Chit – Chatting  with  OVPN

Volume 1               Issue 4                    December 2000

For your Health:

Flu and Pneumonia prevention is of the utmost importance this season

A stuffy nose, sore throat and sneezing are usually signs of a cold.

Tiredness, fever, headache and major aches and pains probably mean you have the flu.

Coughing can be either. A bad cough, however, usually points to the flu.

Treatment: Drink plenty of liquids, Get plenty of rest and Use a humidifier to moisturize the air. Eat properly, stay well rested and exercise to keep your body healthier to fight infection if the flu or a cold catches you off guard.

For Your Mind:

Mark your calendar and request time off --- June 18-20, 2001 Health Ministries Association 2001 Conference will be 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.

T.O.P.S. group is meeting on Mondays at 7PM at the Resurrection Lutheran Church in Weirton, WV 1-304-723-3744

C.A.N.S. is meeting on Sunday evenings this month.


For Your Soul:

We thank thee for food - and remember the hungry
We thank thee for health - and remember the sick
We thank thee for friends - and remember the friendless
We thank thee for freedom - and remember the enslaved
May these remembrances stir us to service - thy gifts to us may be shared 
A V Buren

Diane's Notes:

OVPN would like to commend the Weirton Ministerial Association and ALL the volunteers and sponsors who helped with the Thanksgiving Dinner. 

At this time of year our thoughts go out to those who have made our lives brighter and the up-coming holiday puts us in a festive mood.  Please remember those who are having struggles this year, whether it is financial, emotional, burdens, illness, loneliness, hunger or what ever their need may be. 

The Power of Prayer is Awesome - Lets give it a chance in the valley during these hard times, Pray for each other and give what ever your gift might be to put a ray of sunshine into a heart in need.

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.

Next month I will have the address for those cards you received to be sent for recycling. 

If you know of someone who would like to be on the OVPN mailing list please let us know.
Our website (www.ovpn.org) current events section will give full details of up coming programs as they become known to us, so please keep us informed of the programs your church or group has planned.

Manometer Accuracy Calibration - still waiting for backorder to arrive. Watch the website for scheduling times.

I would like to thank my husband George, Estelle Volosin, Deronda Bruich, Lori Mitchell, the entire staff at Change, Inc. and all of you who have supported these endeavors with me throughout this year. Your hard work has really shone through and I am looking forward to working with you in 2001.

Thanks for taking the time to read this newsletter.

God Bless You Richly,

Diane