Everthing Under The Son: September 2007

Monday, September 17, 2007

Say No To White Chili ??

Depner Farms Peppie The Chicken Here!! Well The Colonel Saunders and I were loose on the Streets of Harbor Beach for their Chili ("Tasting")Harvest Festival this weekend!!! It is a wonderful family fun event we love to come to every year!!! The day started out raining but turned into a Great Sunny Day!!!! The only FEAR I had as we walked around smelling the wonderful aroma of chili everywhere was that I would smell the aroma of a cousin or two!!! What do I mean by a cousin or 2??? WHITE CHILI!!!! CHICKEN CHILI!!!!!!Well, I smelled it and the smell was coming from The Corner Store. I was told by many people it was wonderful. The pretty young lady with us us Pam Semp the owner of The Corner Store and also co-cooker of the "White Chili" the other co-cooker is Lynn Haight a Harbor Beachieian who I am told lives very close to The Buggs from Harbor Beach.LOOK WHAT I HAD TO ENDURE!!! THE COLONEL AND PAM EATING WHITE CHILI IN FRONT OF ME!!!!The only good thing is everyone said it tasted wonderful, Of coarse Chicken Chili would be wonderful it is CHICKEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Ohhh!!! Is that Bad Advertising to eat Chicken???Well, Peppie The Chicken signing off with 1 Word Of Advice" Don't Eat White Chili unless it is Pam's and Lynn's White Chili."

Thursday, September 13, 2007

Our Friend Mae

Here is our friend Mae she is our 95 years old. Mae in this photo had just had all her teeth pulled and had gotten new teeth. During our performances we continue to dress the residents in fun things. This day we put a blonde wig on Mae. We handed Mae a mirror and she said "Wow I never knew I could look this pretty!!!" We encouraged Mae that she didn't need to have a wig to be pretty. Her sweet heart and her always ready smile lit up a room!!(even before she got her new teeth she always smiled. ) Our constant advice is if you are ever bored and don't know what to do, go to a Nursing Home Facility and give yourself the best gift you can give to someone who is lonely and just needs someone to talk to. Here is a special note about Mae:<) Our Dear Friend has a prosodic arm and often we clap when we sing songs. One day she said to me “I wish I could clap still.” I said to her” YOU CAN!!!” I took my hand and started to clap with her hand. Mae said to me “You made my day!!” So now most every time when we sing “If your happy and you know it”, “This is the Day The Lord Has Made” and “I’m Sooo Glad Jesus Set Me Free”. Mae claps with me!! What a joy Mae is and a blessing to others when people see Mae make lemonade!!!(When life gives you a lemon you make lemonade!!)

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“WHO ARE ‘THE BUGGS”
We are a Christian couple and have been married for almost six years.(July 12th, 2003) Raymond was a special education teacher for ten years and had to take a disability retirement in 2000. Susan was working for hospice and at a Doctors Office and had Encephalitis that took her out of the workforce also.

Raymond: “My Pastor invited me to go with him to the Long Term Care Unit in Harbor Beach. He held a Bible study with the residents on Wednesdays, and asked if I would come and play and sing with him.” (He also plays guitar)
(Raymond) “I had never volunteered in a nursing home setting before. After the Bible study, I sat down with several residents and sang “campfire songs” with them. (She’ll Be Coming Round the Mountain, Yankee Doodle, etc.) I really felt drawn to them and scheduled myself to return again the next week.

LET THE SINGING BEGIN!
After a while, I began to look for new music as the “campfire” program was beginning to get, well… boring. (To me that is) I had a friend, Richard Roberts, who played banjo, and invited him along on an occasion. Richard introduced me to a wealth of music from the early 20th century, 1900’s, ‘20s, ‘30s and ‘40s. We played together for about a year before Susan joined us.
Richard, Susan and I sing on a regular basis at two facilities in Harbor Beach. We perform at the Long Term Care Unit and Harbor House (an assisted living facility).
Susan prepares and arranges the music for the performances as well as the props and costumes.

Susan: “We have never looked at our performances as concerts, but rather events. Our intent is to bring joy to people and get them singing. We use a ‘sing-a-long’ format with trivia and stories to liven things up. Great Friends and "Mentors" Art and Rita Glaza who also sing in the “nursing home circuit” told us that, “You gotta make them laugh.” Their heart is to love people and make them have a great day and fun memories and make them laugh!!They are in their "Golden Years and Still, making folks laugh!!"

Several years ago Raymond, created sing-a-long books that we use during our programs. There are over two hundred songs. We sing hymns, patriotic songs, holiday music, children’s songs, songs of America and the world as well as campfire songs.

There is great debate as to who invited Susan to join us. Richard claims he was responsible bringing Susan and I together. However it happened, I’m grateful because Susan is now my wife.

“EVERYTHING UNDER THE SON”

“Sing and make music in your heart to the Lord, always giving thanks to God the Father for everything.” Ephesians 5:19

Susan and I felt that the Lord wanted us to reach out to a larger community with our sing along format. We sing at many different facilities and various events in the Huron County region. Although Richard does sing with us on occasion at some events, “Everything Under the Son” is just Susan and I.

We chose Ephesians 5:19 as a statement for our ministry. We pray that we bring merriment and the message of Jesus Christ though our programs. We decided that “Everything Under the Son” was an appropriate title for our duet, seeing how we will sing almost, everything under the sun, for the Son.

Susan and I have been performing together for about eight years, and six of those eight as “Everything Under the Son”.

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Monday, September 17, 2007

Say No To White Chili ??

Thursday, September 13, 2007

Our Friend Mae

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