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Volume 11, No. 5: January 2007
Sunday Morning in Sunscape “We have a congregation of all faiths, a minister for all the people, and the people of the congregation are the church, not a building, but a group of people who worship together,” said Linnea Bolm, the Music and Choir Director. “Our choir loves to perform for people inside the park and for groups outside the park. They love what they do,” she said. She and Fran, her husband of 57 years, have been here since 1992 and have seen the park and the worship service grow. Beginning with just a few participants, it has grown to well over 200. This has made it necessary to have two services during “peak” season. She has been the choir director since 1993 when the minister asked if anyone could direct the music and she volunteered. He then asked her if she could start, build, and direct a choir, and she said she thought she could, so she did. One of the many things she enjoys about the choir is that each year on the first Sunday in October, there may be only a dozen people; but then people start arriving for the winter. They come and join and the choir grows to about 30. “The largest the choir ever got was 35, as I remember,” she said. We’ve lived here full time for the past 10 years,” and proudly added, “We moved here from Michigan. Fran built this Arizona room for us.” Linnea and the choir will give a concert March 11. The Wiens are an example of the growth of the Sunday service, which meets weekly in the Community Center from the first Sunday in October to the last Sunday in April. In February of 2000, Walter and Eileen Wiens stopped in Sunscape on their way from Mexico back to their home in British Columbia, Canada. They liked the park, bought a lot, and joined the choir. Eileen had started to play the piano at an early age, played at church prior to being a teenager, and became a fulltime choir pianist at about age 15. When a vacancy occurred in the park, she was asked to fill that position, so she accepted. Walter pointed out that he does not have any formal musical training. He said he was a dairy farmer, and he “kinda” backed into being a musical director. After singing in a choir for a few years and just good old practice, he was actually elected as a choir director in British Columbia. After getting to Sunscape, he began to sing in the choir, and he’s been leading the congregational music for the past six years. “We had this organ just sitting in our living room in B.C.,” he said, “and we really needed it here in Sunscape, so we made a deal with the park. We gave it, or “donated” it to the park if they could figure a way to get it here. They did and here it is!” he said. We feel last year’s Spring Concert did a lot to bring the people of the park together,” Walter continued, “and we are going to build on that success and see if we can do it again with another concert on February 25, 2007.”
We are all travelers in the wilderness
of this world,
Thank You to Don The Sunscaper staff would like to take this opportunity to “thank” Don Hansen for his many contributions while on the Board of Directors and for the many hours he spent working on the Club House showers during the past summer. His work was not mentioned in the last publication because the focus of the article was on the completion of the remodel rather than on the hours of necessary preparatory work. Don’s many hours of labor certainly needs recognition and our thanks for a job well done. We know that a Board member’s work is never fully recognized nor appreciated by the rank and file membership of the park. But, Don, you will be missed and we extend a very big THANK YOU.
I couldn't repair your brakes, so I made
your horn louder. Thank You to Billie Billie Herring’s hours of devotion to creating and maintaining a useful communication system in the park will certainly be missed with her resignation from the Board of Directors. Hopefully, the system that she had designed will be maintained, and with experience, improved over the coming years. Billie has proven to be a competent and creative secretary and her abilities will be missed in the coming months. Thank you for your insight and your devotion. Thank you for your leadership. May your cup always “runneth” over.
The Organ Stop Pizza is always a “must do” every season. It’s great just to sit back and watch the Wurlitzer organ perform. That’s right. It’s above you, behind you. to the left, to the right. It is known as the biggest Wurlitzer organ in the world. For parties of 100 or more they give a “behind the scenes” look at how this is all controlled by one man at the organ. Now, here it is: A Special for Sunscapers A chance we’ve all waited for: A pizza buffet, a private concert, and a look “behind the scenes” for $7.00 on February 16 at 11 a.m. You must sign up in the Clubhouse before Feb. 8 Tickets are available in the office or see Nancy at 141 IL (The Tag-a-long will leave at 9:15 a.m.)
Nurse: Doctor, there is a man here who thinks he is invisible. Doctor: Tell him I can’t see him.
STORAGE NEEDED FOR BLOCK PARTY Kay and Sonny Hankes have volunteered to chair the Garage Sale for the Park Party and are in need of an empty shed for storage of sale items. They need to have unlimited access until March 15, the day of the party. Anyone with an available shed please contact them at 309 IN or call them on their cell, 520-705-1683. Plan now to come out And support our Park Party Thursday, March 15th |
