Tim Ehrenfeld will be going to the University of Delaware in the fall. He and Chase Lawrence will be roommates.  Tim became an Eagle Scout this year, was Prom Committee Chair and ran the sound system for the Stage Crew.

Chase Lawrence will attend the University and room with Tim Ehrenfeld! He will major in biomedical engineering major.  Chase earned his Eagle Scout Award this year adding plank walkways and trail medallions in 5 Mile Woods.

Nathan Fitchett will be attending University of Pittsburgh in the fall, undecided on a major at this time. Nathan earned the Boy Scout Eagle rank and last summer he climbed to the top of Half Dome in Yosemite National Park!

Rachel Estey is headed to Lehigh University to study engineering. Rachel has earned her 2nd degree black belt and ran cross country and track all four years of high school. She also sings in the adult choir at Resurrection.

Jonathan Papp is graduating from Pennsbury, where he was on the golf and baseball team. Next year he will be going to Cabrini University for Business and a minor in Sports Management. He will also be playing On their golf team as well.

We look forward to hearing about Kelly Vajda's plans as well. Congratulations to all!

Pete and Carol Hamma  both grew up in New Jersey and lived there until they retired. Then they built a house in Central PA and lived there until four years ago. Now they live in Morrisville and are happy to visit with friends and family. They especially like to celebrate all family birthdays.  They have been worshiping at Resurrection for quite some time and are happy to become official members.

George Roehr and Haddi Bergstrom   George and Haddi are originally from the mid-west and both have family living in Kansas, Iowa, and Minnesota. George’s work as a mechanical engineer brought them to Yardley in June 2010 and Haddi decided to continue her education at Villanova University where she entered the Master of History program in 2011. Since then she has earned a second Master of Arts degree in Theology and is now an instructor of Theology at Villanova. George continues his engineering work as a ‘Design Engineer’ at RBC Bearing in West Trenton, NJ.   Haddi comes from a rich ELCA Lutheran tradition as the fourth of five children of an ELCA Lutheran pastor. Her sister, Hannah, was ordained as an ELCA pastor in January 2015 and is currently serving in Minnesota. George was raised in the Wesleyan church but was baptized into the Lutheran church in 2007.

Patricia Rowe and children Elliott, Quentin and Jacob - Trish and husband Matthew grew up in southern New Jersey and have lived in Yardley for the past 15 years. Their three boys love baseball, Star Wars, and music and have been active in LCR’s Faith Alive Sunday School Program. Elliott received his First Holy Communion this past Maundy Thursday. They have two Siamese cats and are excited to be part of LCR.

Welcome Everyone! And, blessings to all as we are “Gathered by Christ, Growing in Faith, Sent to serve.

Pastor Kristina

TAKE ME OUT TO THE BALLGAME!

The Interfaith Food Alliance is selling tickets to the Trenton Thunder game at 7:00pm on Saturday, June 30th. Come out for a fun evening at the ballpark while supporting this important organization. In addition to ticket sales, the 50/50 that night will benefit the IFA! Fireworks following the game will cap off the evening! The cost is $10 per person. An informational flyer is posted on the bulletin board with details.

June Shared Meal

On Sunday, June17th, we will be hosting a Shared Meal for those in our community who are hungry for not only food, but also fellowship. Set up begins at 2:30pm with the meal being served at 4:00pm. Our menu will include chicken, sides, salad, rolls and dessert. Please consider providing a dish and/or joining us for dinner. A sign-up sheet is located on the ramp leading to fellowship hall. All are invited!



A Mother's Mutterings by Christie Paton

“Be careful what you ask for.”  It’s a phrase I say a lot.  Sometimes I even remember it.  And today, I have a story for it.

How often have I complained that, while I love Megan to pieces, and find her enthusiasm so contagious, and boasted that she’s just so happy she makes me happy…she is a LOUSY cleaner-upper!!!  Well, a couple weeks ago, I’d had it.  “GO CLEAN YOUR MESSY ROOM!” I roared.  And she did.

Days later, I went to empty the overflowing trash can in the kids bathroom.  I lifted out the plastic liner bag and it was dripping something gross. “Jim!” I called.  He came in to survey the situation.  I said, “I bet I find some rotting strawberries in here that is causing this reddish, foul-smelling liquid.”  Well, I was spot on.  But that was not the only thing.  Apparently, on Megan’s “cleaning” rampage, she just tossed a whole bunch of stuff out without even looking at what she was doing.  We also found:

2 half-filled water bottles

3 granola bars

a bag of Chips Deluxe cookies

a bag of Cheez-its

an unopened carton of chocolate milk

what used to be a banana (ugh!)

and, a $5 bill!

Jim was beside himself: “She threw out five dollars?!”  My first (possibly wicked and certainly retaliatory) thought after being furious was, “Well, surely I have fodder for A Mother’s Mutterings this month!!”

On the other side of the coin, I did NOT ask for my children to grow up.  If fact, there were times when I begged Daniel from a young age not to grow any older.  He replied logically, “Mommy, I can’t help it.”  Now that 14-year old boy is many inches taller than I, it’s “Mom” no longer “Mommy”, and he acts like, well, the teenager he is.  Even a good adult friend, when Daniel answered a question in a monosyllabic monotone, said, “Teenagers!”  And Daniel is a good, polite kid (I’m told).

I was recently looking through old pictures to submit one of Megan for a baby montage for her 5 ^th grade end-of-year celebration.  (Don’t even get me started on both my kids graduating their respective schools this year!  That’s for next month most likely!)  Anyway, so I was looking through old photos.  Megan joined me this morning and it was still fun because she is still young enough to really get a kick out of old adorable, silly pictures and videos. I know from experience that Daniel would be like - and most likely in a monotone - “That’s not even really that funny,” if we showed them to him.

And there were a few minutes reminiscing about my little bright and inquisitive baby boy… where I ponder those crazy outfits Daniel used to put together, and the blackmail pictures of him wearing my heels, or giving his (then brand-new) teddy bear a big hug, and so many others… and I wonder where that fun-loving innocence and silliness went… and I spend a moment of mourning for the loss of it.  And not only where it went, but when it went.  And, more big picture, why do we have to lose it at all?

  

And I think again as I have many times in the past, as Daniel has come into his own person and I realize that Megan soon will be becoming more independent as well, that I am so glad that I spent the time with my kids watching them grow up, and I was there and experienced all those memories… (and let’s face it, took all those pictures for days like this!) 

I don’t regret a minute.

Oh, and to my knowledge, Daniel has not thrown out any cash.