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Grandparents visit Morningside
Pictured above is Morningside Elementary student Cody Heller, center, with his
grandparents Mary and Claude Lewis at a grandparent s tea sponsored by the
school recently. The students and grandparents reported having fun visiting
with each other at the special event.
Prayer Club
Perry High School Prayer Club officers are Lisa Rackley,
treasurer, Rebecca Parker, secretary and Jason Louder
mllk, president. Christy Chancey, vice-president, not pic
tured.
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Shipley, from 4A
non-essential personnel required to
stay below decks; the constant cry
ing of small children; no chance to
cook any meals.
"It added up to seven weeks of
the hell of an ill-lighted, rolling,
pitching, stinking inferno, the kind
that brings up sins that had lain
buried for years- anger, self-pity,
bitterness, vindictiveness, jeal
ously, despair.
"All these surfaced sins had to
be faced, confessed, and given up to
the Lord for His cleansing. No
matter how ill they felt, or how
grim the daily situation, they con
tinued to seek God together, pray
ing through despair and into peace
and thanksgiving" (taken from The
Light and the Glory, by Peter
Marshall, Jr.).
Then our Pilgrim would re
member the call to purity, out of
hearts grateful for God's wonderful
deliverance (Deut.
8:6,7,10,11,17,18).
The Pilgrims made a vow called
The Mayflower Compact:
"In the name of God, Amen.
"We whose names are under
written, the loyal subjects of our
dread sovereign Lord King James by
the grace of God of Great Britain,
etc.
"Having undertaken, for the
glory of God and advancement of
the Christian faith and honor of our
king and country, a voyage to plant
the first colony in the northern
parts of Virginia, do by these pre
sents solemnly and mutually in the
presence of God and one of another,
covenant and combine ourselves to
gether into a civil body politic, for
our better ordering and preservation
and furtherance of the ends afore
said, and by virtue hereof to enact,
constitute and frame such just and
equal laws, ordinances, acts, consti
tution and offices from time to
time, as shall be thought most
meet and convenient for the general
good of the colony.
"Unto which we promise all due
submission and obedience. In wit
ness whereof we have hereunder
subscribed our names at Cape Cod,
the 11th of November, in the year
of the reign of our sovereign King
James of England. .. Anno Domini
1620.”
With all of this resolve, the
Pilgrims were sorely tested by a
hard first year.
During the unbearable winter,
there were 47 deaths, half the origi
nal number, with 13 out of 18
wives lost and only 3 families un
broken by death.
In the summer of 1621 there
was an abundant harvest, more than
enough to get through the second
winter. So Governor Bradford de
clared a day of public
Thanksgiving.
On the eve of this special day,
perhaps our Pilgrim would end his
meditations with a serious warning
out of Deuteronomy 8:19,20;
"And it shall come about if you
ever forget the Lord your God, and
go after other gods and serve them
and worship them, I testify against
you today that you shall surely per
ish. Like the nations that the Lord
makes to perish before you, so you
shall perish; because you would not
listen to the voice of the Lord your
God."
The first Thanksgiving lasted
three days, with 90 Indians in atten
dance as guests.
"Surely, one moment stood out
in the Pilgrim's memory- William
Brewster’s prayer, as they began.
They had so much for which to
thank God: for providing all their
needs, even when their faith had not
been up to believing that He would
do so for the lives of the departed
and for taking them home to be
with Him; for their friendship with
the Indians- so extraordinary when
the settlers to the south of them had
experienced the opposite; for all His
remarkable providences in bringing
them to this place and sustaining
them" (taken from The Light and
the Glory, by Peter Marshall, Jr.).
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Perry FFA competes in national contest
Perry High's FFA team was one of 46 participating in the National FFA
Agricultural Mechanics Contest at the 65th National FFA Convention in Kansas
City, Mo. Member of the team are Chad Gay, second from left, Jeff Walker,
Charles Helms and their advisor Argene Claxton. Pictured with the Perry team is
one of the contest's sponsors from The Bridgestone/Firestone Incorporation of
Akron, Ohio.