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s' A 4 wwwjconlinecorn journal Courier RELIGION Saturday November 20 2010 B5 I 111 Iiuii i 'I ''r lJ i Jit' rr" r'iUJi in ns iiu 1 in? i ijp i uin viTrriii1i un um ini i juiu 1 i I 1UI Thingsto do Today 7:30 pjn today Long Center for the Performing Arts ill Sixth St with world renowned pia nist Vassily Primakov featuring Concer to No $8 $35 Visit www lafayettesymphonyorg The Legacy of Benny Carter 8 pm today Loeb Playhouse Stewart Center Purdue University American Music Repertory Music En semble Lab and Concert Jazz Band pay tribute to saxophon ist composer and band leader Bennett Lester Carter free all ling 2010 8 pm today six venues 17 bands in downtown Lafayette a fund raiser for the series of street fairs known as Mosey Down Main Street venues include Black Sparrow Down Under Knickerbocker Lafayette Brewing Company Lafayette Theater and Sgt $6 wristband allows entry to all venues wristbands are available at all venues call (765) 714 4844 or visit http: moseydownmaincom Biggest Loser Contes tants 4 pan today Wesley Manor Retirement Communi ty Harmony Hall 1555 Main St rankfort Balance itness presents Dan and Jackie Evans of Season 5 of gest will speak $5 in advance $10 at the door call (765) 437 2767 Ecology and Evolution of all day today Wolf Park 4004 County Road 800 North Battle Ground dog behavior semi nar visit wwwwolfparkorg to register lora Christmas Parade 12:30 pm today Center Street Main Street and Willow Street lora free call (765) 202 2933 Holiday Boutique 9 am 3 pm today Elks Lodge 143 3224 US 52 West John Byrd 7 9:30 pm today American Legion Post 81 405 Washington St Monticello dinner served 5 8 pm $5 Breakfast 6:30 10 am today Lafayette Masonic Temple 522 Columbia St $5 for adults $250 for ages 4 12 23 rd Annual Holiday Bazaar 9 am 3 pm today Covington Elementary School 1110 Seventh St Covington call (765) 793 2254' ountain County Histori cal Society Holiday Bazaar 9 am 4 pm today ountain County Historical Society 405 Mill St Veedersburg (765) 294 4954 Harrison High School Band Booster Craft Show 9 am 2 pm today Harrison High School 5701 County Road 50 West WL $1 lunch available Seasonal Treasures 9 ant 9 pan today Tippecanoe County airgrounds Home Ec Building decorations and more free 2:30 and 7:30 pm today Purdue Theatre Yue Kong Pao Hall of Visual and Performing Arts Nancy Hansen Theatre Purdue University $19 public $12 for students $15 forages 62 and olden Call (765) 494 3933 or (800) 914 7469 with 7:30 pm today Civic Theatre of Greater Lafayette 320 ifth St $15 for adults $10 for youth Visit wwwlafayet tecivicorg or full listings see TGI in riday's Journal Courier WHIM BH ill IIHHl KA MH IMIMm W' 4 By John TerhuneJournal Courier Helen Klemme displays the book she wrote Psalms" on Thursday at Caregiver Companion 612 Wabash Ave Klemme wrote the psalms during the 7 years she and her other siblings took care of her ail ing mother who died at age 94 in 2006 hope people will gain hope from it" Klemme said of her book an act of love after death ByBOBSCOTT bscottjconlinecom or years the Klemme siblings took care of their mother who had suffered a severe stroke When Lillian Klemme died in 2006 at 94 the Klemmes came to grips with their loss Sisters Joan and Helen Klemme lived with their mother in West Lafayette Joan Klemme gave up her job at Purdue to be with her mother while Helen tended her mother at night and on weekends Helen Klemme made mental notes about the highs and lows of her experiences with her sick mother She write things down each day but she like many Christians did read from the biblical Book of Psalms for spiritual strength The Psalms are a collection of 150 poems many by David She combined her vivid memo ries of her mother with her love of Psalms to self publish a new book hope people will gain hope from it and that they know it is OK to feel the way they she said it will give them strength and faith that it will strengthen them in ways they may not ever she said Helen Klemme works with the Caregiver Companion organiza tion in Lafayette Caregiver Com panion is a network of interfaith volunteers who try to improve the quality of life for caregivers of the sick frail and disabled their homes Volunteers also provide assistance to the ill frail and disabled who want to stay in their iBook for sale To purchase "Caregiveri Psalms" call Caregiver Cbm panion at (765) 423 1879 or mail haklemmeyahoocom or caregiver95gmailcom jS The book also is available at St Elizabeth hospital gift shops? Lind out ormore information about Caregiver Companion call (765)423 1879 visit http I caregivercompaniontripod Lcom dr go td the office at 612 Wabash Ave? homes After the stroke the mother talk walk or use her right side had to guess at what she said but she had great expres sions and her eyes said she said There were many nights when Helen Klemme get much sleep nights were very long because of how many times Mom would get she said was still a gift One night she got up seven times to go to the bath room and I thought at least she knew to get up I was A Roman Catholic Klemme said she regularly prays the Lit urgy of the Hours which has the psalms She said the favorite psalm she wrote is the final one about her passing is hard to put into words the joy of recognizing the presence of God and knowing Mom is home with she said do not give justice to the realization of recognizing God freeing her from human limita tions and God taking her home with All six of the klemme sib lings pitched in to help their mother One would drive her to a restaurant one did bookkeep ing and another brought meals each week Her son the Rev Bob Klemme faithfully came to the West Lafayette home to celebrate Mass with his mother Each sibling dealt with their ordeal in their own way Joan Klemme was with her mother 247 She said she under stood psalms and helped edit them for grammar punctua tion and content knew what Helen was talk ing about since I was Joan Klemme said was very senti mental to me Each one brought back special memories of Mom She was a very lovable Joan Klemme said she kept notes while her mother was ill enough to fill five notebooks She said she might write her own book some day or now she is encourag ing people to read think it would help many caregivers in their psychological thinking and help tiiem in their faith journey along the Joan Klemme said really need a lot of faith when you are a caregiver It is frustrating You have guilt If they read the book it will help them understand their faith and that God is there to help In hriaf was the cause of their deaths Il Dllci 4 7 1 Jones says he know i whether those planning the lorida pastor leads mosque and Islamic cultural cen iiw a 4 ter are radicals Small JMX protest He says he hopes they choose NEW YORK The lorida not to build the mosque there pastor who backed down from az jus decided not to burn the 5 threat to bum the Quran on Sept Islamic holy book Muslims ascend holy near ground zero mOUIlt ill pilgrimage Terry Jones expressed sympa tliy on Tuesday for 911 victims i MOUNT ARAAT Saudi Ara families But he also spoke out' bia Nearly 3 million Muslims against the radical Islam he said performing the annual hajj pil grimage in Saudi Arabia climbed the rocky desert Mount Arafat on Monday The white robed pilgrims be gan their ascent at dawn covering tile Mountain of Mercy at Arafat in an endless sea of white as their chants of or I am God answering your reverberated The climb is one of the corner stones of the pilgrimage which is required from every able bodied Muslim at least once in his life s'z' Wire reports aith notes Taize service at irst Baptist irst Baptist Church 411 Seventh St will hold the No vember Taize Worship Service at 7 pm Tuesday The Taize services are spon sored by the Greater Lafayette Taize Services a coalition of several churches from the sur rounding area The public is invited to at tend the interdenominational prayer service Dean Knudsen will lead the service which will emphasize music reflection and a thankful heart Bishop to lead special vigil Bishop Timothy if Doherty bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Lafayette in In diana will lead a Vigil for All Nascent (newly developing) Human Life at 7 pm Nov 27 in the chapel at St Elizabeth Central Medical Center 1501 Hartford St The public is invited to par ticipate in the evening prayer and benediction Pope Benedict XVI will be gin Advent by celebrating a sol emn Vigil for All Nascent Hu man Life at St Basilica on Nov 27 He has asked that all Catholic diocesan bishops and their equivalents of every particular church preside in similar celebrations This past week Doherty at tended the fall assembly of the 1 United States Conference of Catholic Bishops in Baltimore Church dinner theater Dec 3 5 irst Assembly of God in Delphi will hold its 11th annual holiday dinner theater Be Home for from Dec 3 to 5 Doors open at 6 pm with dinner at 6:30 pm Tickets for $15 must be pur chased in advance or tickets call (765) 564 2200 between 8:30 am to 4:30 pm Monday through Thursday ree tickets are available to spouses of vet erans who are serving overseas The church is on US 421 two miles north Indiana 25 Holiday art fair at WL church Unitarian Universalist Church 333 Meridian St in West Lafayette is having its annual holiday art fair on Dec 3 and 4 The sale runs from 5:30 to 9 pm Dec 3 and 10:30 am to 6 pm Dec 4 Local artists will feature many items including glass pottery jewelry woodwork fiber art ornaments and paint ings ood soup and pastries also will be available Linden man to lead Metro Ministries Mark Eutsler of Linden a member of Romney United Methodist Church was elected to a fourth term as president of Indianapolis based Metro Ministries Inc Metro Ministries Inc serves local missions in the six county United Methodist Church Cen tral District i Send religion news to Bob Scott at Journal Courier 217 Sixth St Lafayette IN 47901 or fax to (765) 420 5246 or mail bscottjconlinecom CONTACT US bscottjconlinecom 5248 ax: (765) 420 5246 SUBMIT YOUR NEWS To have news published mail Jennifer Christos at jchristosjconlinecom or mail to 217 Sixth St Lafayette IN 47901 ON JCONLINECOM Access our annual Community Connections publication online Click on Community YOUR NEIGHBORS Carroll County Senior amily for the centerpieces through Services is selling silk florals and the first week of December call fresh evergreen Christmas cen 564 2772 terpieces Orders will be taken.