The Scroll
A Monthly Newsletter of SAM’s Lambs
At The Episcopal Church Of The Good Shepherd
Webster NY 585-872-2281 VM # 3

Update April 1,  2007

Greetings Lambs,

What You Missed:

Our Tuesday night Open Groups resumed and we began with CDs on The Five Love Languages by Gary Chapman. Gary helps you identify your personal love language. He also helps you understand the love language of your spouse/partner and provides practical suggestions for enriching your relationship by practicing the other love language.

Our Bible Study continued on the 2nd and 4th Sat mornings, with Father Lance providing enlightenment of Genesis, from the Bible for Dummies. We are currently reviewing Bible Study topics from www.ChristianityToday.com  to choose some topics to alternate with our Bible For Dummies. That site also has some good articles referencing specific scriptures that may help answer a single person's questions:
http://www.christianitytoday.com/biblestudies/features/single.html 

Our Monthly Feast was cancelled so we could attend Good Shepherd's annual St. Patrick's Day celebration. We enjoyed a rollicking good time with music and singing by Jack Brennick's "Potato Pickers" and Irish Jokes delivered by Father Lance. We continued the good times the next day when we went to a Jamboree at the VFW in Lyons and danced our feet off to several country and rock bands. Single Life can be so hard sometimes  :)

APRIL Tuesday night Discussions - donations - members $2, non-members $3.
April 3 - 24, , 7:30 - 9:00 pm - CDs by John Gray on 'Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus' followed by group discussions.  Learning how to understand communication between  the sexes, and learn new skills for male-female relationships.f

Special Events -
Bible Study 4/14 & 4/28 at 11:00 am, Bible For Dummies plus new topics to be announced on April 14. All singles are invited to join us for Palm Sunday, Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, Easter Sunday  services.

SOCIAL CALENDAR:
(For details/carpool, sign up at meetings, or leave your name & phone # on VM
Periodic - Movies, Concerts, Dining Out - we plan in Tues night groups and post on our site or voice mail.
First Friday (Good Friday) - No singles dance this week.
Sat April 14, A visit to St. Paul's cathedral in Buffalo for their U2 Eucharist at 4 pm. We will carpool - leave your name on our voice mail if you would like to join us.
Sat April 21, 6:30 pm - A Singles Feast  at a member's home. $2 members, $3 non-members, bring a dish-to-pass and a smile, plus a joke for our Risso Therapy (Healing through Humor). Reserve at our voice mail above. Share our feast, chats, music and games.

COMING IN MAY:
May 18-20, Singles Trip -A spring trip to Ottawa Canada for annual Tulip Festival; Leave your name & phone # on our voice mail or sign up on Tues night for details. We will carpool to Ottawa - a 4-5 hr drive on Friday afternoon/evening and return on Sunday afternoon. Bed & breakfast cost is approximately $140 for the 2 nights. Reserve by April 20, - so far we have about 6 people signed up. We will be showing a video of Ottawa at our Open House on the 1st Tues in May, for anyone who would like more information on Ottawa's landmarks and sightseeing.
You can browse the B&B's site at  http://www.gasthausswitzerlandinn.com
Read a report from a previous trip - http://www.singlescenter.com/Publisher/Ottawa.htm

Reminder - Solo Flight Singles Conference – Labor Day – I know Labor Day is a long way off, but start saving now so you can attend. It is a gathering of unmarried Single Episcopalians, and friends from other churches, from all across the U.S.

Internet References:

www.samslambs.org  - Our home on the ‘Net with many useful links

http://www.samslambs.org/Articles  Useful information and research
for Singles Ministry leaders

Thoughts On our first Solo Flight attendance -  2002:
 http://www.singlescenter.com/Publisher/solo.htm

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