Commun ty Matters Rolla Presbyterian Manor
February 2019
Winning matters By Allen Teal, chaplain Rolla Presbyterian Manor
February is award month. Singers and songwriters will be recognized for their achievements with the Grammy Awards on the tenth of this month. Those in the movie industry will be seeking an Oscar at the Academy Awards on February 24. Award winners will be enriched. Red carpets will roll out. Photographers and reporters will hang on every detail. But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him. —1 Corinthians 2:9, KJV For the servants of God, living for him brings the promise of rewards far exceeding anything offered by the entertainment industry. God blesses his people with much more than a statue to collect dust on a shelf. His awards are eternal. Christians who enter heaven will never worry about fading careers or aging bodies. But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not WINNING, continued on page 4
Susan Hinkle with her dog Ranger.
Group makes quilts for four-legged companions Recently, the community’s Sit & Sew group partnered with Missouri Patriot Paws to create custom quilts for veterans and service dogs who have graduated from the group’s training program. Each quilt created by residents was designed to meet an individual dog’s specifications to ensure that it is a perfect fit both at home and in public. “When we take a dog into restaurants, we teach it the command to go to bed, so the blanket is placed on the ground for them to lay on,” said Susan Hinkle, program director of Missouri Patriot Paws. The group made four quilts. The quilts were given out during the first week of December. Missouri Patriot Paws has been training and certifying PTSD service dogs for six years, first for veterans and, starting in 2017, for first responders—a group for which Hinkle says there is a growing need. “A lot of people don’t understand how many people suffer from this,” said SEWING, continued on page 2