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Our congregation at Community United Methodist has a tradition of honoring all the veterans in our families for two weeks in November. Every year we have a slide show with pictures of them (adding new ones as they come along) that is playing while the choir salutes them with song, There are banners hanging in the sanctuary for each one of them, Every year I get chills thinking about what these men and women have done for our country. Such a positive experience after all the political crap of late.
The picture on the left is my father-in-law, Dale. He was a gunner on a battleship.
The next picture is my dad, Ed. He was a medic in Germany for most if the war.
The last picture is my brother-in-law, Greg, who is now paralyzed from cancer treatments gone awry. I am always so proud to see their pictures and banners go up.
The choir got off to a bit of a rocky start, but by the end of the song they were great! (This was at our first service — Traitinal.)
I invite you to take a few moments today and remember those who died in that conflict. By God’s Grace, may it never happen again…
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Picture Source: USAToday.com
Video: Brandon Carter
You must feel very Proud of your Family and how they served their Country. Sadly there are people here in GB who believe that one should feel ashamed to Honour All those that gave their Lives for Our Freedom. Even to the point of insulting the Veterans, I don’t feel that way. I am deeply Humbled by all those that gave so much and all those that still are prepared to protect us all. What are we supposed to do hand Our Countries to Terrorists? No one glorifies War that is not what Remembrance Sunday is about, its saying “Thank You”. You look like your Dad.
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Really? I look like my dad? My whole family used to tease me that I looked like Willard, the next door neighbor! His son Larry and I could have been twins! Our folks eve had our picture taken together because of that. I have it somewhere. I’ll have to find it and send it to you. 😀
I feel the same way about the vets that you do, Anna. It’s shameful the way they are being treated over here, too.
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I thank them and All of our service men and women and pray for the day their services are no longer needed. 🙏😞
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Amen! That’s a beautiful prayer!
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War is an unbelievable horror. As a species we must be insane.
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I guess we’re all just cavemen/women at heart! 😦
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