The Opposite of Boring

When our God and our faith are used in the same

sentence as boring, we have a problem. We have the

creator of the world as our teacher and leader. We have

the most creative, energetic and imaginative being as our

best friend. How have we gotten to a point where we see

this relationship as mundane, routine and boring? Most

of us were raised thinking that God was accessible only

within the walls of the church or in the textbooks in

religion class and Sunday school. When we con!ne God

to certain compartments of our life, we make God small.

Our relationship with God is one aspect of our life that

should never get boring. This is a reason for us to rethink

the way we currently present, teach about and worship

God. Can you imagine if we were as excited to talk about

God as we were to go to a sporting event? Or better yet,

what if we saw sports as a way that God is expressing his

creativity through human beings. (Jordan Spieth, a 21

year old, winning two golf majors in a row is a de!nite

God moment in my mind)

Faith has dropped down the totem pole of priority in our

world because we have separated faith and day-to-day

life. God is a part of it all! Once we see and believe this,

there will be no problem of knowing what our !rst

priority is. God is a part of each second of our day.

Shouldn’t we have more stories about our best friend as

we come together on Sunday as a community?

Sunday mass is only 1 of the 168 hours we have in a week.

Let us allow God to be a part

of them all.

masses Tuesday, June 30

7:30 a.m. Ted Wenstrup-Don Jones

Wednesday, July 1

9:00 a.m. Nathan & Anne Butler-Dolores Donovan

7:00 p.m. For those who grow our food

Thursday, July2

7:30 a.m. Dean Reidy-Schaults Family

Friday, July 3

9:00 a.m. James Perry-Peggy Fisk

Saturday, July 4

9:00 a.m. Fr. Bill Kennedy

4:00 p.m. Gaye Ann Brookbank-Family

Sunday, July 5

8:00a.m. Joe Donovan -Dolores Donovan

9:30a.m. Helen Otten-Lantz Family

11:30a.m. For the People of the Parish

servers Week of July 4-11, Wed., Fri., Sat.

9:00 a.m. Cameron Frueh, Anna Mussman, Mac &

Marley Walter

Saturday, July 4

4:00 p.m. Kalyn & Aden Bergman, Ayla Estes

Sunday, July 5

8:00 a.m. Matthew Proietti, Jack Sherlock, G. Steuer

9:30 a.m. Cameron Frueh, Anna Mussman, Mac &

Marley Walter

11:30 a.m. Jack Langworthy, Owen Murray, Clare

Wilker

readings For Sunday: July 5: Ezekiel 2:2-5

2 Corinthians 12:7-10

Mark 6:1-6

The Parish O%ce will be closed Friday, July 3rd for

the Fourth of July holiday.

ReBection by Brian Geeding

Collection Sunday, June 21 .................... 16,015.15

Projected weekly Collection ........................ 19,388.00

Collection under budget, June 21 ............ 3,372.85

Want to write fewer checks? Sign up for Electronic Fund

Transfer. To enroll pick up the gold enrollment formform

found in the vestibule or go to our

website www.smchp.com and click

on “Giving” found at the top of the

main page. Any questions? Call

Angie Pfaller (321-1207 ext 5502).

calendar Please visit www.smchp.com for the most current info.

Tuesday, June 30:

Discipleship Commission, Seton Ctr., 2-L, 8 pm

Wednesday, July 1:

Mass, Church, 9 a.m. & 7 p.m.

Thursday, July 2:

Baptism Prep. Class, Seton Center Marian Rm,

7 pm

Sunday, July 5:

Rosary, Church, 8 p.m.

J U N E 2 8 , 2 0 1 5 — T H I R T E E N T H S U N D A Y I N O R D I N A R Y T I M E

sms school news FROM OUR SCHOOL OFFICE Happy Summer! The school oGce will

be closed during the month of July and

will reopen on August 4 (9am-Noon.)

Have a safe and blessed summer break.

Please visit us at www.smshp.com for information and to

view photos of St. Mary School Life.

July 4th Mass will be celebrated on Independence Day, Sat., July 4, at

9 a.m. and 4 p.m. Come and join in prayer for our country.

Prayer The Mission of Love

"Prayer is needed for children in families Love begins at

home and that is why it is important to pray together. If you

pray together you will stay together and love each other as

God loves each one of us." - Mother Teresa

From the desk of Fr. Ken Saturday, July 4th is Independence Day. It is a day of parades,

picnics and !reworks. It is truly America in the !nest sense of the

word. We owe our ancestors gratitude for breaking the shackles

of economic oppression imposed by England. More importantly,

we owe the Lord gratitude for letting us live in this great country

of ours. Yes, we have )aws, no country ever was or ever will be

perfect – however, thank the Lord we must. Why don’t you start

o, the day by coming to the 9:00 a.m. Mass. May God bless us

and may He bless America.

Update on the Search for the Director

of/Pastoral Associate for

Liturgy and Worship A Search Committee has been formed for the Pastoral

Associate for Liturgy and Worship at St. Mary. The following

people are serving on the Search Committee and discerning

the applicants for this new position: Marisue Naber

(parishioner and former chair of Parish Council,) Tim Gorman

(Music Ministry,) Joe Conte (Worship Commission); Beth

Mock (Director of Communication – School and Church);

Mary Belllman (Director of Music, St. Columban,) Brian

Geeding (Pastoral Associate,) Margaret Shank (Pastoral

Associate,) and Fr. Ken.

The Search Committee has met and reviewed 7 applicants –

of which 4 will be interviewed before the end of

June. Additional interviews and auditions will occur

following the !rst round of discussions.

Please keep our search for the Pastoral Associate for Liturgy

and Worship at St. Mary in your prayers. Thank you.

Peter’s Pence Collection This weekend we are supporting the Holy Father in his

charitable works. The Peter’s Pence Collection is taken up

worldwide to support the most disadvantaged: victims of

war, oppression and natural disasters. This is an opportunity

to join with our Holy Father, Pope Francis, and be a witness of

charity to our suNering brothers and sisters. Please be

generous in today’s collection.

Prayer Request Hotline The Prayer Request Hotline is in service. The number is 533-

5500 ext. 5770. For anyone who is in need of prayer, or if

you know someone who is in need of prayer, call and leave

your prayer request on the message system. Questions, or if

you would like to be a prayer partner,

please call Marlene Berning (321-7911).

Thank you to the 340 families who have pledged and/or

donated to the Campaign.

For those of you who wish to make a pledge:

Go to www.smchp.com and click on the Letter of Intent for

Centennial Campaign found towards the bottom of

the page.

You can also set up your e-giving for the Campaign by

clicking on the Centennial Campaign link found on the

front page of our website. If you prefer the parish set up

your e-giving, please contact Angie Pfaller 513-321-1207

ext. 5502.

St. Mary FunFest

Buzz Notes 2015 Once again, we want to highlight our Sponsor of the week: Kopf Real Estate Thanks to Pinky & Larry Kopf and the Pete &

Heather Kopf family for being a generous Presenting Sponsor of the

2015 FUNFEST.

Be “in the know” about all things FUNFEST…make sure you sign up

for our online communications vehicle and online Bid-n-Buy service ,

Qtego…Simply go to the Qtego links on the School or parish

websites ( www.smshp.com or www.smchp.com ) and sign up for

simple and streamlined information for all FUNFEST details.

THANK YOU for your support in making FUNFEST a success for the St.

Mary Community!!

Pete and Heather Kopf- 2015 Chairs

Parishioners called to Military Service If you know of a parishioner who is called into, or

presently serving in, our country’s military forces

please notify the parish secretary at (321-

1207). We want to keep these men and women in our

prayers. In serving honorably, they contribute to the good of

the nation and the preservation of peace (Catechism of the

Catholic Church #2310). Please keep the following in your

prayers: Craig Blessing, Tony DeFilippo, Louis Hamilton,

Jr., Jake Keefe, Dom Lanzillotta, Ewan MacDougall,

Michael O’Connor, Andrew Quatkemeyer, Amy Rohs,

Todd Seurkamp, Todd Smyth.

June 21 - July 4, 2015 -- The

Fortnight for Freedom: Freedom

to Bear Witness Recently the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops

(USCCB) announced the fourth The Fortnight for Freedom ...

will take place from June 21 to July 4, 2015. It is a time when

our liturgical calendar celebrates a series of great martyrs

who remained faithful in the face of persecution by political

power -- St. Thomas More, St. John Fisher, St. John the

Baptist, and SS. Peter and Paul. The purpose of the Fortnight

is to raise awareness of the concerns related to religious

freedom in the United States and the world. The theme of

this year's celebration is "Freedom to Bear Witness," and it is

meant to highlight the integral connection between

religious liberty and the call to bear witness to the truth of

the Gospel. The Fortnight provides each of us with an

opportunity to respond in prayer and service.

Help us pass protection for pain-

capable children in the womb We believe we might be close to passing through

Congress a protection for all pain-capable unborn

children. Placing it on the President’s desk would put

a remarkable national spotlight on the suNering of

the unborn. Please contact your Senators today

through this link. http://www.nchla.org/

actiondisplay.asp?ID=314

God works through us. We have a mission. We are in the world for a purpose -- to receive God's love ourselves and to show God's love to others. God seeks to heal a broken universe. He asks us to be his witnesses and helpers in that work. --Love is Our Mission

Worship 101

What is Laudato Si: On Care For

Our Common Home?" On Care for Our Common Home (Laudato Si') is

the new appeal from Pope Francis addressed to

"every person living on this planet" for an

inclusive dialogue about how we are shaping the

future of our planet. Pope Francis calls the

Church and the world to acknowledge the

urgency of our environmental challenges and to

join him in embarking on a new path. This

encyclical is written with both hope and resolve,

looking to our common future with candor and

humility.

USCCB

Nine Months with Christ in the Womb

From March 25th to December 25th 2015, we will be par-

ticipating in Respect Life Prayer , NINE MONTHS WITH

CHRIST IN THE WOMB.

Promoting a consistent ethic of life, in the bulletin a

monthly reKection on a diNerent biblical story during

the earliest moments of Christ’s time on earth. Each

reBection will discuss the importance of a diNerent so-

cial issue such as immigration, death penalty, care for

the elderly, concern for the disabled, etc. Additionally,

short weekly reKections will be in the bulletin to

prayerfully chart Christ’s physical, in

utero, development.. We are also asking everyone to

pray daily our special prayer to Christ in the womb.

Dear Jesus of the Womb,

Most fragile child of Mary’s protection, we look to you as

the youngest image of perfect innocence. We lift up our

prayers to you who will save each of our souls. Just as you

entered humanity through this most gentle and helpless

state, now help us to !nd your presence in the faces of all

the gentle and helpless persons of the earth. Bless us with

eyes that see you and ears that hear you: in the presence

of the poor and the outcast, the hungry and the homeless,

the condemned and the war-torn, the elderly and the un-

born. May we discover you every day as at Christmas and

o,er you our gifts every day as at Epiphany. This we ask of

You and the Father, with your Holy Spirit, and in union

with Mary your tender home, Amen.

Due to Mary’s delicate li�le teenage frame, it has be-

come very evident to her that she is pregnant. Inside,

Jesus is developing muscles and beginning to flex his

hands, legs, and wrists a lot.

Jesus of the womb, Hear our prayers!

St. Mary Events

Prayer for Our Nation God of Justice and Truth,

we ask your blessing on our nation,

Thank You, for the freedoms we enjoy,

especially those we take for granted.

Thank you for the diversity of our people

and enlarge our capacity for tolerance

and mutual respect.

As we celebrate our independence as a

sovereign nation, we also

celebrate our interdependence.

Make us mindful of the blessings of our

rich and abundant land.

May your gracious Spirit inspire us to

work together to meet the challenges

of our times.

With all hope, faith, and trust in you.

Amen.

Lobster Bake This year’s Lobster Bake will be held on Saturday,

July 25th in Robisch Hall. The cost will be $45 per per-

son and will include hors d’oeuvres, whole lobster,

mussels, and corn on the cob,

potatoes, slaw and dessert. You

are welcome to bring your own

beverages. Reservations can be

made on the parish website

www.smchp.com. Mark your cal-

endars for this fun event.

St. Mary Parish

Fall Golf Classic Presented by: CBTS

When: Friday, Sept. 11th at 1 p.m., shotgun start

Where: California Golf Course

Format: SCRAMBLE! Rules provided prior to start

Cost: $100 per person if registered prior to August 1st.

Includes cart, golf, prizes, beverages, and both lunch at

the start and dinner at the golf

course following

the event.

Sign up today. All are welcome!!

Cost after Aug. 1, $125

Credit card payments accepted

online at

http://smsa.assn.la/

Registration questions? Email

SMhpGolf@gmail.com or con-

tact Jack Ankenbauer, Matt Berlage, Tim Gillenkirk, Philip

Kiley or Mike Taylor.

Coordinator Needed St. Mary Athletic Commission is looking for someone

to run the Hyde Park Art Show food booth (biggest fund-

raiser of the year). If interested, please contact Kent Britt

(SMAC Pres.) at kabritt@vorys.com

The Art Show is Oct. 4 this year.

Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, June 28, 2015

Jesus Isn’t Afraid of Dark Places By Janel Esker

It’s said that a woman often marries

someone like her father. It appears

I married someone who resembles

my mother. They’re both warm and

generous—and seriously directionally

challenged. If not for online maps and

GPS technology, neither would get to their

destinations. My assessment is that both

are beyond hope and help when it comes

to improving their navigational skills.

Two of the people in today’s Gospel

are also beyond hope and beyond help,

but in much more dramatic ways. The

woman who touches Jesus’ cloak has

hemorrhaged for twelve years. She’s not

only physically ill, she’s also considered

ritually unclean and a societal outcast.

Jairus’s daughter deteriorates from

serious illness to death, and the crowds

vocally discourage Jairus from bothering

Jesus anymore. Both individuals appear

to be too far gone to be helped.

Yet that’s exactly where Jesus’ healing

touch is found—where hope is lost and

help is exhausted. The woman reaches

out and finds healing; Jesus brings new

life to Jairus’s daughter.

Certainly we know the experience

of feeling beyond help. Whether it’s a

physical illness, battles with depression,

patterns of sinful behavior we struggle to

shake, or feelings of being unloved—at

times many of us feel that human

intervention can’t reach us.

But Jesus isn’t afraid of those dark

places, and that’s exactly where he

reaches out to touch us with his gentle

healing. Jesus may be unable to fix the

navigational challenges of my family

members, but in our true places of pain,

he couldn’t be closer. †

Sunday ReadingsWisdom 1:13–15; 2:23–24

Justice is undying.

2 Corinthians 8:7, 9, 13–15 Jesus Christ, though he was rich, for

your sake he became poor.

Mark 5:21–43 or (shorter form)

5:21–24, 35b–43 Little girl, I say to you, arise!

Liguori Publications l Liguori.org

A Word From Pope Francis

Many parts of

the world are

experiencing

a dearth of vocations to

the priesthood and the

consecrated life. Often this is due to the

absence of contagious apostolic fervor

in communities, which lack enthusiasm

and thus fail to attract. The joy of

the Gospel is born of the encounter

with Christ and from sharing with

the poor. For this reason I encourage

parish communities, associations, and

groups to live an intense fraternal life,

grounded in love for Jesus and concern

for the needs of the most disadvantaged.

Wherever there is joy, enthusiasm, and a

desire to bring Christ to others, genuine

vocations arise. Among these vocations,

we should not overlook lay vocations

to mission. There has been a growing

awareness of the identity and mission of

the lay faithful in the Church, as well as

recognition that they are called to take an

increasingly important role in the spread

of the Gospel. Consequently they need to

be given a suitable training for the sake

of an effective apostolic activityMessage for World Mission Day 2014

be-true ideology. You confess your sins,

say you’re sorry, and get assigned a

penance—frequently a prayer or two—

and bam! You’re forgiven. It seems too

easy.

Of course, it’s actually more

complicated than that. After all, you’re

talking to God, and he knows what’s

in your heart. You can’t just say you’re

sorry; you have to actually be sorry. You

have to earnestly and truthfully promise

to do better in the future—and, again,

you have to mean it. Finally there’s the

penance, where you make up for what

you did wrong.

That still seems too easy. Most of us

hold grudges so tightly that if they were

visible, they’d be covered with fingernail

gouges. Since it’s hard for us to forgive

others, we also find it hard to believe

God can forgive us, especially so quickly.

We’re supposed to think of God as

our father. Aren’t most parents capable

of forgiveness? Mine are. Many times I

asked for help, and they freely gave it.

How much easier must it be for God,

whose love is divine and perfect? The

hard part is on us. We need to believe in

the ease and power of that love.

I encourage and challenge those of

you who have avoided reconciliation to

try again. Make a true confession, think

about your sins, consider the harm to

yourself and others, feel your sorrow, and

work on doing the hardest part: Believe.

Believe the priest when he says you’re

absolved of your sins. Believe your

sins aren’t just forgiven—they’re gone

and of no consequence. Believe God’s

forgiveness is that easy. When doubt

creeps in and a little voice insists it can’t

be that easy, that the sins still have power

over you, force the thought away.

WEEKDAY READINGS

June 29–July 4

June 28, 2015

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Reconciliation, Sacrament of MercyBy Kimberly S. Yates

For some Catholics the sacrament

of reconciliation seems like one of

those Internet scams in which one

click of the mouse will win you a new

computer, TV, or car. It seems too good

to be true. The rewards of reconciliation

seem even more so—forgiveness and

salvation for minimal effort?

Maybe that’s why it’s becoming a lost

sacrament within the Catholic Church.

A 2008 study by the Center for Applied

Research in the Apostolate (CARA) or

Georgetown University reported that 30

percent of Catholics surveyed participate

in the sacrament less than once a year;

45 percent never partake.

There are dozens of reasons and

excuses for this decline, including

inconvenience or embarrassment. In our

feel-good society, it’s hard to willingly

cause ourselves discomfort by examining

our bad behavior.

I suspect, however, that for a lot of

us it comes back to the too-good-to-

Mon. Sts. Peter and Paul Acts 3:1–10 / Galatians 1:11–20 John 21:15–19Tues. Weekday Genesis 19:15–29 / Matthew 8:23–27 Wed. Weekday Genesis 21:5, 8–20a / Matthew 8:28–34

Thurs. Weekday Genesis 22:1b–19 / Matthew 9:1–8Fri. St. Thomas Ephesians 2:19–22 / John 20:24–29 Sat. Weekday Genesis 27:1–5, 15–29 Matthew 9:14–17

• When did you last go to confession?

• Does confession seem too good to be

true? Why or why not?

Lord, you promise eternal life to

all who believe in you. Give me the

courage to be an advocate for life.

Amen.

Are you among the 45 percent of Catholics who don’t go to confession?

Laudato Si’: On Care For

Our Common Home

Bulletin Insert

“Praise be to you, my Lord.”

“LAUDATO SI’, mi’ Signore” – “Praise be to you, my Lord.” These are the words that open Pope Francis’

encyclical on ecology and care for God’s creation. These words, quoting St. Francis of Assisi’s beautiful

canticle, remind us that our common home is like a sister with whom we share our life and a beautiful

mother who opens her arms to embrace us.

Pope Francis addresses Laudato Si’ to “every person on the planet,” for we all share a common home—the

earth. He focuses on a number of important themes.

§ A Moral and Spiritual Challenge. The ecological crisis, Pope Francis writes, is a summons to profound

interior conversion—to renew our relationships with God, one another, and the created world.

§ Care for God’s Creation. God created the world and entrusted it to us as a gift. Now we have the

responsibility to care for and protect it and all people, who are part of creation. Protecting human

dignity is strongly linked to care for creation.

§ We are All Connected. We are connected to the rest of the human family, to the created world, and

to those who will come after us in future generations.

§ Impact on the Poor. People in poverty have contributed least to climate change, yet they are

disproportionately impacted by it. As a result of excessive use of natural resource by wealthy nations,

those who are poor experience pollution, lack of access to clean water, hunger, and more.

§ Called to Solidarity. We are one human family and have a shared responsibility for others and for

creation. Wealthy countries have a responsibility to reduce consumption of non-renewal resources

and should help poorer nations develop in sustainable ways.

§ Technological and economic development must serve human beings and enhance human dignity,

instead of creating an economy of exclusion, so that all people have access to what is needed for

authentic human development.

§ Supporting Life, Protecting Creation. Concern for nature is incompatible with failure to protect

vulnerable human beings, such as unborn children, people with disabilities, or victims of human

trafficking.

§ A Time to Act. Pope Francis calls for a change in lifestyle and consumption. We can make important

changes as individuals, families, and communities, and as civil and political leaders.

§ Hope and Joy. “Injustice is not invincible” (no. 74) and we act knowing that we seek to live out God’s

vision of renewed relationships with God, ourselves, one another, and creation.

How You Can Respond Each of us are called to take concrete steps – from reducing consumption to working for political change –

to better care for creation. Here are some ideas.

1. Become more aware of our connectedness. Care for one another and creation includes

understanding that “everything is connected” (no. 91) and that the economy, politics, community

involvement, and technology all affect the future of the planet and humankind. How can we become

more aware of our connectedness?

2. Changes to lifestyle and consumption habits can make a big difference. For example, get a re-usable

water bottle, take shorter showers, walk, bike or take public transportation instead of driving, recycle,

compost food waste, and buy energy efficient appliances.

3. Make changes institutionally at your parish, school, or workplace. For example, start recycling and

composting, use washable dinnerware in cafeterias, share electronically instead of printing, do an

energy audit, and install solar panels.

4. Support local efforts to solve environmental problems. Community groups around the country are

working to make city, county, and state-wide changes that can make a big difference. Find out what

is going on locally and get involved.

5. Contact your members of Congress to share Pope Francis’ message and urge action to address

climate change. Sign up for action alerts with the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops at

http://cqrcengage.com/catholicbishops/jphd.

Prayer Triune Lord, wondrous community of infinite love,

teach us to contemplate you

in the beauty of the universe,

for all things speak of you.

Awaken our praise and thankfulness

for every being that you have made.

Give us the grace to feel profoundly joined

to everything that is.

God of love, show us our place in this world

as channels of your love

for all the creatures of this earth,

for not one of them is forgotten in your sight.

Enlighten those who possess power and money

that they may avoid the sin of indifference,

that they may love the common good, advance the weak,

and care for this world in which we live.

The poor and the earth are crying out.

O Lord, seize us with your power and light,

help us to protect all life,

to prepare for a better future,

for the coming of your Kingdom

of justice, peace, love and beauty.

Praise be to you!

Amen.

Excerpted from “A Christian prayer in union with creation,” in Laudato Si’, no. 246

For More Information

§ U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops webpage on Environment and Environmental Justice

(www.usccb.org/environment)

§ Catholic Climate Covenant (www.catholicclimatecovenant.org)

§ WeAreSaltAndLight.org

My name is Emily O’Reilly and we are fellow parishioners of Saint Mary’s.

In June of 2014 I was a wife and mother of 10 month-old twin girls and a two year- old son focusing on balancing my therapy practice and life as a very busy mom of three little ones. Life for my family and I forever changed on June 16, 2014. The previous week, I had felt a mass on the right side of my body. The rest of that week I spent going through a battery of tests including CT Scans, MRI’s, Mammograms, a colonoscopy, endoscopy, as well as a liver biopsy. On a Monday afternoon my life changed as I was diagnosed with primary liver cancer of the bile ducts, also known as Cholangiocarcinoma. The size of the tumors in my liver made surgery improbable and not possible. I spent the next two weeks traveling to hospitals in Cincinnati, Columbus, and Milwaukee to find the best course of treatment. After enduring several rounds of difficult chemotherapy, doctors in Milwaukee were going to attempt an aggressive surgical option. Unfortunately, before the surgery could be performed the cancer had spread into my spine removing surgery as an option.

On December 23, 2014 I spent all day in Columbus at the James Cancer Institute to determine if I was eligible for a clinical trial that showed some promising results. The following week, I began the clinical trial drug, which worked very well on the liver tumors. Unfortunately, the trial drug was not effective for the cancer in my spine, damaged my eyesight, and caused my hands and nails to become infected and painful. On May 1, 2015 I learned that because the cancer had further spread in my spine I was no longer a candidate for the trial drug. I am currently exploring any options to attempt to save my life. My doctors have told me that because of the damage to my spine, I should be careful lifting and have difficulty picking up my children like I used to. This has saddened me beyond belief because my favorite role in life is being the best mother to my children. This journey has been extremely difficult for myself, my husband, our children, and all our family members to endure. The financial cost and emotional toll has been heavy. Deacon Tim Helmick and many of the parishioners at St. Mary’s have been so supportive and kind during this difficult time. It has been my belief in God and comfort of the Catholic Church that has enabled me to endure the countless hardships and indescribable pain I have experienced.

If you would like to support Emily and her family, please donate through the gofundme.com link below, the tear-off sheets in the vestibule or send a check to the family at 2908 Victoria Avenue 45208. You can also follow her on Facebook at the link below. Thank you for your kindness!

“Faith, it does not make things easy, it makes them possible” Luke 1:37

https://www.facebook.com/letsgetemilywell http://www.gofundme.com/getemilywell

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