Ascension of the Lord

May 29th/June 1st

So when they had come together, they asked him, "Lord, is this the time when you will restore the kingdom to Israel?" He replied, "It is not for you to know the times or periods that the Father has set by his own authority. But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth." When he had said this, as they were watching, he was lifted up, and a cloud took him out of their sight. While he was going and they were gazing up towards heaven, suddenly two men in white robes stood by them. They said, "Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking up towards heaven? This Jesus, who has been taken up from you into heaven, will come in the same way as you saw him go into heaven."

Then they returned to Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is near Jerusalem, a sabbath day's journey away. When they had entered the city, they went to the room upstairs where they were staying, Peter, and John, and James, and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James son of Alphaeus, and Simon the Zealot, and Judas son of James. All these were constantly devoting themselves to prayer, together with certain women, including Mary the mother of Jesus, as well as his brothers.

Acts 1:6-14

The Ascension

COPLEY, John Singleton

1775

Museum of Fine Arts

Boston, Massachusetts

United States

http://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/diglib-fulldisplay.pl?SID=20140531488128662&code=ACT&RC=50177&Row=4

(This description refers to a Study for The Ascension, 1774, and is located in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.)

After planning a trip to Europe for more than a decade, Copley finally left Boston in June 1774. He spent four months in Rome, studying the works of the old masters and composing this painting. He took his inspiration from Raphael’s Transfiguration of Christ (Vatican Museums) which he deemed of “exalted Merrit.” He gave careful thought to his interpretation of the event — “I considered how the Appostles would be affected at the Instant” — and then began the present study, a sketch of the lower part of the picture. Coply concerned himself with the arrangement of areas of light and shadow, devised the action of each figure, and drew from a layman, or artist’s, mannequin that he draped with a wet tablecloth. The drawing occupied him for the better part of November 1774, and on December 4 of that year he reported to his wife that it “has the approbation of all who have seen it. I am encouraged to paint it.” His finished painting, The Ascension, in now in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/60.44.16

Heaven is under our feet

as well as over our heads.

~ Henry David Thoreau

The world is round and the place

which may seem like the end

may also be the beginning.

~ Ivy Baker Priest

Dedication of “The Sentry”

Veteran’s Memorial and Commemorative Walk

Buchanan Park

Memorial Day

May 26, 2014

My next-door neighbors, Robyn Mangham and her grandson, Kaleb Horsley.

The traditional empty-chair ceremony was conducted in honor of soldiers who are still missing in action.

Commander David Rommelmann unveiled “The Sentry.”

Sculptor Stephen LeBlanc of Parker created the work for the Rotary Club of Evergreen

and American Legion 2001.

Carrie, who used to paint with us at the Senior Resource Center,

listened to the tributes and to the 21-gun salute.

Carrie was paralyzed in a climbing accident during a lunch break when she was in high school.

The very impressive ceremony was attended by more than 200 people.

See more:

www.JustAroundHere.com

I was part of this motley crew who helped serve the Presbytery of Denver

when they met at Church of the Hills last Tuesday.

Memories in the Making

Artists’ Tea

Wednesday, May 26, 2014

Wind Crest

Highlands Ranch, Colorado

http://www.ericksonliving.com/denver/denver-senior-living.asp

Here are two of our artists’ paintings paired with pieces by professional artists:

Untitled

by Rosalie Kistler

Life Care Center Evergreen

paired with glass vase by Alan Murphy

Rosalie

Four Bells

by Cherrie Wade

Seniors’ Resource Center Evergreen

companion piece by Cheryl St. John

Cherrie wasn’t feeling well and wasn’t able to attend the reception.

At Rotary on Friday morning, Brittany was a guest of her mother, Holly Brekke.

Saturday morning, Cheri Gerou, Gretchen MacArthur, Beth Anderson, and several others helped

prepare the Rotary float for the upcoming Rodeo parade.

We experience God in three ways:

beyond us; among us; and within us.

~ Frederick Buechner

June 1, 2014 Ascension Sunday/Seventh Sunday of Easter

Previous OPQs may be found at:

http://www.dotjack.com/opq.htm

After Jesus had spoken these words, he looked up to heaven and said, "Father, the hour has come; glorify your Son so that the Son may glorify you, since you have given him authority over all people, to give eternal life to all whom you have given him. And this is eternal life, that they may know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent. I glorified you on earth by finishing the work that you gave me to do. So now, Father, glorify me in your own presence with the glory that I had in your presence before the world existed.

"I have made your name known to those whom you gave me from the world. They were yours, and you gave them to me, and they have kept your word. Now they know that everything you have given me is from you; for the words that you gave to me I have given to them, and they have received them and know in truth that I came from you; and they have believed that you sent me. I am asking on their behalf; I am not asking on behalf of the world, but on behalf of those whom you gave me, because they are yours. All mine are yours, and yours are mine; and I have been glorified in them. And now I am no longer in the world, but they are in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, protect them in your name that you have given me, so that they may be one, as we are one.”

John 17:1-11

Agnus Day, by James Wetzstein

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