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Medication Take Back Day Mary Rutan Hospital hosts their medication take back day from 11AM-1PM on Saturday, April 29

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205 Palmer Ave., Bellefontaine, location. Pills, patches, and sharps will be accepted. Place sharps in a covered container to reduce the risk of punc-ture. No inhalers or liquids will be accepted. Mary Rutan Hospital, Bellefontaine Police Depart-ment, and Community Coalition for Opiate Relief Efforts in conjunction with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency, encourage all Logan County citizens to dispose of unused or expired prescription medication to reduce access to prescription drug misuse. Those who can’t make it to the drop-off can use permanent drug drop boxes located at the Logan County Sheriff’s Office, 295 S. County Road 32, accessible 24 hours every day.

Calling All Writers and Artists! Entry forms for the 2017 Leading Age Art and

Writing Show are now available at the Rec Center and the receptionist desk.

Entry forms are due April 26th

and the art drop off is May 24

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Interested in submitting a project in the show? Please call Leah Trout at 937-650-7121.

Do you draw, write, or take photographs? Would you like to have your art featured in the

Front Porch News? Contact Jessica Shaw at 937-650-7131.

Snowdrops

Winter Blooming

Aconite

Birdseye

Speedwell

Spring Flower Photos by Nancy Bitikofer

BOOK CLUB

Book Club at Green Hills meets the third Friday of every month in the Chapel located in the Community Center. The next meeting is from 1:30-3PM Friday, April 21

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discuss the latest book from Jodi Picoult, Small Great Things: A Novel, about racism, choice, fear, and hope. The novel is based on the true story of a labor and deliv-ery nurse who was prohibited from caring for a newborn because the father requested that no African-American nurses tend to his baby. In the fictional version, Ruth, the African-American nurse in question, finds herself on trial for events related to the same request made by a white supremacist father.

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Laughter By: Marjorie King

Laughter or humor is frequently mentioned in the Bible. It is one of Gods gifts. After Sara gave birth to Isaac she said God has brought me laughter and everyone who hears will laugh with me. In Ecclesiastes we read: For Everything there is a season– a time to weep and a time to laugh. Proverbs– A cheerful heart is good medicine but a down cast spirit dries up the bones.

Laughter can be healthy and it can also be hurtful. We want to laugh with people, not at them. If we laugh at someone we’re making fun and looking down on them. If we laugh with someone it is good for everybody. When people are having a good time together there is usually laughter.

In speaking to the multitudes, Jesus used humor. He used exaggeration as his humor when he was teaching about judging others because we are not perfect. He talks about taking the log out of our eye so we can take the splinter from our neighbors eye. This would bring a funny picture to mind. We don’t know if people laughed or not. Another example used was a camel going through the eye of a needle.

Humor is for all ages. When children are together there is usually a lot of laughter and fun, especially if there are little girls. It seems regardless what they are doing there is a lot of giggling going on.

Seniors can also benefit from humor. Martin Luther said that if he couldn’t laugh in heaven he didn’t want to go.

Isaiah 55:12 says, “For you shall go out in joy and be led back in peace. The mountains and the hills before you shall burst into sound and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.”

As we get older, sometimes we feel like there isn’t much to laugh about because of aches, pains, and illness. Laughter helps reduce stress and can lower blood pressure. Laughter is also good in activating our immune system.

Laughter helps communication. It enhances relationships. Contributes to physical healing and makes us all easier to live with. We need to learn to laugh with others and laugh at ourselves.

AAA’s Senior Driver Improvement Course

Classes are designed to help mature drivers sharpen their driving skills.

Learn how to adjust for slower reflex-es, weaker vision and other changes that can impact driving behaviors as we age. The course may also qualify

for a discount on auto insurance.

Class Dates: April 24 & 25, 2017 10:00 am - 2:30 pm

Location: Green Hills Community

To register for classes, please contact: Ashley Ford at AAA Ohio Auto Club

at (937) 599 - 5154

Beginners Watercolor Workshop for Older Adults (50+)

Thursday's, August 10th, 17th, 24th, and 31st

10:00AM-12PM and 1:00PM- 3:00PM

Gallery at the Holland 127 E Columbus Ave. Bellefontaine

Registration and $50 fee is due by July 20, 2017. Only 10 applicants will be accepted.

Please see flyer for more information.

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Every Tuesday – Green Hills is Hiring Green Hills Community is hiring those who are willing to give, respect, engage, encourage, and nurture those in their care. Open interviews are conducted every Tuesday from 2-5PM. For a full list of full-time and part-time positions available, go to www.greenhillscareers.org.

Coffee Connection Coffee Connection is growing! Join us for coffee, conversation, and the occasional game every Tuesday at 9:30AM.

Green Hills Salon Did you know that Green Hills has a salon on campus? To make an appointment, call Tammy and Cindy at 937-650-7135. If you need a ride, please call the receptionist desk at 937-465-5065.

Session in Healing Universal Home Health & Hospice, a division of Green Hills Community, offers a 5-week session in healing. Beginning March 21

st, sessions are every Tuesday from 10-11:30AM at Union Station, 613

Hamilton St., Bellefontaine. Call 937-593-1605 to register or for more information. The group is facilitated by Karla Gingrich, LISW-S. All are welcome to attend.

Easter Egg Hunt All are welcome to attend an Easter Egg Hunt Saturday, April 1

st at 10:00AM in Foundation Hall!

Please bring your own basket.

Upcoming Events

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April Birthdays In Foundation Hall

Pastor Ken

Winter is giving way to Spring time. Soon the trees will start to bud, and leaves will soon follow. Then my wife will remind me it is time to make our annual pilgrimage to Lowes to get flowers and soil for the flower beds. Then the fun of turning the dirt and transforming the landscape of the house will be in full bloom. During this time of the year, I think of one hymn in particular. This hymn is considered to be one of the most beautiful hymns written in 1912, everyone from soloist to choirs have sung this song. Many considered the hymn, “In the Garden” to be one of the most popular hymns ever written, next to “The Old Rugged Cross”. I have always imagined that this hymn was written while C. Austin Miles was strolling through a beautiful rose garden, enjoying the sights and smells that accompa-nied his walk. But his great grand-daughter says, the song was written "in a cold, dreary and leaky basement in Pitman, New Jersey that didn't even have a window in it let alone a view of a garden.”

Let’s take a peek into the diary of the hymn writer: “One day in April, 1912, I was seated in the dark room where I kept my photographic equipment, and also my organ. I drew my Bible toward me and it opened at my favorite book and chapter, John chapter twenty. I don’t know if this was by chance or by the work of the Holy Spirit. I will let you the reader decide. That story of Jesus and Mary in John 20 had lost none of its power and charm. It was though I was in a trance, as I read it that day, I seemed to be part of the scene. I became a silent witness to that dramatic moment in Mary’s life, when she knelt before her Lord and cried, “Rabboni”. I rested my hands on the open Bible, as I stared at the light blue wall. As the light faded, I seemed to be standing at the entrance of a garden, looking down a gently winding path, shaded by olive branches. A woman in white, with head bowed, hand clasping her throat, as if to choke back her sobs, walked slowly into the shadows. It was Mary. As she came unto the tomb, upon which she placed her hand, she bent over to look in, and ran away. John, in a flowing robe, appeared looking at the tomb. Then came Peter, who entered the tomb, followed slowly by John. As they departed, Mary reappeared leaning her head upon her arm at the tomb, she wept. Turning herself, she saw Jesus standing there, so did I. I knew it was He. She knelt before Him, with arms outstretched, and looking into His face cried, “Rabboni”. I awakened in sunlight, gripping my Bible with my muscles tense, and nerves vibrating, under the inspi-ration of the Holy Spirit. I wrote as quickly as the words could be formed the lyrics exactly as it is sung today. That same evening, I wrote the tune. It is sung today as it was written in 1912.”

I come to the garden alone, while the dew is still on the roses; and the voice I hear, falling on my ear, the Son of God discloses.

He speaks, and the sound of His voice is so sweet the birds hush their singing; and the melody that He gave to me within my heart is ringing.

I’d stay in the garden with Him tho the night around me be falling; but He bids me go- thru the voice of woe, His voice to me is calling.

Refrain: And He walks with me, and He talks with me, and He tells me I am His own, and the joy we share as we tarry there, none other has ever known.

Find a spot today to reflect on these words and imagine meeting Jesus you in a garden and listen for his voice and what he wants to say to you- “It might be Friday, BUT SUNDAY’S A COMING.”

Pastor Ken Neighoff Chaplain

Welcome Spring

Saturday, April 1st at 10:00AM Easter Egg Hunt

Sunday, April 2nd at 6:00PM MVNU Collegiate Chorale

Tuesday, April 4th at 7:00PM Full Sound Chamber

Wednesday, April 5th at 7:00PM Majesty Quartet

Monday, April 10th at 7:00PM Mount Tabor Youth

Tuesday, April 11th at 6:30PM The Dazzlers

Thursday, April 13th at 6:30PM The Band Loco

Friday, April 14th at 6:30PM Good Friday Service

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