Author: Charles Allard

Water is absolutely essential to our survival. We can do without food longer than we can do without water. Sixty percent of our body is water. Water provides the essential nutrients of minerals, glucose and vitamins to our body cells. Water removes waste products including

In the called business meeting last Sunday, the church voted unanimously to authorize the Properties Committee to proceed with upgrading our church building. The church family approved plans for remodeling and upgrading the church facility and also entrusted the Committee to use their discretion in making

Sunday School originated in the 1780’s as literary schools to provide education to working children on the one day they were off from their factory work. It came to life out of the efforts of Robert Raikes, editor of the Gloucester Journal in England.

The drama that played out at the Cincinnati Zoo when a three year old child fell into the moat of an exhibit that housed Harambe, a rare silverback gorilla, resulting in the shooting death of this beautiful animal has brought cries of outrage and

Part of the ritual at our home each night is to plug in our ipads and telephones before going to bed. It is amazing how the battery power of these instruments of modern technology goes down to low levels by the end of the

If you have ever held a seashell next to your ear the sound you heard was not the ocean but rather the sound of blood surging through the veins in your ear. That interesting bit of information gives us cause for reflection. There is

Years ago, a church member told me that they felt like they were living in a pressure cooker. It was their way of describing the stress they were feeling from all the demands that were being placed upon them. Mark 6:31 describes one

Mother’s Day, next to Christmas and Easter, may be the most celebrated time of the year.  For years telephone companies have said that more calls are made on Mother’s Day than any other day. Someone wrote this beautiful tribute. Mothers are everything for

An anniversary is a date when you remember something special that happened on that date in an earlier year. The number of anniversaries celebrated is legion. Our most notable ones are birthdays, weddings and deaths. Every organization in society including the government and churches and

Mount Washington located in the Presidential Range of Mountains in New Hampshire is part of the White Mountain National Park and has the distinction of being the highest Peak in the northeastern United States. Mount Washington is in the category of magnificent, awesome, mind boggling