LIfestyles
OCLAC celebrates summer readers
Olney Community Library’s Junior High/High School and Adult Summer Reading program came to an end recently. Patrons were asked to track how many pages they read this summer and fill out a sheet at the library.
Amity Club at 83 years strong hosts first meeting of the year
The Amity Club hosted the first meeting of the season at First United Methodist Church Fellowship Hall in Olney, Thursday, Sept. 3, at 10:30 a.m. President Bobby Wright called the meeting to order and led the members to recite the “Club Collect” written by Mary Stewart in 1904.
Living in grace, blessed by mercy
Although the schedule can seem rigorous, to some there is so much more to what is done here and being done currently. Let’s start with the way we are when we get here… We come here with little hope and no faith in ourselves or anything else for that matter. What we deserve is not what we receive when we walk in the door, a waiting smile and no judgement. At first we don’t know if we can trust these people because why would strangers love us with no strings attached? We don’t even love ourselves. We are fed, given a bed and for the first time in a long time a seed of hope is planted. We sleep with no nightmares because we can sleep with both eyes closed. After our bodies start to recover from the abuse we put ourselves through, we are slowly coming back to life.
A day at H.O.M.E.
At the HOUSE OF MERCY ENTERPRISES, we start our day at 5:30 with wake-up call. Morning hygiene routine and get dressed to make it to breakfast at 6:00. Then back to your room to make sure it is tidy and can pass inspection. Out of our rooms and in devotion to start our mind on Christ, the message given by Philip, Preston or another resident as assigned.