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RAINBOWS FOR ALL CHILDREN
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sites in 18 countries with 20,000 trained volunteers helping kids
cope with every kind of loss. This seven-week program works
primarily through schools and faith communities to find and provide
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The founder, Suzy Marta said, “I’m
driven because I don’t think any child should be in pain.” Her gift
is the ability to listen to what the children are really saying and
then create a curriculum that transcends nationality, traditions,
cultures and language. The curriculum is currently being translated
into Japanese to help the kids traumatized by the earthquake and
tsunami.
The Craddock Center is looking forward to offering Rainbows for All
Children in a couple of elementary schools this fall. Karen Gramenz,
a member of The Craddock Center Board of Directors is coordinating
this program. Board members, Bobbie Cherry and Peggy Cleveland,
volunteer as facilitators. We are most grateful because we know that
kids who undergo a painful change or loss in their family need
support. Even though kids are resilient, every kid needs support
when their family and community changes. Like adults, they don’t
just recover because time passes. Thanks to Karen and all the
volunteers who will help make Rainbows available in this area. — TLS
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GEORGIA MOUNTAINS HOSPICE and THE CRADDOCK CENTER
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Will begin a partnership this month to offer
grief support. The new support group will meet monthly at The
Craddock Center on the third Thursday at 4:00 p.m. beginning on
September 15. The group is open to anyone who needs a place to share
their experience of loss and find help and support from other
people. The group will be facilitated jointly by Dr. Trisha
Senterfitt and Dr. Jerry Johnson, Chaplain and Bereavement
Coordinator for Georgia Mountains Hospice. The Craddock Center is
pleased to be able to fill a need for community grief support in
this area. For more information call 706-632-1772 or just drop in on
the group meeting any third Thursday of every month at 4:00 p.m. —
TLS
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THE COUNTDOWN IS ON:
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6th is finally here! CEP Arts Specialists have been eagerly awaiting
September 6th when they will begin teaching in the Head Start and
Pre-K schools. The Artists used most of the month of August in
professional development preparing to return to their classes. |
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Pam Lindsey led a
music workshop with a focus on incorporating literacy through music
and stories. Marsha Kipling and Sharon Meek led a workshop on the
importance of visual communication. We appreciate these individuals
donating their talents, time, and expertise to enrich the lives of
the Artists. Our Artists give so much of themselves to the children
each year, it is wonderful when they can have a chance to be fed as
well. We also want to thank everyone who helped raise funds and
those who made donations to the program. Your dedication to the
Children’s Enrichment Program is making it possible for storytelling
to increase from once a month to twice a month in ten of the schools
we serve. Music is also able to return weekly to each of the 15
schools. The directors, children, and Artists are awaiting a very
exciting September. —
Kim Cheves, CEP Coordinator
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FALL PREACHING WORKSHOP
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Will be here before you know it.
October 3rd at 9 a.m. we are expecting a full house at Cherry Log
Christian Church to hear Dr. Will Willimon. If you haven’t already
contacted Tammy to reserve a seat, do it today. We are almost full.
Please call Tammy at 706-632-1772 or email
craddockcenter@tds.net
for a reservation. If you are registered and cannot attend, please
let Tammy know. Remember, we’ll have breakfast and lunch ready for
you. |
The next Preaching Workshop will be
March 5, 2012 with Barbara Brown Taylor presenting. It’s time to
reserve your seat now! — TLS
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WELL HAS BEEN THERE |
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For as long as I can remember. It
is situated about half way between our family home and town. Mr.
Blakemore lived across the road from the well but it was not his
well. The family who owned it was long gone, their home had fallen
in, only the chimney still standing. The well now served as a public
well, all thirsty passersby being refreshed by it. I drank from it,
as did my family, our red mule, and Bess, our saddle mare. Since a
Civil War battle had been fought nearby, I imagined the Blue and the
Gray fighting over the well. And since the road led in the other
direction into Crockett County, and into Alamo, the County Seat, I
had no doubt but that Ole Davy himself drank from the well. |
The well was not like our well at home
which was open, water being drawn by a bucket, a rope, and a
windlass. Rats and other varmints could fall into it, but not this
well. It was closed at the top with a spout and a pump with a
handle. Pumping the handle vigorously 8 or 10 times brought water to
the surface and out the spout. Water was fresh and cool and free. No
one claimed to own it, posting signs saying “Keep Out” or “No
Trespassing” or “Whites Only”. No one owned it so everybody owned it
and often lingered awhile exchanging news and gossiping. I loved
that well and often stopped there when I wasn’t really thirsty.
While it was true that no one made a claim to the well, the well
made a claim on everyone who drank from it. A quart jar filled with
water hung by a wire on the side of the pump. This water was not for
drinking but for priming; that is, it was to be poured into the
spout while you pumped. As soon as suction was created, water poured
out. No matter how thirsty you were, first the jar was refilled, and
them you drank. In other words, you prepared the well for the next
traveler and then satisfied your own thirst.
But what if? What if you emptied the jar into the pump and it just
didn’t get primed? It could happen. Just to be sure of a drink, I
could drink the water in the jar. Then what? Now the jar is dry, the
pump is dry, and the next traveler is dry.
Please don’t drink the priming water; I may be the next traveler. —
FBC
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| HELEN LEWIS
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Has a new name. Helen Lewis
Appalachian Celebration is scheduled for March 31, 2012. This
program will celebrate Dr. Lewis’ latest book,
Helen Matthews Lewis:
Living Social Justice in Appalachia, edited by Drs. Patricia D.
Beaver and Judith Jennings. Dr. Beaver is an anthropologist and
Director of the Appalachia Studies Program at Appalachian State
University and the author of several books. Dr. Judith Jennings is
the Director of the Kentucky Foundation for Women in Louisville,
Kentucky and a historian. Helen Lewis is often referred to as the
leader of inspiration in Appalachian studies who has linked
scholarship with activism and encouraged deeper analysis of the
region. The two editors will share material from the book which will
celebrate Dr. Lewis’ inspirational work. Please save the date for a
fabulous evening of celebration beginning at 7:00 p.m. at the Bonnie
Higdon Reaves Auditorium on the Reinhardt College Campus in Epworth,
GA. — TLS
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| UPCOMING EVENTS |
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- Oct. 3, 2011—Fall Preaching Workshop with Dr. Will Willimon,
9 a.m. at Cherry Log Christian Church
- March 5, 2012—Spring Preaching Workshop with Dr. Barbara
Brown Taylor, 9 a.m. at Cherry Log Christian Church
- March 31, 2012 — Helen Lewis Appalachian Celebration, 7 p.m.
at Bonnie Higdon Reaves Auditorium, in Epworth, GA
- Songs and Stories: Appalachian Style to be
announced soon!
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Children’s Enrichment Program of
The Craddock Center
I will give _______ scholarships of $140.00 per year for 3 years.
I will pay this pledge ___ monthly, ___ semiannually, ____ annually
Signed ___________________________________
Address __________________________________
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The Craddock Center, P.O. Box 69, Cherry Log, GA 30522, 706.632.1772
craddockcenter@tds.net
Trisha Senterfitt, Director - Dr. Fred B. Craddock, Director Emeritus
Tammy T. Blair, Office Manager |
