Times to get excited folks! Hyppermommy Magazine is running an article in thier upcomming May/June Issue about our book! The story, "We Traveled With the Carnival", gives a brief overview of the book itself, and tells you when and where you can pick up your own copy. They are the first in a long line of media sure to come this way. It is sooo exciting to see who picks up the story next!
More News! Christ for Carnies Author, Jacquelyn Dienst, is going to be appearing at the 'Spring Fling' show held in Dixon City! Watch for final details on the official date (either April 30th or May 7th), directions and more!
Still More News! Many authors may be appearing at the Honesdale, Pa's Festival of the Arts, held May 21/22. Jacquelyn Dienst is one of them! Don't miss your chance for a signed copy and picture opportunities with several local authors, photography and so much more!
Please keep watch for updates on times, dates, and exact locations/directions! There is much, much more in the works for this summer!
Thursday, March 31, 2011
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
Exciting news! Congratulations, and an invitation from the Mayor of Orlando!
Dear family and friends!
I have been getting great emails for a while now on the Acts of Kindness Campaign, coordinating efforts on Nominate Your Favorite Hero Day. But this is the first invite I have had to attend an event. More details are coming soon! But I had to share! I am really hoping to make the event, and perhaps, make a speech. Exciting times are ahead!
Jackie Dienst
Dear Ms. Dienst,
On behalf of Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer, I would like to congratulate you on the upcoming release of your first book, “Christ for Carnies”. Thank you for wanting to honor Orlando residents who have done simple acts of kindness or who have been generous towards their neighbors.
On May 14th, Mayor Dyer will present his 2011 Mayor’s Neighborhood and Community Summit, from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the DoubleTree Hotel on Kirkman Drive. A segment of the summit will be devoted to honoring a Neighborhood Champion and a Community Builder. These awards will be presented for the first time at the Mayor's Summit.
Mayor Dyer values the contributions of non-profit and charitable organizations that help build a stronger community. To recognize these organizations and their volunteers, who have a significant impact on the well-being of our community, the Mayor has created the Community Builder Award. This award honors citizens who volunteer in community organizations that excel in their efforts to build a better community.
Mayor Dyer also values the contributions that neighborhood volunteers make to improve the quality of life in our City. In recognition of the many unsung heroes that work hard to keep their neighborhoods great, Mayor Dyer has created the Neighborhood Champion Award.
We encourage you to nominate a neighborhood champion and/or a community builder. You can do that by going to www.cityoforlando.net , and visiting the Office of Community Affairs and the Office of Communications and Neighborhood Relations pages or by clicking on the links below:
I hope you can join the Mayor and hundreds of active citizens on Saturday, May 14th for his city-wide event. Mayor's Summit registration begins on April 1. Please visit our website: www.cityoforlando.net for details.
Best regards,
Marcia Hope Goodwin
Marcia Hope Goodwin
Chief Service Officer
Community Affairs
Office of the Mayor
City of Orlando
P O Box 4990
Orlando, FL 32802-4990
407-246-3501
Fax 407-246-3508
Saturday, March 12, 2011
Are you an Egg, a Carrot, or Coffee Beans?
I never get tired of hearing this. Pastor Ron, Pastor Pat, and the kind lady whose name I forgot at the church dinner the other night gave the same sermon. If you can get past the word 'sermon' you might agree with me that this is a wonderful story and so very, very true.
There once was a young married woman. She and here husband were having many problems, so she went to her mother for advice. The mother listened, as a mother should, and sat quiet for a few moments when the daughter had finished. Finally, she rose, and gathered up three pans, filled them with water, and set them on the stove to boil.
When the water was boiling, the mother went to the fridge and pulled out three items: a carrot, an egg, and a few coffee beans. She put each item in it's own pot, and let them boil for around 20 minutes.
After that time, the stove was turned off, and the daughter, who had been watching and was confused, asked her mother what was the point.
"The point," said the mother, " is how each item has reacted to their adversity-the boiling water."
The mother then told the daughter to carefully pick up each item.
"THe carrot," said the mother as the daughter picked it up, "was proud. hard. tough. The water-it's adversity-turned it soft. sad. It will never be it's prideful self again."
The daughter nodded and picked up the egg.
The egg, had a tough exterior, and a mallow heart. The water-it's adversity- changed all that. Now, the egg is so tough,but it's shell is fragile. The once soft heart within is now hardened.
The daughter approahced the third pot, and made an 'ummmmm' sound at the aroma that periminated the air.
The mother smiled. "The coffee bean is what you wish to be like," she said.
"How?" the daughter asked.
"Because, the coffee bean, the smalles of the objects, made the biggest change," the mother explained. " You see, the coffee bean did not have a tough exterior. It went in as it was-a coffee bean. When it went through the adversty, the bean changed the avertisy. It changed the water, by giving all that it had. It still went through the 'pain' of transition, but, instead of growing bitter or hard, it gave of itself, and changed the flavor of the water.
Whats the point of all this?
No matter what you go through, there is someone else out there who has it worse.
I take the case of Japan and myself.
I used to live in my car. I used to live in a tent wtih my children , a blanket for a door.
Yet, I had no reason or right to do so.
Why?
If I was stilll in that situation, I Would stil have no coplains. Someone i n Japan wouold be wishing for a blanket to wrap thier loved one in, or to warm them after such a violent wave of dscontent. Someone also would say- at least you can hug your children. mine were just swept out to sea. Or even, you have food, you have water. a place to lay your head. Mine, everything I had, everything was swept out thanks to the water.
When it comes right down to it, someoene always has it worse than you. The question is- what are you going to do about it?
It also does not mean that you do for others and naught for yourself, You are still going through adversity. It is how you go in, and what you let out of your true stelf, that sets the stage.
So , will you be like the coffee beans, and help someone else in need-that way, letting the flavor, aroma, and scent that is you?
There once was a young married woman. She and here husband were having many problems, so she went to her mother for advice. The mother listened, as a mother should, and sat quiet for a few moments when the daughter had finished. Finally, she rose, and gathered up three pans, filled them with water, and set them on the stove to boil.
When the water was boiling, the mother went to the fridge and pulled out three items: a carrot, an egg, and a few coffee beans. She put each item in it's own pot, and let them boil for around 20 minutes.
After that time, the stove was turned off, and the daughter, who had been watching and was confused, asked her mother what was the point.
"The point," said the mother, " is how each item has reacted to their adversity-the boiling water."
The mother then told the daughter to carefully pick up each item.
"THe carrot," said the mother as the daughter picked it up, "was proud. hard. tough. The water-it's adversity-turned it soft. sad. It will never be it's prideful self again."
The daughter nodded and picked up the egg.
The egg, had a tough exterior, and a mallow heart. The water-it's adversity- changed all that. Now, the egg is so tough,but it's shell is fragile. The once soft heart within is now hardened.
The daughter approahced the third pot, and made an 'ummmmm' sound at the aroma that periminated the air.
The mother smiled. "The coffee bean is what you wish to be like," she said.
"How?" the daughter asked.
"Because, the coffee bean, the smalles of the objects, made the biggest change," the mother explained. " You see, the coffee bean did not have a tough exterior. It went in as it was-a coffee bean. When it went through the adversty, the bean changed the avertisy. It changed the water, by giving all that it had. It still went through the 'pain' of transition, but, instead of growing bitter or hard, it gave of itself, and changed the flavor of the water.
Whats the point of all this?
No matter what you go through, there is someone else out there who has it worse.
I take the case of Japan and myself.
I used to live in my car. I used to live in a tent wtih my children , a blanket for a door.
Yet, I had no reason or right to do so.
Why?
If I was stilll in that situation, I Would stil have no coplains. Someone i n Japan wouold be wishing for a blanket to wrap thier loved one in, or to warm them after such a violent wave of dscontent. Someone also would say- at least you can hug your children. mine were just swept out to sea. Or even, you have food, you have water. a place to lay your head. Mine, everything I had, everything was swept out thanks to the water.
When it comes right down to it, someoene always has it worse than you. The question is- what are you going to do about it?
It also does not mean that you do for others and naught for yourself, You are still going through adversity. It is how you go in, and what you let out of your true stelf, that sets the stage.
So , will you be like the coffee beans, and help someone else in need-that way, letting the flavor, aroma, and scent that is you?
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
Update on Act of Kindness/Nominate Your Every Day Hero/Book Launch!
Greetings everyone!
In just a very short time, I have heard from the following Mayors/Aides of the following cities: Deltona, Florida; Sanford, Florida; Lawrenceville, GA; Millburn, NJ; Woodbridge, NJ; Pennsylvania; and Springfield, Mass, in a very favorable light! All of them are checking into what they can do to make these ideas become a reality, and it looks like my old stomping grounds of Deltona, Florida and thier neighbor, Sanford, will lead the way.
I still have yet to hear from : Orlando, Ft. Pierce, and Vero Beach, Florida; NYC; WVA; Tennessee, and our dear President of the USA, but I am confident I will soon!
Also, this just in- I have heard from the Governor of Georgia today, asking me for proclamation language for him to start the approval process. Imagine that; A proclamation from the State of Georgia for an Act of Kindness Day, and Nominate Your Every Day Heroes! How exciting this will be! They are also all in favor of me being there to assist in a cermony, as well as launch the book. I have a feeling this will be a very, very exciting summer!
Please stay tuned and posted as this exciting story gains momentum!
Stay strong in your dreams, folks, and remember- when somoene tells you that you can't, or it's impossible-Make it your duty to prove them wrong!
Blessings!
Jacquelyn D.
In just a very short time, I have heard from the following Mayors/Aides of the following cities: Deltona, Florida; Sanford, Florida; Lawrenceville, GA; Millburn, NJ; Woodbridge, NJ; Pennsylvania; and Springfield, Mass, in a very favorable light! All of them are checking into what they can do to make these ideas become a reality, and it looks like my old stomping grounds of Deltona, Florida and thier neighbor, Sanford, will lead the way.
I still have yet to hear from : Orlando, Ft. Pierce, and Vero Beach, Florida; NYC; WVA; Tennessee, and our dear President of the USA, but I am confident I will soon!
Also, this just in- I have heard from the Governor of Georgia today, asking me for proclamation language for him to start the approval process. Imagine that; A proclamation from the State of Georgia for an Act of Kindness Day, and Nominate Your Every Day Heroes! How exciting this will be! They are also all in favor of me being there to assist in a cermony, as well as launch the book. I have a feeling this will be a very, very exciting summer!
Please stay tuned and posted as this exciting story gains momentum!
Stay strong in your dreams, folks, and remember- when somoene tells you that you can't, or it's impossible-Make it your duty to prove them wrong!
Blessings!
Jacquelyn D.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)