YAH Luncheon–May 10, 2011

Dayton Christian – Resounding Joy

We normally start our program with a prelude of some kind.  This month, we had a Piano Duo with Fred Scheffler and his student, David Brandt.  They provided an excellent selection of music, playing individually and as a duet. You can hear them, HERE.

After this excellent prelude, we started our program with jokes, acknowledging first time visitors, birthdays and anniversaries.  Then we introduced the day trips for May (Velvet Ice Cream), June (B&B Riverboat on the Ohio River) and July (Reds game against the Mets).  Finally, we introduced the program everyone came to hear.  Resounding Joy from Dayton Christian. You can listen to this part of the program HERE.

These High School students and their leader, Tracy Miller, always do an excellent job.

They even brought along their own guitarists and percussion.

I thought the soloists and the signers also did a fantastic job, really making their program interesting and unique.

Following Resounding Joy, we introduced our June program.  Chris Thompson will be performing a vocal concert for us.

Day Trip–April 26, 2011

We traveled up I-75 for our April Day Trip to two interesting museums.  First, we went to the Neil Armstrong Air and Space Museum in Wapakoneta, Ohio.  I’ve been there before and enjoy air and space museums, although the one right here in Dayton is far superior.  Of course, Neil is an Ohio native who was the first human to step foot on the moon.  So, much of this museum focused on this even with exhibits, photos, etc.

After touring the Air and Space Museum, we drove down to New Bremen, Ohio.  I was pleased to note that most of the center of this town has been renovated. I think this was done by Crown Industries. Once there, we stopped to have a bite to eat at La Piazza.  This was a very nice Italian Restaurant with a very good selection on their noon buffet.  I highly recommend this.

 

After lunch we went one door down to the Bicycle Museum of America.  They started us in a theater across the street for an overview and nice video about early bicycles.  Then we broke into two groups with guides for each of us to tour the museum.  The museum had a large selection of old bicycles and also a number of newer ones that were unique.

This bicycle was used in a Chinese performance and is quite interesting because you rid in the middle.

I’m not sure if this really qualifies as a bicycle or if it is a really big peddle car.  One thing I think we will all agree, these gals are true kids at heart!  That’s why we are called “Young at Heart”, I guess.

When I was in High School, I had a Whizzer which is a bicycle with a motor. I thought it was cool because it looked so much like a motor cycle.

In my mind this trip was a great one; and I highly recommend a trip into New Bremen for a meal and visit to the Bicycle Museum of America.  If you are looking for an interesting place to show to your family or friends, check this out.

March 8, 2011 YAH Luncheon–Trumpet and Piano Concert

I told everyone that this month we would have a fantastic musical treat, and what a treat it was. We had a wonderful duo of Charlie Pagnard with his trumpets and Dr. Charles Clevenger at the piano.  Both are music professors at Cedarville University.  Charlie is also our music pastor here at Washington Heights Baptist.  That apparently is not enough to keep him busy because he is also First Chair Trumpet for the Dayton Philharmonic Symphony, has his own brass group “The Carillon Brass” and is part of another International group “EuroBrass” who travel the world doing concerts.  We count it a real blessing to have him leading our worship music here at Washington Heights and were very pleased to feature him along with Dr. Clevenger, this month.

You can hear the program HERE!

Charlie is a wonderful trumpet musician and can play a wide variety of music, as he demonstrated.  He plays Jazz, Classical, Spiritual, etc.

Dr. Clevenger is also very talented at the piano and plays concerts all over the country. I would like to also invite him to do a concert for us; perhaps next year.

 

They both also proved that they can speak very well. Charlie always has some entertaining stories to tell. He seemed to play some of his crazy stories down this time.  Perhaps that is because his mother, Betty Pagnard, was in our audience.  Betty is a regular part of our church and Young at Heart. Dr. Clevenger didn’t bring his mom but also spoke very well. I really enjoy hearing about music and some of their tales of happenings on tour, etc.

 

After the concert, we enjoyed a delicious meal of a chicken casserole, carrot salad, spinach salad and Grasshopper Pie. I insisted that the kitchen staff remove the legs before squishing the grasshoppers!  Hey!  I’m teasing and I suspect this is called what it is because of the green bits in the pie. However, we had plenty of rave reviews on the food! There was enough for leftovers and many people took some home.

Our theme in the dining room this month was St. Patties Day.  So there was plenty of green stuff and pots of gold spread around. As you can see here, Ted really got into the season with the green hat from his table!

DON’T FORGET NEXT MONTH WE MEET A WEEK EARLIER THAN NORMAL. OUR LUNCHEON WILL BE APRIL 5, 2011.
We will feature a couple of our missionary families, including some children! Of course, we will also have another fantastic meal!

February 8, 2011 – Luncheon with Dave Harney

The weather outside was cold with snow on the ground. However, the spirit of our people inside was definitely warm. The weather kept some people away but we still had nice turnout of 100 people.

Prior to our scheduled program, Fred Scheffler and David Brandt provided great prelude music for this Valentine season of LOVE. The music included, Popular, Classical, and Religious. Fred and David always do a very nice job and provide good entertainment that prepares us for the program.

You can hear a bit of their music HERE.

Later I introduced our coming Day Trip in March to La Comedia to see the play, “Seven Brides for Seven Brothers”. This will be a fun program, and we all know the food is very good!!

Of course, you all didn’t come to hear the piano or even me! Everyone came to hear David Harney. Last May, Dave had a very serious heart attack and was close to singing for a new audience in Heaven. But, his life was spared and he is able to continue his ministry across the country once again. Dave’s music style is mostly Country Gospel. He intertwines his music with stories and jokes. Listen to Dave’s program HERE.

After David’s performance I introduced our program for March. We will have one of our own, Charlie Pagnard, provide another great Trumpet Concert. Charlie does a great variety of music and also tells fun stories. I have never figured out how so much weird stuff could happen to one guy! You will not want to miss our March 8th Luncheon with Charlie.

How could we have a luncheon without something delicious to eat. This meal was very fitting for the day. We started with a nice Cottage Cheese Salad followed by piping hot Chili and Corn Bread followed by desert of a Cherry Crumble Cobbler.

January 2011

Happy New Year everyone!

Normally, I would be posting something about our January Luncheon and Day Trips. However, this year we decided to avoid the possibility of canceling winter day trips, so we did not schedule trips for January or February.

However, we did plan a very nice Luncheon program with the Miami Valley Women's Center. God had other plans for us and we had a big winter storm the day before our luncheon. So, we canceled to avoid having people attempt driving in the snow. I don't think anyone would have come, anyway. We will try to reschedule the Miami Valley Women's Center for another time.

You can check out their programs at the MVWC website. We would have emphasized some of the programs you don't normally think of when you think of a Crisis Pregnancy Center, such as the Men's programs and support programs for families who loose babies, etc.

Our February Luncheon will feature an old favorite of our Young at Heart luncheons. David Harney will return. Last year Dave had a serious heart attack and was not doing his programs for many months. We are very pleased to have him return. We will also feature a couple of our men, Fred Scheffler and David Brandt at the piano with some great love songs. I think you will be pleasantly surprised by some of these pieces. NOW, Pray that we will be able to have our February program on February 8. It certainly seems that there is a lot of snow and very cold.

Even though we did not have our January luncheon, remember to read our Newsletters. If you missed the printed one, you will find it as a file in the column to the right. Today, I posted the February Newsletter, so as a bonus you can even read it early!

Christmas Program–December 14, 2010

Even though it was an extremely cold day for our luncheon, we were still plenty warm in the church. We had a great program and very good luncheon. This was our lowest attendance in a long time but I was happy to have as many as we had, 108. We had a great time of warm fellowship.

Our time together was started with piano and organ duets and solos by Nancy Jensen (organ) and Grace Averitt (piano). They each do a great job alone but having them together is a real treat. You can listen to the music again at the link above. Note, the recording did not get enough volume for the organ but you can still hear it, and the piano is enough reason to listen again.

Following our normal opening and acknowledgments, Marlene Williams sang a very nice Christmas Medley solo. Marlene came in from her post in the kitchen to do her music and then returned to serve us later. Click the link above to hear her.

Grace and Nancy did another duet as a special. This one you can hear the organ a little better; however, there was a audio glitch in the middle, so I won’t be making any CDs! You can listen to this music HERE.

Later, Josh Hales sang a solo about the wonder of Christ’s birth, called “Strange Way to Save the World”. Josh is our Youth Pastor, leading the teen programs and he is also involved in our recreational ministries. He is a regular with our church special music and sometimes leads the music. Click the link above to hear him.

David and Pat Warren led a time of sharing and devotions with us. I really enjoyed the way Pat used past Christmas experiences of our YAH people and Dave tied it into his speech very well. Click the link above to hear Pat and some of our people discuss their Christmas traditions with David providing a nice devotional following this time of sharing. Listen at the link above.

After our program in the auditorium we had a very nice Christmas meal in the Community Life Center. The food was very good. I had people asking me for the recipes, so I will need to have Lisa do a column in the Newsletter again, with some of her recipes.

Here is a short video clip of the meal time together in the Community Life Center. Check it out to see if you can find yourself.

Christmas Luncheon, December 14, 2010

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