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          “You can’t spell Community without UNITY  

 

 

 

                                                                            

                           

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     com·mu·ni·ty—  noun :  a unified body of individuals, people with common interest  living in a particular area

 

 

 

 

 

                                                        

SHFR appreciation Nights                

 

 

 

The FDNY retirees of Spring Hill are taking orders for Bricks to be used as the Walk way at the new memorial that will be dedicated on September 11th 2009 at the VFW Building just off of Anderson Snow Road.  The cost of one paver with your name on it is $50. dollars up to 4 lines per brick.  If interested please call Joe Holland at (352) 686-4401   

 

IF SOMEONE HAS IMPACTED YOUR LIFE, BE SURE TO TELL THEM.  View this clip

                                                                     

 

           POST OFFICE DEDICATION - CODY GRATER -                                                     CHILI COOK OFF -  SUPERIOR BANK  SPRING HILL 

             Post Office Dedication Spc. Cody C. Grater                                                                   Chili Cook Off, Superior Bank Family Community Day

               Chaplain Jack Martin speaking at the                                                                        Thank you Spring Hill Fire and Rescue for being a

             dedication of the Brooksville Main Post                                                                        part of this great community and for 35+ years of

            Office in memory of Spc. Cody C. Grater                                                                       faithfully protecting  all of Spring Hills Citizens.

           who gave his life for our nation in the war

                                  in Iraq.

 

REMEMBER THE FALLEN - SEPT. 11, 2001   NEVER AGAIN!

    

    We pay tribute today to those men and women who died on September 11, 2001 both in the World Trade Towers,  The Pentagon and in Pennsylvania, and every American who has died in Afghanistan and Iraq in our wars there to defeat the work of radical terrorists who hate our Country.   God bless the United States of America.  And may we be a blessing back to God.

                                              

       

                                

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TEARS OF THE SAINTS  -  Leeland   

We must reach this generation!

 

What Wounds A Woman

*An awareness that she is not first in her husband’s life

*Her husband’s failure to recognize her attempts to please him

*Unfavorable comparison to other women

*Her husband’s lack of spiritual leadership

*Rejection of her opinion as important

*Inconsistency in the discipline of the children

*Attempts to correct her in public

 

What Wounds A Man

*Resistance to his will

*Lack of confidence in his opinion or decisions

*Resentments for past failures

*Failure to build loyalty in the children

*Lack of a grateful spirit

*Inconsistency in the discipline of the children

*Criticism in public

 

 Pastor Jack song at the Timberpines                                Funeral of American Hero Cody Grater

     Veterans Day - Song he wrote.  Sacred Sacrifice           In Memory of Cody Grater a great American Hero

 How do we get right with God when we have done wrongOur Chaplains

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             

Pastor Jack is an ordained Assembly of God minister and the Senior Pastor of Praise Assembly of God. Both he and Dr. Clemons have been with the chaplaincy program from the onset. He is a resident of the Spring Hill community, the father of six children, Katie, John Jr., Meredith, Daniel, Rachel, Sarah, and husband to De Anna Martin. They married in June 1982. He has been an active Senior Pastor since 1982, serving churches in Missouri, New York, and Florida.

He is a graduate of Zion Bible College, East Providence, Rhode Island and Central Bible College in Springfield, Missouri with a BA in Theology and a minor in Psychology and counseling. In addition, he attended Union College 6 semesters towards a Business  Administration degree prior to going to Seminary College.

Trained in a multiple of counseling fields, he brings to our Department tested skills, both in crisis intervention, and abnormal psychology,  as well as in family counseling, pre and post marital. He is trained in Crisis Hotline Intervention as well as Critical Response Team Intervention (C.I.S.M.).

Individual Crisis Intervention and Peer Support, Group Crisis Intervention, Advanced Group Intervention,  R.D.B.H.A.T. Training.

 

He is the founder and first president of the Niagara Frontier Christian Athletic Association in Western New York,  and has been involved in District work both in the Southern Missouri District and the New York District of the Assemblies of God, in Sectional World Missions and Youth representative positions.  Serving at Gowanda Assembly of God both as Senior Pastor and Principal of Gowanda Christian Academy K-12  A.C.E.  affiliation.

His goal is to help our Department and our community in every way possible and to serve as one of the two chaplains for the Department

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                       

 

 

 

   

      To contact:

                                           Home: (352) 684-0941    

                     Church (727) 863-8989                       

                    Pager (352) 754-0920    

                                    

                          

 

 

            "A Taste of Fire & Rescue"                                    

  

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  Soft on discipline = hard on family

It’s been a long, hard day at work. You want to come home and just relax and have fun with your kids. You don’t want to deal with discipline. But Mom has had the children for most of the day and she’s tired of the fighting and bickering. So she starts to discipline and wants you to help. This is not your idea of unwinding.

So what do you do? Support her. Absolutely. Children need a unified front from parents, and when Dad is viewed as the Softie, it makes Mom look like the Bad Guy and makes her job so much more difficult. And marital tension increases dramatically. If you have an issue with the way Mom is disciplining, wait to talk to her about it after the children go to bed. Short term, backing up your wife will be extra work. But long term it will be well worth it as your children will be unable to pit Mom and Dad against each other. The softer you are on discipline now, the harder it will be for your family.                                    

 

                                      For the Home & Family:

                                                                 Marriage -  The Series!  Part 1

Marriage: Intimates or Inmates?  PART 1

Introduction

Apart from knowing God, marriage is the most significant relationship we can experience. But never has the institution of marriage been more threatened by external and internal problems than it is today. It is challenged from without by a culture which promotes an independent spirit, minimizes the responsibility of complete commitment, and offers divorce as an increasingly common and acceptable alternative. It is challenged from within by manipulation, unforgiveness, and a lack of communication.

As children of God, we need not settle for lackluster relationships where marriage partners feel more like inmates than intimates. When we believe and obey God's precepts and principles, our marriages can become increasingly fulfilling and meaningful as the years go by. In this booklet, we will look at these scriptural principles to see how we can enrich our lives through marital relationships that are characterized by commitment and communion.

Purpose of Marriage

According to Scripture, marriage was not invented by man, but instituted by God. It was divinely designed not only to be the basic building block of society, but also to provide an earthly analogy of spiritual truth. Marriage is a lifetime covenant of mutual commitment between a man and a woman which leads to oneness on every level: spirit, soul, and body. This communion and intimacy between marriage partners is designed to reflect the image of God and provide the context for a lasting relationship of love and respect. This relationship in turn is the foundation for the privilege of reproduction and the God-given responsibility of physical, psychological, and spiritual nurturing of children.

This is a high calling, and it is unattainable apart from conscious dependence upon the grace and power of God. It may seem safer to settle for less, but in doing so, we will miss out on the fulfillment God intended for us and end up in mediocrity. People do not accomplish more than they set out to attempt. No one plans to have a humdrum marriage, but without the right objectives, a couple will gradually drift into one. It is always tempting to concentrate on things rather than relationships, places rather than people, and the material rather than the spiritual.

If we want the joy of a marriage that grows into an incarnation of God's design, we must set goals that are consistent with God's purpose for marriage and implement these goals by walking in the power of the Spirit and not in the flesh.

·         Write out the God-designed purpose for marriage.

·         Reflect for a few moments on your marriage … is it directed toward those purposes? Is there discernible, positive progress?

·         As you begin to study, write out a prayer of commitment to learn, grow, and change in your marriage relationship.

PRINCIPLE: Marriage is a reflection of a personal covenant relationship between two people.

Principles from Scripture

Genesis 1-2

Genesis 1 describes the creation of the universe and climaxes with the creation of man. Genesis 2 concentrates on the creation of man and climaxes with the institution of marriage. The first chapter portrays God as powerful (the name Elohim is used of God as the creator); the second chapter portrays God as personal (the name Yahweh is used of God as the covenant-keeper).

Study chapters 1 and 2 and list several contrasts between them:

Genesis 1

Genesis 2

Creation of the universe

Creation of man

Climax: creation of man

Climax: creation of marriage

Genesis 1:26-27 states that male and female together constitute the image of God. "And God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them" (Gen. 1:27). It is the Lord who created the masculine and the feminine and endowed them with different characteristics so that each expresses something different about God. In a healthy marriage, these personality differences must be acknowledged and accepted. There are exceptions, but the male is more likely to be realistic, logical, and holistic in his thinking, while the female is more likely to be idealistic, intuitive, and detailed in her thinking. In general, men are more conscious of a need for achievement and significance, while women desire affection and security. When these differences are accepted by both partners, they become complimentary rather than competitive. The result is that the total becomes greater than the sum of the parts.

·         Genesis 1:26-27 states that male and female are created in the image of God. What do you think this means?

·         How does this affect your sense of self-worth? (Read Ps. 139: 13-16.)

·         Accepting yourself sets you free to accept your partner. What truth in Genesis 1:27 helps you in the acceptance of your mate? (See also 1 Pet. 3:7.)

PRINCIPLE: The image of God is best expressed in the combination of male and female.

PRINCIPLE: The God-designed difference between male and female are to be accepted as complementary, not competitive.

Genesis 1:28-30 describes the divine mandate to the man and the woman: "Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it" (vs. 28). God's first command was to reproduce and have dominion over the earth. From the beginning, God made marriage and the family central to His creative and redemptive purposes.

 

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    Keys to a Strong Marriage      

·         Patience -     Remember your spouse and children  are mortal.

·         Kindness-     It goes a long way. Be to others as you would have them be to you.

·         Lack of Envy- Your a team, your victories are both of yours so no envy.

·       Limited self boasting- Self praise and the garbage have this in common they stink

·         Humility-      Pride will make a wise man do foolish things.

·      Politeness -   Also goes a long way

·         Not self centered- A marriage is two, maybe the best advice is do for your spouse first.

·         Not easily angered- Anger never solved anything and a quick tempered person always fails.

·         Not keeping a list of spouses past failures- The " well what about when you" list takes a small misunderstanding and makes it a history of your entire marriage. Forget the past.                                             

·         Not happy at spouses failures- If they fail you fail, you are half the team.

·       Protecting not exposing spouses shortcomings- We all have them, lets not exploit them.

·         Trust- is the back bone, if you've lost it form a search party and find it again. Without it your lost.

·         Hope - Hope lets us see what reason is blind to.

·         Perseverance- The marathon isn't won by the one who starts the fastest, but by the one who makes it to the end.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Our generation of young people are in danger. Kids are left to themselves, raised by grand parents, and in general left to feel as if they are of no importance. Put out your hand to a kid who just needs to know that someone loves them

          It wont kill you if you do, but it might kill them if you don't.

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Recognize Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is in many ways a normal response to an abnormal situation. Clearly the tragedies that occurred on September 11, 2001 were abnormal. After a tragic event it is likely that you will experience a variety of symptoms and emotions. Sometimes, however, these symptoms surface several weeks or months after the tragedy. This is called post-traumatic stress disorder. Recognizing these symptoms in yourself or others is the first step toward recovery and finding appropriate treatment.

     1.  Re-experiencing the event through vivid memories or flashbacks.

2.  Feeling emotionally numb.

3.  Feeling overwhelmed by what would normally be considered everyday situations and diminished interest in  performing normal tasks  or pursuing usual interests.

4.      Crying uncontrollably.

5.      Isolating oneself from family and friends and avoiding social situations.

6.      Relying increasingly on alcohol or drugs to get through the day.

7.      Feeling extremely moody, irritable, angry, suspicious or frightened.

8.      Having difficulty falling or staying asleep, sleeping to much and experiencing nightmares.

9.      Feeling guilty about surviving the event or being unable to solve the problem, change the event or prevent the disaster.

10.  Feeling fears and sense of doom about the future

      

First Responder to the First  Responder"

 What do Fire Chaplains do?

Fire Chaplains respond to the following needs:

  • Provide for the Spiritual needs of fire personnel and their families.
  • Crisis situations involving fire personnel.
  • Crisis situations involving families of fire personnel.
  • Visiting fire personnel that are sick or injured at home or in the hospital.
  • Crisis intervention involving victims of emergencies that require fire response.
  • Assist fire personnel with stress management.
  • Crisis intervention involving fire personnel who seek family guidance.
  • Serve as a part of the CISM process.
  • Assist the IC at an emergency as directed.
  • Serve as a liaison with local clergy.
  • Perform or participate in wedding ceremonies, funerals, dedications, and baptisms for fire personnel and their families.
  • Provide a listening ear and keep what is heard confidential.

 

"Being Good Citizens"

Thanks you to the citizens of Spring Hill that looked past the rhetoric and saw the value of a wonderful Fire Department. They have protected us for over 30 years, and have been good stewards of the funds building the most complete Department in the area. I have been honored since 1998 along with Dr. Clemons to serve as chaplains and I am honored to be able to work with such great men and women. My congratulations to them.

 

              EMAIL ME -     jmartin@springhillfire.com

                                                                                                               

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                We need to help the young generation!                          Why a chaplaincy?                            

     

                                           

              Learning something useful in our day to day life.                                                       

                                                                            

             How to stay safe in the world today.
     

    1. Avoid riding in automobiles because they are responsible for 20% of all fatal accidents.
    2. Do not stay home because 17% of all accidents occur in the home.
    3. Avoid walking on streets or sidewalks because 14% of all accidents occur to pedestrians.
    4. Avoid traveling by air, rail, or water because 16% of all accidents involve these forms of transportation.  
     5. Of the remaining 33%,32% of all deaths occur in Hospitals  So, .. above all else, avoid hospitals.

    BUT,
    ... You will be pleased to learn that only 001% of all deaths occur in worship services in church, and these are usually related to previous physical disorders. Therefore, logic tells us that the safest place for you to be at any given point in time is at church!

    ...And....Bible study is safe too.  
    The percentage of deaths during Bible study is even less.     



    So,...for SAFETY'S sake - 

    Attend church, and read your Bible . 

    IT COULD SAVE YOUR LIFE!

     

    Ever have times when you felt all alone? Like Jesus had somehow abandon you....

    Well He hasn't .. those are His foot prints. So hang in there.

    He will never leave you or forsake you!

                                                                                                                                     

               Jesus said I am the resurrection and the life, whosoever believes in me though he be dead yet shall he live