Text Box: It is easier to keep up than catch up. MEMORIAL DAY O valiant Hearts, who to your glory came Through dust of conflict and through battle-flame: Tranquil you lie, your knightly virtue proved, Your memory hallowed in the Land you love. Doing nothing is the most tiresome job in the world because it is impossible to quit and take a rest. CHRISTMAS We thank Thee, Lord, on Christmas Day For all we have, and then we pray, That peace which came when Christ was born Will be our gift on Christmas morn. Amen. There is hunger for love and appreciation in the world as well as hunger for bread. ADVENT PREPARATIONS Have you any old grudge you'd like to pay? Any wrong laid up from bygone day? Gather them all now and lay them away For Christmas comes. Hard thoughts are heavy to carry, my friend Any life is short from beginning to end; Be kind to yourself, leave nothing to mend When Christmas comes. Yesterday's unfinished task is a mortgage on today. When thou hast thanked thy God for every blessing sent, what time will there remain for murmur or lament? It is not how much we have, but how much we enjoy that makes happiness. Gossip is letting the chat out of the bag. STEWARDSHIP A PLEDGE IS A PROMISE GOD HELPS US KEEP Pledge as you would if an angel Awaited your gift at the door; Pledge as you would if tomorrow Found you where waiting is o'er; Pledge as you would to the Master