took the class. The other teacher I went to visit was my father. For my whole life he has taught me truth from Scripture. There is a tremendous value that we can attach to those who faithfully and accurately teach the Word of God. The men I mentioned influenced and continue to influence my life to this day. Their commitment to defending the truth of the Bible has helped me in my faith and enabled me to teach others. Without great teachers I would not be a teacher myself. Have you ever tried to give advice to an upset drunk person? If not, have you seen the show, “Cops”? It’s difficult enough to get an angry, sober person to calm down and consider what you are trying to tell them. An intoxicated person who is convinced they are right, well…good luck! There comes a point when you realize that reasoning isn’t possible and you have to call it quits until the person decides to sober up. So if you are always sober, you never have to worry about not hearing or being reasonable, right? Well, what if…
God is trying to talk to you and/or give you advice? Is being sober enough to hear what He is saying? Sorry, but the answer is no. I can be, “As sober as a judge” and still be separated from God. Believing in Jesus and submitting to His authority are a good start, but even then it is possible to position ourselves so that it is difficult, (if not impossible) to hear. Denying Jesus for being who He is, un-repented sin, being, “luke warm” or just giving God lip service makes it very difficult to hear what He is trying to tell us. When we distance ourselves from God, it is like WE are the drunken person, unable to receive good advice. How do I get sober you ask? I’m always impressed when I hear someone say so much with just a few words. So, my aim has always been to hold my sermons to 22 minutes, and my columns to no more than one page. I’m always successful at that with my column –not always with my weekly sermon. But, I do try. Words are precious –they should never be wasted. When they are used to encourage and lift others, while helping them along with the choices we are all being forced to make –well, that’s even better. So, when I read this, I knew that I needed to concede my column this week to a scared, courageous mother of two small children. Yes, Moms are really good-hearted, careful, hard-working, and smart! I knew immediately that I could not think of anything more important to say. Besides, I think our freedom of speech means that everyone needs to be heard in their own voice and style. It means that we need to listen to others. TAKE TWO MINUTES OF YOUR TIME AND LISTEN TO A YOUNG MOM.
“Now there were staying in Jerusalem God-fearing Jews from every nation under heaven. When they heard this sound, a crowd came together in bewilderment, because each one heard them speaking in their own language. Utterly amazed, they asked: ‘Are not all these men who are speaking Galileans? Then how is it that each of us hears them in his own native language?’” Acts 2:5-8, New International Version. The previous verses show the setting is at the temple in Jerusalem on the day of Pentecost. The Holy Spirit came upon the disciples like tongues of fire with the sound of a raging, piercing wind. The coming of the Holy Spirit is what Jesus told the disciples to wait for in Jerusalem.
“Now there were staying in Jerusalem God-fearing Jews from every nation under heaven.” Pentecost is a Jewish holiday where the Jews came to Jerusalem for a special feast and to honor God for His blessings of providing for their needs. Jews came from every part of the known world for they were devoted to serving God. The result was very large crowds such as when ringing in the New Year at Time Square in New York City or Mardi Gras in New Orleans. In his book, “New Testament History: A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the Book of Acts,” Gareth L. Reese wrote, “We are told that when Titus besieged Jerusalem (68-70 A.D.), an event which occurred about Passover time, there were no less than three million people in the city.” by Rusty Mitchum
You know, the first time I parachuted, I was 10 years old. Back then, parachutin’ was a lot harder than it is now. At least it was for us. When I say us, I mean my cousin Coy, Greg Hunt, Little Rusty, Wee Whoa and me. Oh yeah, and Wee Whoa’s dog Bones. We didn’t parachute out of airplanes because we didn’t know anybody that had one, so we parachuted off of porches, out of trees, and stuff like that. In fact, we never parachuted off of anything high enough to allow our parachute to deploy properly. “Wow!” Little Rusty exclaimed after one of my jumps. “The pair of shoot nearly opened that time.” That’s what we called them; pair of shoots, because that’s what we thought they were sayin’. “Really?” I replied. “I wish we had something bigger to jump off of.” We all were tryin’ to think of somethin’ higher from which to jump. “Why don’t you jump off of the house?” said Wee Whoa. “Shut up Wee Whoa,” said Little Rusty, Wee Whoa’s older brother. “Nobody wants to hear nothin’ from a little ol’ kid. ![]() by Rachel Heitzenrater [email protected] CANTON — As of last week, local libraries were allowed to reopen, but still follow CDC guidelines with social distancing. Because of this, The Green Free Library in Canton decided to continue its traditional “Preschool Learning Time,” but instead, with a Facebook Live online called “Virtual Preschool Learning Time.” “Our whole summer learning for preschoolers and school age up to grade 5/6 will be online. We won’t have any children’s programming in the Library until school returns,” said the library’s director, Cathy Golder, who is also hosting the free program every Thursday. Preschool Learning Time lasts about 10-15 minutes every Thursday at 10 a.m. Golder says she usually does it on Facebook Live, but is working on getting a YouTube channel account going so those who do not have Facebook can still enjoy the program as well. “Last week we celebrated mommies and grammies by reading three books about Moms. I also sang two songs they know, called Five Little Ducks and Skinamarink,” said Golder. “I then asked them to draw a picture of their mom, grandmom, etc.” |
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