This week’s series features The Museum of Abandoned Secrets by Oksana Zabuzhko. The book is one of the most read Ukrainian book by intellectuals and writers, and although it is lengthy, it holds the status of such classics as War and Peace.
First United Presbyterian Church turns 135
The church had 27 members.
Now, it s 135 with 90 members.
Church member Audrey Law said it s wonderful to see the church reach such a milestone. It just shows the continuity I think with our congregation and it shows that we are industrious so to speak, in keeping ourselves going, she said.
The congregation is small, but it doesn t seem to have made any difference in the larger picture of now and when they had a greater number of members, Law said. We still seem to have all the same activities pretty much, I think, and we just seem to do a pretty good job of staying alive, she said.
Children helped children as part of a 4-H service project.
Pillowcases and blankets were sewed by area 4-H members and donated to the Western Kansas Child Advocacy Center on Thursday as part of their community service project Sewing for Service.
Jennifer La Salle, Kansas State University Extension Family and Community Wellness agent and 4-H agent, said the project began in 2019 as part of a grant she received from the Western Kansas Community Foundation. The 4-H (members) all got together and they learned a sewing skill as they were making these blankets and pillowcases and then they were learning to give back to the community with the skill they had learned (by donating), she said.