Phather Phil’s Prayer – through Mary’s Eyes
Won’t You Let Me Pass – I’m Looking For My Child:
My eyes behold a dream. It cannot be as I perceive.
Yet many times he’s hinted thusly, hinted our hearts soon would grieve. There is a chance they won’t condemn him. Condemn him? Why? What has he done? Surely ’twas a parable he told us. Oh, my handsome son. What has happened? I hear voices screaming. Shouting. “Crucify” Oh Father, No! Not that. I beg you! Did I raise him just to die? Wait. he’s gone! Oh no, where is he? Have you seen my precious son? Closed my eyes a second: now I don’t know what they have done. “Won’t you let me thru? I’m looking for my child. Please let me pass.” Up ahead, oh no, there’s soldiers marching in a muddled mass. Whose that man I see? It can’t be. No, it cannot be my child! Bent and burdened – now he’s fallen. bloody, dirty, cursed, defiled! Almost there – I cannot look. My God! My God! It is my Boy!
My little one, what have they done? How could they? Oh! My life my joy! Your little tousled locks, now scarlet. Your knees are torn. Your back is bleeding.
“Don’t hold me back! Let me go to him. It’s his mother now he’s needing.” “Yes, you’re right. I’ll dry my tears.” His pain could not endure my sadness. Yet, how much can I control before I pass to utter sadness. He’s almost here. I must stay back; I cannot help him now, I know Oh, broken mothers heart, be silent! I must be strong. It must not show. His eyes are searching- now he has found me. What’s that I See? A little smile? He thinks of me thru all His torment. Only God could bear this trial. Yet, I must bear it too, my Jesus, for I know twas meant to be.
Only, You, my dearest Son could pay the price to set men free. Amen!
by Mrs. James Ross – Kettering, Ohio
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Today’s Guests
| Guest |
Guest Of |
| Scott Halasz |
Speaker |
| Ron Duncan |
Beth Lybrook |
| Cheryl Probst |
Christine Balsan |
2017-2018 Club Officer Nominations
| President Elect |
Donna Huss |
| Vice President |
Greg Griffin |
| Vice President |
David Ladd |
| Two-Year Board Member |
Liz Fulz |
| Two-Year Board Member |
Gary Hansen |
| Two-Year Board Member |
Bob Lawson |
| Two-Year Board Member |
Don Massie |
| Two-Year Board Member |
Roland Rapp |
| One-Year Board Member |
Jack Anderson |
Today’s Speaker
Scott Halasz joined us on Tuesday’s meeting to brush us all up on our knowledge of Dayton’s sports teams. He works a lot with the Greene County newspapers dealing with both sports and other local stories. He believes Dayton is one of the best areas for sports and says they wouldn’t thrive as well if we had a pro sports team in the area.
A few neat facts that Scott presented:
- UD arena has hosted 117 NCA sports games
- Dayton has the top 30 in attendance in the country
- Wright State University has 4-5,000 that attend every game
A couple other quick tidbits Scott shared were:
- CHS and other area high schools have great fan support
- Luke Kennard is ready for the NBA and he will probably be a late round pick
- He assumes if the Cincinnati Reds rebuild and change personnel they have the possibility to be a great team in a few years
Birthdays
| Member |
Birthday |
| Stephen Kohls |
April 12 |
| Casey Howard |
April 15 |
| Anne Kessler |
April 15 |
| Elie Parker |
April 16 |
| Carol Burkman |
April 16 |
Membership Anniversaries
| Ron Tinnerman |
April |
11 |
2005 |
12 |
| Sue Kuo |
April |
16 |
2014 |
3 |
| Blanca Ortiz |
April |
16 |
2014 |
3 |
| Joe Soucy |
April |
16 |
2014 |
3 |
New Member Readings and Inductions
| Name |
Sponsor |
1st 2nd 3rd Reading or Induction |
| Kris McKee |
Greg Griffin |
Induction |
| Sheri Howard |
Mike Bevis |
3rd Reading |
Sergeants at Arms
| Member |
Infraction |
| Charlie Tapp |
Fined for inconvenient scheduling |
| Larry Lynde |
Giving a future member a hard time |
| Kris McKee and Kelly George |
Fined for being late |
| Pat Behn |
“Pat you can’t count on weather report 4 days out? That isn’t very Optimistic” |
| Dan Beck |
Disrupting a sergeant’s vacation last week |
| Joe Madden |
Fined for wearing short and subjecting us to “those” legs |
| Barbara Santos |
Her “lost” badge that was replaced with club funds, was found just as the new badge arrived |
| David Ladd |
Fined for the wearing a Hawaiian shirt |
| Bob Duffy |
Fined for eating dessert and it wasn’t his birthday |
Happy Bucks!
| Tom Novak |
DayAir holds 30 people for AOF |
| Pam Miller |
Dad is out of the hospital |
| Dan Beck |
Finally moving to Columbus to be closer to family, but will be commuting to Optimist and work for a while |
| Joe Madden |
Happy he doesn’t shop for shirts where “they” do. (Two members had the same shirt on) |
| Mike Bevis |
Knows Dan Beck’s neighbor and said he’s happy he’s moving! |
| Tom Beery |
Celebrating his recovery from esophageal cancer – this resulted in a huge ovation from fellow Optimists |
