Last Sunday, I was privileged to be in the nursery duringmorning worship. Donna Burns brought her granddaughter, Frances, tobe with us for the first time (that I know about). It was so goodto watch Endi Champaign make her welcome. She got a chair placed sothey could sit together. Before they left, they were all friends –just the way it should be! Take a lesson from them all, olderfolk.

Last Sunday, I was privileged to be in the nursery duringmorning worship. Donna Burns brought her granddaughter, Frances, tobe with us for the first time (that I know about). It was so goodto watch Endi Champaign make her welcome. She got a chair placed sothey could sit together. Before they left, they were all friends –just the way it should be! Take a lesson from them all, olderfolk.

I hope when you read this, Garret has come home. On June 28(Wednesday), S.M. and Margy Hodges had been on an errand lettingtheir dog, Garret, ride on the back of the pickup truck. Garret isa border collie (black with white around his neck). He is a specialpet and also knows his job of rounding up the cattle. Somewherebetween Norfield and home on Fox Road, he either fell or jumped offthe truck. If you see him, please call. If you fail to get theHodges, I will be happy to relay a message.

Thanks to Cheryl Calcote for sharing news. Ray and MargaretRushing recently went on a weekend trip to New Orleans with theirdaughter and son-in-law, Cheryl and Mike Calcote. They enjoyedexploring the Farmers Market, flea market and other sights in theFrench Quarter and Jackson Square. They saw the Aquarium of theAmericas, Imax Theater (which was showing a film on the Mysteriesof Egypt) and the Riverwalk. They shopped at Lakeside Mall.

Soon after returning from New Orleans, Ray, Margaret, Cheryl andMike traveled in another direction to Memphis, Tenn., to visittheir son and grandson, Brian Calcote, who lives in Germantown andworks for the Internal Revenue Service in Memphis. Brian hasrecently made trips to Washington, D.C., Miami, Fla. and Denver,Colo., furthering his training with the IRS. He treated his parentsand grandparents to tickets to see the Broadway musical, “Parade”at the Orpheum Theater in Memphis. One of the stars was Brookhavennative, Randy Redd. The Rushings and Calcotes report that Randy isvery talented. They thoroughly enjoyed the musical and visitingwith Brian.

Beatrice Kennedy is recuperating at home after a hospital andpacemaker implant at Southwest Mississippi Regional Medical Centerin McComb. Keep her in your prayers. She has recently lost herhusband to cancer and has not had time to get rested up fromthat.

Of interest to all members of Topisaw Creek Water Associationwho now enjoy water at any time, is they now have a generator toinsure a water supply in times of long power outages due to badweather.