Young at Heart Luncheon–Jan. 10, 2012

We always start our Young at Heart Luncheon programs with some kind of prelude music. This month we had Grace Averitt at the piano to play several very nice piano pieces. Thank you, Grace.

We were blessed to have a very good program for our luncheon in January! First, the weather was as good as we could expect in January with a bright sunny 50 degree temperature day! Next, we had an outstanding program by our speaker, Greg Poe, and special music, Marlene Williams.

Marlene sang a couple of very nice numbers.

You can hear her HERE.

 

 

 

 

Following our other agenda items, we had Greg Poe from Fifth Third Bank speak to us about the State of the Economy. Greg did and out standing job of presenting and providing us with a rather bright outlook. He finished by tying this all into scripture and telling us that our only true security is in the Lord and our final resting place in Heaven.

You can listen to Greg’s presentation HERE.

Following the presentation we all adjourned to the gymnasium for a very nice soup and salad luncheon! This was prepared by Greg’s wife, our very own Lisa Poe and her very able crew of cooks and bakers. Everything was made from scratch! Salad, potato soup, hot rolls, and cookies for dessert. I’ve already been requested to put the recipes in a future newsletter. I’ll do that!

Next month we are planning to have our old friend, Dave Harney come and provide us with a very special vocal concert and speak to us.

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La Comedia–A Christmas Carol

Our December Day Trip, Dec. 16, was to visit La Comedia in Springboro and see the musical play “A Christmas Carol”. I think everyone enjoyed the experience and the musical.

Our seats were on the main floor just off the stage. This is may be the last time we’ll get these seats because we could go up one level and see a bit better and certainly have more comfortable seating. Floor seating is certainly good for being close to the action of the plays and also for access to the buffet. It is also nice to be able to fill our plates with food and not be concerned about navigating the stairs. Anyway, we will try different seating to see how it works for our groups.

The play was outstanding with great acting and music. I recommend it for great Christmas entertainment and a good meal, too!

Here is the website link for La Comedia.

Christmas Luncheon–Burt Kettinger (December 13, 2011)

This month we celebrated Christmas in a wonderful way at our Young at Heart Luncheon! We started with some very nice piano and organ music by my favorite musicians, Nancy Jensen (Organ) and Grace Averitt (Piano). Then, I did my normal opening with jokes, prayer and recognition of new people, birthdays and anniversaries.

But our real program was our special friend, Burt Kettinger who came here from the Chicago area to do a Christmas Vocal Concert and speak. Burt has been to our church and here at Young at Heart a number of times and always does an outstanding job. He is a featured vocalist on “Songs in the Night” from the historic Moody Church in Chicago and does concerts worldwide. We are very fortunate to have him here and even more so to be able to have him for a special Christmas program. You can hear his concert by clicking the link below.

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Click HERE to hear Burt’s Music!

Of course, we wouldn’t be a luncheon without our meal in the gym. Today, we had ham and noodles, yams, cranberry salad and red velvet cake all prepared by Lisa and her able staff of cooks, servers and the various other help with the tables and cleanup. Greg brought some of the staff from Fifth/Third Bank to assist with the serving as a special service project for the bank. Thank you Greg. Next month Greg will be our featured speaker on the subject of the economy.

It was truly a great day!

Haute Chocolate Day Trip

We visited Haute Chocolate in Cincinnati for our Fall Mystery Trip this year. Our group has never visited Haute Chocolate, however we did take our volunteers there, earlier this year.

Haute Chocolate designs their chocolates on premise and also have a nice shop for selling. They have some very unique creations. One of the creations that I find most unique is their “Deviled Egg”. I also like their Thanksgiving theme, Turkey! I haven’t decided who will eat either of these but will probably show them off during our Thanksgiving Dinner at home.

Haute Chocolate is located in Montgomery, Ohio very close to the location of Montgomery Inn. It would be a great idea to visit the chocolate shop immediately prior to having a great meal at Montgomery Inn. These are just a short walk apart.

During our volunteers event, we had a much smaller group, so we were able to do everything right in the kitchen of their shop. However, there were 40 of us this time, so we could not all fit in the kitchen. So, instead we were entertained in a very unique setting of a concept place with a large kitchen, dining and meeting area. This was an excellent venue with a very modern setting.

Of course we came here to eat, see how candy is made and try some of their fantastic confections!

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Young at Heart Luncheon–Pastor David Kisner

This month our Lead Pastor, David Kisner, here at Washington Heights Baptist Church, told us about their trip to South Africa. It looks like it was a great trip to visit with missionaries, including our own “Dr D” (Dave Drullinger), our former Preaching Partner.

First we had a great Piano Duet Prelude by Fred Scheffler and David Brandt. We also sang along with them as they played a special number, “People Need the Lord”. Here is their Prelude Music as an MP3. You don’t want to here me sing.

David Kisner used PowerPoint to show photos of the scenery and wildlife around South Africa and also tell about their service there where Pastor Kisner preached and also taught pastors. His wife, Wendy, also taught in a school there and helped around the church and with Ladies Bible Studies.

The larger photo is a little out of focus but you get the idea of our presentation setting and his show and tell table behind.
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Click here to HEAR PASTOR KISNER’S TALK.

Click here to see the PowerPoint slides in an easy to use PDF format.

This may work best if you open the PowerPoint first and wait for the file to download and open, then come back here and click on the audio Talk File.

Here are a few photos taken from his slides.

Dave out for a stroll along the bay.

Pastor Dave with “Dr D”             Pastor Kisner preaching at Mountain View Baptist Church      Pray four them as they also pray for us!

Customary sunset photo to end the presentation.

Day Trip to COSI in Columbus

COSI is an acronym for “Center of Science and Industry.” I always think of this as a Children’s Museum and I think this is primarily who they cater to; but there is certainly plenty to see and enjoy for us adults, too. Of course, a lot of that enjoyment is watching the reactions of the kids to different things.

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This is the entrance of COSI with the pendulum which swings and knocks off iron balls. We had 19 of us, including our driver, Joel Harbaugh, and his family. Thank you Joel for driving.

Many, perhaps most, of the displays are interactive. These range from biology, to physics, to ecology, etc.

I think I had a couple of areas that rated as my favorites. The top of the list was the “Progress” area where we journey back as far as 1898 to as current as 1962. I liked the Diner and the Disk Jockey. Those bring back some fun memories of my high school days.

There was also an interesting outdoor exhibit area, called “Big Science Park,” that included a tiny concept house that is only 100 square feet and could support one or two people. It was totally green with solar power and heat. It included a tiny kitchen, bathroom and living area. I couldn’t figure where anyone would sleep but I suspect it was something like a murphy bed. It might be nice as a cottage in the woods but I cannot see it being used as a primary residence! I wasn’t sold on this concept!

I also enjoyed the “Extreme Screen Theater” with a nice 3D movie about Surfing in Tahiti. I think I need to go visit! Tahiti, again! 

Another highlight for everyone was the Rat Basketball Game. Yes, you guessed it correctly. They have rats that play basketball!

An area that most of the kids seemed to enjoy was the “Highwire Unicycle.” Our own Seth Harbaugh was brave enough to give it a try!

Although our group for this event was small, our enthusiasm for the activities and sights was huge!

If you are looking for a fun place to visit, check out COSI!

Young at Heart Luncheon–Louie Giglio

Today, we had our luncheon program. We had Josh and Erin Hales scheduled as our special vocal concert program. Josh is our Teen Pastor. Both Josh and Erin have excellent singing voices. Erin is also a very accomplished pianist.

Unfortunately, Josh suddenly took ill, and was not able to be a part of our program. Hence, this morning we were scrambling to find something to replace our program for the month. Nancy had a brilliant idea when she remembered a video by Louie Giglio that we have at home.

After the normal opening part of our program, we launched the 40 minute video by Louie Giglio titled, “How Great is Our God.” This video is a very good one and I received many comments about it and people asking how they could get a copy. More on that later. However, I may even have a better deal for you. How is free? I found a copy of the program on YouTube. This is the entire video and the quality is very good for viewing on a computer and maybe pretty good, if you can view in on your TV, too.

I found a place where you can purchase the video for around $10 at ChristianBook.com

Here is the YouTube Link.

Much of this video covers the vastness of our universe but the later part of the video discusses Laminin. Listen through the entire video to catch this part, or do a Google search for it.

Next month, maybe we can get Josh and Erin to sing a special number or two for us. I’ll try! Our speaker will be our Lead Pastor, David Kisner. He is going to South Africa soon and will be here to tell us more about what they did over there. Don’t miss this one!