Our Greeter today was Dale Utt and he did a marvelous job.
President Dan Crane rang the bell at 7:30 a.m. Jean Machamer gave a very nice invocation.
In remembrance of Pearl Harbor Day Mitch Huston played a great video reminding us of what happened.
Today we sang the National Anthem as we watched a new video. Then we said the Pledge of Allegiance.
President Dan says that the word from the country is: “We think: we become.”
GUESTS:
Tina Buss, guest of Bob Gordon; and A Lewis was back with us, thanks to his wife, Hilda.
STUDENT OF THE MONTH:
Alana Dee, a Senior at Parkland High School, was introduced by Rev. Jeff Kistler as the AW Student of the Month for December. See separate article.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
President Dan showed a slides of Ray Stock and Arch Klumph, TT3 committee members, Food Pantry volunteers, and some from our Sunday Holiday Party.
President Dan reminds us to refer to the Nov 29th corrected version of the Activities list that he e-mailed to us.
DATES TO REMEMBER:
The next Thursday Evening Happy Hour meeting is Tomorrow, December 8th.
Dec 9th we volunteer for the Kingdom of Life Food Pantry. Jean Masiko needs one more volunteer.
Dec 10th we volunteer for the Lowhill Food Pantry.
Dec 12th is the Tri-Cees concert at Luther Crest. We need some volunteers to be Ushers. Contact Barb Kistler.
Dec 14th is Lowhill Food Pantry, NWL and Parkland -- both -- Snack Packing.
Dan reminds us about providing gifts for a program run by the NWL High School students.
AND, of course, you can have your breakfast at our meetings sitting with Arch Klumph for a donation of $26.50 to the Rotary Foundation.
NEXT WEEK our Greeter will be Ralph Wasiakowski, and our program will be Pam Bechtel, Executive Director of Meals on Wheels -- 45 Years of Service to Lehigh County. What's New?
LUCK of the DRAW:
Today’s door prize bottle of wine donated by Dale Utt was won by Chris Blechschmidt. Then Dave Dries’ ticket was drawn and he selected a white marble and did not win the $35 in the 50:50 pot.
FINES:
Our regular substitute S-a-A Geoff Legg fined Ernie Boll for no pin. Then he asked us all to answer a multiple choice geography question about which of the lower 48 states is farthest North? It’s Minnesota. Any other answer was a fine.
HAPPY DOLLARS:
Barb Kistler is happy now to be retired --- again.
Halyna Stegura thanks us for the prayers for her successful eye surgery. And she just loved Dale Hostetter’s “Yip Stick” story told during Sunday’s party.
Wendy Weaver’s niece went to a Nursing Home and is doing quite well there. And Wendy seemed pleased with the Penn State win too.
Al Lewis is glad to be back at Luther Crest, and thanks us for the many get-well cards.
Ray Stock loved Dale’s “Yip Stick” story.
Dan Crane thanked us for making our Holiday Party so great.
PROGRAM:
Our program today was Prabha Sinha, Pratyush Sinha Foundation, a Tax-Exempt Non-Profit organization. The subject was Yoga & Mindfulness Education in Schools/Transformative Learning. Prabha Sinha - Founder and President - worked for 25 years in the Printing and Publishing industry.
In 2005, she was drawn to yoga. Her practice led her to become a certified Yoga Teacher in 2007. Her first certification was in Classical Yoga in India and then Vinyasa Flow Yoga in Charlotte, NC. She has been teaching adult classes since September 2008.
Realizing the benefits of Yoga and Meditation in her own life, she was led towards sharing these benefits with the community, especially children. With that aim, she started the Pratyush Sinha Foundation in October 2012.
Prabha continues to teach Yoga and Mindfulness to adults and children, while working on making this education accessible to every member of our community. Their website says “Assisting our local communities in achieving health and harmony through yoga and mindfulness programs.”
There now are 10 qualified Teachers that teach these programs, including after school Yoga.. They do the community outreach and discuss the benefits of Yoga. This is in the Allentown school district. Their goal is to make every child capable of being a healthy and happy citizen of the world.
It seems that we each have about 50,000 thoughts most every day. And the negative ones are likely to stick, while the positive thoughts quickly fade. Prabba had our members relax and clear their minds for a few minutes as a demonstration. She also distributed some brochures.
CLOSING:
We recited the saying “They profit most who serve the best.”
