SESSION - Clover Sites



November

1 (Sun.) Holy Communion

9:30 am -Full Service

11:00 – 12:00 – Adult Study Class

3 (Tues.) 10:30 am – The Healing Circle

4 (Wed.) 8:00 am – Men’s Bible Study*

10:30 am – Our Home K Care Service

3:45 pm – Elementary Youth Groups

5 (Thurs.) 9:30 am – Guild- Bible Study

1:00 pm – Hand Bell Choir

8 (Sun.) 9:30 am – Full Service

after church – Deacons Meeting

11 (Wed.) 8:00 am – Men’s Bible Study*

3:45 pm – Elementary Youth Groups

12 (Thurs.) 1:00 pm – Hand Bell Choir

15 (Sun.) 9:30 am – Full Service

11:00 – 12:00 – Adult Study Class

17 (Tues.) 10:30 am – The Healing Circle

18 (Wed.) 8:00 am – Men’s Bible Study*

9:00 am – Session Meeting

Chit Chat Articles Due

3:45 pm – Elementary Youth Group

19 (Thurs.) 9:30 am - Guild – work session

1:00 pm – Hand Bell Choir

22 (Sun.) 9:30 am – Full Service

25 (Wed.) NO – Elementary Youth Gr.

26 (Thurs.) Happy Thanksgiving

NO – Hand Bell Choir

29 (Sun.) 9:30 am – Full Service

*- meets at Little Bohemia

Duties

Ushers

Nov. 1 Deane & Joan Galloway

Nov. 8 Deane & Joan Galloway

Nov. 15 Mark & Marjean Schuelke

Nov. 22 Dick & Sheri Smith

Nov. 29 Dick & Sheri Smith

Liturgist:

November – Rose King

Communion: Janie Williams

Lay Leader:

Nov. 1 Deane Galloway

Nov. 8 Margo Perkins

Nov. 15 Dale Ekdahl

Nov. 22 Mariel Henske

Nov. 29 Dale Ekdahl

Counters

Nov. 1 Dave Foster and Joan Dioszegi

Nov. 8 Dave Lukas and Bob Schmidt

Nov. 15 Bob Bridges and Sharon Lukas

Nov. 22 Carol Bohlin and Vince Hoehn

Nov. 29 Joan Dioszegi and Sharon Bridges

Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.

Leo Buscaglia

SESSION MEMBERS 2015

Clerk Carol Bohlin-715-356-4060

Janie Williams – 218-969-7118, Joan Ouimette- 715-476-3887

Mary Koster- 715-686-7300, Tom Erickson-715-543-8046

David Foster-715-385-2217, Deane Galloway-715-543-8010

Ron King-715-583-9979, Dave Lukas-715-686-7697

Mark Schuelke-715-686-7223, Helyn Woolf-715-686-7173

DuWayne Schumacher-715-686-2074

Session meets the third Wednesday of the month

DEACONS

Susan Schroeter, Sharon Lukas,

Hope Dougherty, Jan Schumacher, Manny Markham

Feel free to contact a Session or

Deacon member with any concerns or questions.

MISSIONS

Christmas for Kids

Making a difference in a few families lives….We are drawing near the time to distribute the shopping bags for Christmas for Kids and appreciate all the interest and donations made so far to this program. Green envelopes are still in the pews for your donations and we appreciate each and every gift made to this program.  The more you give the more families we can help at Christmas! 

The shopping bags will be distributed on Sunday, November 8th after the church service. This year we are NOT asking you to sign up ahead of time to be a shopper but instead just to meet us in the fellowship hall after the service to pick up your shopping bag(s).  If you cannot be there on November 8th to pick up a shopping bag please contact Mary Koster (715-686-7300) or Nancy Russell ( 715-892-9551) and we will reserve a bag for you.

Shopping should be completed by December 6th and returned to the church on that Sunday so we may distribute the gifts to the agencies and schools involved so that they have time to get them to their selected families. 

We have worked with the selecting agencies to ensure that the families meet specific criteria of need. Various members of the church have made donations of the materials that we used for this program so that 100% of your donation goes to the purchase of the gifts for the kids involved in this program.  Thanks again for all you have given! 

The Mission Committee met Wednesday, October 21st at 1 p.m. We discussed the possible mission projects for the 3rd quarter of 2015 as well as preparing to estimate our giving for 2016.

Thus far, through September, 2015 we have made donations to the following: Clearwater Camp, Discovery Center, Food for Kidz, Foundation Fighting Blindness, Fredrick Place, Fund for (Nepal), Give Me Water Lord, Guatemala Missions, Heifer International, Girls Pad Project, North Lakeland Schools, Lakeland Post Prom, Presbyterian Disaster Fund, Presbyterian Women of Northern Waters, and 2 Educational Scholarships.

Considerations for the last three months of this year are: Camp Jorn, Local Food Pantries, Area hospice facilities, I Back Jack, Heifer International, Ronald McDonald House, Salvation Army, Samaritan’s Purse, Seeing for Leland, SERRV, Tri County Domestic Abuse Center and Winnebago Mental Health.

We also discussed the new forms that have been developed to help the committee keep track of various monetary requests for a specific charity or individual. This easy form is available in the church office for anyone who knows of a specific need that the Mission Committee might be able to help with. Once the form is completed and given to the Committee, the request will be considered based on funds available, if it is budgeted for the present year or will be considered as a budgeted item for the next year.

Sincere Heartfelt Sympathy

goes to the families of:

Eula Bender

&

Paula Chamberlin

Two wonderful, beautiful people who will be sorely missed by many!

Membership

I hope everyone has enjoyed our glorious fall; weather and color!  We have 2 new members who were installed in September and I would like to share them with you,

Mary Watkins comes to us from Carlin Lake in Presque Isle where she has made herself a warm home surrounded with many new friends.  

Mary was born in Madison, WI and grew up in Peoria, IL.  She attended the University of Colorado.  Including going to school, she lived in the Boulder, CO area for 10 years.  She worked for a restaurant, and at one time or another, was responsible for just about every aspect of the business. She moved to Chicago where she worked for a travel agency for 5 plus years.  Her mother called to tell her "I have just met the perfect man for you."  He was the son of a friend of hers.  Mary met Warren and, indeed, he was the perfect man.  Mary moved back to Peoria and married Warren. He owned his business, Illinois Valley Glass & Mirror which is still run by his nephew to this day.  Warren had a great interest and talent for stained glass.  He taught classes at his shop and they performed repair work and updated stained glass windows for churches, supplying them with glass for protection and winterization.  Warren had one daughter, Mindy, who Mary became more than a step-mom to.  They still enjoy a mother/daughter relationship.  

Unfortunately, Warren passed away 2 years ago.  He and Mary had purchased a home on Carlin Lake 17 years ago.  They were married for 33 years and loved their north woods retreat.  Mary made a bold move and has joined all of us "Up Nort"!  Her roots in Peoria still run very deep.  While living there, she and Warren were on the Peoria Ballet Board, Symphony Board and Take Pride in Peoria Commission.  She is still involved in the Educational Philanthropy Organization in Peoria.  She is also still involved with the Friends of Friedrickshofen, their sister city in Germany.  They also have an Irish sister city.  She travels with her Peoria friends to Friedrickshofen, Germany every 5 years.  It is obviously a very enriching experience.

To enhance her love of books, Mary is involved in the Carlin Lake Book Club and the Manitowish Waters Book Club.  She is planning to enhance her dramatic interest through Denim & Dessert and she would love to get into Yoga.  I think we will see her involved at church, also.  Just give her time to get her feet on the ground!

We are also pleased to bring Adele Duranso into our fold.  You see her every Sunday bringing our new organ to life.  We are very blessed to have her as our organist and still be able to enjoy our organ when she is gone.  When you see the bench empty, she will be enjoying some warmer weather, but never fear, she will return!

Adele spent most of her childhood years in Wakefield, Michigan.  Her family moved to Winchester in 1969.  Her parents purchased the Turtle Lodge where they lived and operated for 4 - 5 years.  She met her husband, Dan, in high school and he is still by her side as the love of her life.  They were married in 1971 and became a family when they welcomed their adorable baby boy, Jason, into the world.  In a few years, they were delighted to have their little daughter, Jodie.  If your children or grandchildren attend North Lakeland Elementary School, Jodie is the first, smiling face that you will see.  She has taken that position after her mother gave 26 years in the school system.  She worked for 2 years as a kindergarten aid for Annette Tellefson and 24 years in the office.  Son, Jason and his wife, Jessica, have 4 children and live in Manitowish Waters.  Their oldest daughter, Jacie, is a sophomore at the University of Michigan, Marquette.  As we all know, time flies.  The other 3 children are in High School and Grammar School.  Adele's daughter, Jodie and husband Matt, live in Manitowish Waters with their 2 children, both at North Lakeland.  Matt works for the Vilas County Sheriff's Dept.  Maybe you have met him on the road, tsk, tsk!!

Adele retired from North Lakeland in 2011.  Has she been enjoying a life of leisure ever since?!  NO!!  She went back to school to get her nursing degree at Gogebic College and now works at Howard Young Hospital in Physical Therapy.  We are very thankful that she has added her organist duties to this schedule.  Actually, she has resurrected a much loved talent and interest. 

Membership Continued…

I have learned that she began playing the piano at age 9.  Her parents made a very worthwhile investment of 75 cents for a 1/2 hour lesson, and the teacher came to their house!  By the time she was 14, she had a job playing for Sunday Worship at the Bessemer Presbyterian Church.  Later, she played at Trinity Lutheran Church in Boulder Junction for 16 years.  After a long hiatus, she has brought her talent, passion and love of the organ and piano to MWCPC.  After visiting with our beloved, 90 year old, Carolyn Udell, she has decided that she should keep on playing that organ so she can look, feel and live like Carolyn when she is 90!

Very early in her marriage her husband Dan was a carpenter for Tri-State Homes in Mercer.  He began his own contractor business in 1986 with Wayne Kwiatkowski (remember him/Rod 'N Reel)?  After Wayne tragically passed, he created a partnership with his nephew, Bob Duranso to create Duranso Builders.  Dan is now retired and he and Adele live in Manitowish Waters.  I say "retired" loosely because Dan must always have a project.  Now, hopefully, it is fun and rewarding projects for him and Adele to enjoy.  

Adele loves to be outside and active with biking, walking, kayak and canoeing and cross country skiing.  She also loves to sew, knit crochet, read and work cross words puzzles.  She does not like to be idle.  Dan loves anything that involves a motor and speed!  Both she and Dan enjoy downhill skiing and scouring thrift shops.  They have had great times lovingly accessorizing their California cabin, near the desert of 29 Palms.  This started out to be a rustic, small, old cabin as an escape.  Of course, Dan decided that it should be a little bigger and updated, so that became a beloved project.  He has also restored a large motor home that they will soon christen with a road trip.  

Obviously, these are very adventurous people who will stay young simply because they don't stop moving.  Give Adele a hug after church some day and let her know how much you appreciate her dedication.

Now, down to business. 

The Hangin' O' The Greens will commence on Sunday, November 29 immediately following the worship service.  As in previous years, busy, little elves are we, as the tree is trimmed, the sanctuary decorated and fellowship hall is decked out.  Then, we will enjoy a warm lunch and friendly chatter together.  Wear your comfy decorating clothes and please bring a plate of cookies to share. 

Fa la la la la, la la la la!!!

Respectfully Submitted,

Helyn Woolf, Membership Chairlady

Snow Shovelers Needed

Like it or not, our winter season is just around the corner. And with it comes the ever present snow. The church hires an individual to plow the parking lot and entry driveway, however, we need some help cleaning up the front entrance and side exits.

Last winter, the Building and Grounds committee established a schedule where individuals volunteered for a week at a time to insure the front entrance and side exits get shoveled (and salted if needed) after every snowfall. This seemed to work very well and we will be doing it again this winter. The week will run from Friday through the next Thursday. The schedule will begin November 20 and run through April 15. The sign-up sheet will be posted on the bulletin board next to the coffee hour sign-up.

Thank you in advance for considering this opportunity and, hopefully, lending a hand in keeping our entrance and exits snow and ice free.

Respectfully submitted

Mark Schuelke - B&G

Madams & Sirs

Last Meeting Minutes

On October 7, 2015 the last meeting of Madams and Sirs was held.  It was a sad evening but one in which memories and laughter were shared.   We would like to share with you over the next couple of Chit Chats the history and impact this organization had on this church and the community.  

Madams and Sirs began in 1955 and we will quote from the actual minutes as recorded by the secretaries from that time until the present.  We are sure many of you who were involved in M&S will bring extra stories of what it meant to you.  If you have a memory of an event, please contact Lois at the church so we can include it in these articles. Editorial comments by this writer will be in parenthesis.

The first meeting was held on November 19, 1955 and the secretary wrote ‘all agreed  that the evening was most enjoyable and very worthwhile.’  Joe Ilg was elected the first president.  The balance in February of the next year was $17.50.

Program planning for 1956 included renting ‘stones’ from the state prison in Marquette and learning how to curl.   (How many of us know how to do that today?)   November 1958 meeting was changed because it interfered with the opening of deer hunting.  (Things never change, do they?)   January, 1959 Ethel Cain wrote what became the official song called “Madams and Sirs Are We” to the tune of Anchors Aweigh.  (A rambunctious version was sung at our last meeting)   In the early years, no meetings were held in the summer because many of the people were resort owners.  

In October 1961 discussion was held to determine if this was just a social group or should be a recognized organization of the MWCPC.   The minister said it is a part of this church and thus should develop a set of by-laws.  A committee was formed to write them and in November, they were approved thus fulfilling their goal to be an official part of this church.  

In March 1962 a motion was made to turn all funds in excess of $50.00 over to the church.  March 1966 brought a big discussion concerning whether the minister and his wife should pay $1.25 each for the dinner since all others did.  A secret ballot was passed out and the ‘ayes’ were 22 and ‘nays’ were 8.  (I guess no one wanted the minister to know how they voted)

Mid Sharpe reported on the years from 1971 to 1990 which showed much growth and responsibilities taken on by M&S.  Their activities were far reaching.  They took on the task of serving at Coffee Hour, (many donated the coffee and supplies).  The minutes from those years indicate most of the funds they raised were given to the church.  At one point they voted to keep $10.00 in their checking account.  They donated money to remodel the church, had the piano and organ tuned, purchased a mower, ladder, water heater, put up a light in the parking lot, and the list goes on and on.

In January 1980, 45 people were present and the secretary said the temperature was 20 below zero.  In November 1981 the secretary wrote that the new pastor, David Hall, was presented with a ‘treasure chest’ of new and used fishing tackle.  In October 1983 the Rockwell prints of Freedom, Speech, Worship, Want and Fear purchased during WWII were given in memory of Ernie Michaels.

This is the first installment concerning the history of Madams and Sirs.   Watch for the next part in future Chit Chats.

WESTMINSTER GUILD

By Kay Suffron

The Westminster Guild met on Thursday, October 1, for our second Bible Study lesson of the year. Our study this year is entitled "Come to the Waters," and it is extremely interesting and thought-provoking. In September the lesson concerned "Birthing Waters -- Creation," and this month we focused on "Life-Giving Waters -- Baptism," considering the meaning of baptismal waters for Jesus, the early church, and for our lives today.

Our second meeting of the month, on the 15th, which we call our work meeting, was an opportunity for some of us to continue our mission projects, specifically the hygiene kits for young African girls. Others were very busy setting up for the funeral of Paula Chamberlain on October 17, while a few of us also worked on the many items for sale -- Celtic CD's (the proceeds of which go to Living Waters), Rada cutlery, wonderful brooms and dish cloths, winter hats, hand-painted note cards, little snowmen, etc. Be sure to take a look at all of these things each Sunday, along with all the lovely SERRV and equal-exchange items.

We, of course, shared wonderful treats at each meeting -- the first a delicious lemon dessert provided by hostess Mid Sharpe and the second a pumpkin cobbler -- a most delightful seasonal dessert provided by our hostess Helyn Woolf (recipe follows).

We extend our invitation to all ladies of the church to please join us on the first (Bible study) and third (work) Thursday of each month. We meet in the fellowship hall at 9:30 AM, and it is a wonderful time of learning and fellowship.

Pumpkin Cobbler

3 eggs, beaten 1 t. ground ginger

15-oz. can pumpkin 1 T. vanilla extract

12-oz. can evaporated milk 1 c. sugar

18-1/4 oz. pkg. yellow cake mix 1/8 t. salt

1-1/4 c. margarine, melted 1 c. chopped nuts

1-1/2 t. cinnamon

Mix the first 8 ingredients together; pour into an ungreased 9 x 13 baking pan. Sprinkle cake mix over the top; drizzle with margarine. Bake at 350 degrees for 25 minutes; top with nuts. Bake for an additional 15 minutes. Makes 15 to 18 servings.

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The Winnebago Mental Health Institute specializes in serving children, male and female and adults with complex psychiatric conditions often combined with challenging behaviors. Their motto: “Health Care for Today, Hope for Tomorrow.” WMHI provides quality mental health services in a safe and caring, professional environment for the benefit of patients, their families and the community. Winnebago provides a secure setting to meet the legal, behavioral, treatment and recovery needs of mental health care consumers.

The patients at this facility are not often thought of. They are a forgotten population when it comes to Christmas presents. This is a project all of us can participate in with purchasing gifts on the list or donating money for special events.

WMHI has a K-12 school, Waterwood School.

This Mission project is sponsored

by Westminster Guild.

WMHI 2015 Christmas Project

If possible, please have the gifts here by Sunday, November 22, 2015

You can help us by Purchasing Gifts for individuals Below, is a list of frequently requested items.

Gifts should NOT be wrapped & No Glass!

• Socks (Men’s & Women’s)

• Battery alarm clocks

• Phone cards 60 or 120 min. work best. FROM A LAND LINE!

• Stationary (buy no wire please)

• Chocolates! New!! Need for Large bars too!

• Men’s deodorant / Women’s deodorant and body spray

• Squeeze lotion (no pumps)

• Shampoo

• Conditioner

• Men and Women’s body wash

• Gift Cards for Wal-Mart, Target, Shopko, etc. NO McDONALD OR OTHER FAST FOOD CARDS NEEDED

• Men and Women’s wallets

• COIN PURSES

• “Forever” Postage Stamps

• Journals (NO Wire)

• Adult single tooth brushes and paste

• Toothbrush Holders

• Adult Male and Female winter gloves

• Men and Women’s winter hats

• Puzzles – 300, 500 and 1000 piece

• Checks should be made out to MWCPC with WMHI

on memo line.

This money is used for Christmas and birthday items and also for Special Activities that we sponsor for the patients throughout the year.

(Guild Continued)

Living Waters for the World

Westminster Guild is again selling Celtic Christmas CDs. There are 2 to choose from. The proceeds go to the Living Waters for the World project. Check it out. LWW trains and equips mission teams to share the gift of sustainable clean water with communities in need. They have installed clean water systems in hundreds of communities on four continents. Along with the CDs, there is a brochure and more information on the back ounter of the Fellowship Room. The suggested donation is $15.00. Rose king or any Guild member will accept your check or cash. Checks can be made out to MWCPC with LWW on the memo line.

STEWARDSHIP 2016

”We are God’s workmanship, created to do good works”

Completing Our 2016 Pledge Campaign

With the approach of the holiday season, we look forward to the family closeness and gift-giving that Christmas brings. But it often seems as though time speeds up, so that we run in fast-forward trying to get everything done!

If you have not yet made a pledge for 2016, please consider doing so. It will help the church in planning its work for next year. There is no better way to respond to the gifts God has given us than— through our giving—to offer our gifts in return.

Making an annual pledge to support the church’s needs is a major step for each of us as stewards. It shows our determination to keep our church strong as a faith community and a source of mission giving for the world.

Also, if you have not yet paid the church’s per capita amount of $29 per person, now is a good time to do so. This is the per-member amount our church pays to support the work of our Presbytery, Synod, and PCUSA National Assembly.

Respectfully submitted,

David Foster, Stewardship

From Your SESSION

On Sunday, November 1st, 2015 a request for your involvement in church committees will be in the bulletin including a description of the committees.

A new session will begin in January 2016, and we want to include all members interested in serving on committees for the church at that time. If you are unable to be in church on November 1st, please review the list of committees below and contact Lois to indicate your interest. Your involvement in these church committees is essential for the health and well being for MWCPC. There is a page on the website where you can indicate your wish to be involved - ().

Committees:

Administration

Personnel

Finance

Stewardship

Buildings & Grounds

Christian Education

Membership

Mission

Worship

AND… Fleazaar

The Session Fleazaar Committee is responsible for organizing and overseeing the annual Fleazaar fundraiser of the MWCPC. It consists of specified members and At-Large members.

In addition there are many opportunities

to volunteer for the year round Fleazaar activities including pick-ups of donated items, receiving and sorting items on Saturday mornings from mid-April until Fleazaar week, setting up and taking down tents, and helping during Fleazaar week.

Christian Education

You will want to be in church on November 8th. That is YOUTH SUNDAY. Some of the kids will be singing, and others will be serving in other ways.

We will not meet on November 25th because of Thanksgiving Break. I pray that you will all have many things to be thankful for.

Put December 13th on your calendar also, because that will be our

Christmas Program.

The youth will be working hard on that.

In His service and yours,

Joan Dioszegi

Sad to see them go…

------but we understand…

Bob and Sherlene Schmidt have sold their house and will be moving to Oregon.

These two have been a big part in the life of our church by serving on committees, volunteering, and just being good, kind Church Family Members.

We will miss you, but wish you

Best of Times in your new adventure!

November

Birthdays:

1st Glen Gaulke, 2nd Pat Patterson, Jim Carlson, Dee Cayo, Ellie Friedley, 3rd E J May, Warren Johnson, Robert Rider, 4th Bud Denton, Mariel Henske, Michelle Kramer, 5th BJ Bauers, 6th Katherine Paulsen, 7th Jay Woolf, John Dougherty, 9th Jo Reichling, Linda Arndt, 10th Michael Bartling, 11th Elsie Feit, 12th Ann Jacobucci, Deane Galloway, 14th Aggie Ripley, Michael Orlowski, 15th Roy Ahonen, Harland Klagos, Jalina Wilson/Manuwal, 16th Charlotte Glashagel, 18th Zachary Wilson, 22nd Carol Brewer, 24th Walter Semenok, Chris McFarland, 25th Steve Willson, 27th Debby Patterson, 28th Barbara Kramer, Judy Ruch, Cassie Lee, Jason Kingstad, 29th Stephen Russell, Marianne Bogumill, 30th Joan Dioszegi, Justin Haas

Anniversaries:

1st Tom & Barbara Kramer

2nd Jim & Peggy Caldwell,

3rd Bob & Dian Paneitz

George & Bernadette Nelson

4th Jack & Marion Jacobs (65th)

18th Tom & Winnie Carlson (65th)

[pic]Some people are kind, polite, and sweet-spirited UNTIL you try to sit in their pews.

Manitowish Waters Community

Presbyterian Church

PO Box 69

Manitowish Waters, WI 54545

November

2015

Bible Trivia

…check your Bible knowledge

Who Said That?

1. Thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church.

2. I am a Hebrew, and I fear the Lord, the God of heaven, which hath made the sea and the dry land.

3. There cometh one mightier than I after me, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to stoop down and unloose.

4. The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom ye slew and hanged on al tree.

5. My soul doth magnify the Lord.

6. As the Lord liveth, the man that hath done this thing shall surely die.

7. Repent ye; for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.

Happy Thanksgiving

Office Hours:

Monday through Friday = 9:00 am till noon

715-543-2998

Rev. Chips 715-776-2998

manwtrschurch@



1. Jesus (Matthew 16:18), 2. Jonah (1:9), 3.John the Baptist (Mark 1:7), 4. Peter (Acts 5:30), 5. Mary (Luke 1:46), 6. David (2 Samuel 12:5), 7. John the Baptist (Matthew 3:2).

Chit Chat

Pastor Message November 2015

Last month on the 25th we baptised Brooklyn Ann Patterson, the daughter of James and Melissa Patterson. The Baptism was beautifully “active.” Brooklyn was doing her best to audition for the choir for part of the service, and then was gently still in the aftermath of the three-fold sprinkling. As I held Brooklyn, I was acutely aware of the preciousness of the bundle of life I held, and in which the Spirit of Christ inhabited. With her in mind, I just ran across the following prayer by Ina J. Hughes of Charleston, South Carolina:

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|We pray for children |We pray for children |

|Who put chocolate fingers everywhere, |Who spend their allowance before Tuesday, |

|Who like to be tickled, |Who throw tantrums in the grocery store |

|Who stomp in puddles |and pick at food, |

|and ruin their new pants, |Who like ghost stories, |

|Who sneak popsickles before supper, |Who shove dirty clothes under the bed, |

|Who erase holes in math workbooks, |and never rinse out the tub, |

|Who can never find their shoes. |Who get visits from the tooth fairy, |

|And we pray for those |Who doesn’t like to be kissed |

|Who stare at photographers |in front of the carpool, |

|from behind barbed wire, |Who squirm in church |

|Who can’t bound down streets in a new |and who scream in the phone, |

|pair of sneakers, |Whose tears we sometimes laugh at |

|Who never “counted potatoes,” |And whose smiles can make us cry. |

|Who are born in places |And we pray for those |

|we wouldn’t be caught dead, |Whose nightmares come in the daytime |

|Who never go to the circus, |Who will eat anything |

|Who live in an X-rated world. |Who have never seen a dentist, |

|We pray for children |Who aren’t spoiled by anybody, |

|Who bring us sticky kisses |Who go to bed hungry |

|and fistfuls of dandelions, |and cry themselves to sleep, |

|Who sleep with the dog and bury goldfish, |Who live and move, but have no being. |

|Who hug us in a hurry |We pray for children |

|and forget lunch money, |Who want to be carried |

|Who cover themselves in Band-aids |and for those who must, |

|and sing off-key, |For those we never give up on, |

|Who squeeze toothpaste all over the sink, |And for those who |

|Who slurp their soup. |don’t get a second chance. |

|And we pray for those |For those we smother, |

|Who never get dessert, |And for those |

|Who have no safe blanket |who will grab the hand |

|to drag behind them, |of anybody kind enough to offer it. |

|Who watch their parents watch them die, | |

|Who can’t find any bread to steal, |Have a blessed |

|Who don’t have any rooms to clean up, |Thanksgiving, Chips |

|Whose pictures | |

|aren’t on anybody’s dresser, | |

|Whose monsters are real. | |

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