Morning everyone. Welcome to today's mentoring hour. This week's mentoring hour where we spend time discussing, asking questions where we have, it's a gathering of our faculty and students where we can ask any questions and then it's a great time of learning, exciting. Yeah, just going to take one more minute and then we will get going. Right, so we'll start. Can I just request any of the students to pray? Probably Anita, anyone and then we'll get started. Thank you Jesus for this day. Thank you that you gave us this time to come together as we go through the session as we discuss, as we hear from everybody, Jesus, we pray God that you speak to each and every one of us. You talk to our hearts directly, you answer our questions and give us your wisdom of God to go through all of this. We thank you and we praise you and Jesus. Amen. Thank you so much, Ravali. Today we have with us Pastor Selena Nakwana and she's going to take about 10 minutes to share with us about Children's Ministry, the importance of Children's Ministry. Pastor Selena has been involved in Children's Ministry for many years and she's also in charge, overseas catalyst initiative. So yeah, welcome Pastor Selena and over to Pastor Selena right now. Go ahead Selena, thank you. Thank you Pastor Jay Kumar. Shalom everyone, praise the Lord. Today I'm just going to present a few points regarding the importance of Children's Ministry. In the Bible it is very evident that God has a plan for children and we see this in scripture. Scripture points to us the importance God places in various areas of children's life and we see in scripture the importance God places on teaching children. In Genesis chapter 18, you know, verses 17 to 19, God is speaking about Abraham and his future role and God acknowledges that he has chosen Abraham to become a great nation and through him all the nations will be blessed and then God reveals his intention for Abraham in verse 19 in the same chapter, Genesis chapter 18 verse 19. He says, you know, for I've chosen him so that he will direct his children and his household after him to keep the way of the Lord by doing what is right and just so that the Lord will bring about for Abraham what he has promised him. So in verse 19 we see that, you know, God had this intention for Abraham that he would teach his children and his household to follow the ways of the Lord practicing righteousness and justice. In Exodus chapter 12, we see God giving Moses and Aaron instructions on how to, you know, observe the Passover and he, Moses and Aaron in turn goes and calls all the elders, the community and gives them these instructions which we read in the same chapter of Exodus chapter 12 verses 24 to 27. We see that, you know, Moses is telling them even when they go to the promised land they are to observe the Passover festival they had to do just like they're going to do now in Egypt, the first Passover festival.  So the children will be taught the ways of the Lord, they will be taught the deeds of God. We also see in Deuteronomy chapter 31 when Moses is 120 years old and is no longer able to lead the people of Israel and God had chosen Joshua to, you know, lead the people and so Moses is instructing the people and in this chapter of Deuteronomy chapter 31 verses 12 to 13 in these verses Moses is telling the people that when they enter the promised land and, you know, when Israel appears before the Lord, their God in the place where he chooses, then they shall lead the law before, you know, all people and he says, you know, assemble the people and it he does not just say men and women but also children are included in that. And so he says, you know, so that they can listen and learn about the ways of the Lord, their God and they'll be careful to follow everything given in the book of the law. So, and he says that their children who do not know this law must hear it and learn to fear the Lord, their God as long as they live in the land that they are crossing the Jordan to possess. So, we see that, you know, the importance got places on teaching children the laws, the commands and we also see this in Psalm chapter 78 verses 1 to 8 where it says, you know, do not hide all of these from the children, tell the next generation the praiseworthy deeds of the Lord so that they would know his power and the wonders he has done. And if we continue in the same chapter, we also see that, you know, it says teach the children so that the next generation would know them, even the children yet to be born and they in turn would tell their children so that they would put their trust in the Lord, their God, and they would not forget his deeds but keep his commands and they would so that why is God saying it's so important for them to know the commands to know the law so that they can put their trust in God, they would not forget his deeds what he has done and they would keep his commandments and they would not be like their forefathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation whose hearts were not loyal to the Lord, whose spirits were not faithful to him. So we see the importance God is slaying from the very beginning right from the time of Abraham throughout the Old Testament scripture of preaching and inculcating and reading the law and letting the children know what he has done so that they would put their trust in him and they would be careful to do, follow all his commandments so that they would not be stubborn and rebellious, they would not be unfaithful but they would be faithful to the Lord, their God and they would know him and have a personal relationship with him. We also see that children were an integral part of the corporate worship in the community of Israel, they were also an integral part of the covenantal community because we see that you know Abraham was to teach his children the covenant promises were passed on to not only to Abraham but to his generations and so we see that children were an integral part of the covenantal community and also they were an integral part of the corporate worship that happened. So we see that the biblical pattern is for family, old, young, you know to come together in worship, in praise, in prayer, repentance, hearing, the reading of scripture and salvation as well. So if you look at Psalms chapter 148 verses 12 to 13 we see that young men and women, old men and children, let them praise the name of the Lord. So you know it's not only older people who have to praise the name of God and worship him but it's also children who were you know commanded or required to learn to praise the name of the Lord because he alone is exalted. Even in regard to prayer we see we read in 2 Chronicles chapter 20 verses 12 to 13 you know when King Jehoshaphat was faced with these three armies that were coming to fight against him and then you know he assembles all the people he tells all the people to assemble the temple and to inquire the face of the Lord to know what to do with this time of despair and need and he asks everyone to fast and pray and we see that we read in verses 12 and 13 of 2 Chronicles chapter 20 that you know their wives and children and little ones stood there before the Lord. Okay so they stood there before the Lord and it was not just the older men and women but also children who were part of this whole you know faith journey of just trusting, seeking God, hearing from him, knowing what to do in this time of despair and need and you know also fast and pray. So you're taught from a very young age to inquire of the Lord to seek his face in times of trouble and to pray to him and to hear what God has to say in their situation. So even the little ones where they're standing you know and hearing from the Lord and part of this whole exercise of just seeking the Lord's face. We also see that children were part of reading of the Lord and we looked at it just a little before you know we looked at it in Deuteronomy chapter 31 where Moses tells the people that when they assemble together even children are required to be there and to hear the reading of the laws of the law. So children are also but also an integral part of hearing and reading of the the law of God. We also read this in in Ezra we also see this in Nehemiah where Nehemiah you know after he builds the walls when the law was being read out by Ezra we see that not only women and men were there but it was also the children who were listening to the law and how they were repenting of their sins. We also see that salvation is not only you know there is no age limit set for the gift of salvation and for the baptism of the Holy Spirit in Acts chapter 2 verses 28 to 39 we read that Peter said to them repent and be baptized every one of you the name of Jesus for the forgiveness of your sins and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit for the promise is for you and for your children and for all who are far off everyone whom the Lord our God calls to him. So you know we think that salvation is is only for people who are mature in age or maybe you know after their teens or in their youth they're able to understand salvation but we see and receive the gift of the Spirit but in the baptism of the Holy Spirit but we read in Acts chapter 2 verses 38 and 39 that you know repentance salvation baptism the Holy Spirit is also for children so when children you know at the very tender age can understand about sin about salvation you know so we can teach them the importance of these these two things these two aspects these two doctrines and also you know they're in an age where they can receive and be baptized in the Holy Spirit and receive the gift of the Holy Spirit of course when they're baptized in the Holy Spirit they don't receive a junior Holy Spirit but the same Holy Spirit that we receive as adults they to receive and they can be mighty in flowing in the gifts of the Spirit you know and God would use them mightily. We also see that you know ministering to children was a priority for Jesus we read this in Matthew chapter 19 you know when when parents bought their little children to Jesus to place his hands on them and pray for them the disciples rebuked them the disciples didn't think you know that children should be ministered to but we see the importance that Jesus gave to minister to children you know children were so precious in Jesus' sight he loves them and he wants the children to be brought to them and we read in Matthew chapter 19 verse 14 Jesus said let the little children come to me and do not hinder them for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these so we see that Jesus took time he even though the disciples didn't think that they should be ministered to but Jesus saw them as a priority to be ministered to and he did minister to them now there is a season in a person's life when you know they're most open or most receptive to learning what it means to trust in God and this season is sometime between the ages of four to fourteen years when people or children are more moldable and you know then they will ever be in their lifetime and during the season of life is when children are forming their understanding four to fourteen years you know when they're forming their understanding of the world of relationships of love of God of scripture the truth of the scripture you know about sin salvation so and it's also season you know where children are easily influenced and we should be intentional about ensuring that they get the right impression and also learn the truth and also know the truth and experience the truth and have a close personal relationship with God because this is the time when they are learning about God they're learning about the truth and most of their moral basic moral foundation is also you know established during the age of when a child is almost nine years old so it's very important age group between four to fourteen years when we know we can children are more moldable it's widely believed that more than half of the individuals who come to believe in Jesus do so by the age of 12 so you know there's a good age to talk about sin and salvation and just two more points you know by the time a child is nine years old that basic moral foundation has already been formed so it's important for us you know to provide them with strong ethical and a spiritual framework early on in life where children can be grounded in the truth in God's word they can you know which will serve as a solid foundation on which they can build their moral values and standards as they grow and develop just by before I close I like to say that by the age of 13 many children have begun to develop you know foundational beliefs concerning the nature of God the reliability of the Bible the concept of afterlife and love for Jesus so you know mentioning all of these points we see that you know ministry to children is so important and hence the children's ministry in our churches should be strong well built well established so that children can be grounded in the truth in God's word and have a relationship with him in the very early age thank you everyone over to Pastor Jay Kumar thank you so much Mr. Selena I think that was uh quite an eye-opener just to see that um children's ministry just it's not an add-on or something you know as a time filler what do we do with the children you know let's tell them stories or share some coloring sheets or something like that but it's a very intentional thing because we see right through scripture God wants children to be included thank you for sharing the biblical basis for children's ministry so I just open up this time for all our students and faculty also like if you have any questions for Pastor Selena on children's ministry then please go ahead and share now I might ask these questions yeah I think I see Herbert it's a hand raised up so Herbert you can go ahead and ask your question please thank you so much Pastor Jay Kumar and I hope everyone is okay it has been long so my question means Pastor Selena uh the children say I mean in Matthew's told us that the Bible says that they let the little children come to me uh for the kingdom of heaven is here is theirs so uh there I think they should have said maybe that the kingdom of heaven is for old people and young children that statement normally confuses me as if the heaven is not for old people for adults but only for children since he said that the little children come to me yeah thank you yes thank you uh Herbert for your question I think in this context in Matthew chapter 19 Jesus was the context is about ministering the children and you know the disciples thinking that children should not be ministered too but Jesus is saying that you know the kingdom of heaven or the kingdom of God uh is uh you know also belongs to these children here when he was talking about the kingdom of heaven he was not talking about you know uh about going to heaven but Jesus came to inaugurate the kingdom of God or the kingdom of heaven when he came to the earth he uh he inaugurated the kingdom of God he inaugurated the kingdom of heaven so what he was basically saying is that you know it was not only for the adults to hear the good news of the gospel that Jesus was teaching it was not only for the adults to experience Jesus his miracles uh his work and to hear what he's teaching but you know it was also for uh children which means that the kingdom of heaven is uh you know open to everyone to children and to adults but here it's specifically when Jesus came he came to inaugurate the kingdom of God kingdom of heaven in our physical world in reality and so you're selling the disciples it's not just for the adults but also for children to experience the father's love to experience the works of the father uh and to experience all about the fullness of the kingdom of God the kingdom of heaven did that help her but yeah thank you so much uh and uh i was wondering which uh activities which which which can we do to entice to to make children love God especially from five years to nine to nine eight eight years or nine yeah which activities can we do so we can make them love God and you know grow up when they are knowing Jesus and loving God uh thank you Herbert so uh basically it's about narrating the story the the narratives in the bible that talk about Jesus's love uh and what he has done for us on the cross as well so uh you know uh establishing them in these truths that God loves them you know just uh uh you know even if they're friends around them or they're you know the world around them doesn't seem uh very loving caring but there is someone who loves them who appreciates them who they are precious to who cares for them so I think narratives in the bible that talk about God's love is very very important uh and also you can you know do activities like when they can uh you know show acts of love to others which gives children an opportunity uh to know that they're loved by God but it's not for them to just hold on to that love but that love is to share with uh others as well so not taking children's to children to orphanages and uh to old age homes and uh to children with special needs with homes with children care for special needs and just showing them the love of Christ uh also helps children to understand that love is not just for them to hold on to but also uh to share with others but most importantly is to be ground ground them uh in the love of God uh and what God has done for them so once they're established in the truth you know uh their activities themselves will help them to flow in God's uh love and ask them also to open themselves to God's uh love that is to prayer and worship yes uh any other faculty can add yeah thank you Herbert the other faculty they want they can add to what I've said uh if there's anyone else who wants to add um what Pastor Selina shared about um what kind of activities and I think Herbert asked typically about five year olds five through nine that age bracket um so how to what kind of activities will really get them uh draw them uh to the word and ground them um okay well we can basically I think the activities sorry pastics uh basically activities like you know uh playing with their friends loving uh loving their friends sharing caring because children ages five to nine would like to have everything for themselves but you know just giving them opportunities on how they can uh love and show care and share with other friends their classmates their siblings uh can also be a good activity just to add what Pastor Selina shared um just a practical thing which happened quite recently uh in my house like I was talking to a little nephew I think he's in he's about six years old and so I noticed that whenever we said you know let's pray he'd be just running around uh you know fidgeting feeling a little uncomfortable so just asked him while we were eating having dinner just asked him you know we feel why do you feel awkward or uncomfortable when we pray you know we are talking to Jesus anyway and uh that kind of opened up a whole lot of conversation you know he said uh yeah I know we believe that Jesus we believe in Jesus but um you know but and we believe that Jesus died for us but it seems uh it doesn't seem logical that he would rise again you know uh how would anyone rise you know rise up from the dead then he's six-year-old you know so um and he he lives in the UK so it's he goes to a society which is religious but not really faith is not you know part of everyday life so so he has these questions and so engaging in that simple conversations really helped um so I was able to tell him about you know even though you know his friends might be his peers might be saying might be believing other things but you know you know you've experienced Jesus you know and you can be strong you can talk to him and there's no need to be uncomfortable especially with people who believe differently and so on so so I'm just saying that there could be a simple conversation around simple activities that would you know minister to children as well thank you so any other questions that you might have please go ahead and put it on the chat and also uh you can unmute and ask about children's ministry maybe you have children and what is the right way to minister it could be about um several other things also ask parents how do we do it how do we you know how do maybe uh you know you're ministering to children but how do we um get the help of the parents also and and so many other things so whatever questions come to your mind uh please go ahead okay so Sanjay uh I supposed to saying music is a powerful medium songs based on biblical values will help them learn and grow with the truth very true and these songs will remain with them the words will remain with them as well thank you Sanjay for that so your questions need not be only restricted to children's ministry um yeah okay here's a question from Sam um Sam Matthews has the pandemic affected the way we need to do children's ministry uh to adapt in terms of teaching and learning styles challenges etc so um possibly now if you can thank you Sam Daniel for your question uh yes after uh we uh you know after pandemic when we started ministry in schools I noticed there was a huge difference and a huge change in children's mindset the attitudes uh because they were so confined to the home and basically you know teams um those who in eighth ninth and tenth grade I realized that they were just you know they will they will you know their behavior was really sometimes atrocious and crazy and it's time to understand what is really happening in their minds and why this kind of behavior especially when it's in a co-ed school and I realized that when you know when they left school just before when the pandemic began they would have been in fifth and sixth grade now you know they've all grown and in eighth grade they are all you know teens and you know the girls seeing the guys the guys seeing the girls the hormonal changes everything there's so much of excitement and so you know and also they were just screwed to the screen they were not having they were not interacting much with people so uh uh they they were getting even more violent some of them the way they were even behaving with the teachers the way they were they aren't answering back answering them uh even small children so you know and they their attention span was also very very limited because they were so used to looking at uh you know graphic images just changing every a second because so we're so glued to tv or to uh to uh media so realize that we need to bring in more of videos uh power points uh activities uh more practical life examples uh from which they can pink analyze uh you know issues that are happening around them to talk about that even when you're talking about doctrines or scripture how we need to bring in real life scenarios that they are and the challenges that they're going through not only for teens at any age group so now we've kind of revising our uh uh children's church curriculum and we're bringing in more of case scenarios where we're making it more practical for them to think analyze and learn because during the pandemic uh you know children were left on their own to do everything their studies their project work and everything so i think we need to uh bring in all of these changes and adapt to their mindsets and to the way of thinking more of media more of practical life examples case scenarios get them to think get them to analyze because that is what is going to help them even apply god's truth god's word in their uh everyday life yes i hope that helped and answered your question uh sam okay um thank you sam thank you um let's move on to the next question sheba has a question sheba um so she asks can we teach children about good touch and bad touch how can we teach them and are there any references from the bible so good touch and bad touch about safe physical boundaries uh as children are growing up so yeah over to you selena uh is jeet here on the call um no not today no okay yeah yes it's uh thank you for your question uh sheba shinde uh yes it's important for us to teach children about good touch and bad touch uh you know from a very early age i think even from uh upper kg upwards you know it's important for us to um you know teach children and so i think schools have begun uh teaching children about this uh even in in our children's church uh we are bringing in uh you know uh these topics uh uh and uh life skills and teaching them it's a very sensitive area but uh you know we are just playing about it and uh no waiting on the lord and as he leads and guides but yes it is important for us to teach them uh references from the bible uh you know uh can't tell you off the mind now or anyone else can help with the any references but uh basically you know uh talking about uh uh you know simple scriptures like you know our bodies at the temple of the living god how we need to keep ourselves holy and when paul is writing the committee about uh you know how we need to live our lives how women should dress and you know and all of those things i think those are some of the things that have come to my mind but you know uh i don't okay other faculty can help with some references from the bible um yeah would anyone else be interested to add on to what pastor selena shared maybe something maybe we can share later on with her okay yeah sure um and thank you suzi for that sorry shiba right um but i hope that helped shiba yeah okay so um next we have a question from suzi um it's about how people say that they received the lord as saviour at a young age you know at age five and so on so so her question is is it possible to really understand and be saved at that age um since she joined in a little late um so she just wants to know um and also i i think we addressed it uh about the biblical basis for children's ministry suzi like how right from a young age people are able to understand and how the word talks about the fact to include them in corporate worship to teach them the ways of the lord and so on so yes um which means that they have a capacity to receive they have a capacity to understand um but over to pastor selena to specifically address this um because there has been practical experience as well in the children's church so um yeah over to selena uh thank you suzi for your question um so like i just mentioned in my presentation that there is a season in a person's life when they're most open to learning what it means to trust god and uh so you know researchers and children's ministry child psychology say that the season is between the ages of four to 14 years when children are you know more moldable than ever in their lifetime so and during this season children are forming their understanding about world relationship and the love of god and uh uh children the age of five basically you know they love stories on creation they love stories about how god created the world also about uh you know various narratives about the love of god so even as we're talking about the love of god you know we can uh they're also able to understand at the age of five what is right what is wrong uh so yes you know they can know what is right what is wrong and uh they can understand salvation not in in a very broad sense but uh that you know uh jesus loves them and uh you know that he wants them he saves them from sin what they know the consequences of this sin because they know that when they do something wrong they get punished you know their parents punish them it's it's something that their parents will scold them and you can just talk about in a in their little understanding about how you know god loves them and how a sin kind of destroys their life brings in punishment and shame because they understand that and how jesus came to save them from this so yes children the age of five have accepted jesus christ as their lord and savior i know children in grade one and two who have played the salvation prayer as well uh so and you know from age of four four to fourteen they're very moldable they can uh understand yes because at the age of nine children uh their basic moral foundation has already been formed so it's important for us to teach them and impart the truths in god's word and it's a holy spirit that works in their uh lives so the holy spirit is you know uh can work across any age group he can just speak to them he can mold them and impart into their lives and you know uh you know and they can receive jesus in their very early age yes thank you um susie hope that helps and just a personal testimony you know uh when my daughter was around five five five between five and six is when she received the lord as lord and savior she accepted the lord and it was in a school during the morning assembly when someone shared the gospel in very simple terms the fact that um we need a savior and you know what is sin and and so on and so um so in a way she understood and uh she was when she she prayed the prayer and obviously something happened because uh when when we reach out in faith and when we receive jesus the holy spirit comes in and welts us and you know he he witnesses to our heart so she came home very excited that uh evening and the first thing she told us was that uh you know today there was a prayer and there was an invitation to receive jesus and i did that and she was very excited and from that day on that kind of stayed with her and uh she you know so so they will grow in faith grow in the understanding of what salvation is you know justification sanctification etc but um this growth of the simple truth of receiving jesus and experiencing jesus lord and savior at that age group yes they are able to uh understand thank you okay we have another question from um from esther uh clement and um her question is this you know for teenagers between 16 and 19 it's a sensitive age um they are choosing professional causes and so on and they feel that they are big too big for children church uh Sunday school and too young to be part of youth so how can parents help in this transition so i'm assuming that the church does not have anything to minister to that age group so how can parents help in this transition some practical insight um um but selena you want to share um here i also yeah once you share you can go ahead and share and go ahead and share past jesh you can either also sam if he has any input to add on then i can also share something okay um can i just ask a few things yes um so so usually at this age right when they're kind of you know once they cross 13 or 12 say the the real uh the our whole approach to working with children should change uh you know up to age 12 you know we tell them do this don't do this it's more of an instructional thing um but then when you know 13 uh the whole dynamic changes they're asking questions why um they want to reason they want to understand rather than just follow and so the church also needs to change how it ministers to that age group so for example at apc only recently we started teen church so that means they're saying okay we recognize that we have this exactly like what you said uh as that there is this age group you know that they're they're older than the children but they're younger than the younger does so they're in between and so we need to minister to them differently uh and and you know that their body is evolving faster than their brain the brain is yet to catch up with the the changes in the body and so there's there's this whole inner conflict itself they're experiencing because they trying to reconcile all of those changes um so uh the approach we should take is more to reason explain uh and if they understand why then they will definitely do that rather than just saying do this because i told you so you know do this because i told you so work still age 12 13 on is here's how you know here's why we do it and we explain um then i think also in in in term if i you know if i move from the church setting to the home setting i think the big thing is that as parents we should be involved in the lives of our children you know um the sad thing is many of us parents delegate everything you know when they go to school education is delegated to the teachers they come home homework we send them for tuition so tuition work is delegated to the you know tuition teacher uh and basically the parent doesn't even know what's happening in the life of the child our parents don't even are not even involved and then there is this big disconnect that develops especially during that 13 to 18 year period and then you know you try to catch up and they're 20s it's too late that the gulf has you know developed in something big so i think from the church perspective the church should have also addressed it in a very specific way at home parents should be more involved in the lives of the children you know especially from 13 on you know getting them to understand you know what what do they need to do for education how what are their helping them discover their uniqueness their individual skills are contributing to the nurturing of those skills to be really involved uh as opposed to be disconnected so that's very important between age of 16 to 19 and that kind of leads into what Daniel's you know Daniel Oliver's question is you know do we beat the children or you know and the teenagers do we beat them or not yes there is a certain amount of you know physical discipline that can be done but more than physical discipline it's the the the relationship that matters children are going to listen to you because they believe that they see that you're invest invested in their lives that you believe in them you care for them there's that relationship if that relationship was not there you know how no amount of beating is going to change them you know they'll just say hey yeah you know it's like the child who says i'm sitting down outside but i'm standing up on the inside so it's it's like there's a complete disconnect so the answer again to Daniel Oliver is uh you can essentially do away with beating if we are able to reason with them you know i'm not saying you know that that physical discipline uh it is not important uh but that can be slowly phased out completely uh if we are able to connect with them intellectually and then also spiritually so i think um uh this calls for a lot of involvement from the side of the parents to be very meaningfully involved and i always um you know in my own learning i i always look at like this if i if my children can see that i really care about them then they will get interested in things that care that i care about but if i don't care about the things that they care about they will not bother about things that i care about you know so it's a reciprocal relationship which has to be built in very tangible ways okay that's my thought thank you thank you buster i think that was that was good thank you as sir Daniel for those questions and i think they've been sufficiently answered um any other question any further questions i think we might have time for maybe two more questions before we close so um any pressing questions that you might have uh okay um yes sister natasha you could yeah you can ask good morning everyone it's not regarding the question that we are discussing the topic we're discussing uh as you know i'm a e-learner and i want to keep uh up with the lessons that are going on but unfortunately the videos don't get posted uh in a day or two i mean almost last week i hardly found any videos posted on the college website they get posted on youtube though but if i watch on youtube then i have to watch again to be able to say that yes i have done the lesson you know so just wanted to know about that is it normal for me to be a week or too late or how is it yeah buster nancy i think um um yeah that's our fault so we have to improve things on our side the videos do become available uh you know towards the end of the day they do become available um and yes for the e-learning you have to watch it in e-learning because it tracks your progress but i think all of us as faculty need to be a little bit more um uh what to say more uh you know just to be more prompt in posting it online so um starting with me i was late last week so starting with me i will um i will just remind all of us faculty to post it the same day uh the plan is to post it by 5 p.m the same day it's artistic question i want to do that so i apologize for last week and hopefully from this week um we'll all be back on schedule but thank you for raising that out of this thank you buster uh buster thank you for answering natasha's question a very quick uh um addition and natasha also wanted to share that once the faculty has posted the videos um the students on e-learning have to completely view the video for them to be able to view the content that is ahead uh sometimes what happens is that if the students do not complete viewing the entire video and then complete some of the knowledge checks that may be posted by the faculty the content ahead doesn't get unlocked so that's another uh matter to bear in mind uh but this is when the faculty has already posted all the videos and the content so just wanted to share that as well um so that it's helpful for all our e-learning students thank you thank you buster thank you um buster nancy any um any further questions um maybe we can take one last question before we wind up for today anything on children's ministry or anything else as well uh please go ahead share um so yeah go ahead sister natasha uh while we were talking on the importance of children's ministry and we said different things about what to do but the importance of children seeing the same qualities in parents more than talking you know because i think my children see us do things and that has helped them more because if they don't see what we are teaching them don't see it in us that does more harm than good right thank you yeah any questions uh sister natasha or did you just want to share that we take it for granted that parents are doing that but i think everyone should be reminded that i hope we are doing the same thing that we are teaching the children right okay okay um so i just wanted to ask uh i don't know if people are thinking about the same thing but you know how do i know that i'm called for children's ministry um to say nothing very quickly we have about maybe a minute but um if you can just share one thing you know how do i know that i'm called for children's ministry i think uh you you have the gifts to the gift to function in that calling uh you have the skill the talent to function in that calling and then you have a heart and a burden for children uh and sensitive to their needs and you know you're just uh so for me i didn't know i was going to be full-time in children's ministry but i loved children from a very young age you know i loved them even when i was very small i loved children so uh it was gorgeous actually you know orchestrating those things in my life to see so to say uh you know to function in the role that he is calling me and i also see that he's given me the gifts to enable me to fulfill that function yes thank you thank you so much um so we will pray and close thank you all for joining let's let's pray father we thank you for this uh time in your presence in your word we thank you for all these questions we thank you for those discussions for all these answers lord and lord we pray that you'll continue to enhance our learning and uh and draw them draw each one of us lord to you father god um i pray that um you'll go from strength to strength and glory to glory we come at this day all the classes into your mighty hands continue to speak to us in jesus name we pray amen amen thank you everyone and thank you pastor selena and thank you all faculty for answering the questions god bless bye


Hello Earth citizens! In this video I will show you a 10 minute routine to do for high blood pressure. So a side note, I am not a doctor and this should never replace the professional opinions and recommendations of a real doctor. The exercise I will show you are to circulate blood well, energy well, and to stimulate the heart meridian and acupressure points that are related to the heart. So just keep that in mind that these are our natural meridian based exercises to help you manage high blood pressure. This should not replace your doctor's professional advice. Alright, so with that said, let's get started. So first we're gonna do a little bit of acupressure massage for your hands and feet that are related to your heart. So first find the middle of your palm. If you cup your palm just slightly, there will be a point that dips the most in on your palm. That is the middle of your palm. So now when you have the middle of your palm, find the place on the back of your hand that's directly behind it. So you see how it's directly behind the middle of my palm? Find that place and you're going to stimulate that place right at the back of the middle of your palm. So put your index finger on the middle of your palm with your thumb push directly behind the middle of your palm. So this point is to help circulate blood that's related to your heart. So push here. Let's push here for 20 seconds and then we're going to switch. Alright, so I'm doing a little massaging movement to stimulate a little bit better instead of just holding it but if it feels good to just hold it that's okay.  Alright, one, two, three, breathe, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, 10. One, two, three, four, breathe, five, six, seven, eight, nine, 20. Great job. Now switch the other hand. So find the middle of your palm on the other hand, place your index finger there. Use your thumb to push directly behind that point. And here too you can do a little bit of massaging or pushing down. Relax your fingers though. 20 seconds. One, two, three, four, breathe, six, seven, eight, nine, 10. One, two, three, four, five, breathe, six, seven, eight, nine, 20. Great job. Shake out your hands. Now we're going to find the corresponding points on your feet. So let me show you.  So right underneath right here there's a little soft spot. If you push right at the base so it's not quite at the arch above the arch right here there's a little soft spot there. That point is called the Yongchan. Yongchan is connected to your kidneys which helps circulate energy in your body which is really good for people who have high blood pressure. They have a lot of tension that prevents energy flow. So we're going to massage this part right there that acupressure point you will know. If you push other spots it's not as tender or soft it's right here. So same thing just like you did with your hand with your thumb you can move in little circles like this and push that point. I'll show you from the side view so you can see a little bit better. So here let's massage 20 seconds. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, breathe. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 20, great. Okay now switch the other foot. You don't have to flip around like I am. I'm just doing this so I can show you the position and posture better. Please just stay still and follow along. That's the best. You don't have to flip your body around like I am.  Soft tender spot right here. Okay 20 seconds. You can either push down and hold or make little circles to help open up that point. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 20, great job.  So you don't have to straighten your knees. You can bend them slightly. You can see I'm bending slightly but here we're going to shake. So when you shake it's not like this. Okay not like this kind of shaking.  When you shake with your legs imagine you are kicking with your heels. So kick, kick, kick, kick, kick, kick with your heels and shake, shake, shake, shake like this for one minute. Are you ready? Small vibrations opening up since the circulation and your whole body. Start one minute. I will keep time. Shake, shake, shake, shake, kick, kick with your heel, shake, shake, shake your arms. Breathe, breathe. Keep going 30 more seconds. Shake, shake, shake, shake, shake, shake, small vibrations. 15 seconds. If you're sensitive to energy your body will already feel warmer. Five, four, three, two, one, drop. Drop, breathe. Feel your body. You can feel shaking, heat, vibration in your body now. Stay connected to your body's feeling. Okay now lift your arms and legs one more time. Last set for one minute. Shake like you're kicking your heel and shape. Opening your hands too. Okay start through this movement. All of the small capillaries, the small blood vessels are opening. Blockages in your energy channels are opening now. Keep shaking and breathe. Are you breathing? 30 more seconds. 15 seconds. Totally relax your whole body.  Feel your body. You can feel tingling. That's energy sensation, energy flowing in your whole body. If you're sensitive to energy you will also feel warm. If your body's releasing toxic energy you might feel coldness. Whatever you feel is okay. Feel your body now and try to breathe deeply into your abdomen and exhale from your abdomen. Now feel your whole body. Let your whole body sink down into the floor and let's take three breaths together.  Now turn your body to the left side and sit up please. How do you feel? Can you feel calmness, calmness and relaxation and opening especially in your legs and arms? If you do this exercise continuously your blood vessels, your energy channel especially the ones related to your heart will open more and more. Proper circulation will help with high blood pressure. You did a great job. 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Aaron, what did you think of the offense as a whole?  But a lot of really good at bats off of him. Obviously, big G, getting two big ones to get us rolling. And then we lost the lead there. And it was really good to see guys just continue to push ahead. I thought, for all the offense, maybe the bad of the night was Glaber falling behind in the count and just laying off a bunch of really tough pitches to work that walk. Mar went ahead of him, getting on base. And then we're able to obviously blow it open. But just a lot of really good at bats from guys up and down the night. What's it feeling like when everybody seems to be contributing in a win like this? Yeah, I mean, it's great. And it's another, you know, we've talked about winning in different ways and finding ways to win. And tonight was a little bit of different. You know, we gave up some runs and kept pouring it on. So just a great job by the offense tonight.


Every marine is a rifleman, and during javelin thrust 2011, Marines are learning how to be machine gunners as well. Their journey begins with the familiarization course. Here they are taught how to load, disassemble, reassemble, and clear jams from the weapons. A couple days later, the practical application begins. All right, today we came out here with two machine gun teams. We had some non-infantry Marines come out here. We tried to get them some trigger time, train them up, show them the importance of knowing all their weapon systems just in case they were to have to utilize them. While on the range, these Marines fire the M-250 caliber machine gun, which is effectively able to fire 550 rounds a minute, farther than a mile. With the training these Marines are receiving, they can rest easy knowing that if things get bad, they'll be able to pick up the slack and possibly save Marines' lives. From Javelin Thrust 2011, I'm Lance Corporal, Nick Neighbors. Thank you for watching.


Okay, we're talking about the six key components of the rotator cuff complex, the supraspinatus, the infraspinatus, the teres minor, the subscapularis, the capsule, and the coraco-humor ligament. We've shown you in other vignettes injuries of all of them and how to assess them in different projections. But I want to focus just for a moment on the surrounding anatomy. Firstly I want to focus on the subacromial arch. This case of a massive rotator cuff tear, there is no supraspinatus. There is massive retraction with the fibers seen medially, was instigated at least in part by this funny looking acromion. The acromion has been a subject of much debate and much discussion. There's even a catarization of the acromion called the bigliani subtypes of the acromion. I hardly ever use that. What I do use is the proper descriptors. I like to see if the acromion is downsloping in the coronal projection. There is a sloping angle, but that's a little bit beyond the discussion today. How often do I use it? Never. I rarely measure things, but I do look at them. So downsloping in the coronal projection is a little different than downsloping in the sagittal projection, but I pay attention to both. Then there is the shape of the acromion. Very often people that have anatomic impingement have an acromion that has a little shelf on it that looks a little bit like the end of a telephone receiver. You'll also hear this called a keel-like acromion. I often refer to it as a telephone receiver acromion. Now when you're younger, the acromion plays a scant role in impingement unless you have a humeral head that won't stay down. In other words, it starts floating up when you pick your arm up. In other words, there's micro instability. The humeral head doesn't rotate in the center of the cup.  The acromion. As you get a little bit older, the acromion remodels, and it becomes like this, keel-like. And now you've got a self-perpetuating prophecy. The humeral head is up, the acromion's in the way, the acromion further damages the rotator cuff, the humeral head comes up higher, and eventually, and unfortunately, they meet, bone to bone. There is another structure that participates in this process, and that is the caracochromial ligament. The caracochromial ligament comes off the acromion and heads towards the coracoid. Now this patient's caracochromial ligament is not that well seen, it's right here, and it's not that thick. It's a little bit thick, but most of the time, if you went to decide whether the ligament or the bone is a bigger contributor to anatomic encroachment, it's more often the ligament than the bone. It's about 60, 40, 70, 30. But either one can do it, and sometimes it is both. In this case, it's more bony than it is ligamentous. Let's take a quick look at the sagittal projection for a moment and see what our acromion looks like in the sagittal projection. When we say that the acromion is downsloping, here's what we mean. Here's our humeral head, not a very good drawing of it, and if our acromion is tilted down from postural craniad to anterocautad, it's positively downsloping. If it's straight in line with the humeral head, something like this, then it's neutral, and if it's angled up, then it's negative slope. We don't pay too much attention to that. We are more interested in positive sloping, but especially whether the acromion has a hook or a spur associated with it. It often looks quite different in the sagittal projection. It often looks like it has a little snout, and that snout is where the caracochromia ligament attaches. So you have a fat acromion that has a snout or a spur, and if it's downsloping sagittally, which this one really is not, and in the coronal projection, you have a keolike or telephone receiver acromion, which in this case it is, and if you have a thick caracochromia ligament, which in this case it's a little bit thickened, but not very much, all of those components are part of the analysis of impingement syndrome and contributors to rotator cuff pathology.


things are ought by prayer than this world dreams of. The Mutual Broadcasting System in cooperation with Family Theatre Incorporated presents the Win-Bang, starring Hal Perry, The Great Gilder Sleeve, and Beatrice Benadera. Bing Crosby is your host. Our Family Theatre has rounded out its first cycle of six months. This program was born on February 13 of this year. Born with the conviction that what America needs most today is a strengthening of the bonds of family life and that the greatest contribution we, as parents, can give to our country is that of raising our families and our children to be God-respecting, God-loving, and prayerful citizens. And during the past 26 weeks, men and women in the screen and radio industries here in Hollywood have felt a privilege and an honor to enter your homes each week to express these simple and fundamental truths in which we believe. For we are of the opinion and we believe that the most conscientious people are of the same opinion that there is no better and sureer way to preserve our national life in those traditions in which this nation was founded than to stand in the humble recognition that there is a God and that there is a God to whom we should pray, a God who can and will answer our prayers. We hope that you and your family, that all families will learn the truth of these words. A family that prays together, stays together. This is the little town of Placenter, Kansas, where DJ Latimer and his wife, Martha, have resided for 24 years. They're considered solid, substantial citizens. Their daughter named Valeska is married to Jimmy Meredith, a young continuity writer on the staff of the Continental Broadcasting Company in Chicago.  Oh, what kind of a favor, Jimmy? Well, it's rather a long story. You've heard the Continental Theater of the Year, haven't you? Tuesday nights at nine? Oh, frequently, an excellent program. Oh, we almost never miss it, Jimmy. You don't write that, do you? No, but the boss wants me to. At least he wants me to submit some scripts. It's a freelance show. Well, that means the network buys scripts from anyone who sends them in. I mean if they're good scripts. Oh, I see. And you want me to write for the Continental Theater, eh, my boy? Well, not exactly, Dad.  You couldn't even write a note to the milkman when we went to Denver last summer to stop leaving milk for two weeks. Well, it was the milkman's fault. He was careless and read my note hastily, and he simply misinterpreted what I'd written. You know that's what happened, Martha. Well, let's not argue about it, DJ. What do you want him to do, Jimmy? Well, it's like this, Mom. Mr. Roberts, he's the head of our continuity department. Well, Mr. Roberts wants me to write some scripts for the Continental Theater, but he can't pay me because it's a sustaining show. Well, why can't they pay you for a script if you write one, Jimmy? Oh, sure they do, but it's different with me. You see, I'm on the staff, and the network has a ruling that a staff writer can't be paid for anything he writes that's sustaining. So the only way I can write for the Continental Theater and get paid for it is to send my scripts in under somebody else's name. Well, Jimmy, that doesn't seem quite honorable. Oh, don't worry about that, Mom. Mr. Roberts himself suggested it. He's just as anxious to get good scripts as Jimmy is to write them. The whole thing's a technicality and a silly one. Well, perhaps you're right. Certainly she's right, my dear. The entire structure of American freedom and democracy is based upon the supposition that a workman is worthy of his hire. I shall do it, my boy. Do what, DJ?  Well, Dad's got the idea, though, Mom. I'll send him scripts, and then he sends them in under his name. They pay $250. What? I said they pay $250 a script. A penny for doing it, Jimmy? My dear. Then it's no soap. Either Dad takes the 50 or Jimmy gets somebody else.  How many scripts per month do you figure you can sell, Jimmy? All two or three. Mr. Roberts likes my style. Will you do it, Dad? Of course, my boy. Anything to help you out in any way I can. My way. Excuse me. What's the matter, DJ? Nothing. I just have an idea. I want to write down before I forget it. Nothing. I'll be back in a few minutes. I don't like it, Jimmy. I just don't like it. But why not, Mom? Oh, you know your father, Val. He's the sweetest man in the world, but he does have his weakness. She means Dad's imagination is an active one, and sometimes he relies on it for his facts. Well, he doesn't mean any harm, Jimmy. Of course he doesn't. He can't help it if he's an incurable romanticist. That's how I got the name Boleska. I wanted to call it Priscilla after my grandmother. But about the time I was born, Dad was lost in admiration over a movie star named Boleska Serrat. Hollywood is a great influence in Dad's life. He lives every movie he sees. Poor dear. Outside of going to a couple of American Legion conventions, he's never done any of the things he dreamed of doing. That's a lucky thing, too. Oh, I don't think you need to worry, Mom. Nobody will know it's Dad who's supposed to be writing those scripts. The actors get all the glory and a writer's lucky if he gets name credit at the end of the show. Just the same, Jimmy. I'm worried about it. But why, Mom? Because it's your father. I haven't been married to that man 25 years come next February 10th for nothing. I love him, but I know if there's a way for something to slip or come unraveled, he'll find it. These were the men and women who made this nation great. The unknown men and women who marched across a wilderness who built their homes and a new civilization. The record of their lives is romance. This nation is their glory. You have just heard The Romance of Glory, the 26th in this new series of Continental Theater of the Air. In the starring roles of John and Mary Fremont were Linda Fetherton and Rodney Bonnycastle. The Romance of Glory was written by Digby Latimer and directed by Staunton Trelaw. The Romance of Glory was written by Digby Latimer. Did you hear that, Martha? I'm not deaf, though sometimes I wonder why I'm not. Why'd you send in Jimmy's story under the name of Digby Latimer instead of DJ? Martha, my dear, you simply don't understand. DJ Latimer is all right for a businessman, but Digby Latimer is much more appropriate for an author. Good morning, Mr. Bloodgood. Good morning, DJ. Like to cash a little check, if you don't mind. That's what the bank's here for, DJ. Five ones be okay, same as usual. No, this check is a trifle larger than Mr. Bloodgood. $250, in fact. Well, must have turned a nice deal, DJ. Pay to the order of Digby Latimer. I've endorsed a Digby Latimer, Mr. Bloodgood, and then I've written DJ Latimer under it. Digby Latimer is my pen name. Signed Continental Broadcasting Company. Yes, it's payment for a little thing I dashed off in my spare time. You may have heard it two weeks ago last Tuesday on the Continental Theatre of the Air. Little thing I call the Romance of Glory. Have you heard that, DJ? Maybe you noticed right at the end the announcer said the Romance of Glory was written by Digby Latimer. Oh, can't say I did, DJ. Well, he said it. It's what they call name credit. All we top radio writers insist on that. I never knew you had the gift to write for the radio, DJ. Imagine a lot of people in Clay Center will be surprised, Mr. Bloodgood. I always felt I had the talent but like so many potential authors and many more plays, DJ. Oh, yes, I have another going through the works in Chicago. Usually it's a slow process but after the success of the Romance of Glory I imagine I'll receive preferential treatment. Don't be too surprised, Mr. Bloodgood, if I cash several checks like this one every month. And be sure to listen every Tuesday night at nine. I'll most surely do that, DJ. And when you hear the announcer say written by Digby Latimer you'll know it's good ol' DJ himself and not a reasonable facsimile as we radio folks say. I never would have thought it. I'd say that still water's run deep except the DJ's never still. Good morning, Emma. Morning, Asa. Any news as fit for the Clay Center? Clarion to print? Maybe. What'd you say if I told you DJ had a play he wrote on the Continental Theatre of the Air? Coast to coast. Listen, Asa, the Clarion's printed story is about two-headed calves and hailstones' biggest footballs. But Elmer Danbury'd fire me if I brought in yarn and made it look like Elmer's a radio writer. Just say, Emma, it's so. Not three minutes past I cashed a check the Continental Broadcasting Company sent him for his story. $250. Heavenly days. My stars above here we stand talking when I ought to be interviewing him. I just heard the news, DJ, and I think it's the most thrilling thing that's ever happened to Clay Center. Well, it was nothing, Emma, really nothing. Just something I dashed off in a few spare moments. How do you get such a wonderful story and such a beautiful ending? Nothing, I just dug it up. I'm working on an ending for a new play now. Oh, how wonderful. Yes, this will end with the words Ia Ura Naite Atua. Yes, my, what does it mean? That's Tahitian for goodbye, my love, until we meet again. Oh, how touching. How do you know things like that, DJ? Well, once many years ago a Tahitian princess sobbed those very words that she would not say. DJ, I never knew you'd been in Tahiti. In days gone by, Emma, the foreign legion went everywhere. Everywhere, that is, where the tricolor of France floated in the breeze. And you were in the foreign legion. May I print that, DJ? Oh, no, I'd rather you wouldn't, Emma. You see, Martha is acquainted with my, shall I say, adventurous youth. And she's made me promise never to reveal as details. But there are some things I could tell you, Emma. How many more plays have you any more coming up on the Continental Theater? Yeah, week after next. It's a story about the African Velt.  And is it by any chance based on the personal experiences of its author? You promise not to print this, Emma? Well, if you insist. I do. All right, then. Is it based on your personal experiences? I really prefer not to say, Emma. You know how people in a small town gossip. They're a game hunter in Africa. She'd deny it. Not for her sake, you understand. But for mine. You read the clarion today, my dear? Yes, I read it. Oh, yes. Did you by any chance see Emma Singletary's interview with Clay Center's famous radio writer, a man who happens to be your husband? I saw it. And of all the plain old hogwash I ever read, that was the worst. I did. Let me have that paper.  Maybe I still ought to. Mr. Latimer's next play on the Continental Theatre is titled The Dark Continent. A story about the African Velt. A little bird has whispered in your reporter's ear that possibly, just possibly, the story may be based upon experiences in the author's own life. But, my dear, I give you my word. I never once told Emma Singletary that I'd been a big game hunter in Africa. Well, you probably hinted it. And that's all that old snooped need. She'd believe anything a man told her. DJ, can't you stop it? Stop what, my dear?  Why, it's dishonest. Where's your decency, DJ? Taking credit for something that really belongs to your own son-in-law. But the lad wants me to. You heard him, Martha? Just the same. It's not right. What harm can it do, my dear? In fact, I haven't a bit of doubt. It'll help. People like to deal with a celebrity, you know. Celebrity fiddlesticks. Somebody just drove up out in front. Who is it, my dear? I can't tell, but it's a big car. Good grief, it's Mrs. T. Caterbury Millsap. What can she be wanting, calling on the peasants? Well, I'll go to the door. You stay right where you are. I'll go. Good evening, Mrs. Millsap. Good evening, Mrs. Latimer. Is Mr. Latimer at home? Yes, he's here. Won't you come in? Thank you. Well, this is a pleasure, Mrs. Millsap. How are you? Sit down here. Comfortable chair right here. Oh, thank you, Mr. Latimer. Can I fix you some tea, Mrs. Millsap? No, no, thank you, dear. I can only stay a moment. Mr. Latimer, you are probably aware that I am the president of the Ladies' Thanatopsis League of Clay Center. Oh, yes. A very praiseworthy organization, Mrs. Millsap. Oh, thank you. We think so. Our aims are the study and hence the deeper appreciation of literature and the finer things of life. That's something I've always believed in myself. Yes, I can understand that, Mr. Latimer. But why have you hidden your light under a bushel? A watchel? Why have you never before revealed that our little city may boast a genius? A genius? Oh, I see what you mean. Until I read the clarion this afternoon, Mr. Latimer, I never even suspected your literary talents. Ha! That is... Yes. Well, you know how it is, Mrs. Millsap.  Oh, but he should when that horn is so filled with sweet music. He owes it to the world. Please, Mrs. Millsap, I'm blushing. Yes, DJ, he blushes easily. Well, he's a man. After all, what are men but little boys grown up? Mr. Latimer, will you do me and my organization a great favor? Anything you say. Will you address the next meeting of the Ladies' Thanatopsis League and give us a preview, you might say, of the Dark Continent? Why, I'll be happy to, Mrs. Millsap. Anything for culture is what I've always said. Oh, thank you, thank you so much. It's next Friday at two o'clock, and the Ladies are meeting at my house. Ladies, I'll be there. Oh, thank you again. You're too kind. Now I must go. I've really stayed much longer than I intended. And, uh, maybe not also have the pleasure of your company, Mrs. Latimer. Uh, I'm afraid I'm not very literary. Well, come anyway. There's a deer. Good night, Mrs. Millsap. Oh, no, no, don't bother to escort me to my car. See you Friday. Friday? Dee Jay, this time you've gone too far. Not at all, my dear. After I reread the script of the Dark Continent, I'll be able to make a very creditable talk. Maybe you could if you had a script. I guess you've forgotten you sent in the only copy. And Friday, being day after tomorrow, it's too late to get another from Jimmy. By George, that is so. Oh, well, what's the difference? I'll just make the talk without the script. Dee Jay, you can't do that. No, why not? Because you'll make a fool of yourself. That's why. You'll be the laughing stock of Clay Center. Really, Martha, I don't appreciate that. And I don't think you should talk about your literary inferiority. After all... After all, you forget. I still believe in telling the truth. I don't want to see you get up and have them all laughing at you. Well, Martha, I recall a great deal of the story. Besides, if I've never been in Africa, neither have the ladies who'll be listening to me. Well, thank you. Thank you very much, ladies of the Ladies Thanatopsis League. Your charming chairman, or should I say chairlady, has asked me to tell you the story of my next radio drama, The Dark Continent. Briefly, it's the story of Lord Manfred Chatsworth, a peer of the British Empire, who meets a beautiful Arab girl in the vast and trackless desert of the Belgian Congo. Lord Chatsworth has gone to Africa to hunt tigers. As he sails down the Nile in his falooka, as a kind of a native schooner, he hears the call of the Dark Continent, the rhythm of the tomtoms. Well, it was worse than I thought it'd be. I was prepared for almost anything, but not for hunting tigers in Africa. What was wrong with that? Nothing, nothing except that there aren't any tigers in Africa. Oh, well, they applauded me when I was through. Certainly they did, because Mrs. T. Canterbury-Millsap did, and she's the bell cow of that herd. The rest of them do whatever she does. You've got to stop it, DJ. That's all there is to it. Did you hear me? I said you've got to stop it. Don't you think that's for me to decide, Martha? I doubt if you appreciate my position. No, I don't.  I wish you could have seen yourself this afternoon. May I present our famous fellow citizen of Gleeson to Mr. Digby Latimer.  Let me finish my say. Next week the kids will be here for Christmas. I'm going to tell Jimmy he's got to put a stop to this nonsense he started. Martha, I forbid you to...  DJ, can't you see the way things are going now? You're building a house on the shifting sands of a lie instead of a solid rock of truth. But... Don't interrupt me. I know you don't mean any harm. Lies may be little things, but they do harm. I know you wouldn't want to hurt a fly, but you're hurting something in somebody a lot more important to me than a fly. And that's you. What was it all about, Val? I don't know. Mother started telling me something about Dad, and all of a sudden she stopped right in the middle of a sentence and handed me this and turned away crying. No wonder what the old boy's been doing. Oh, being Dad, there's no telling. This is Mom's diary. Do you think she meant for us to read it or what? Maybe she just couldn't bring herself to tell me what Dad's been up to. I bet this is her way of hinting at what's wrong. Let's read it. Start with December. Whatever it is, it probably happened this month. Oh, here's a page mark, December 20th. DJ spoke to the ladies' Thanatopsis League this afternoon on the subject of his latest radio play, The Dark Continent. Why the old fraud? Listen, Mrs. Millsap introduced him. He grinned and he bowed. Actually, he bowed. Then he started talking. Before I could stop myself, I said the old ninny. And Mrs. Bogus, who was sitting next to me, said, What did you say, Mrs. Latimer? So I said, I said the old ninny. Then I caught myself real quick and I said, I mean this Lord Chatsworth. After that, I kept quiet. But what I was thinking would have curled DJ's hair. What little he's got left. Oh, that's wonderful, darling. Why didn't you tell me your mother could write? I beg your pardon. I'm looking for Martha Latimer. Oh, she's not home right now. I'm her husband, Digby Latimer. My congratulations, Mr. Latimer, on being the husband of a woman who's soon to be famous. Well, that is Martha famous. Yes. Permit me to introduce myself. My name is Wapples, Oscar Wapples, and I represent Templeton and Savage of New York. The book publishers, you know. I started to write, Mrs. Latimer, the good news, and then I decided not to deny myself the pleasure of meeting her in person. We are thinking of accepting the windbag. What a story. What quaint phraseology. What human interest. Why, we confidently anticipate it will be one of the greatest of the great bestsellers. You know. How can it miss?  That scene where DJ talks to the ladies tenors tops his leak. It's one of the funniest I've ever read. Hunting tigers in Africa. And when his wife in the audience says under her breath, the old nanny, it was just as though she'd actually been there. Don't you think that's funny? Yes, oh yes. Very funny. The American public will gobble it up. This character she invented, this DJ will become a symbol for every blowhard and every windbag that ever lived. You should be very proud of her, Mr. Latimer. Yes, yes I am. Mrs. Latimer is a remarkable woman. A very remarkable woman. She's all of that. As soon as she comes in, will you ask her to call me at the Travelers Hotel? Don't be the word of this to her, but I have an advance royalty check with me. $5,000 if she is willing to sign a contract with Templeton and Savage. I'm here, Martha, in the bedroom. Oh, I just got home. I met Mrs. Lumpkin and she told me... What in the world are you packing your suitcase for? Are you going away somewhere? Yes, far away. Oh, how long will you be gone? Uh, a long time. How long? I don't know. Well, you better let me get you some more collars as a dozen clean ones come back from the laundry this morning. Martha, how can you? Isn't it enough to drive the knife deep into my heart without twisting it in the wound?  Maybe forever. And all you can think about is clean collars. What in the world are you talking about? What am I talking about? You've pillored me. You've bared my shame to the world. And for what? For money. Filthy money, that's what. DJ Latimer, have you been drinking? Don't you pretend ignorance, Martha. The publisher's representative was here a few minutes ago. His name's Oscar Waffles or something, and he's at the Travelers Hotel. He should make you very happy. He has an advanced royalty check for you. $5,000 when you sign the contract. 5,000 fiddle states. I won't stand in your way. That's why I'm leaving. Some day when you're old and lonely, I hope you'll give one little thought to the husband who loved you and who sacrificed himself, but fame might be yours. Look, you stay right here, DJ. I'll go phone Doc Honeycott. You're delirious. I am not delirious. I'm talking about your book, the book you wrote about me, the book you wrote and called the windbag. Martha, the man practically quoted from it. All about how I spoke to the ladies at the Anatopsis League and you said the old ninny. Huh? To think, tomorrow's our silver wedding anniversary. Wait a minute, DJ. I think I've got it now. I noticed the other day my diary for last year was missing. Sure as death and taxes, those two kids kept it when I let them read a page so as to get you untangled from your radio writing. I bet they gave it to those publishers. Makes no difference how they got it. They have it and they're going to publish it. They decidedly are not going to publish it. DJ, darling, you didn't think for a minute that I... What could I think? Why, you big ninny. Come here and put your arms around me. Well... Don't you know that our home and our love mean more to me than all the money in the world? It's a lot of... Money, yes. But that's my diary and nobody's going to publish it. Martha, my angel. But that day you did call me the old ninny. I did and I meant it. You're right.  But from this moment on I'm a change man. Martha, if ever again I tell a stretcher I hope I stumble and break my glasses. Good morning, Mr. Bloodgood. Good morning, DJ. I'd like to cash a little check if you don't mind. That's what the bank's here for, DJ. Five ones be okay as usual. Five singles are okay. How many times since you had one of those continental broadcasting company checks, DJ? Yes, yes. I'm not writing for the radio anymore, Mr. Bloodgood. Took the picture to the well once too often? No, I'd hardly say that. Just don't have the time. I was getting to be so busy at my radio writing I was neglecting Martha. And all the money in your bank wouldn't be enough to tempt me to do that. No, sir. Martha's fine. Watch that broken tile, DJ. No!  I've been meaning to have Thurlow Gentry fix that tile for a quite spell now. Look and see if your glasses are broken. One of the lenses is? That's too bad. No, that's good. You wouldn't understand, Mr. Bloodgood. But this shows I'm improving. Yes, sir. It's a hard fight with a short stick. But I'm improving. There are a lot of things I'd like to say tonight about family life and family prayer. I believe they're expressed in these lines. Dear God, be mindful of the things that fit into a family's prayers. We ask you now to bless this house, the walls, the windows, and the stairs. Show us the way to bolt the door against the evil word or deed. Help us to fling our windows wide to human loneliness and need. Bring us the joyous mysteries of birth and babies at our knee. Teach us to find you all the days in temples of a family. And if it be your will to guide our fingers over thorns of pain, then strengthen us, dear God of love, to gather roses in the rain. And when the evening of life is done, open our eyes eternally to home that is heaven. Enjoy that it's full. This is the prayer of a family. This is Bing Crow to be saying good night, and God bless you. You have just heard Hal Perry, the great Gilder Sleeve as DJ, and Beatrice Benadera as Martha in the Wind Bank, a family theater play by Jack Mitchell, Max Tehr directed the orchestra, Mel Williamson directed, and John Ryder produced the program. Others who appeared in our play tonight were Gloria Holliday, Bill Bissell, Ed Rand, Betty Arnold, Collin Collins, and Brian Reed. Your host was Bing Crosby. Next week our family theater star will be Robert Young in the Tin Whistle. Your host will be Fred McMurray. This series of the family theater broadcast, portions of which were transcribed, is made possible by the thousands of you who felt the need for this kind of program by the Mutual Broadcasting System which has responded to this need and by a friend of the New York Foundling Hospital which cares for homeless and motherless babies without distinction of race, creed, or color. Tony LaFranco speaking. This is the Mutual Broadcasting System.


r 4th yeah what time and we have a meeting on the 9th that fall on Monday why don't why don't we put you well I don't know this is what I'm thinking that we pass them with at their September 4th meeting of them setting their deadline it sounds like until October they want a deadline I mean can we have until October to come back to you I mean I think you can do just about anything I mean again all we're doing is we're just keepers of making sure that you know how much money you have to spend really that's you're going about the master plan other than that this is your guys deal you know your deadline the only thing you're going to have to start doing is answering to the public when things are not being built or made or whatever well I think we should keep pushing on and then we can ask the voters at town meeting and tell them how far we've come and where we are and get their get their get their feedback well it'd be a non-binding resolution the only thing they're going to vote up or down is money if you want a non-binding resolution which is just their opinion on whether or not you continue that's something else we'd have to craft it but if you want a self-imposed deadline we could put you on the first meeting in November and then you guys could come and by then you would have spoken to Mr. Parker and you could have decided at that point he probably has an idea how much it's going to cost you how big all that I'm assuming but if that's what you're asking they could put you on in beginning of November or later November whatever you want if that's when you as a committee are going to make a hard fast deadline that you want to come and tell the board about you can always let me know and you can certainly do that if you'd like to that's the board thing I think that the board and the civil engineer design anything for the public would be either wrong I think that a civil engineer ensures their work and oversees and sees where the water is flowing I understand contractors deal with it every day but when you need somebody to say okay this failed you design it the other thing that has not been mentioned tonight and I know it's been mentioned both select board town meeting and committees is the top of an in kind town donation did any of you recall that and Greg has said multiple times that the town would trough the town would donate up to a certain I don't remember what the certain dollar amount is but there's language somewhere in some I don't have it with me tonight but there's a there's a sheet that's plain as day and it says this is how much comes out of the fund this is how much in kind it is this is at that time it said Tony Hawk 25 and this and that but that's what we're sticking to that's the piece right there if a town in kind was 20 grand or something like that that's what it is and Michael Parker just said in his proposal he did the in kind too okay I think if you come back first meeting in November with a yay or nay that may resolve your issues with the town meeting but you'll not go back out again you may have those answers by now by then I think that's good you're going to be right with the little budget which is good which is good because we want to know that's going to be that's going to be the the time is that the answer of we've got a microphone on board do you agree to do this for this much money or is that a we figured out what our last name for we're hoping for what do you mention now you have all the parameters that you need your parameters that you have is the revenue piece that you have and then I think a year and a half ago we approved no more than 5,000 square feet those are your parameters if you want to build it tomorrow go for it I don't think we're we're not the the ball and chain you're down here this is just that we're here's your budget and you can't go over this square foot and everything else if Parker wants to come in here next week we can build it we're behind you we're kind of we're still in the very middle of building and then build them up again the only thing I'm just extremely worried about they all over again and we've gone from Parker to the other one who was to say that two people joined the board and you decided to do something else and here we have so that's my only we learned from our mistake about spine range I would just highly recommend that the committee keep working with the skateboard then but maybe start to resurrect some of these other pieces that go with the master plan and as I said I'm trying to get Dick Safe to let me know where the lines are and Tim said he got your map today, thank you he's been dealing with obviously other issues but he did say that he got it I finally talked to him I had been trying to get a hold of them and we had a grandchild born so I talked to him today and we appreciate you coming out especially after we were an hour late on the rest of the board members I mean again the board supports you guys and we're behind you we're just at this point being the big brother what's going on when are we going to see something but you guys are the I appreciate it and I understand because as a person that doesn't I'm not a skateboard person I'd rather have 10 sports I'd rather have 10 sports I would have built 10 sports three years ago if I had my way alright, thank you very much thank you the other one we had we had an appointment he's a no-show for the second time I addressed it last meeting and he went in for it you'd have to know what he was over so I would write down this to accept this moving on do you see letters for the bill of duty? I meant to do it I did not get a chance to put this sample text basically on our letterhead so if the board's obviously I'm assuming you're in support of this project if you're okay then I can Kelly or I can put this Kelly and I can put this on letterhead Kelly or I tomorrow and just have Chris sign it one time when he's swinging through I just want to make sure you guys are all okay with that you probably should because it's a letter of support so yeah I would say sure move to what letter Chris has just signed it I was a little confused but this right here is it's a draft but you're wanting to go with it that's what they're saying they said here's the sample text just threw me off when they said the property is a draft that's just the sample text and I'll sign it and I'll stop by and I'll stop by to sign that yeah whenever I don't do it tax day I'll get it done yeah so it was in your pocket excuse me I just said here's a request to stop water sewer services for this property uninhabitable for the foreseeable future so Tim Mills they did shut the water off so I'm not sure if you know obviously we shut the water off so I'm assuming we're just going to move them to vacancy rate but I just want to make sure A I want to let you know we did shut it off and B it is but since the entire for once yeah right no yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah I think he's just waiting on that state's consistent with what we've done yeah okay do you need a motion on that no if you we can certainly move that to the next time I just gave it to you in a draft to read just because as I explained that when I got here you had a debit card and you can't have a debit card because it's not going through the proper policy process so it shouldn't have one so we want to get rid of it Pam and I talked to someone talk to the bank about it and they just happen to credit card has a thousand dollar this is just a policy I had written before but we can certainly push this to the next agenda since it's getting late if you wish I guess all I would say is if you have questions or comments on the draft if you don't want to do it tonight you could just email them to me I mean I didn't see anything I think it's a great idea and you should always have some sort of emergency revenue source if you need something yeah it's hard because not everybody you know we do try to set up as many accounts as we can but sometimes we just can't so and you know Deetree is one you know she uses it frequently because she's buying snacks so she might take the card and go to BJ's or you know things like that so it's um that sort of thing so okay except the the credit card policy has written who's that going to I'm sorry I didn't hear it it was the Lindley and Mo I'm sorry the Lindley is he is he is if you tie her well that's right okay we'll thank you for meeting minutes of the 24 which it says July 22nd yeah it is the 22nd the minute she made she wrote the wrong date it's July 22nd not 24 22nd yeah it was sorry but the minute the minutes are right yes okay so I would entertain a motion to accept the meeting minutes of the 22nd second oh I thought maybe Paul had changed all right all right go there awesome report now you know who called we have bad issues while we give a bad signal we hear the whole community I continue to have I continue to hear really good things about Oscar he's very approachable from what the business owners are saying not on physical evidence but like they call him he's there with a day to address the issue or sometimes that day so and he's been working on some of the higher level things in town that need to be done he's been doing some directed traffic enforcement which is nice first thought of and sound to Christian Hill which is nice because it's taken out by three different people so he has been doing some directed traffic patrol which is really nice and it's kind of nice to have Oscar with he has more than just a cost level clearance so he's able to do everything which is nice some of this stuff in here was an FYI but you do have you got to decide about your delegate designation for I guess you have a couple of days I wasn't sure if one of you wanted to go to if one of you is going to Town Fair at Killington then they usually during part of Town Fair they have annual business meeting if you want to send a delegate you don't have to if someone wants to go everybody just want to think about that and then maybe catch that one out we got some time right just trying to keep your list of board items up to date so I try to if you see something or I try to cross it off if we've done it I think the rest is just some FYI you've got a letter back from Mr. Wright and that's it any questions on the financials just let me know well it's early it's the first month it's the first month anything else just to I think I attended the run council on rural developments leadership summit today as representative of the town it's a great event I think that almost 500 people registered and it really has a gathering of other local speakers and have discussions with them and it was very inclusive and it was just a open market to have some great discussions so I just wanted to kind of let the board know that I was there representing us and that I would say it was a successful event and the government actually made the book at the end of the whole thing and sort of closed everything out was that the one we emailed about oh great yeah so that's great and I would I really I've gone the last few years but it seems like they are sort of allowing it to come on for a person to use for that person and I'd like to recommend to others for the few years that they did the same it's really worthwhile it was actually hard to decide what sessions to go through oh that's right this one was at BTC so they'll probably move it around but it's really and Vermont comes on role in the development it's been some really amazing things and it's a huge advocate for rural communities such as ours staying sustainable and being able to continue the lives of the people in Vermont to see and listen to what that is yeah just I think it was a really great thing that's great that's great I'm glad that you were able to go unfortunately the only session I had to go was not fruitful that's okay yeah we have some ideas whenever the craziness ends I definitely think we need to put economic development on the agenda because I have some ideas you have ideas conversations yeah that's great that's good it is all about growing the grand list which is what our focus needs to be for sure and in my opinion it has to be driven by our community more absolutely a lot of people come in and tell you what you should do but they don't know that if they have any information what I think of economic development and development we have we have such a small footprint but at the same time you'll have an opportunity to expand that footprint so can they talk about things like us that really struggle for that footprint and how we build that I mean this wasn't a technical insight I've been doing a number in the state and there are a number of ways to look at it and there are certainly towns that have done this without having the ability to expand and there are ways to expand without necessarily having to be centered on that and to in some ways start with more of a support of a greater economy and how do we do that on a citizen level supporting a greater economy to ultimately build everyone upside down which in turn the goal of this building the grand list so it's definitely something I've spent a lot of time researching and having those conversations and how do we get there and there are 100 or more and there's different ways for what fits for you and I did on the side note have a conversation for about an hour the other day with Lang Murphy who stopped by the office and this with him a little bit and that was interesting too and you know some interesting things about what they've done for like you and I talked about they did the Bethel business association or BDA and that was interesting too and there seems to be some interest in local with local business owners about starting something like that again and not just using not just downtown businesses but people who have businesses out on the outskirts or home businesses and then I was actually a developer and did some great economic development things in other towns and I actually just got the word about this northern borders grant which used to be specifically for towns bordering Canada and now it's spread and it's actually pretty interesting and I keep thinking about is there passing the building still utilized is there room there so there is some possible some money as well the CDE money for maybe south or somebody coming into town this is buildings that you can purchase and reestablish for low to moderate income which is nice too by dealing with some issues and kind of making the town as you come in you know more accurate and of course housing is a big thing in Vermont right now not just low income but moderate to like what they call worker housing so I think economic development is interesting and certainly a way to do that I'm not thinking long lines is getting a committee going for economic development making it a mixed people and certainly I'm just like were these on and do something like that but yeah I think people have it's amazing when you go these I had the opportunity to go Lindley and Lylee last year and they could kill them and some people were really thinking outside of the box and it's pretty interesting and the reality is our town is actually as an example as a place that is doing some creative economy endeavors and making some shifts in a really hard situation and so like today I had an employee come up to me and say I just heard all about such and such development and two or three other people were not able residents were actually speaking about working with them with the town or you know have it countered here and the impact was made that was sort of crying it's in that spot where it's ready to start making those efforts and yeah there's some interesting potential but it really comes down to what that was the greater community want to see happen Absolutely, I agree More on that Anything else? I'm moving to the chair


What's up guys, Michael Rogaspi is doing a quick recap for 2022 Panini National Treasures 4 box case break. Pick your team number one that was done on Fanatics Live. If you guys forgot, here are the teams, positive if you need to, there you go. So basically recapping every card in this break, so we'll kind of fly through stuff for some of the cool stuff, dual patch, Brock Purdy, dual patch out of 49, Kyle Hamilton, crossover, some of the base, Cooper Cup and Stafford, Tannehill and Derrick Henry, some autos, out of Pierce, Colossal, Givante Williams out of 25, had a one of one printing plate patch and autograph of Gilbert Brown for the Packers, pretty cool there, nice little patch too. Also, Kenneth Walker, one of these silver cards, what are they called, treasure hunts, really cool 18 out of 25, apparently they're made out of silver, it's pretty awesome. You still doing that thing with Taylor Swift tonight? What?  Taylor Swift? Yeah. That was not me, sauce gardener, dual patch out of 10, Pat Fryermuth, Ken Anderson patch and autograph, Tyquan Thornton true RPA, nice patch there, Matt Corral, RPA out of 99, Dave Montgomery out of 25, it's a nice one, Justin Jefferson, Tyree Kill and Devontae Adams triple patch, was randomized and went to the Raiders, alright then we got the future rookie auto sauce gardener out of 25, 23 out of 25 and we had a, actually you know, we'll save these ones, we'll put them back on the bottom, I think they got a little out of order, Zach Eertz Super Bowl, Fields, Cooks, Prescott, Howie Long, another, not another we did hit two of them, but, Stalback Auto, turn Matthew, Greg Rousseau and Von Miller dual patch, some great patches there, alright, so we got a Garrett Wilson rookie patch autograph black, so the true RPA, black should be out of five, only reason I'm saying that is because we hit a Christian Watson true RPA and that looks black and that is out of five, and Jason's laughing at me, NFL gear RPA, got a nice Jersey patch, piece of the football out of 99, Desmond Ritter for the Falcons, so a pretty nice case, thank you to everyone who got into the break, thank you guys for watching and I'll see you guys in the next one, bye guys.