Kee-Notes

Weekly Newsletter of the Kiwanis Club of Bethesda, Maryland

Serving the Community Since 1945

Meeting Date: October 29, 2009

President John Ratnavale opened the meeting, led us in the pledge and My Country 'Tis of Thee and John Walker gave the prayer. It was wonderful to have Lynn Hounslow join us and it's always good to see John Beck and Robby Brewer too.

Announcements:

• Thursday, Nov. 5 – LUNCH AND BOARD MEETING – ALL WELCOME
• Wednesday, Nov. 11 - VETERAN’S DAY EVENT 50^TH ANNIVERSARY - 10:30 AM @ Woodmont Triangle
• Thursday, Nov. 12 – NO LUNCH MEETING due to the previous day's event.
• Tuesday, Nov. 24 – ANNUAL JOINT MEETING WITH BETHESDA ROTARY – 11:45 AM-SIGN UP
• Thursday, November 26 – YMCA TURKEY TROT - Join the race or serve as a marshal.
• Thursday, December 3 – HOLIDAY PARTY AT ALFIO'S in Chevy Chase  -  6:30 PM NO LUNCH THAT DAY

• Saturday, December 5 – Rockville Club Pancake Breakfast –  Montgomery College/Rockville Campus.

                Second Leadership Training  @ 9:30 AM

• Sunday, December 6 - NIH CHILDREN’S INN DINNER @ 5 PM- International theme-Potomac Club will join us.
• Thursday, December 10 - LUNCH AND BOARD MEETING

Happy Dollars: 

Pat Tiede HD for heading up the Flu Shot Clinic at The Promenade on October 24, where 160 shots were administered in 4 hours by the Seventh Day Adventist nurses.  Another HD for our speaker Bill Hague.  Pat Norry HD for speaker Hague (she figured he'd be successful)!  John Walker HD for Bill Hague who he has known for over 20 years.  Bill Hague HD for being invited to share his experiences on his pilgrimage to Israel this summer.  Robby Brewer HD as his son who graduated from college is now a Second Lt. in the U.S. Marines.  John Ratnavale HD for Pat Tiede and Jeanne Smith who hold everything together and HD to Lynn Hounslow who he hopes will attend more meetings.

Speaker:

Good friend and colleague, Rev. John Walker, retired Methodist Pastor introduced Rev. Dr. William Hague, Pastor of Christ Church Parish in Kensington, MD.  Bill has been an honorary member of Kiwanis since October 1990.  During this summer, Bill took 36 parishioners on a pilgrimage to Israel (the Holy Land).  He illustrated how there is a difference between a pilgrimage and being a tourist.  The 36 members on the trip were in Jerusalem which is one square mile where there are areas concentrated by Jews at the Wailing Wall, three  blocks down was the Holy Sepulcher where Jesus was crucified and then there was the Muslim Dome. The whole world is looking at this one square mile of Jerusalem where three different cultures live side by side and do share many things and they do have common roots. All three areas exuded a deep sense of faith, confusion, and the belief in a power greater than all. There was a feeling of relying on a presence, a sense of love and caring for each other.  Hague mentioned that a very good book to read is The Lemon Tree :  An Arab, A Jew and the Heart of the Middle East by Sandy Tolan.  The book fills in all the gaps and answers questions about the Middle Eastern conflicts. From the trip, Hague got a feeling of hope that these three groups could live together and that there truly is hope for the next generation.  Hope comes in different forms -- mainly in charity for all people, medicines distributed to all people, medical doctors giving up their time to do cornea transplants--to Jews, Palestinians, and Christians.  Charitable giving gives new life and hope. We need to hear more talks like this.

The Holy Sepulcher                            The Wailing Wall                                    The Muslim Dome

Pat Tiede won the 50/50 and donated it back to the club.

Pat Tiede, Editor for the day.