SHEP CONNECTION CORNER - January Newsletter
SHEP’s Connection Corner
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New Year, New Opportunities
Goals or Resolutions
Which do you prefer to call it, resolutions or goals for the new year? Well, we definitely have some new events on the way and more opportunities to get you connected and mingling. Speaking of mingle, December had quite the jingling and mingling! Let’s recall a few things that occurred before 2023 came to a close.
Amanda, our SSP manager, opened a restaurant in Midwest City called Bibbs Smokehouse. We were the first to dine and party the day away with our annual Christmas social. That food was dynamite! Of course, we had to dirty the place with some Dirty Santa, that is! What a time it was. Did you miss it? We have quite a line up coming to you for 2024. Some old favorites and some new.
Remember our SHEP van? It has been such a blessing! We have been able to use the van to transport conferences as well as rounding up the Tulsa area gang to join us here in the OKC area. There will be other opportunities where we will utilize the van to include more in various events.
What have you started the year with?
When we think of the New Year many people shout, “New year, new me!” It’s deeper than that.
This is one of the most powerful Bible verses about new beginnings:
Jeremiah 29:11 (NIV)“'For I know the plans I have for you,' declares the LORD, 'plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.'”
January 9th
SHEP’s Founder and president’
Cassandra Oakes’
Birthday!
Please email her and show her love!
**To be announced**
We are still securing dates and locations for events for 2024. The events will be posted as soon as we have the plans secured.
Need a SSP? Contact Vicky! Want to be a SSP? Request or register on our website:
Questions?
Contact our Operations manager Vicky Helms. Email vicky@shep-ok.org
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RIDDLE ME THIS:
Q: Why should you have your left foot in the air on New Year's Eve?
Answer: To make sure you start the year off on the right foot!
We need you to send us jokes!
Give us some funnies on Facebook or email us: humanresources@shep-ok.org We would love to hear from you.
This January we challenge you to email or text us your New Year goals and plans.
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Hey, did you know?
~Every year, hundreds of millions of birds die in the United States from flying into glass.
~Short-term memory lasts 15 to 30 seconds, after which it either has to be encoded as a long-term memory or it decays.
About a fifth of Americans today have had their hearing damaged by noise by the time they turn 30, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimated.
~Gross of the Philadelphia Phillies was ejected from a game and suspended for 10 days in 1987 because umpires found a piece of sandpaper that was glued to his glove.
~Some people who listen to contemporary Christian music count what’s referred to as JPMs: mentions of Jesus Per Minute.