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FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCHMike McVay, Interim Pastor

SUNDAY: Church School (all ages): 9:30

a.m.; Morning Worship: 10:40 a.m.

UNITED METHODIST CHURCHRev. Connie Wooldridge

SUNDAY: Sunday School: 9:15 a.m.;

Worship: 10:30 a.m.; Nursery provided;

WEDNESDAY: UMW General meeting, 2

p.m., 1st; Koinonia, noon, 3rd; Ladies

Lunch at River Bottom, noon, 4th;

AWANAs, 6 p.m., every Wednesday;

Chancel Choir Practice: 8:00 p.m.;

THURSDAY: Sarah/Ruth Circle: 9:30

a.m., 3rd.

McDONALD FEDERATED CHURCHPastor Mark Adams

SUNDAY: Sunday School: 10:00 a.m.;

Worship Service: 11:00 a.m.; WEDNES-DAY: 4:30 p.m., Awana Club.

HERNDON COVENANT CHURCHRural Herndon

Keith Reuther, PastorSUNDAY: Sunday School, 9:45 a.m.;

Morning Worship, 11 a.m.; Youth Group,

4 p.m.

IMMANUEL UNITEDCHURCH OF CHRIST

Herndon – Dennis Brown, PastorSUNDAY: Morning Worship Service: 10

a.m.

REDEEMER LUTHERAN CHURCH

Pastor Tim Llewellyn, Interim Pastor

SATURDAY: Service: 6:00 p.m.; SUNDAY:Worship: 8:30 a.m.; Sunday School: 9:45

a.m.; WEDNESDAY: Midweek - supper and

classes, 6:00 p.m.

SACRED HEART CHURCHAtwood – Father Nick Parker

MASSES: Sunday and Holy Days: 10:30

a.m. Saturday and preceding Holy Days:

5:00 p.m.; Weekdays: 7:30 a.m.;

WEDNESDAY CCD: 7:00 p.m.

ST. JOHN'S CHURCHBeardsley – Father Nick Parker

MASS: Saturday, 7:00 p.m.; WEDNES-DAY CCD: 7:00 p.m.

ST. MARY'S CHURCHHerndon – Father Nick Parker

MASS: Sunday: 8:30 a.m.; CONFES-SIONS: One-half hour before Mass or as

requested.

COURTS OF PRAISEPastor Kent Morgan

SERVICES: Bible teaching for all ages:

9:45a.m.; Worship Service: 10:45 a.m.;

WEDNESDAY: Bible Study: 8:00-9:00

p.m.

ATWOOD BAPTIST CHURCH301 Pearl – Jerry Hill, Pastor

SUNDAY: Sunday School: 9:45 a.m.;

Worship: 10:30 a.m.; Sunday Evening

Worship: 6:00 p.m.; WEDNESDAY:Chapel, 10 a.m.; Prayer Meeting and

Youth Ministries, 7 p.m.

Connie D. Wooldridge

Atwood United Methodist Church

Sometimes writing these articlescan be very difficult. I have spent dayswondering what direction I need to goand what needs to be said.There is an overabundance of mate-

rial when you consider HurricaneSandy, Veteran’s Day, politics, holidaysand so much more. I think about allthis and it seems overwhelming. How,I wonder, can I speak a word of hopeinto the lives of hurried and harried people facing hu-mongous challenges?As all this is swirling in my mind, I open the medicine

cabinet and catch a glimpse of the yellow post-it that hasbeen there since February — “You are loved!” it says.It is a simple, wonderful message left there by my hus-

band. He left similar little messages all around thehouse on our anniversary. I feel my whole being reactas I read that note. My breathing is deeper, my shoul-ders straighten and my countenance brightens. Thoseare powerful little words.Look around: God has left little reminders all around

our world. You are special, you are a treasure, we haveeach other, lean on me and ultimately — You are loved!“This is how God showed his love among us: He sent

his one-and-only Son into the world that we might livethrough him. This is love: not that we loved God, but thathe loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice forour sins.” 1 John 4: 9-10 TNIVthy—think about such things.”

Philippians 4:8 NIV

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––––––––––––––––––––––––– Marion Frye –––––––––––––––––––––––––

Marion Alfreda Frye wasborn May 30, 1914 in Scran-ton, Pa., the only daughterand youngest of six childrenof the Rev. J.D. and Clara B.Clark Frye.At the age of 5, she moved

with her father, mother andfour brothers to Atwood,Kan., on July 19, 1919, whereher father was pastor of theBaptist church. Except fortwo brief periods when shelived in Danbury, Neb., whereher father was pastor of theCongregational church andin Phillipsburg, Kan., whereher father served the Chris-tian Church, Marion lived herlife in Atwood.She graduated from At-

wood High School with theclass of 1931. She was a mem-ber of the Atwood UnitedMethodist Church andserved her church as a choirmember from the time shewas in the 8th grade. She waschairman of the board oftrustees of the church for anumber of years, being theonly woman chairman in theHays District when ap-pointed.Another first, was mem-

bership on the Atwood City

Council as Mayor Robert A.Creighton appointed her tothis post and she was laterelected the first woman At-wood councilman.Her church and Atwood

were her lifelong loves. Shepurchased the old theaterbuilding when it sold at fore-closure sale and gave it to thecity for restoration. In addi-tion to serving her churchand city, she worked in theEastern Star where she wasa past matron.She also was a past presi-

dent of the Atwood Musicand Drama Club. She be-longed to the American Le-gion Auxiliary and Atwood

Women’s Club and served assecretary of the AtwoodChamber of Commerce forseveral years.She was preceded in death

by her parents and all herbrothers. Family membersleft to cherish her memoryare a niece, Cherrie Otto ofDenver, Colo.; nephews,Duane Frye and wife, Bar-bara, of Florida, Robert Fryeand James Frye and wife,Inez, of Michigan; severalgreat-nieces and great-nephews; and a host offriends.Marion spent her last

years at the Atwood GoodSamaritan Center where shedied peacefully Oct. 26, 2012.

Card of Thanks

The family and friends ofMarion are grateful to thecommunity for their concernand assistance in fulfillingMarion’s final wishes andfor the contributions to thememorial.A special thank you to

Pastor Connie, the ladies ofthe Methodist Church, theGood Samaritan Center andto Williams Funeral Home c

Rev. Henderson to speakat Courts of PraiseRev. Bill Henderson will

speak at two services atCourts of Praise Sunday,Nov. 11.Rev. Henderson has been

in ministry for 20 years as achurch pastor and an inter-national evangelist. He hascome to be known as the“Pastor of Disaster,” be-cause he has so often gone toscenes of natural or man-made tragedies in order tobring physical and spiritual

relief.These efforts have re-

sulted in his being a regularguest on “The 700 Club,”TBN and other Christian tel-evision ministries.The morning service will

begin at 10:45 a.m., and theevening service begins at 7p.m. A nursery will be pro-vided at both services.

Everyone is invited to at-tend these services.

Death Notice

Frank Ruda

Funeral services forFrank Ruda, 91, of Atwood,who died Nov. 3 at the At-wood Good Samaritan Soci-ety, will be held at 10 a.m.,Friday, Nov. 9 at SacredHeart Catholic Church in At-wood. Fr. Ruiz Santos will bethe celebrant.Interment will be at

Mount Calvary Cemetery,with military honors by theAmerican Legion, Sam Hub-bard Post #46 of Atwood.A parish vigil and rosary

is scheduled for 7 p.m.,Thursday, Nov. 8 at thechurch. Visitation is set from10 a.m., to 5 p.m., Thursdayat Williams Funeral HomeChapel and after 6 p.m., atSacred Heart Church.Mr. Ruda is survived by

his daughters, Lorena andhusband, Nolan Carlson,Lucy and husband, JamesAlff, Peggy and husband,Marty Thoennes, MaryRuda, Bernice and husband,Jerry Lorimer, Kay and hus-band, Bob Beims, Pat andhusband, Tom Friess; sons,Bob Ruda and wife, Karol,Jim Ruda and wife, Linda,Dan Ruda and wife, Lori, andMarty Ruda; 26 grandchil-dren; and 38 great-grandchil-dren.Memorials may be made

in Frank’s name to the GoodSamaritan Society and Sa-cred Heart Church, both ofAtwood.Williams Funeral Home

of Atwood is in charge ofarrangements.

Prairie PlazaNews

• The dominoes werechugging along all over thetable. Effie Fields, LaVernaAmann and Maxine Wrighttried to NOT share the pig,enjoyed visiting and hadsome snacks.• Hard to find any of the

gang home on this day;think they were all out vot-ing.• Jean Focke's guests

were Melanie Prideaux andRuby Leochner. • Peggy Minneman spent

Nov. 1 - 3 at a quilt retreat inCozad, Neb.

Photo by Kathy Davis-Vrbas

Cowboy meets IndiansPaul and Tara Hayden are garbed in crazy costumesas they participate in the AWANA Trunk-and-Treatevent, passing out yummy treats from a decorated ve-hicle on Halloween night.

Public libraryreceives grant

The Atwood Public Li-brary was awarded a $300grant by Midwest EnergyCommunity Fund from theSeptember 2012 grant round.The donation will go to-

ward buying children’sbooks to be used for chil-dren’s programming at theLibrary and for generalcheck out to the public.

Last year, the Library of-fered 30 programs for chil-dren with over 400 attendingand checked out over 7,670books to children. The Li-brary offers Story Time forchildren ages newborn to 4years old and their care-givers on Wednesdays at10:30 a.m.

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