"Zesty News"

XYZ Center closed on January 7th and 14th.

Friday, January 21-XYZ Work Day.
We begin our year together with our Annual Work Day. This day we will begin at 9:00 and will work on crafts, cupboards, the kitchen and assemble mailings. This is a wonderful way to get organized and "give back".  No charge for lunch for workers.

Friday, January 28th-
Chapel- Rev. Richard Pritchard, Ret. Congregational
Program- We have invited Chuck Thomley to present our New York Trip. Following our New York Trip presentation, we will present our day trips (and one 2-day trip) to XYZ.  We have a limit of 125 people this Friday, as Teresa , yes, our Teresa, will be here with her husband to cook for us!!! You may know that they are the owners of Bunky's Café on Atwood Ave..

Friday, February 6th- Team I
Chapel- XYZ Friends
Program- Vi Bergum will be with us to talk about the history of magic of Valentine's Day. Vi will bring lots of energy and love to our program.

Friday, February 11th- Team II
Chapel- Gary Lewis Director of Music at Bethel
Program- The Monona Senior Rhythm Band will be with us to help us celebrate Valentines Day. Wear Red and don't forget your dancing shoes!

Friday, February 18th-Team III
Chapel- Pastor Curt Everson, Visitation at Bethel
Program- Take a trip with us to London, Paris and Rome. This is a wonderful program, full of great stories and amazing scenery.

Friday, February 25th- Team VI
Chapel- Rev. Richard Pritchard-Congregational
Program- Name That Tune. Join us this day for lots of music, a good work out of your lungs and you may even win some prizes.

Dear Friends,

I hope your Christmas was a blessed one and that 2005 is a good one for you. We had a wonderful turn out in December for our Christmas Program. Each one invited a friend. I hope you continue to do that. XYZ is a great place to encourage one another and have some fun. I did get injured in the kitchen on our last day together in December and I received three stitches. I am healed and ready to get back to XYZ. How about you?

Your President and Friend in Christ,

Mary Savall

Please remember to listen to your radios in the event of snow or ice on an XYZ Friday. We will put any cancellation notices on radio stations: WIBA-AM or WNWC-FM. Or, you can call Bethel at 257-3577 and certainly the XYZ line at 257-3509.

There is a young mother and daughter who are looking for a home ...in exchange for some light house work. Please call the XYZ Center at 257-3507 for more information.

There is a young Bethel mother who is interested in cleaning homes at a most reasonable rate. Please call 257-3509.

Our next XYZ Board Meeting will be Monday, February 21 at 9:30 a.m..

We are looking for more help in the dining room on Teams I and IV and we are looking for more kitchen support for Team III. Many hands make light work, and so if you are willing to help in one of these areas, please contact Mary at 257-3509.

During Lent, there will be mid week services on Wednesdays, usually at 11:30, followed by a luncheon and speaker. You are most welcome to come and enjoy! There is also a pm worship service at 7:00, preceded by a dinner.

The Bethel XYZ Center (eXtra Years of Zest) meets at Bethel Lutheran Church each Friday from September through May, and monthly during the summer months. We begin each day with a 9:30 Chapel service (preceded by the Victory Choir at 8:30 a.m., under the direction of Gary Lewis), followed by a time for fellowship at 10:00. Classes begin at 10:30 and our luncheon ($5.00) is at 12:00 noon. Please make your luncheon reservations by calling 257-3509 before 11:00 on the morning of our meeting. Our programs begin after lunch at 12:45 and vary in topics from health, travel, current issues, musical performances, history and local celebrities. This year marks 30 years of excitement and mutual ministry for Bethel XYZ, which began under the direction of Della Koester Vivien.

Bethel XYZ is an inter-generational organization that serves men and women who have reached their 55th birthday. We believe that life is a gift from God and that aging is a natural part of living. Our mission is to strengthen our mutual faith in Jesus Christ and the bonds of friendship between our members and friends. We are grateful for the space and support from Bethel Lutheran Church. Visitors are most welcome! For more information please call the XYZ Center at 257-32509.

Please remember to inform us when an XYZ member or friend is in the hospital or is home bound. We have folks who will visit, bring a meal, call or send a card

Grace Is Jesus
God's Riches At
Christ's Expense

Grace is the reality of God entering history–and our lives–to make things right at the very center. Jesus never used the word grace. God left that for Paul, but if you want to describe grace in one word...it is Jesus.

Grace (Jesus) is the answer for our guilt and failure.
Grace (Jesus) is the strength we need to cope with life.
Grace (Jesus) is the promise that gives us the hope that keeps us going.

1-Mae Jensen, Amy Alsmo, 2-Irene Hardie, 3-Mildred Cook, 4-Margaret Gonzalez, Renata Lucht, 5-Carol Larsen, 7-Milt Sunde, Pat Jacobson, 8-Patricia Westby, 10-Colleen Wincentsen, 11-Marion Manion, Stan Bang, 12-Leona Wick, Carrol Schiller, 13-Lanore Strangeway, 14-Vera Smith, Harry Abendroth, 15-Violet Siemering, 16-Marion Christenson, Jane Webster, Milt Hansen, Robert Stoller, Lorayne Smythe, Beverly Ray, 18-Don Dushek, Pearl Klaila, 19-Lucille Bartels, 20-Howard Severson, Einar Hammer, 21-Agnes Berget, Thelma Johnson, 22-Velma Peterson, 23-Gladys Overton, Helen Anderson, Irene Kringle, 24-Cora Chapman, 25-Vernelle Smith, Lenore Brandon, JoAnn Chandler, Lou Nason, 27-Ruth Bonnette, 28-Willard Fry, 29-Lucille Bono Anno, Helen Shold, Phyllis Perk, 31-Marie Bredensteiner, Delma Baker.
XYZ FEBRUARY BIRTHDAYS

1-Betty Lang, Lorry Disrud, 2-Norma Klinge, Josephine McCutchin, Marilyn Minter, Elmer Bram, 3-Paul Pinkert, 4-Clara Kroetz, 5-Fern Weigen, 6-Gertrude Harris, Alice Kobs, 7-Ray Rettenmund, 9-Helen Struckmeyer, Elaine Hendrickson, Brandie White, Beatrice Kalscheur, 10-Kitty Stein, Jim Boettcher, 11-Marion Anderson, Mary Savall, 12-Dorothy England, 13-Margaret Lubcke, 14-Madeline Shay, 15-Evelyn Schmelzkopf, 15-LaVera Corbett, Sally Knight, Ed Van Houten, 16-Pauline Lenz, 17-Ruth Wang, Marilyn Brickson, 18-Sid Foye, Nyla McCormick, 21-Fern Beckerleg, Connie Ostendorf, Alice Carlsen, Myrtle Lehnertz, 22-Margery Ross, 23-Neva Hanson, 24-Kathleen Curwen, 26-Mary Borenz, 26-Arnie Schoville, 27-Norma Gudenschager, 27-Milma Naeseth, Helen Harwood, Ardith Morben.

Please join us January 28th to "Hear All About It!"

April- Holy Hill, Honey Acres in Ashippin, A Cruise of Milwaukee, includes lunch.

May 12-Fireside- West Side Story

May 20- City Tour of The Overture Center, The Restored Sate Capitol, A Cruise of Madison, ".

June- Brewers baseball.

June- A tour of Watertown including the Octagon House and more.

July- A tour to Dubuque, IA

July- A 20Day Tour to Duluth/Superior including a Lighthouse Tour, the Rittenhouse, Burnstad's.

August- Prairie du Chien-Villa Louis and more.

September 15- Fireside-Damn Yankees

September- Lacrosse-Convent, River Boat Cruise

December15- Fireside "Old Fashioned Christmas"
XYZ Notices

Please remember to listen to your radios in the event of snow or ice on an XYZ Friday. We will put any cancellation notices on radio stations: WIBA-AM or WNWC-FM. Or, you can call Bethel at 257-3577 and certainly the XYZ line at 257-3509.

There is a young mother and daughter who are looking for a home ...in exchange for some light house work. Please call the XYZ Center at 257-3507 for more information.

There is a young Bethel mother who is interested in cleaning homes at a most reasonable rate. Please call 257-3509.

Our next XYZ Board Meeting will be Monday, February 21 at 9:30 a.m..

We are looking for more help in the dining room on Teams I and IV and we are looking for more kitchen support for Team III. Many hands make light work, and so if you are willing to help in one of these areas, please contact Mary at 257-3509.

During Lent, there will be mid week services on Wednesdays, usually at 11:30, followed by a luncheon and speaker. You are most welcome to come and enjoy! There is also a pm worship service at 7:00, preceded by a dinner.

Bethel XYZ has asked Chuck Thomley to prepare a "Big Apple Experience" to New York City next October. There was a strong interest in traveling via Amtrak and Chuck has given us a proposal for such a tour. We have asked Chuck to be at our XYZ luncheon on Friday, January 28th to review the tour and answer any questions that you might have.

Following is the tour itinerary and what is included in the tour. If you are interested let Mary know. We will be asking for a $200.00 deposit per person by February 1st to know that there is interest in the tour. The deposit is refundable up to April 1st.

Monday, October 10th-

2:30 p.m. – Depart Madison from designated site on chartered coach. 6:00 p.m.-Arrive Chicago Union Station. Check in for departure, check luggage. 7:30=Depart on Amtrak Lakeshore Limited #48 for New York City.

Tuesday, October 11th

3:25 p.m.- Arrive New York City Penn Station. Claim luggage and meet chartered coach for transfer to Prime Suites Hotel, Secaucaus, NJ. Check in to hotel, refresh and then dinner at hotel. (D)

Wednesday, October 12th

7:00 a.m.- Wake up and continental breakfast at hotel. 8:30 a.m.-Board charter coach and 'step on guide" for half day tour of new York City. 1:00 p.m.-Tour ends at Rockefeller Plaza-lunch on own. 3:00 p.m.-NBC Studio Tour. 4:00 p.m.-Following tour walk a few blocks to 42nd Street and 7th Avenue (Times Square). We meet at Planet Hollywood for dinner at the designated time and then to the first Broadway Show. Following the show, we walk to the New York Port Authority and begin our introduction to the public transportation system of New York City. (B,D)

Thursday, October 13th

7:30 a.m.- Wake up and continental breakfast at hotel. 9:00 a.m.- NJ Transit bus #320 to New York Port Authority. Using the subway system for our day out, we will see: World Trade Center Site, Battery Park and ferry to Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island. Bake to Times Square in late afternoon with some free time. Dinner at Bubba Gumps and then Broadway Show #2. Back to Port Authority/ NJ Transit #320 to hotel. (B,D)

Friday, October 14th

7:30 a.m.-Wake up and continental breakfast at hotel.

9:00 a.m.-NJ Transit bus #320 to New York Port Authority. Using the Subway system for the day, our itinerary includes: Metropolitan Museum of Art, Lunch on own at Grand Central Station, Circle Line Cruise "Full Island Cruise" a three hour cruise around Manhattan, Return to Times Square, Dinner at Prima Donna Restaurant. Back to Port Authority and NJ #320 to hotel. (B,D)

Saturday, October 15th

7:00 a.m.-Wake up and continental breakfast at hotel.

8:30 a.m.-Check out of hotel. 9:00 a.m.-Board chartered coach with luggage and off to United Nations and guided tour. Following tour, meet coach for trip to New York Penn Station for check-in with luggage and then lunch on own. 2:30 p.m.-Board Amtrak Lakeshore Limited #49 for Chicago, departing at 2:50 p.m. (B)

Sunday, October 16

8:43 a.m.-Arrive Chicago Union Station. Claim luggage and meet charter coach for return to Madison. 10:20 a.m.-Depart to Madison. 1:30-Arrive Madison.

Tour cost:
$1,134.00 for double
$1,425.00 for single
$1040.00 for triple
Cost based on 33 persons, cost to be confirmed when total numbers are registered.

Included in Tour:
Coach Madison to Chicago Union Station and return.
Amtrak, coach class, Chicago to New York City and return
Charter Coach transfer from Penn station to hotel on arrival.
Four nights Prime Suites Hotel in Secaucus, NJ, double occupancy.
Continental breakfast at hotel four days

Dinner on October 11, Dinner at Planet Hollywood,

Dinner at Bubba Gumps, Dinner at La Prima Donna, Subway pass Bus transfers, Sightseeing Tour on coach NBC Studio tour Theater Tickets,  Ferry to Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island, Entrance to Metropolitan Museum of Art,  Full Island Cruise around Manhattan,  Guided tour of Untied Nations and transfer to Penn Station,  Tips for Guides and Drivers,  Charles Thomley as tour escort.

Please contact Mary Conlin @ 257-3509 or Chuck Thomley @ 838-8091 for further info.

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