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AMessage From
Chaplain Art Brooks…
As I sit down to write the article for the July Beacon it comes to mind that for the last several
months I have not listed anyone in my article who has been ill or who has passed away. I can
only hope that this means our membership is in good health. Please remember that if anyone
would to make the membership aware of an illness or death in their family please let me know so
I can send the proper “fan out” to the membership for you.
The month of July is a very patriotic one and, in view of all of the turmoil our nation is facing
today, the following poem, written by Helen Steiner Rice, may give confidence to a country that
is trying to understand many of the events over the past months. The poem goes as follows –
God bless America
and keep us safe and free-
Safe from all our enemies,
wherever they may be…
And teach us to walk humbly
and closer in Thy ways,
And give us faith and courage
and put purpose in our days,
And make each one of us aware
that each must do his part,
For in the individual
is where peace must have its start-
For a better world to live in
where all are safe and free
Must start with faith and hope and love
Deep in the heart of me.