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Rev. DavidNewhartIll. SirGreg Lewis, PPTHE CHAPLAIN’S STUDYPaul entreats the community in Corinth “…do not accept the grace of God in vain” and quotes Isaiah“At the acceptable time I have listened to you, and helped you on the day of Salvation.”Paul is trying to get the Corinthians out of a common happening with us, that is becoming set inour ways and comfortable with the status quo. If you accept God’s grace, then take it to its fulfillment,and make it active in your world. Don’t just receive God’s grace you must pass it on. God’s grace ismeaningless until you give it away to others. When you understand the nature of this God we love, thenyou will see why that is necessary.Jesus quotes Isaiah 61: 1-2 “ The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because the Lord has anointed me tobring good tidings to the afflicted; he has sent me to bind up the broken hearted, to proclaim liberty tothe captives and opening of the prison to those who are bound…” These are the basics of what Jesus did inhis lifetime as the Son of God. Yet when he read these lines from Isaiah in the synagogue in his home townNazareth, the people became angry and put him out of the city and tried to throw him of a cliff. Jesus justdisappeared in their midst. It is through Jesus that we received God’s grace which brings us salvation.PROVOST GUARDSince our last report, a couple of months ago, little has changed with your Provost Guard, except to saythat we are sorely disappointed that we had to cancel our annual All You Care to Eat Spaghetti Dinner onSaturday, October 10 due to the current Covid-19 situation. BUT take heart, we promise that one way oranother we WILL have two dinners in 2021. The dates will be confirmed soon, and we will report them toyou in the next edition of the Rajah News.In the meantime, I can report that, although it has been rough going at times, we managed to hold acouple of meetings and are making plans to continue, as we look forward to a great 2021.Since most of the events scheduled for this year have been cancelled, we are really looking for awonderful and busy time in the future. As none of the major activities will be held, we will continue to meet.Just in case something does happen, we’ll be ready for it.As you know the MASA convention in Virginia Beach had been cancelled, but thanks to the advancesin modern communications, the MASA-Provost Guard will be holding a virtual meeting later in September,presided over by Colonel Dennis Loch, of Rajah Provost, who will relinquish the reigns to the next in line,Noble Joseph A. Orlando of Crescent Temple. Also moving up will be Ill. Sir Jared R. Kichline, PP, Rajah Shrine, to the positionof First Lieutenant.We are also sending best wishes to our President Bob Himes who is recovering from a fall in which he broke his arm. Get wellsoon, Bob, and we look forward to seeing you real soon.With just a few months left in this year, it will be great to turn the calendar and welcome a new year, one hopefully filled withmore activities than 2020. And on that note,we know it has been a disappointing year forour Illustrious Sir Marv Miller and his lady,Marie, but take heart that, under some ratherextremely difficult circumstances, you did agreat job in keeping the Nobility informed ofwhat activities were taking place and makingsure that everyone stayed safe and did havean enjoyable time when we were together.Although this has been a rather unusualyear, should you be a member of RajahShrine and are looking to belong to a hardworking Unit, please consider this yourinvitation to join us on the third Tuesday ofthe month at 7 p.m. in the All-Purpose roomon the Rajah Shrine Campus for a look-seeinto what we are doing.22
ObituariesERNEST H. AUNGSTLITITZDIED: DECEMBER 30, 2018EDWARD R. COUGHEYNORRISTOWNDIED: FEBRUARY 3, 2019DALE G. DOUGHERTYWILLOW STREETDIED: OCTOBER 19, 2019JOHN P. FETTEROLFDOYLESTOWNDIED: SEPTEMBER 7, 2019FRANKLIN T. FRUTCHEYFREDERICKDIED: JULY 21, 2020ALLEN M. GRIBBENFLORIDADIED: AUGUST 28, 2020ELMER F. HALTERMANPARKESBURGDIED: FEBRUARY 20, 2019THOMAS G. HEFELEZIONSVILLEDIED: OCTOBER 11, 2019WARREN A. HESS, JR.BREINIGSVILLEDIED: JULY 12, 2020KIM R. KEGERISEREINHOLDSDIED: JULY 16, 2020CHARLES L. LAUCKELIZABETHTOWNDIED: SEPTEMBER 3, 2020NEVIN C. MILLERKUTZTOWNDIED: JULY 20, 2020PAUL A. PETERSHARLEYSVILLEDIED: AUGUST 27, 2020MICHAEL D. RADCLIFFEALBURTISDIED: JULY 25, 2020A Family Tradition of Courteous, Dignified ServiceFREDERICK J. RODGERSMUNCYDIED: APRIL 21, 2019JOHN A. ROSE, SR.ZIEGLERSVILLEDIED: AUGUST 13, 2019FREDERICK S. SEEWALDORWIGSBURGDIED: JANUARY 30, 2020ROBERT M. WILLENBROCKNEW HOLLANDDIED: JULY 22, 2019LostInTheDesertThe last known address in ourrecords is listed below. If anyoneknows the whereabouts of thefollowing Nobles, please contactLes A. Werley, Recorder, orAnne-Marie at the AdministrationOffice, 610-916-9000.JOHN FERREIRA18232 29TH SW #519ALLENTOWN, PA 18103Offering Traditional & ContemporaryFuneral & Cremation ServicesAffordable Cremationat ourOn-Site CrematorySix generations thoughtfully dedicatedto those we serve for over 100 years…JOHN H. SIMONSSupervisorFRANCES BENSINGFuneral Directorwww.bensingfuneralhome.net610-759-39012165 Community Drive (Route 946 Moorestown)Bath, PA 1801423
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