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Friday, March 28, 2008
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GET INVOLVED Food drive
Greenhouse Ministries will host its spring food drive Thursday, April 3. You may want to take time during your day to stop by Greenhouse Ministries and drop off groceries to help the underserved in Murfreesboro and Rutherford County. Items needed include nonperishable goods, canned fruits and vegetables, peanut butter, canned meats, pasta and pasta sauce, paper products and more. Donations will be accepted from 7 a.m. until 4 p.m. Volunteers will be there to take your donation and distribute the food items to people who visit Greenhouse Ministries, as well as other helping organizations, to help families who need food. While you're here, enjoy music from the Spirit of Joy Lutheran Church Praise Band. They will play from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Greenhouse Ministries is located at 410 W. Lytle St. in Murfreesboro. For more information about how you can plant hope in Murfreesboro and Rutherford County, contact Leslie Mertz at 615-494-0499.
Robert Ellis is author of Thoughts Behind the Words: A Collection of Sayings from Church Marquees and the Life Lessons They Represent.
f you have ever read church marquees while driving around town or on a longer trip, you can relate to the makings of a book released in late February by Murfreesboro businessman Robert Ellis. His new book, Thoughts Behind the Words: A Collection of Sayings From Church Marquees and the Life Lessons They Represent, was about 20 years in the making. The Murfreesboro resident and his wife owned the Gold Rush Jewelry and Gifts on Memorial Boulevard for 23 years before selling it in 2004. Rhonda, my wife and business partner, would put similar truisms in payroll envelopes as encouragement to those who worked in our business, Ellis explained. The couple also noticed signs along the highway. Some they liked
and some were not very encouraging. We found ourselves not able to remember the saying exactly, Robert said. In an effort to remember these sayings, we put a simple spiral notebook in the glove compartment of the car. When we saw one of these signs that we thought was positive enough, Rhonda would write it down. As the collection of sayings grew, Robert mentioned to his wife that when they reached 200, they should publish a book to make it easier for others to find the truisms. Most of the sayings were found in the Southeastern United States. In October 2005, Robert Ellis wrote about his first saying, using a sign from a Church of Christ in Boliver, Tenn. The past cannot be changed. The future is in your power. Though he intended to write two chapters per week, Ellis later settled for one. I would write and Rhonda would
correct my poor grammar, he said. Then we would go over it again with Rhondas sister. She would help with sentence structure and understanding. Most of the chapters are short; not more than two or three pages. I believe anyone can find something that will cause them to say I needed that today, said Ellis. The book includes 54 sayings that include Robert Ellis thoughts much like a daily quote or motivational message. One marquee saying in the book is The heaviest load one carries is a chip on the shoulder. I feel a chip on the shoulder is one our greatest loads we bear and holds us down or holds us back from personal and spiritual growth, said Ellis. We could reduce our load by discarding this chip. We could do this by making an apology, getting over previous disSee SIGNS, page D3
If you go
What: Upcoming book signing of Thoughts Behind the Words by Robert W. Ellis When: 1 to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday Where: Hastings Books, Music and Videos, 1660 Memorial Blvd. Murfreesboro For more information: http://www.thoughtsbehindthewords.com/ What: Upcoming book signing of Thoughts Behind the Words When: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday, April 11, Where: Reeves-Sain, 1801 Memorial Blvd., Murfreesboro. For more information: http://www.thoughtsbehindthewords.com/
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Thoughts Behind the Words by Robert W. Ellis is a collection of sayings about church marquees and the life lessons they represent. The book is now available from http://www.thoughtsbehindthewords.com/ or in Murfreesboro at Reeves-Sain Drugs, Sprays Gold Rush or Hastings, all on Memorial Boulevard.
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On display at The Arts Center of Cannon County is the work of brothers Charley and Noah Kinney. They are artists and musicians from Northeastern Kentucky.
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