WHAT A NICE SURPRISE TODAY ON PORCH

1 PACKAGE SENT TO US BY A MS.PJ KNOWLES.SHE IS A FAITHFUL FOLLOWER AND ALWAYS THINKS OF US AND SHE ALSO SENDS ITEMS OCCASIONALLY TO PASTOR KAREN ON THE PINE RIDGE RESERVATION AND TO TOP IT OFF SHE IS NOT EVEN FROM N.J. NOW THAT IN ITSELF SPEAKS VOLUMES TO US.

Update on 2 grandkids

ON MAY 15TH WE ARE PLANNING ON GIVING SOME ITEMS TO THE GRANDCHILDREN THAT HAD BEEN DROPPED OFF AT GRANDMAS BY THEIR MOM.WE NEED DONATIONS.BELOW IS A LIST WHAT IS NEEDED .THANK YOU.


LIST:
shoes size 2 for youngest,size 8/10 clothes
shoe size 4 adult EEE, size 10/12  12/14 (she is tall and slender


hairbrushes,toothpaste ,tooth brushes,socks and underwear and maybe a nice doll or toys.Since they were dropped off with none.

REMEMBER

MANY TIMES YOU CAN FIND STRENGTH WHERE YOU THINK THERE WAS NONE WITH THE HELP OF JESUS




*For the woman who asked yes Peachess is still working closely with the women in the Transitional house or shelters in Burlington County

YESTERDAY

FR JOHN LIT CANDLES AND REPEATED PRAYERS FOR THOSE BEING DEVASTATED IN SOUTHERN U.S.  THAT HAVE BEEN  AFFECTED BY  THE TORNADOS.OUT THOUGHTS ARE WITH THEM AT THIS TIME.

While waiting in line at Dunkin Donuts

WHAT A NICE SURPRIZE!

GRANDMA'S GRANDCHILDREN NEED SHOES

SIZES NEEDED ARE SIZE 2
AND SIZE 4 WIDE TRIPLE EEE
GIRLS(EVEN SNEAKERS WOULD BE A BLESSING
OR SANDLES just no flip flops!

RECENT DONATIONS

 TOYS,TOYS AND MORE TOYS

 FOR A BABY BOY WHO NEEDS TO BE ENTERTAINED
HE WILL JUST LOVE THIS AND SO WILL HIS MOM

MAKE IT 2 GRANDKIDS THAT GRANDMA NEEDS HELP WITH

**THIS WAS JUST UPDATED *SURPRIZE ,THE OTHER GRANDCHILD WHO IS 10 YRS OLD WAS DROPPED OFF TODAY AT 1 PM.(APRIL 25/14) AT GRANDMA'S TOO.SHE WAS CRYING SO MUCH FOR HER BABY SISTER THE MOM SAID"GOOD YOU CAN GO LIVE WITH HER".AND OF COURSE GRANDMA TOOK HER IN.NOW THE GRANDMA  IS EVEN MORE DESPERATE FOR CLOTHES ETC...

IMAGINE BEING A 6 YR OLD GIRL AND A 10 YR OLD GIRL NEVER BEING TAUGHT THE IMPORTANCE OF BRUSHING THEIR HAIR OR THEIR TEETH IN THIS DAY AND AGE.
IMAGINE ALWAYS GOING TO SCHOOL WEARING SOMETHING SO WORN OTHERS MAKE FUN OF YOU
IMAGINE IN ALL THEIR YOUNG LIVES BEING ALWAYS SECOND TO THEIR MOMS PARTYING WAYS
IMAGINE NOT EVER KNOWING WHO YOUR REAL DAD IS BECAUSE OF SO MANY BOYFRIENDS A MOM HAS
IMAGINE BEING DROPPED OFF  AT GRANDMA'S AND BEING TOLD MOM IS LEAVING YOU THERE FOR GOOD.
IMAGINE FEELING UNLOVED BY YOUR MOM AND NOT KNOWING WHAT YOU HAVE DONE
NOW IMAGINE A GRANDMA ON A SMALL FIXED INCOME WHO WELCOMES YOU WITH OPEN ARMS BUT DOESN'T HAVE THE MEANS TO BUY YOU ANY NICE CLOTHES FOR SCHOOL
NOW IMAGINE A GRANDMA WHO WANTS THE CHILDREN TO FEEL LOVED
NOW IMAGINE THIS SAME GRANDMA REACHING OUT TO US AND ASKING FOR SOME SIZES 8 GIRL & 12 GIRLS CLOTHES IN GOOD CONDITION AND MAYBE SOME SOCKS,TOOTH BRUSH,TOOTH PASTE AND A NICE DOLL TO MAKE HER GRANDDAUGHTERS FEEL SPECIAL.
IMAGINE YOUR DONATION MAKING A DIFFERANCE FOR THESE CHILDREN AND GRANDMA

THIS IS AN IMAGE REPRESENTING MOTHER EARTH

Lets hope tomorrow especially we will take time to remember to celebrate all that nature has provided for us.The food,the water,the air we breathe.Many plant trees

TOMORROW IS EARTH DAY

WHAT IS EARTH DAY?
EARTH DAY IS AN EVENT THAT FIRST STARTED IN THE 1970'S.IT IS A CELEBRATION
TO DEMONSTRATE SUPPORT FOR OUR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION. IT IS CELEBRATED ON APRIL 20 WORLDWIDE.
*the native americans have always respected MOTHER EARTH for years and the environment.Took the rest of us awhile to catch on.

 

HAVE A HAPPY & BLESSED EASTER TODAY

TOMORROW IS EASTER,IT IS A RELIGOUS HOLIDAY

EASTER IS A HOLIDAY IN WHICH THE CHRISTIANS CELEBRATE JESUS CHRISTS' RESURRECTION.(resurrection means life after death,to become back as you were)

HOW DID THE EASTER BUNNY COME ABOUT??

THE ORIGIN OF THE EASTER BUNNY CAN BE RELATED TO PAST LITERATURE AND CULTURE.IT TRACES BACK TO THE 13TH CENTURY,PRE-CHRISTIAN GERMANY,WHEN PEOPLE WORSHIPPED MANY gods AND goddesses.THE TEUTORIC DIETY EOSTRA WAS THE goddess OF SPRING AND FERTILITY.FEASTS WERE HELD IN HER HONOR.HER SYMBOL WAS THE RABBIT BECAUSEOF THE ANIMALS REPRODUCTION RATE.SPRING ALSO SYMBOLIZED NEW LIFE,REBIRTH.EGGS WERE ALSO A SYMBOL OF FERTILITY.IN THE 15TH CENTURY WHEN ROMAN CATHOLICISM BECAME THE DOMINANT RELIGION IN GERMANY THEY MERGED THE IDEA OF THE EASTER EGGS REPRESENTING JESUS RESURRECTION.WHICH HAD ALREADY BEEN INGRAINED BY PAGAN BELIEFS.THESE LEGENDS ABOUT THE EASTER BUNNY CAME TO THE USA IN THE 1700'S WHEN GERMAN IMMIGRANTS SETTLED IN DUTCH COUNTRY PA.

THANK YOU'S

THANK YOU MELODI FROM JACKSON FOR THE GAMES,TOYS,CHILDRENS CLOTHES AND CHILDRENS' BLANKETS.WE HAVE SOME CHILDREN FROM A POOR SECTION WHO HAD ASKED IF WE EVER GET ANY TOYS IF WE COULD BRING THEM SOME.SO THEY WILL BE SO EXCITED TO GET THEM.
THANK YOU JEN FROM BURLINGTON FOR THE TRUCK LOAD OF SMALL FURNITURE,HOUSEHOLD ITEMS,CHILDREN AND ADULT CLOTHES.ALOT OF THESE ITEMS WILL BE GIVEN TO SOME NEW WOMEN IN SHELTER SITUATIONS WHO LEFT ABUSIVE SITUATIONS.
THANK YOU DEBBIE(OUR FAITHFUL VOLUNTEER)FROM TOMS RIVER FOR THE SPRING CHILDRENS' CLOTHES.
THANK YOU TO CHRISTINE OUR NEIGHBOR FOR SOME SHEETS AND A BLANKET
THANK YOU TO JIM OUR NEIGHBOR FOR SOME MENS SHOES IN GREAT CONDITION AND SOME MENS' CLOTHES

TODAY's ENCOUNTER WITH A TROUBLED WOMAN

As I waited in CVS for my prescription this morning. I saw a woman crying. I approached the elderly woman and asked" why is it you are crying? Are you ok? Her response(my grandson has been arrested for physically abusing his mother my daughter, I just don't understand how a gentle child has grown up to be like this)I told her "the devil walks among us in all forms and often leads the weak to his way of thinking, I continued to tell her things that I thought maybe Fr John would of said if he was with us ."She asked me(do you think I should even visit or write to him in prison? After what he has done to his mother?)I told her we are not here to judge people .It is true the act he did was evil ,and it most likely had been going on for some time. Perhaps when and if she writes she could send him literature on  how to become a better person and encourage him to speak with the Chaplin at the prison. I also gave her Fr John's phone number and told her if her daughter or herself need to talk to someone that Fr John was a good listener.
*seems as if  there are so many people in this day and age affected by evil things around them. Families are  being torn apart . Friends abandoning friends. Neighbors no longer being neighborly. We must as a whole make an effort to do what God would want .No matter how tempted we might be to follow the devils path. We must repent for our sins and reach out to others in troubled times. We must not turn our backs on those who are struggling with their daily lives. Sometimes just 1 person reaching out to another can make a world of difference .It could bring them hope, it could show them they are not alone, it could let them know that someone cares. It could even save a life.
I remember yrs ago when I was a candy striper(volunteer in a hospital)a young girl came in she was crying and acting hysterical. I found out later she had taken an over dose of pills but her little sister had walked in on her and saw her swallowing bottles of pills .And asked her not to leave her because she would be alone. The  girl then called the ambulance herself and was brought in to have her stomach pumped and to go up to the floor for counseling .I hate to think what would of happened if her sister had not walked in on her . The little sister would of been not only alone but probably always wondered why she wanted to take her own life. What can make someone so sad that they want to kill themselves and leave their loved ones behind. I will never understand.Because often the following day things can change for the better. And from that moment on I realized 1 person can make all the difference in the world for another.

SERVICE FOR HOLY FRIDAY

1st PROPHECY
Exodus 12 1-11
They have taken my vesture,
and clothes me in purple,
they have placed upon my head a crown of thorns.
They have placed into my hands a reed,
with which I will break them as a potter's vessel
I have given my back to be beaten,
I have not turned my face away from spitting.


 2nd PROPHECY
Hosea 5:15-6:6
Seeing her lamb led to sacrifice
Mary,consumed by suffering,laments;
Where are you going my child?
Should I go with you,or serve you?
Say but one word.O Lord,do not go by in silence!
Is there another wedding at Cana?
Are you going to turn water back into wine for them?
Should I go with you?
Respond to the one who gave you birth
you are my son
Should I go with you?

 3rd PROPHECY
Isaiah 52 13-53:8
Fear and trembling have fallen upon creation
seeing their God on the cross
But you prevent the earth from swallowing up
those who crucified you.
The rocks split apart from sorrow
seeing their Creator suspended there
But you prevent....

      EPISTLE
1Corinthians 1:18-31

HE WHO IS CLOTHED WITH LIGHT AS A VESTMENT
IS PRESENTED NAKED TO JUDGEMENT
AND HE RECIEVES A BEATING
FROM THE HANDS HE CREATED
THE UNFAITHFUL PEOPLE NAIL UPON THE CROSS
THE LORD OF GLORY
THE CURTAIN OF THE TEMPLE IS TORN
AND THE SUN COVERED IN SHADOW
UNABLE TO PERMIT ITSELF TO SEE
ITS MIGHTY GOD OVERWHELMED WITH ILL- TREATMENT
LET US ADORE HIM!
                                   AMEN------------

TODAY IS GOOD FRIDAY

GOOD FRIDAY IS A RELIGIOUS HOLIDAY OBSERVED BY CHRISTIANS TO COMMEMORATE THE CRUCIFIXION OF JESUS CHRIST AND HIS DEATH.
SO TODAY TAKE TIME OUT OF YOUR BUSY SCHEDULE TO THANK JESUS FOR SACRIFICING HIS LIFE FOR OUR SINS

TODAYS SCRIPTURE IS ABOUT ENVY

PSALM 72
CHAPTER 24   VERSES 1-3

PRAYERS WERE SAID,CANDLES WERE LIT

FR JOHN WOULD LIKE ALL OF US TO SAY A PRAYER FOR THE FAMILIES IN SOUTH KOREA WHO HAVE BEEN DEVASTATED BY THE FERRY BOAT THAT SANK.MANY LOVED ONES WILL BE FOREVER LOST.

JUST IN TIME FOR EASTER HOLIDAY

EVEN THE LIGHTLY SNOW COVERED GROUND DID NOT STOP THESE LILLY'S FROM BLOOMING

20 Little chicks left in people's mailboxes

OUR SILENT VOLUNTEER SHHHHHHHHHH

EASTER BASKET MADE ESPECIALLY FOR A YOUNG GIRL

SOME ITEMS DONATED FOR EASTER

This little Hawain beauty will be in a new home soon

 EASTER CANDY DONATION

 EASTER BASKETS AND OTHER ITEMS DONATED

DONATED ITEMS IN BACK OF CAR

1 PICTURE IS WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS

TENTS BEING DEMOLISHED THAT HOMELESS PEOPLE LIVED IN AT TENT CITY IN LAKEWOOD

PRAYERS NEEDED

OUR PRAYERS GO WITH PASTOR STEVE AND THE HOMELESS IN TENT CITY IN LAKEWOOD N.J. THE TOWNSHIP HAS BEEN BULL DOZING THEIR TENTS AND MAKE SHIFT HOMES TO GET THEM OFF THE LAND THEY HAVE BEEN LIVING ON FOR YEARS.WE PRAY THAT SOME MIRACLE WILL HAPPEN TO HELP THESE PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN THE OUTCAST OF SOCIETY.WE ALSO PRAY FOR GOD TO FORGIVE THE JEWISH COMMUNITY AND OFFICIALS FOR THE WAY THEY HAVE TREATED THE POOR AND HOMELESS IN THIS COMMUNITY.
*for anyone who would like to know more about their plight please type in the words TENT CITY IN LAKEWOOD on the internet. They also have a facebook page with pictures showing their belongings being destroyed by the bulldozers.

THANKS YOU;S

WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK LORI AND TIM FROM LAKEHURST FOR DONATING CHILDREN;S CLOTHES,EASTER EGG COLORING KIT,2 DOZEN EGGS AND EASTER CANDY.
WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK DEBBIE OUR VOLUNTEER FROM TOMS RIVER FOR DONATING EASTER CANDY AND SOME EASTER BASKETS THAT LOOK LIKE BABY CHICKS AND BUNNIES
WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK OUR SILENT VOLUNTEER FROM TUCKERTON FOR EASTER BASKETS,EASTER CANDY,MENS UNDERWEAR AND SOME PLASTIC EASTER EGGS.
BECAUSE OF EVERYONES GENEROSITY THERE WILL BE SOME VERY HAPPY CHILDREN ON EASTER.ALSO EASTER CANDY HAD  BEEN GIVEN OUT TO DOROTHY OUR VOLUNTEER IN SICKLERVILLE TO GIVE OUT TO SOME LOW INCOME FAMILIES FOR THEIR CHILDREN.

TODAY'S EARLY MORNING PICKUP

Met Susan from Medford at Medport Diner for 2 beautifully decorated Easter baskets and  some childrens' toys. Thank you Susan for taking time before going to work for donating these items.

MANY CHURCHES GIVE OUT PALMS FOR PALM SUNDAY

This is a cross made from a Palm.

PASSOVER IS THE DAY AFTER PALM SUNDAY

PASSOVER IS A JEWISH HOLIDAY.IT IS A RELIGOUS FESTIVAL THAT CELEBRATES THE JEWISH PEOPLE FROM THE SLAVERY IN EYGPT.

TODAY IS PALM SUNDAY

OUR SCRIPTURE FOR TODAY IS MATHEW 21  1-9
PALM SUNDAY IS A HOLIDAY CHRISTIANS CELEBRATE THE ENTRY OF JESUS INTO JERUSALUEM A WEEK BEFORE HIS DEATH AND RESURRECTION.

PRAYERS ARE NEEDED

Again a school has been in the headlines for violence. This time the high school in Pittsburgh has had numerous victims of a student going on a stabbing spree. Often I wonder if religion was allowed to be back in the schools if there would be so much violence there .I don't remember any of these tragedys happening when I went to school . Guns, knives ,gangs -school use to be a place for education. Now it seems as if its a battlefield. Prayers are needed for all who have been affected by this horrendous act of 1 student.

MAKE THE BEST OF IT

RECENT DONATIONS

EASTER WILL BE HERE BEFORE YOU KNOW IT

DURING THIS HOLIDAY MANY PLACES OFFER TO SELL BABY CHICKS AND BABY BUNNIES.IT IS OUR HOPE THAT THE ONLY CHICKS AND BUNNIES YOU BUY FOR EASTER WILL BE THE CHOCLATE CANDY ONES.MANY OF THESE ANIMALS DIE AT THE HANDS OF UNEXPERINCED OWNERS OR THE NOVELTY WEARS OFF.AND SOME ARE EVEN ABANDONED.

TODAYS SCRIPTURES IN THE BIBLE

THE ART OF GIVING
MARK 12:41-44

WE ARE SADDEN

THE VIOLENCE SEEMS TO NEVER END.BETWEEN ALL THE DISASTERS OF NATURE NOW THE SHOOTING AT FORT HOOD IN TEXAS.WE ARE SADDEN TO LEARN OF THE MANY WHO HAVE BEEN AFFECTED BY THIS TRAUMATIC EVENT.THEY ARE ALL IN OUR PRAYERS.............,

THANK YOU'S

THANK YOU BONNIE FROM TOMS RIVER.WE SURE COULD USE THOSE TOYS SINCE WE HAVE HAD SEVERAL REQUESTS ASKING FOR THEM.A FEW MOMS WHO LEFT ABUSIVE SITUATIONS WITH THEIR CHILDREN DID NOT HAVE TIME TO BRING THEIR TOYS WITH THEM AND THEY HAVE NOTHING TO PLAY WITH.
WE WOULD LIKE TO ALSO THANK YOU FOR THE FEW HOUSEHOLD SUPPLIES SINCE ITS A NEVER ENDING NEED FOR THE WOMEN PEACHESS HAS BEEN OVER SEEING THAT GO THROUGH THE TRANSITIONAL HOUSING OR SHELTERS IN BURLINGTON COUNTY.THE CHILDRENS CLOTHES THAT ARE IN SEASON WILL BE GIVEN OUT THE RESTWILL HAVE TO BE STORED FOR THE COLDER MONTHS.AGAIN THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINOUS SUPPORT.

THANK YOU DEBBIE FOR BEING KIND ENOUGH TO NOT ONLY DO SOME PICK UPS FOR US BUT FOR TAKING TIME OUT IN YOUR BUSY SCHEDULE AND DONATING ITEMS FOR THOSE IN NEED.ALSO THANK YOU FOR REMEMBERING FR TONY AND PASTOR KAREN WITH SURPRIZE PACKAGES.THEY ARE NOT ONLY NEEDED BUT VERY APPRECIATED.WE KNOW HOW EXPENSIVE SHIPPING CAN COST.

Part of todays email

SEEMS AS IF NO MATTER WHAT WE DO THERE IS ALWAYS SOMEONE WHO FEELS WE HAVE NOT DONE ENOUGH....,
Father John;
            Although I am thankful for the clothes we received I notice you did not give me any shoes like I had requested when I explained to you my need.
OUR RESPONSE- YOU ARE ON OUR LIST IF AND WHEN A PAIR OF SHOES COME IN THAT WILL FIT YOUR CHILDS FEET YOU WILL GET THEM.WE ARE NOT A STORE NOR DO WE HAVE ANY BIG COOPERATIONS HELPING US.WE ARE A FEW PEOPLE WHO ARE TRYING TO HELP WHERE WE CAN DEPENDING WHAT IS DONATED TO US.WE ARE GLAD THAT THE CLOTHES YOU RECIEVED MET YOUR APPROVAL SINCE PEOPLE WERE GENEROUS ENOUGH TO GIVE THEM TO US TO HAND OUT TO LOW INCOME OR STRUGGLING FAMILIES.


*NOTE;the boy is 5 yrs old and wears a size 2 shoe

a wonderful donation headed to Pine Ridge Reservation

Every once in awhile we get surprized in how quickly someone answers a need we post.This is a picture of some baby formula Ms.PJ Knowles has gathered to send to Pastor Karen on the Reservation.A few weeks ago when I talked with a woman who mentioned the need for pacifiers for babies crying when they are hungry I posted it on the blog.Little did we know that someone would go the extra mile to help .We are deeply grateful everytime we learn or hear of someone who gives from the heart.Words can not express how thankful we are

2 FACTS ABOUT FR JOHN THAT MIGHT SURPRIZE YOU

WHENEVER FR JOHN SEE A ROADSIDE MEMORIAL OR A GRAVESITE HE MAKES A SIGN OF A CROSS AND SAYS A PRAYER FOR SOMEONES LOST LOVED ONE.BELIEVE ME ON SOME HIGHWAYS WHEN I AM DRIVING I NOTICE HIM PRAYING ALOT BECAUSE OF THE NUMEROUS MARKERS.