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48 Churches
July 21, 1994
Grosse Pointe News
The Pastor's Corner
Community
By the Rev Wilham C. DeVrIes
Flrsl Christian Reformed Church
Lately, I have been mlssmg what we ale Not what 1 am,
but what we are Not what you are, but what we are Each
one of us who reads thIS weekly paper deSignated "news"
and locahzed "Grosse Pomte" has certam chalactel'lst1cs
Each of us IS thmgs that makes each you and me the specific
vou and me that each IS
But when we are together there IS someth1I1g more It IS
not Just that my seven or 10 or two whatever characteristICs
are added to yours There IS someth1Og mOle It IS sort of
like bakmg soda and vmegar When you mix them you don't
Just have the two, you have m a sense someth1Og more. Real
commumtles can be very powelful because of thIS reality
"Us" IS a whole lot more than "you plus me "
It strikes me that thiS IS true not despIte those mdlvldual
chm act~l'lstlCs that are ours It IS rather tI ue because of and
111 dependence for those characterIstIcs The health and
power of a commumty grows out of the charactel'lstIcs of ItS
people A strong commumty IS not one which welcomes only
persons of a certam type or style The blOader the range of
charactellstlcs (1\ allable, thE' greater WII! be the chance for
added stleugth dud Vitality thIOUgh the mlxmg of mdlvIduals
WIth those chal actellstlcs
A commumty I" a g1oup of persons who are blought together
II1tOa "umty" 111 whIch they are "WIth" each othel
At least tho~ al'e the loot" of the tW0 pqrt" of the English
word If the unity IS sought on the baSIS of preconceIved
sameness among mdlvldual or family characteristIcs, that
group Wll! never experience Its true pot~nt1al and hfe. We
truly need each other But not because we are alike, but because
of our dIfferences
SocIal commullltl€S should seek to welcome "outsIders"
whenever poSSIble, JUSt because new mgredients to the rec-
Ipe will strengthen and deepen the value of who we are
Tl ue, there can be no "umty" WIthout a common goal or set
of goals But those have been masterfully set out for us In
our SOCIalsystem They are not umformlty nOl exclUSIVIty
Our commumty g1'ows m justIce, hberty and purSUIt of our
I common good I guess that s who we ought to be, whether
we are or not
Louisa St. Clair DAR to meet Aug. 11
The Louisa St. Clair chapter
of the National SocIety Daughters
of the Amencan RevolutIOn
will hold a potluck picruc
at noon Thursday, Aug. 11, at
the home of Mrs. George F
Ryckman of the CIty of Grosse
Pomte.
Members should bnng school
supplIes ,,-nd mIttens for the
~ndlans at the Hannahville
ReservatIOn near Escanaba. For
reservatIOns, call Barbara
Clark, Lamse Reading or Mar.
tha TIttle
Mothers of Multiples elects officers
The Eastern Bi-rounty Mothers
of Multiples elected its
board of chrectors for 1994-95.
They are Joanne Denrus, presIdent,
Kathleen Steiner, VIce
preSIdent; Pat Austm, treasurer,
Charlene Haberkorn, secretary,
Peggy MIelke, state rep
resentatlve, and GeorgIana
MacAlpine, member-at-Iarge
The EBCMOM was fonned to
educate mothers and expectant
mothers of multIples about the
annually The group holds regular
meetings on the second
Monday of each month at
G~llce Church, 21001 Morass in
DetrOIt
For more Infonnation, call
Joanne Denrus at 884-3673.
Forme1ly of Grosse Pointe
special aspects of rearing multiples,
through group meetings
Specializingjn Permanents, Coloring,
w'mitrlx'
BIeadr,-Frostillg & Manicures
and actiVIties, professional
speakers, peer support, and research
and educational matenals
relatmg to tWIns, trIplets,
ere. E SSE N T I A L S
Membership dues are $18 24514 Harper 777-1088
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Cancer survivors
MorE' than 260 cancer survivors,
their families and fnends
recently attended a free all.
Amencan picnic hosted by St.
John Hospital and Medical
Center In recognition of National
Cancer Survivors Day.
The day is set aside to recognize
cancer survivors, the
professionals dedicated to them
and to bnng attention to the issues
of SurvIvorship. The celebration
took place on the
grounds of the Edsel & Eleanor
Ford House 10 Grosse Pointe
Shores
Local radio personality and
cancer survivor Dick Purtan of
WKQI-FM kIcked off the event
WIth a welcome for everyone.
PlcllIckers were entertamed
The Colony Town Club recently
installed its new officers
for 1994-95. They are Edith
SmIth, president; Mildred
Davis, fIrst vice preSIdent; Joan
Palmer. second vice president,
Barbara LaFaire, corresponding
secretary; Gloria Sullivan, correspondmg
secretary; and Sylvia
Wiard, treasurer.
David Bradley Eisenbrey, son
of Dr. A. Bradley and Louis