Norm’s Notes 

November 13, 2015

Church News
We had two funerals this week:
Dora Snyder. We would know her as Linda Piersimoni’s mother. Dora had a brain aneurysm 23 years ago and the only words she could say since then were “I love you.” Only four of her grandchildren are older than that thus only those four ever heard her voice other than “I love you.” When that family circle is complete in heaven, they are all just going to sit around and talk with Dora to catch up on 23 years.
 
John McCollum. John’s funeral was today. He had been living in Minnesota for the last few years to be close to his daughter. With John’s passing to heaven, we close a chapter in the history of FMC. He was the last person to remember what it was like to worship in the original FMC on Mechanic Street in Angola.
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GriefShare’s “Surviving the Holidays” – this Sunday, November 15, 3:00 p.m. in the Fireside Room. This is very good; 1 1/2 – 2 hours long. If you have lost a loved one or are helping others through holiday grief, this will be good for you.
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Bethlehem Marketplace sign up is in full swing. Be sure to reserve your spot this Sunday. Visit the BMP table in the foyer.
 
Project Help News
How busy is Project Help at this time of year? Project Help recently installed a new phone system so they would not miss any phone calls and be able to answer the phone anywhere in the building and actually answer the phone anywhere in the world that had phone service. They could receive and place phone calls and retrieve voice mail after hours and on weekends too. But due to a security error, once the system was activated, they could not access the voice mail. The messages just kept piling up. In the five days it took the installer to correct the problem, Project Help received 80 voice mail messages. That was a Thursday through the next Tuesday morning – which is really just about normal for the holiday season.
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