Chit – Chatting  with  OVPN

Volume 2               Issue 1                    January 2001

For your Health:  

This is a test of the Emergency Friendship System

                         ....A Friend....

(A)ccepts you as you are  
(B)elieves in "you"
(C)alls you just to say "HI"
(D)oesn't give up on you

(E)nvisions the whole of you (even the unfinished parts)
(F)orgives your mistakes
(G)ives unconditionally
(H)elps you
(I)nvites you over

(J)ust "be" with you
(K)eeps you close at heart
(L)oves you for who you are
(M)akes a difference in your life

(N)ever Judges
(O)ffers support
(P)icks you up
(Q)uiets your fears
(R)aises your spirits

(S)ays nice things about you  
(T)ells you the truth when you need to hear it
(U)nderstands you
(V)alues you

(W)alks beside you
(X)-plains things you don't understand
(Y)ells when you won't listen and
(Z)aps you back to reality

THIS IS A TEST TO SEE HOW MANY FRIENDS YOU HAVE!!!!

PASS IT ON TO EVERYONE YOU CONSIDER A FRIEND

OR WOULD LIKE TO HAVE AS A FRIEND

For Your Mind:

Mark your calendar and request time off on June 18-20, 2001 - Health Ministries Association 2001 Conference in Cincinnati, Ohio. This will be an event to remember and learn from with keynote speakers such as Benjamin S. Carson, M.D., Rabbi Irwin Katsof, Diann Uustal, R.N., Ed.D., and the Friends of the Groom Christian Drama and Education Troop. More details coming soon. Can’t wait? Call 1-800-280-9919.

For Your Soul:

John 3:16

Diane’s Notes:   

Exciting news flash:

Effective January 1, 2001 Ohio Valley Parish Nursing Weirton, WV office, located at Change Inc. on West Street, will be staffed with volunteers at various times during the week from 8AM to 4PM and all day WEDNESDAYS 8AM – 4PM. You can call 1-304-797-7733 to reach us or leave a message. The alternate phone for Diane will still be 1-304-723-6019 to leave a message at any other time.

Cancelled postage stamps can be sent to:

Veterans National Stamp and Coin Club
SC 135
3601 South Sixth Ave.
Tucson, AZ   85723

The stamps are used in therapeutic projects for the veterans. Please leave an inch of the envelope paper around the cancelled stamp.

Cards you received can be sent for recycling to: 

St. Jude’s Ranch for Children
100 St. Jude’s Road
Boulder City, NV 89005

To save postage you can send the fronts only if you like.

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Our website's (www.ovpn.org) current events section will give full details of upcoming programs as they become known to us, so please keep us informed of the programs your church or group has planned.

Thanks for taking the time to read this newsletter.

God Bless You Richly, 

-- Diane