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Escondido Sunrise Rotary; Meeting to Serve our Community via Zoom; and “Passion Life; Striving to Prevent Abortion and Caring for Parents Around the World”… February 24, 2022

 

As we all try to conduct our professional pursuits in new ways, it’s appropriate to remind ourselves of who we are as a Serving Organization… Our accomplishments, our fellowship and the reminder of our many successes is valuable as we seek new opportunities to serve…

 

This meeting was held via Zoom due to the contagious Omicron variant of Covid… And, opened with a “virtual bell”…

 

In Person Meetings Resume March 3 with a Virtual Option… See you next week…

 

As a Club, we honored our nation with a salute to our Flag led by Gerry Fay…

 

 

And, an invocation was offered by Past President, Jack Anderson…

 

Guests and Visitors:

None this week

                        

Now, some Sunrise Rotary member milestones…

Birthdays:

February    27:    Past President, Constance Larsen

March           1:    Sergeant at Arms, Gloria Lefler

Gloria shared about a special birthday “get-away” with three long-time friends to La Quinta…

 

Anniversaries:

None this week…

        

Rotary Anniversaries:

March    1:    Past President and Foundation Chair, Kevin Svetich…  28 years…

Congratulations Kevin! We enjoyed the fellowship and the service together over the years… 

 

Sunrise Rotarians Serving, and Announcements: 

Mark you Calendars…

Note some service opportunities coming up…

 

March 3… In-Person Meetings Resume

We’ll be back at the Chamber of Commerce, 720 N. Broadway… 7:30 AM… See you there!!

 

St. Paddy’s Day Breakfast Meeting… March 17

RSVP to Past President Rich Aeling so the meal count can be firm…

Come and enjoy some St. Paddy’s fun… 

Erin go Bragh… “Ireland Forever”…

 

San Pasqual Union School Entry Sign to Get a Facelift…

This project will take place over two sessions; February 26 and March 12 are the preliminary planned dates for the work… More details to follow…

 

District 5340 Workshop on Ending Human Trafficking…

March 4 at Liberty Station, “A Collaborative Summit” will take place enabling our Rotary region to become more familiar with the issue of human trafficking in our region…

 

Support for Fisher House at Camp Pendleton

Thursday March 17, after our Rotary meeting, will be the delivery project for items supporting Fisher House at Camp Pendleton… More information will follow as to needed items… Past President, George Beitner shared information about items that are needed and opportunities to be part of the delivery of goods… Items can be brought to a Sunrise Rotary meeting, or dropped at All Star Signs, 1924 W. Mission Road, Escondido…

 

 

District Assembly… Learn About the District and Enable us to Gain Matching Grants…

March 19 will be a District Assembly, in person at Liberty Station… All are welcome. Our participation enables Sunrise Rotary to compete for District Matching Grants from the Rotary Foundation…

 

Local Rotary Events…

Area Rotary Clubs are celebrating…

The Bonsall Rotary is celebrating its 25th Annual “Wine Brews and Blues” event on May 14th

The Route 78 Rotary Club is hosting its 8th Annual Mariachi Festival with Tacos, Tequila and Concert on April 10…

 

 

Rotarians Having Fun and Serving…

All kinds of fun and service and fun…

Pictures are worth a thousand words…

 

Lake Havasu with Long Time Friends…

The Aeling’s and Henson’s enjoyed some time at Lake Havasu… A bit cold on the water but, fun with long-time SPHS friends…

 

 

“Beyond Van Gogh” for an Anniversary Celebration…

President Richard and Marcia celebrated their 18th wedding anniversary with an outing to the Del Mar Fairgrounds for the “Beyond Van Gogh” exhibit and then on to San Diego Bay…

 

Hi-Fives…

 

The Super Bowl Pool Yields Some Winners Among Sunrise Rotarians…

Past President Rich Aeling shared the results of the Super Bowl Pool(s)… Past President John Boyce garnered around $500 and Past Presidents, George Beitner and Mark Hoekstra brought home a little extra ‘scratch’ as well…

 

Program

Judy Fitzgerald introduced our program, “Passion Life” and our speaker, Tammy DeArmas… Tammy formerly served as the Executive Director of Alternatives Medical Center in Escondido, serving the family needs of women and men in our community… Tammy’s new focus is a role as Director of Mission Advancement for “Passion Life” Ministries…

 

 

Tammy shared statistics regarding abortion around the world. Specifically, 97% of abortions worldwide, occur outside the US…

 

Passion Life is a global ministry based on key elements of Biblical scripture and their applicability to fetal life…

Tammy DeArmas speaking to Sunrise Rotarians via Zoom…

 

Passion Life is working in many countries wherein Christianity is forbidden. Communist countries are notorious for disrespecting life. In particular, China has had state mandated controls on numbers of children a couple may have, thus abortion is taking place often… 

The aspect of Biblical Bio-ethics is the keystone for the message of Passion Life, as they portray four questions that speak to the preciousness of fetal life.

 

 

 

The leading nation in abortions is Cuba, followed by China and Colombia. Viet Nam too is a leader in abortions and the focus of Passion Life is to train indigenous leaders to become part of the life-saving mission of Passion Life…

 

 

 

 

 

The use of a small fetal replica is important to enable pregnant families to understand the life that is in the woman… These small rubber replicas almost become toys for children, but importantly, they learn the true story of life in the womb…

This small rubber replica of a fetus is often called “The Littlest Missionary” as it is so effective in portraying the stage of life that is in the mother’s womb.

 

Thanks Tammy for sharing this important message…

 

The Opportunity Drawing…

 

Temporarily in hiatus while we are in an online meeting mode…

 

See you in Person or on line on March 3…

 

 

Next Week’s Meeting:

Will be in person and on line… We will meet at 7:30 AM at the Greater Escondido Chamber of Commerce, 720 N. Broadway…

 

Our program will be Larry Ray Hardin, a former DEA Agent. Larry brings an in-depth story of his upbringing and his faith walk that sustained him while combatting drugs and drug trafficking in our nation…

 

Thanks for Attending Today’s Meeting…

 

Support for our Escondido Community …

Our great community and the success of its businesses is all of our responsibilities… Support the businesses that are doing all they can to survive during this challenging time… Take out some chow… Be ready to support them when the economy begins working again…

The ‘Giving Arch’ on Grand Avenue and Centre City Parkway reminds us that Escondido is a caring, giving community… 

 

 

 

To all; be safe and be well…. God Bless those men and women that carry the load at our medical facilities, and God Bless our first responders… May our governmental leaders be wise, thoughtful and smart as this pandemic is overtaken by our hard work and collective support… 

 

Online Meetings:

Technical Support for Online Meetings: 

Our meetings will begin as a hybrid setting with in-person and on-line opportunities…The meetings will be technically managed by President Richard Agnew… Thanks for that Richard… And, Richard is prepared to support all of our attempts at joining the on-line meetings… Look for his email with details and links to log on to the upcoming Zoom meetings…

Watch for emails defining the next meeting. The system works fine, dependent upon your technical support available through your PC or laptop…

SEE YOU SOON……  In Person or ONLINE… Next meeting; Thursday, March 3; 7:30 AM… Check President Richard’s email for the Zoom Link…