Kamryn Woods has arrived!

Kamryn Christine Woods arrived at 3:34 pm - 8 lbs. 9 oz. on Tuesday April 24. Proud parents are Zahn and Amy Woods and proud brother is Kyle. We thank God for the miracle of life and his grace.

Thoughts that seem important by Pastor Tart

Thoughts that seem important:
The unspeakable horror of the Virginia Tech tragedy once again reveals to us the power of evil and sin in the world. We stand mystified before such a nightmare at how anyone could become that insane to want to kill innocent people. We want to blame. We want vengeance, but none of these things can bring us back to the day before the killings and injuries.
Mirabai Starr in her article “Shepherds in the Dark Night” in Sojourners Magazine, (Shepherds in the Dark Night) writes about “holding space” for grieving people. By this she means that we allow people the opportunity to express their shock, anger, and sadness. We stand with them in this place and honor their spiritual journey. Platitudes violate this space by communicating to the bereaved that they, “shouldn’t feel that way”. Instead we offer to them open ended questions and words of love and support.
As we still deal with the news let us hold the space for the grieving and also hold space for the people of random violence everywhere. We move to deeper understandings of the people of Iraq and those serving in Iraq who deal with this on a daily basis.
As people of faith we believe that the grace and hope of God will come to the space. As mentioned in her article, in the Psalm 23 the writer says, “Even though I walk through the shadow of death, I will fear no evil”. For a shadow to appear there has to be light.
In the space of grief, the light of the cross and resurrection shines and brings healing and hope. The space of grief with its tormenting pain, is a holy space. For those who find themselves is this holy space, we pray that faith, hope and love will abide.,
Remember: The holy space of grief.

Family Life News for May 2007

I hope everyone is gearing up for this summer. Kids, start loading up on bug spray and sunscreen. We are going to have a great summer at Hosanna with so much planned. If you need any help getting ready for camp and other summer activities please see Amber.

This summer we will have an evening VBS program for families. You can come have dinner with us and then spend the evening learning as a family. Sign up will begin around May 15th.

THRIVENT BUILDS! is May 5. Join the CREW in building the lutheran house. Meet in the parking lot at 8 am on the 5th. You can order shirts for this event for $5 from Amber. You may reserve your spot by emailing me at amber. walker@welcometohosanna.com

CREW:

• We will have breakfast at Denny's on May 6th. Meet in the CREW room.
• That night we will have a VBS meeting to make sure we have things in order. This is a mandatory meeting for anyone attending our mission trip.
• On May 20th we will be wrapping and blessing our graduating Srs. This years Srs. are Abby Brown, Melissa Burns, Christine Carter, Evan Haight, Cassandra Whitby, Dan Ritter, and Marquette Henderson.
• The last CREW Sunday night meeting will be May 27.

We are still collecting items for our VBS. Please stop by and pick up a list and make a donation. It all helps the kids.

A special thank you to the congregation from the CREW. We appreciate your support of our pancake breakfast.

Mother's Day is May 13th. Do something nice for mom and stop by the CREW Car Wash. We promise to treat her car extra special. Happy Mother's Day to all those wonderful mothers!

Congradulations to Heidi, Oliver, Audrey Smith and grandparents, Heda and Ron Christ

Tegen Smith, born on March 25 at 5 lbs 10 oz. He has a round face and lots of dark brown hair, pink skin and dark eyes that open frequently. He is a healthy baby. Thank God for the miracle of life