BEAUTIFUL NEWS! “How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of those who bring good news!” (Isaiah 52:7) BEAUTIFUL SAVIOR LUTHERAN CHURCH & EARLY LEARNING CENTER 4320 S. Conklin Street + Spokane, WA 99203 + 747 747--6806 Volume 9 Issue 11 Published Monthly November 2014 Taking Comfort in Rituals The slogan outside the Starbucks caught my eye: “Take Comfort in Rituals.” It was advertising a pumpkin latte, but more than that—the ubiquitous coffee shop was tapping into an intuitive and deep-seated satisfaction that many people take from those well-worn paths we call “rituals.” Fall is the preeminent season for ritual. My family visited Greenbluff, a place I’m sure will become an annual destination for us, as it may well be for your family. As I write, the “Fall Classic” (baseball’s World Series) is underway. And we’re inching toward Thanksgiving and its panoply of practices, from parades to family gatherings to turkey. Rituals cover Fall like the pine needles on my front yard. I took especial notice of the Starbucks slogan, though, because of the way it also speaks to our life in the church. Particularly as Lutherans, we are all about taking comfort in rituals. The week-by-week rhythm of confession and absolution, of hearing God’s word and responding in prayer and praise, of receiving the Lord’s Supper and returning to the world refreshed and renewed—it’s like settling into an autumn sweater. The well-worn paths of Gloria and Sanctus and Agnus Dei slowly, but surely, make their way from head to heart and bring us home to the warm welcome of our Father. The comfort of our churchly rituals is not merely sentimental, though—the way your $5 latte might be. They are sign-posts of the sacred, tastes of transcendence. Consider, for instance, the ceremonial—the rituals—surrounding the Lord’s Supper. What accounts for the pastor’s strange actions of chanting and bowing (not to mention the curious outfit!), and the congregation’s awkward kneeling side-by-side before the Lord’s table? Is this not to affirm and celebrate—in ways that even words cannot—that God’s holy Presence is in our midst? As one of our hymns puts it, “Undivided God we claim Thee and, adoring, bend the knee, while we own the mystery” (LSB 940:5). These rituals are a way in which we “own the mystery.” Nor does taking comfort in rituals mean that we merely go through the motions, any more than enjoying the same Thanksgiving dinner year after year is necessarily vain repetition. Humans are creatures of habit; we delight in the familiar. God made us this way. The rituals are simply a way in which we ‘get in the groove,’ priming our souls to practice our faith. The comfort ultimately comes from the Comforter. (continued on page 2) (continued from page 1) So I have to say—Starbucks is on to something, though it is hardly original. At least since the final day of Creation and the first Sabbath, God’s people have been taking comfort in rituals. It’s a tradition we gratefully continue. ✙ Pastor Tinetti Spotlight on the Staff Connie Boyer Connie started working at Beautiful Savior Day Care in August 2014. Connie also teaches Pre-School at Hamblen Park Presbyterian Church. She loves to spend time reading Bible stories and playing games with the children. In her spare time Connie enjoys visiting her two beautiful grandbabies. Welcome, Connie! Congregational Voters’ Meeting Sunday, November 2, 2014, 9:15—10:15 a.m. Vote on the Budget for fiscal year 2014-2015. No Sunday School or Adult Bible Class that day. Rake and Run BSLC Youth Sunday, Nov. 9, 2014 12:00 p.m. Plan to be in worship at the 10:30 a.m. service and stick around to eat lunch immediately following worship. We will rake and remove leaves/pine needles from a few yards, including some of our elderly members, and then run to the next stop. What to bring: grubbies (work clothes), work shoes/ boots, gloves, rakes, and garbage bags. BEAUTIFUL SAVIOR LUTHERAN CHURCH STAFF Rev. Ryan Tinetti Pastor Floyd Czoski Music Director Marty Tornquist Office Manager Katy Eucker Accountant Pam Larson ELC Teacher 2 Thanksgiving Worship Service At Beautiful Savior Lutheran Church Wednesday, November 26, 2014 7:00 p.m. With Holy Communion Anna Cantu ELC Teacher Dena Ward Kindergarten Teacher Armin Vogt Youth Coordinator Chloe Ledwith Day Care Director Christina Derrick Day Care Provider Connie Boyer Day Care Provider Mitchell Kinney Janitor THE CONGREGATION’S CORNER Laurette Bridges’ new address is: St. Mark’s Senior Living, 1515 North Illinois, Room 153, Spokane, WA 99207-5047. Verna Brady’s new address is: 4343 Lebanon Road, #T406, Hermitage, TN 37076 Matt & Piper Swaney’s new address is: 5108 North Lucille Rd., Spokane Valley, WA 99216 Emmett John Nelson was baptized at Beautiful Savior Lutheran Church on October 26, 2014. His parents are James & Amanda Nelson and his grandparents are John & Ruthell Baker. Meet Sally Winn Sally Winn moved to Spokane in June of 2014 upon admission to Gonzaga University Law as member of the first Accelerated 2-Year JD Program. Her prior work was serving as the VP of a DC area non-profit. Her two daughters, Emily (20) and Hannah (19), live in Bozeman, Montana where they attend Montana State University. Sally's retired father, Dr. Richard Winn, was ordained in 1979 as a pastor in the Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod. Welcome, Sally! HYMN FESTIVAL Sunday, November 16,2014 at 2:00 p.m. Central Lutheran Church, 512 South Bernard St. You are invited to the second annual hymn festival honoring the late Janice Newell’s love of hymn singing. In the churches she served, she strove to make hymn singing meaningful, joyful and an important part of worship. This year we will have lots of congregational singing with varied organ, brass, percussion, strings, choirs, and hand bell accompaniments. Beautiful Savior’s choir will participate. For more information, call 624-9233 or talk to Floyd Czoski. Early Learning Center Income and Expenses September Day Care Pre-School Total ELC Revenues $6,078.00 $6,230.87 $12,308.87 Donations 69.50 Expenses Income Less Expenses 69.50 139.00 (6,235.64 (7,760.43) (13,996.07) ($88.14) ($1,460.06) ($1,548.20) Beautiful Savior’s Debt Out-Look Land Mortgage Loan Balance as of Oct. 5, 2014: $ 177,983.46 3 Church Income and Expenses Plate Contributions Land Mortgage Loan Income September: $22,170.98 620.00 Fund Transfers Interest/Other Income Total Income 3.17 $22,794.15 Total Expenses ($42,117.12) Income Less Expenses ($19,322.97) The Church’s Profound Responsibility Is To Pay Attention to Young People! by Randy Benson A new school year has started at Beautiful Savior Early Learning Center (ELC). Let us rejoice and be glad in it. Our school and daycare, a ministry of the congregation, is a vital outreach and essential service of Beautiful Savior. From enrollment to finances, the ELC is having a good year and we, as a congregation, have a responsibility to pay attention to and support our school. The Lord cares for, forgives, and loves His children even at their most tender stages of life: while they are in the womb and as they grow and are shaped in their knowledge of the world and of Him. Learning from their pastors, teachers, youth leaders, Sunday school teachers, and parents, young people discover the love of Christ and are emboldened to share that Good News. As they grow in the love of the Lord and His gifts, they reach out in love with their own gifts to their friends, classmates, congregations, and their own families. Steeped in an understanding of what it means to be and live as a child of God, they get to have a full and exciting fellowship with other people — especially those their own age — enjoying the support and camaraderie of the body of Christ, the Church as a whole, and our congregation. There’s such joy and energy when the children of our Early Learning Center grow in love and knowledge of the Lord! Youth ministry and Lutheran education are not passing fancies for the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod; they are hallmarks of our work in the world. Our young people are part of the Church of today, and they are the Church’s future. That’s why we should pray for, pay attention to, and support Beautiful Savior’s Early Learning Center. Please join with our brothers and sisters throughout the Synod in celebrating the work done among our youth and within the walls of our Early Learning Center. Please pray for the Lord to raise up faithful young people in our midst. Please pay attention to the needs of our ELC and Day Care and support the work of this valuable ministry at Beautiful Savior. Below are some wonderful suggestions on how you can help and support the ELC and Day Care. Feel free to ask the ELC faculty (Pam Larson, Dena Ward and Anna Cantu) for the names of students to pray for, reach out to, and support during this school year. Pray for the ELC and Day Care students, their families, the teachers, and the staff. Attend ELC programs held at the church. Get the name of a student from the staff and include them and their family in your daily prayers. Send the student a birthday card. Send a thank you note to the teachers and staff. Participate in ELC fundraisers. Offer to volunteer if there is need in a specific area. 4 Make a financial contribution to the ELC. Give a book to an ELC student. Participate in an ELC/Day Care staff appreciation dinner. Donate supplies (pencils, crayons, paper) to the ELC. Please check with staff to see what's needed. Tell others about the ELC and Day Care (family, friends, coworkers). Distribute the ELC/Day Care brochure to family, friends and coworkers. Look at ELC website and share that with others. Early Learning Center News October was a busy month for our school! We picked apples and pumpkins at Walter’s Fruit Ranch. The afternoon classes harvested potatoes in the Community Garden. Several volunteers from the Senior Class helped us with art projects. Corbin’s father, Mr. Middleton, spoke to three classes about fire safety. Kelcey Boyce took pictures of the ELC for our website. And the children sang for their Autumn parties. Whew! Our Christmas Store will be open for the ELC children to shop on Thursday and Friday, Dec. 11 & 12. The store will be open for the congregation to shop on December 13 & 14. Laura DeMersseman and Heather Audet will post updates and ways the ELC families and congregation can help with this exciting event. (See page 7 of this newsletter for creative ways to support the Christmas store.) Serving God by Serving One Another by Charles Brondos As we heard from Pastor Tinetti's message on October 19, “Render unto Caesar the things that are Caesars and render unto God the things that are God's,” he reminded us that our work and the things we do with and for others is our way of serving God. There are many opportunities for you and all our members to be in service to others. A few examples of how you can help: The Union Gospel Mission is collecting canned meat and fish in October and November. Put your donations in the barrel in the church foyer. Mission Community Outreach Center is collecting items for distribution to families for Christmas. There are also volunteer opportunities at MCOC. Call 536-1084 for more information. The Early Learning Center is collecting gift items to be used in their Christmas Store. Find out from the ELC staff other ways you can assist them. Help serve meals to the homeless at Calvary Baptist. Beautiful Savior’s Board of Directors are making plans to have a "Service Fair" where we will learn of service opportunities in our church as well as in the community. If you know of other community service opportunities, put them in Charles Brondos’ box at church. “Gratitude gets us through the hard stuff. To reflect on your blessings is to rehearse God’s accomplishments. To rehearse God’s accomplishments is to discover his heart. To discover his heart is to discover not just good gifts but the Good Giver. Gratitude always leaves us looking at God and away from dread. It does to anxiety what the morning sun does to valley mist. It burns it up.” ~ Max Lucado, You’ll Get Through This 5 15 8:00 a.m. Men’s Bible Study 11-Veterans’ Day 12 14 13 10:30a.m. ELC Chapel 11:30a.m. Out-to-Lunch Pre-School & K. Closed Bunch Office, Day Care Open 12:00p.m. Christian 3:30p.m. Staff Devo. & Writers Group Meeting 9:30a.m. LifeLight Bi7:00p.m. Confirmation 5:00 p.m. Elders Meetble Study Class ing 5:45p.m. Praise Team 7:00p.m. Choir 18 19 20 21 10:30a.m. ELC Chapel 10:45 a.m. ELC 9:30a.m. LifeLight Bi3:30p.m. Staff Devo. & Thanksgiving Program ble Study 7:00p.m. Confirmation Meeting Class 5:45p.m. Praise Team 10:30a.m. & 1:00p.m. 7:00p.m. Choir ELC Chapel 7:00p.m. Board of Directors Meeting 25 9 10 9:30a.m. Ladies Bible 8:00a.m. Worship 9:15a.m. S.S.; A.B.C. Study 10:30a.m. Worship 12:00p.m. Rake ‘n Run 23 8:00a.m. Worship 9:15a.m. S.S.; A.B.C. 10:30a.m. Worship 30 First Sunday in Advent 9:30a.m. One Service No S.S.; A.B.C. 26 27 28 Pre-School & K. 9:30a.m. LifeLight Bi- Closed; Day Care Open PRE-SCHOOL, K. ble Study 7:00 p.m. WORSHIP DAY CARE PRE-SCHOOL, K., 2:00 p.m. ELC OFFICE CLOSED DAY CARE, OFFICE Thanksgiving Program 10:30a.m. & 1:00 p.m. CLOSED ELC Chapel 24 9:30a.m. Ladies Bible Study 16 17 9:30a.m. Ladies Bible 8:00a.m. Worship 9:15a.m. S.S.; A.B.C. Study 10:30a.m. Worship 5:00p.m. Newsletter ELC Children Sing Deadline 2:00p.m. Hymn Sing at Central Lutheran 29 8:00 a.m. Men’s Bible Study 22 8:00 a.m. Men’s Bible Study 8 8:00 a.m. Men’s Bible Study Saturday 1 8:00 a.m. Men’s Bible Study 9:00 a.m. Women’s Bible Study 5 6 7 10:30a.m. ELC Chapel 9:30a.m. LifeLight Bi3:30p.m. Staff Devo. & 7:00p.m. Confirmation Meeting ble Study Class 5:15p.m. Stephen Min. 10:30a.m. & 1:00p.m. 5:45p.m. Praise Team ELC Chapel 7:00p.m. Choir Friday 4-Election Day Thursday 2-Daylight Saving 3 9:30a.m. Ladies Bible Time Ends Study 8:00a.m. Worship 9:15a.m. Congregational Voters’ Meeting; 1:00p.m. Quilters No S.S., A.B.C. 10:30a.m. Worship Wednesday 2014 Tuesday Beautiful Savior Lutheran Church Sunday Monday 8:00 a.m. Worship with Holy Communion 10:30 a.m. Worship with Holy Communion 9:15 a.m. S.S. = Sunday School A.B.C. = Adult Bible Class 6 ELC Christmas Store December 11 & 12, 2014 Beautiful Savior Early Learning Center Fundraiser Each year the children from the ELC are given the opportunity to pick Christmas gifts for family members with money sent from home. The items in the store are donated so that 100% of the funds received at the store go back into the school. Each item that is chosen by a child is placed in a wrapped bag to ensure it remains a “surprise” until Christmas. There is no minimum amount the child needs to bring in order to pick gifts. The event is just as much about teaching the children the spirit of giving at Christmas as it is raising funds for the school. We need your help to make sure we have plenty of items for all the children this year. Below are suggestions of ways you can be involved. Starting November 1st there will be a large labeled container in the Fellowship Hall and at the base of the main stairs where you can bring donated items. We will also need parents to volunteer to help children shop. Please check with the teachers for sign-up sheets. Thank you! Ideas on how to help… Themed Bags - Christmas-themed treat bags filled with cocoa and marshmallows for a family Hot Chocolate Night; Golf balls, tees and gum for dads to take to the course; Crayons, markers, paper and stickers for creative pictures…are just a few ideas to give you inspiration! Homemade Craft Items - Fleece or knitted scarves, hats and baby blankets, Cookie Mixes, Stationary and Stamped Items, Candles, Soaps or any other item you enjoy crafting at home! New and Like New Donated Items - Candles, Coffee Mugs, Girls Accessories, Small Toys, Stuffed Animals, Baby items…anything else you think a Mom, Dad, Sister, Brother or Grandparents would like to receive as a gift! Wrapping Supplies - Please save your paper grocery sacks and shopping bags, small gift bags, cellophane wrapping, bows and ribbons for assembling donated items. Other Donations - Individual Hot Chocolate Packets, Individual Popcorn Packages. Bags of Individually Wrapped Candy, Transparent Treat Bags with ties. For more information, speak to any of the teachers: Pam Larson, Anna Cantu or Dena Ward. Or contact Laura DeMersseman (939-1840) and Heather Audet (701-238-0998) Christmas Store Coordinators. 7 Please help Mission Community Outreach Center provide Children’s Christmas Joy! They would like to provide gifts of new boys and girls blue jeans or outfits for younger kids, underwear, hats, gloves and scarves. And they want to give each child an age appropriate book. You can donate items at the Outreach Center, 1906 East Mission Ave., Spokane, between November 3 and December 5. Beautiful Savior also has donation bins in the cabinet at the back of the sanctuary. Cash donations are also welcome. For more information call 536-1084. Lutheran World Relief Quilt Campaign 2013 Nearly Half a Million Quilts!! As of the cutoff date of May 2014, 485,931 quilts were sent to LWR. Melanie Gibbons, LWR’s Quilt & Kit Ministry Manager sent the following message: “To you who have quilted, donated fabric or money for thread or batting, or transported quilts all over the country, thank you. Thank you for taking the risk of giving so very much of yourselves away for the sake of the world, to embody the love of Christ that runs through your hearts. And thank you for sharing how God has turned those gifts into transformation and change and growth. We thank God for each and every one of you!” And a special “thank you” to Beautiful Savior’s quilting ladies who donated dozens of quilts to Lutheran World Relief. ADVANCEnet Mission Stories and Practice Worth Spreading November 8, 2014 from 9:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Holy Cross Lutheran Church, 7307 North Nevada St., Spokane ADVANCEnet is a day long retreat — no, not a retreat, an advance! It’s for anyone who has a heart and a passion for God’s lost people in our community. The event offers nationally recognized speakers, breakout sessions where local mission leaders share practical insights on being involved in the mission of Jesus right here in our community, time for networking with other mission-minded people, and worship uniting us all in mission in the footsteps of our savior. Sessions with the speakers will be live-streamed over the web. The cost is $25 per person, includes lunch, and registration is required. Go to: www.holycrosslcms.net and register under Events at Holy Cross or call 509-483-4218. 8 WHAT IS A SUCCESSFUL COMMUNITY GARDEN? by Tom Lucke At the beginning of the year I had people come up to me and ask that very same question. What is a successful community garden? How would Christ answer this question? Some people explained that a certain number of vegetables had to be harvested before the garden could be called successful. I do not consider that to be the only definition of a successful garden. Yes, we were able to harvest 1,000 pounds of produce for the food bank, but what besides this can we use for an evaluation of a successful year in the garden? Would it be some of the following? A person who had a bed was so excited she is going to take the idea and start a garden in the central part of Chicago where depression and despair are common. This person wishes to change lives by helping to raise food and also share the message of the Gospel. Isn’t that success? Or is it the person that comes to the garden to sing the psalms? How about those people who come to the garden to pray? After all, isn't it a great place to see and experience God's creation? How about the conversations that centered around God's Word or friendship developed over a common interest in gardening? How about all the ELC children who received pumpkins? How about all the potatoes the ELC children were able to dig up? Has the garden been successful? Yes, in so many ways! I wish to thank all those individuals that helped in one way or another to make the 2014 an overwhelming success. Hope to see you next year. THE (SMASHED) MASHED POTATO INCIDENT by Tom Lucke Last year my wife and I harvested an abundant crop of potatoes form our home garden. The question was, "What do we do with them?" After reading our handy garden manual, we took them and laid them all out on our garage floor to "cure" for a couple of days. The potatoes were happy until Becky forgot they were there and drove into the garage. What a sound that was! It seemed potatoes were popping left and right. After Becky got out of the car we looked over the damage and had a good laugh. We had just found another way to process potatoes. Anyone for smashed potatoes? Speaking of “smashed” potatoes, Tom has a great recipe for “Prince Edward Island Potato Chocolate Cake.” Ask him to give you a copy. (It has mashed potatoes in it. Really.) 9 Celebrating an Anniversary November Birthdays Ellie Goetzinger Nov. 2 Louisa Skoog Nov. 2 Cindy Secor Nov. 4 Lorraine Schneider Nov. 6 Marty Tornquist Nov. 12 Michael Bageant Nov. 14 Wanda Black Nov. 19 Jan Pochis Nov. 29 Mary Drew Nov. 30 Virtus & Donna Young Nov. 24 Out-to-Lunch Bunch Thurs., Nov. 13th 11:30 a.m. Frankie Doodles 30 East 3rd Avenue ELC Thanksgiving Programs will be on Friday, Nov. 21 at 10:45 a.m. and Monday, Nov. 24 at 2:00 p.m. You are all invited to join us at our programs in the Fellowship Hall. There will be no classes on Wednesday, Nov. 26. DECEMBER NEWSLETTER If you would like to put something in the December BSLC newsletter, please give it to Marty in writing by 5:00 p.m. Monday, November 17th. Thanks! BSLC Staff Employment Anniversary Anna Cantu - 13 years Tell Me It Ain’t So A minister was walking down the street The ELC children will sing for the 10:30 a.m. when he came upon a group of about a dozen worship service on Sunday, Nov. 16, 2014. boys, all of them between 10 and 12 years of age. The group had surrounded a dog. ConAn inexperienced preacher was to hold a cerned lest the boys were hurting the dog, he graveside burial service at a pauper’s cemetery went over and asked, “What are you doing for an indigent man with no family or friends. with that dog?” Not knowing where the cemetery was, he One of the boys replied, “This dog is made several wrong turns and got lost. When just as old neighborhood stray. We all want he eventually arrived an hour late, the hearse him, but only one of us can take him home. So was nowhere in sight, the backhoe was next to we’ve decided that whichever one of us can the open hole, and the workmen were sitting tell the biggest lie will get to keep the dog.” under a tree eating lunch. Of course, the reverend was taken The diligent young pastor went to the aback. “You boys shouldn’t be having a conopen grave and found the vault lid already in test telling lies!” he exclaimed. He then place. Feeling guilty because of his tardiness, launched into a 10-minute sermon against lyhe preached an impassioned and lengthy sering, beginning, “Don’t you boys know it’s a vice, sending the deceased to the great beyond sin to lie? And ending with, “Why, when I was in style. your age, I never told a lie.” As he returned to his car, he overheard There was dead silence for about a mione of the workman say to the other, “I’ve nute. Then the smallest boy heaved a deep been putting in septic tanks for 20 years and I sigh and said, “All right, give him the dog.” ain’t never seen nothin’ like that.” 10 UNION GOSPEL MISSION 2014 FALL FOOD DRIVE OCTOBER — NOVEMBER Fill the barrel, fill the pantry, fill empty stomachs. Once more our church is taking part in the UGM Food Drive. Donations given to the Mission every October and November last throughout the year. UGM has four shelters in the Spokane & Coeur d’Alene areas and are now serving 1,000 meals per day. In addition to the shelters, the Mission also supports 100 food banks and soup kitchens. This year we are asking our Beautiful Savior family to bring canned fish and meat. Large cans are preferred for the Mission, but the food banks use the small cans in their distribution to clients. So, when you go to the grocery store, pick up extra cans of tuna, salmon, chicken, spam or corned beef and bring it to the barrel in the church foyer. For the clients of food banks, a can of fish or meat may be their main dish for supper. We help feed people who would otherwise go hungry. Thank you for your help. A Veterans Day Prayer God of all nations, you are our Strength and Shield. We give you thanks today for the devotion and courage of all those who have offered military service for this country. We ask today that you would lift up by your Spirit those who are now at war; encourage and heal those in hospitals or mending their wounds at home; guard those in any need or trouble; hold safely in your hands all military families and bring the returning troups to joyful reunion and tranquil life at home. Give to us, your people, grateful hearts and a united will to honor these men and women and hold them always in our love and our prayers until your world is perfected in peace and all wars cease. Through Jesus Christ, our Savior. Amen. ~ Dr. Jennifer Phillips Bulletin Bloopers “We’ll collect a lover offering.” “Bible study is from the book of Gelatins” “3-Year-old Teacher needed.” “Pastor is on vacation. Massages can be given to church secretary.” KQNT KSPO Nov. 2 The Lutheran Hour Radio Ministries Spokane 590 AM Sunday 7:30 a.m. Spokane 106.5 FM Sunday 8:00 a.m. “Blessed in Hard Times” Rev. Gregory Seltz Nov. 9 “God is Not Against You” Rev. Gregory Seltz Nov. 16 “S.O.S. . .Call Upon Jesus” Rev. Gregory Seltz Nov. 23 “Clean—And Thankful” Rev. Gregory Seltz Nov. 30 “Watching and Waiting” Rev. Ken Klaus 11 BEAUTIFUL SAVIOR LUTHERAN CHURCH OF SPOKANE, WASHINGTON 4320 South Conklin Street Spokane, Washington 99203 NONPROFIT ORG US POSTAGE PAID SPOKANE, WA PERMIT 108 RETURN SERVICE REQUESTED Gestures of Gratitude In 2005, a female humpback whale became entangled in a web of crab traps and lines just east of the Farallon Islands, off the San Franciso coast. Hundreds of yards of line rope were wrapped around her body, tail, torso and mouth, weighing her down so much that she struggled to stay afloat. A fisherman spotted the whale and radioed for help. Rescuers determined that the only way to save the creature was to dive in and untangle her. This was a dangerous proposition, as one slap of the tail could be deadly. Rescuers worked for hours with curved knives and eventually freed the whale. What she did next surprised the divers: she swam in what seemed like joyous circles, coming back to each person, one at a time, nudging them gently, in what rescuers assumed was a beautiful gesture of thanks. May you and those you love be surrounded by people who help you get untangled from whatever is binding you and my you always know the joy of giving and receiving gratitude. 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