SON LIGHT
UNIVERSITY CHURCH OF CHRIST
Vol. 36, No. 45 Nov. 6, 2008
Murray, Kentucky
Remembering Alice
Like
Born in Calloway County on November 22,
1913, Alice Like would have had her 95th birthday this month.
She grew up near Hazel as one of five girls and one boy born to Walter
and Winnie Scarbrough.
Alice married her beloved husband, Cecil,
on Christmas day, December 25, 1937, in the midst of the difficult years of the
Great Depression. This year they would
have been married for seventy-one years.
Cecil tells of the day he spotted a beautiful girl wearing a yellow
dress in church at Hazel. He claims they
were friends for seventy-six years. From
their marriage came one daughter, two grandchildren and three
great-grandchildren.
Cecil says that as leaders for the
Calloway County 4-H he and Alice had “lots of kids.” Their daughter Janet spoke of the many hours
her mother spent in the kitchen teaching girls to cook and do other things
around the home. Alice and Cecil were honored by the Commonwealth of Kentucky
for over fifty years of service with 4-H.
The Likes placed membership with the
University Church in April, 1977.
Together they faithfully attended worship and became actively involved
in serving the Lord. Cecil commented on
the days when they were involved in visiting those in the hospital, nursing
home, shut-ins and others. A few years
ago Alice fell in their home and broke a hip and has been unable to walk since
then. For the past six years, Jean
Wiggins has led in scheduling volunteers from the church to sit with Alice at
the nursing home.
Although the psalmist said, “The length of our days is
seventy years-- or eighty, if we have the strength” (Psalm 90:10), Alice lived an additional fifteen years, a long and full
life. Living through almost the entire
20th Century, she witnessed some of
our nation’s most tragic and most triumphant moments in history: two world
wars, the assassination of a president and the first man on the moon along with
other events.
Alice Like passed from this life on Monday, October 27, at Spring Creek
Health Care. Our love and sympathy goes
to her husband, Cecil, her daughter, Janet Dees, and all her family and dear
friends. We give thanks to our Heavenly
Father for a long and good life.
--Richard D. Youngblood
Charley’s Comments
We had a nice crowd with several UCSC alumni in attendance this past Monday night at our weekly Bread and Blade. Our thanks go to the UCSC Alumni Association for sponsoring the meal and to all the UCSC alumni who came to the devotional. We look forward to doing it again next year.
We have about 25 students who will be helping this weekend at Celebration. The students really enjoy being a part of Celebration and helping with all the behind the scenes stuff that goes on to make the weekend happen. It would certainly be a much more difficult weekend for those of us who put it together, if we didn’t have the help of so many UCSC students.
Mark your calendars for Monday, November 24. That will be the night for our annual UCSC Thanksgiving Dinner. The dinner will be held here at the church building at 6:00 p.m. A sign-up list is on the UCSC Ministry board next to my office in the church building for those that will be attending the dinner. This dinner is open to anyone who wants to join us for the evening. Please indicate on the sign-up list how many people will be in your party. This is always a great evening with lots of delicious food, good conversation and fellowship. Join us!
A menu for the Thanksgiving dinner will be on the library window.
If you can help with preparing a dish that is listed, please be sure to
write your name in the space provided. Thank you!
Youth and Family News
This weekend we will be at Celebration at
Kentucky Dam Village. This is one of the trips that the kids (and adults)
look forward to all year! It is always an uplifting experience! We
will leave from the building at 5
p.m. on Friday night. Be
here at 4:45 p.m. to
load the buses. We will return on Sunday
morning around 11:30 a.m.
If
your child is attending, here are some of the things that he/she needs to
bring:
- Bible
- Sleeping Bag
- Pillow
- Toiletries
- Jacket/Hat/Gloves (will be cool)
- Change of clothes
- Towel
Make sure that your child
has turned in the Permission/Behavior Contract. They will not be allowed
to attend without it!
Please
pray for us this weekend! Ask God to open our hearts and let the songs we
sing and the messages we hear this weekend make us stronger and more committed
Christians!
Remember
in Prayer
Marguerite Morgan--MCCH room 225; Bernice
Wallin—at home, has shingles; Roszella
Williams--Scheduled for surgery December 11; Erin Gidcumb---MCCH room 960.
Continuing
Prayer List:
Barbara Jewell
(former member at University), Liz Brown, Jerry Callahan (Kaye Marasco’s
son-in-law), Steve Chadwick (brother of Jane Garland), Laura Nell Cochran,
Earleen Doran, Dortha Dunn, Jane Garland, Gail Harris, Mildred Hodge, Doug
Johnson (cousin of Kent Sutherland), Evelyn & Wayne Johnston, Cecil Like,
Myra Nanny, Dorys Norsworthy, Mary Jean Packett, (sister of Margaret Dunn)
Larue Spann, Melba Suiter, Hazel Sutherland (mother of Kent), Tom Travis (Kay’s
father-in-law), Bernice Wallin, Richard Wilson (brother of Jack).
Nursing
Homes: Spring
Creek Health Care: Paul Bailey
(413), Harry Sledd (119A), Gerald Waldrop (413A); Roszella Williams 407A, Morningside Assisted Living, Mayfield, KY:
Stilline Green (Sharon Youngblood’s mother). Paducah Rehab. Paducah, KY: Jack Boaz.
Military: Matthew Chrisman (nephew of Cindy Veach) is in
Germany.
Nov. 2 – Stats Bible Classes — 245 A.M. Worship – 304 Evening Worship - 33 Life Groups - 162 Contribution – $ 8,446
It’s a Boy!
Congratulations to Linda
Fain. Her grandson, Daniel Jeffry Fain was born Wednesday at MCCH. Daniel
weighed 8 lbs 12 oz and was 21 ¾ inches long.
Thank
You!
Dear University Church of
Christ Family,
On behalf of myself and everyone at New Pathways I thank you for allowing us to
use your facilities, for our fall benefit dinner. Thank you also to everyone that decorated and
cleaned up. The room was beautiful and that sentiment was echoed all night by
everyone that attended. The dinner was a huge success and that is no small part
due to your generous donation of time, contribution and prayers. Thank you!
(amount raised was about $7,600.)
Sincerely,
Andrew Johnson
God Bless You
It’s a blessing to have such
a wonderful church family as I have. Thank you for all the beautiful cards,
prayers and gifts! Special thanks for Roy and Angie and his wonderful youth
group who worked in my yard.
God bless you all, I love
you,
Earleen
Address
Change:
Jean Wiggins
226 Glendale Place
Murray, KY 42071
Wednesday
Evening Meals
Menu for this week, November
12, is Chili, Cheese sandwiches, Dessert and Drinks. We will begin
serving at 5:30 p.m. Please plan to join us!
A Singing Celebration
in A Cappella
Please plan to join us Sunday, November 23, from 2:00
to 4:00 p.m.
Having both congregational and special group singing
throughout the afternoon, we encourage EVERYONE to attend. As we have done in the past, our children
will sing, as well as the groups “Holy Ground” and “Church Ladies.”
It is sure to be a very special afternoon—one in which
we hope you’ll plan to join and bring family and friends!
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For the singing event on November 23, we
will be serving refreshments downstairs. We are asking that people bring
finger foods (nothing that requires a fork) and drinks - sandwiches, chips,
dip, brownies, cookies, cupcakes, 2-liters, etc. The public is invited so
please be generous - we want to have plenty! You can bring your food to
church that morning or by 2:00 p.m. Thank you in advance - you
always bring delicious treats that others enjoy!! If you have any
questions, please contact Traci Green at 767-2245.
Murray State ROTC to host ceremony honoring Donna
Herndon
Everyone is invited to attend a ceremony to honor
Donna Herndon on Monday, November 10, on the second floor, west end of the
Blackburn Science Bldg. on the MSU campus at 1:00 p.m. This is in memory of her
and Woody’s son, Roger. Please respond to Rose Wyatt at
rose.wyatt@murraystate.edu (809-5061) or if you want to ride the church bus,
call Jan at the church office.
University
Church of Christ
801 North 12th
Street, Murray, KY 42071
(270) 753-1881
www.nchrist.org