Contributed by Bruce Emmert on May 29, 2001
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    In the 2000 summer Olympics, the USA women’s softball team won its second gold-medal.  Lisa Fernandez is their pitcher.  One commentator says that she is  “arguably the best women’s softball pitcher the world has ever seen. She has found a source of strength and support that bridges all the highs
                    
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                    Contributed by Bobby Scobey on Feb 25, 2009
                
                
                
                    A record was set in the summer of 1995 that literally brought the sports world to its feet. Strangely, it was not some incredible record-setting blazing speed or absolute accuracy or some great display of muscular power. As a matter of fact, it was simply an honor given to someone who showed up
                    
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                    Contributed by Dale  Pilgrim on May 17, 2008
                
                
                
                    The most crippling time for the church is summer time and vacations. People are traveling and spend their tithe, or drop it in a church they are visiting. Too many come home and having been away for weeks over the summer, have no sense of obligation to “make up” the shortfall in
                    
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                    Contributed by Steve Malone on Apr 3, 2001
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    On summer night during a severe thunderstorm a mother was tucking her small son into bed.   She was about to turn the light off when he asked in a trembling voice,  "Mommy, will you stay with me all night?"   Smiling the mother gave him a warm, reassuring hug and said tenderly, "I can’t dear, I
                    
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                    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 22, 2002
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    In the summer of 2002 Tulsa Oklahoma had a burglary suspect that did something quite unusual.  According to the KOTV television news, Edward McBride kicked in the door of a house, and grabbed a duffle bag full of electronic gear.  As he left the house, a man working next door saw him and called
                    
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                    Contributed by Jeff Simms on Dec 7, 2003
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    In the summer of 1986, two ships collided in the Black Sea off the coast of Russia.  Hundreds of passengers died as they were hurled into the icy waters below.  News of the disaster was further darkened when an investigation revealed the cause of the accident.  It wasn’t a technology problem like
                    
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                    .  In the summer of 1960 the great musical star Mary Martin was playing the lead role of Maria von Trapp in Rogers and Hammerstein’s musical THE SOUND OF MUSIC on Broadway.  Lyrist Oscar Hammerstein, II was on his death bed.  “One evening just before Mary went on stage, a note was handed to her. 
                    
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                    Contributed by Brian La Croix on Nov 6, 2006
                
                
                
                    In the summer of 1982, I was living by myself in a trailer house after graduating from high school, biding my time until leaving for college.
One day after getting home from work, I decided to take a quick nap before catching that day’s "Lone Ranger" episode.  During that nap I was awakened by
                    
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                    Contributed by Kent Kessler on Dec 27, 2006
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    **One summer evening during a violent thunderstorm a mother was tucking her small boy into bed. She was about to turn off the light when he asked with a tremor in his voice, "Mommy, will you sleep with me tonight?"
 
The mother smiled and gave him a reassuring hug. "I can’t, Dear," she said, "I
                    
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                    Contributed by Patrick Mccosh on Jul 23, 2007
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    One summer morning as Ray Blankenship was preparing his breakfast, he gazed out the window, and saw a small girl being swept along in the rain-flooded drainage ditch beside his Anover, OH home.  He knew that downstream the ditch disappeared with a roar underneath a road and then emptied into the
                    
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                    Contributed by Gene Gregory on Jul 24, 2007
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    In the summer of 1805, a number of Indian chiefs and warriors met in council at Buffalo Creek, New York, to hear a presentation of the Christian message by a Mr. Cram from the Boston Missionary Society.  After the sermon, a response was given by Red Jacket, one of the leading chiefs.  Among other
                    
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                    Contributed by Jeffery Russell on Dec 24, 2007
                
                
                
                    At Liberty University this summer, I shared an apartment with a Navy chaplain who was taking the same course I was.  He is assigned to a Marine battalion, and had recently come back from Iraq.  One of the many things he did was have prayer with his men before they went out on patrol.  I asked, “Did
                    
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                    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2008
                
                
                    
            
            
            
            
            
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                    In the summer of 1805, a number of Indian chiefs and warriors met in council at Buffalo Creek, New York, to hear a presentation of the Christian message by a Mr. Cram from the Boston Missionary Society. After the sermon, a response was given by Red Jacket, one of the leading chiefs. Among other
                    
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                    Contributed by Paul Dietz on Sep 12, 2008
                
                
                
                    The time is here! The summer is over and school is back in session! The time for our children’s learning process is back on schedule. Teachers are all geared up to instruct their students in all the skills of mathematics, language usage, social studies and the sciences.
	Last week I found a very
                    
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