History Center, WAMA team for Black History Month resources online
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WILMINGTON The Clinton County History Center, in partnership with the Wilmington Area Ministerial Association, presents a wide variety of resources to celebrate February’s Black History Month in 2021.
These links feature a collection of national, state and local resources to learn more about the history of Black and African American people. They are online at https://bit.ly/36wBIql .
Due to COVID-19, we are unable to gather to celebrate Black History Month as a community such as last year when Kentucky Humanities performer Debra Faulk stared as “Nancy Green: Being Aunt Jemima, the Pancake Queen” at the Murphy Theatre.
With gentleness and respect
Sherry Weller - Contributing columnist
I have a picture in my dining room of Dad behind the pulpit at his church of 45 years. He’s wearing a tan suit with a white shirt and matching tie, his arm raised with a Bible in hand, and he’s gleaming with that broad smile he was known for.
The picture was probably taken 10 years ago, but the image is one that has been permanently fixed in my mind’s eye for much longer.
Underneath the picture are words from Scripture: I Peter 3:15, “But in your hearts honor Christ the Lord as holy, always being prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you; yet do it with gentleness and respect.”
Clinton County Homeless Shelter: Compassion & community providing housing and meals in 2020
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WILMINGTON The Clinton County Homeless Shelter expressed gratitude to the community for a busy yet unusual year due to the pandemic at its board meeting held via Zoom on Wednesday, Jan. 20.
In 1988, the Clinton County Services for the Homeless “the Shelter” opened its doors and became the first emergency shelter in a rural Ohio community. For more than 32 years, the support of our Clinton County Community has enabled the Shelter to continue its mission of providing emergency shelter, compassionate care, and support to the homeless and underprivileged while remembering each resident is a person of worth.
Learning to embrace the unexpected
Sherry Weller - Contributing columnist
A couple of weeks ago I shared how God uses the unexpected to bring about His ultimate plans. Learning to trust in Him and often His unexpected ways, and releasing the desire to control things for myself, is a lesson I am constantly in need of. I would guess you need that teaching as well.
When I shared this idea of expecting the unexpected as a theme for 2021, a colleague of mine took it a step further. She encouraged me to consider embracing the unexpected. “Many unexpected things become some of the greatest blessings when we fully embrace them as the true gift they are.”
Did you know that life itself will be celebrated this Sunday, January 17?In 1984 President Reagan issued a proclamation designating Sanctity of Life Day to