Memorial Drive Presbyterian Church
Senior Adults
Memorial Drive Presbyterian Church • Houston, Texas
February 2019
Presented by The Venturers at MDPC
Nancy White
Prison Entrepreneurship Program
Let’s Explore Other Cultures!
Tuesday, February 5
Tuesday, February 19
6:00 PM Social Hour, Dinner/Program at 7:00 Westchase Hilton (9999 Westheimer Rd) Plated dinner: $30 per person
11:30 AM: Lucille’s Southern Cuisine 5512 La Branch Street, 77004
Nancy White has been a Prison Entrepreneurship Program (PEP) Executive Volunteer for eight years, served on the PEP Houston Advisory Board, and is currently a director on the PEP Governing Board. She is a Business Plan Advisor for PEP participants and a “repeat attender” at events at the Cleveland Unit (men) and Lockhart Unit (women). When asked why she spends time in prison, she replies, “I am addicted to witnessing life transformations of men and women who have been given a second chance of becoming who God intended them to be.” Nancy is a graduate of the University of Oklahoma and had a 25-year career with Timex Corporation as a sales and marketing director. She is a 28-year MDPC member, is married to Tim, and has two daughters and two granddaughters. Turn over this newsletter for a way to serve PEP!
After Lunch: Czech Center Museum (7020 Portwest Dr. Ste. 150, 77024) We will lunch at Lucille’s, where chefs and brothers, Ben and Chris Williams, pay homage to their great-grandmother, Lucille B. Smith, by replicating some of her most famous recipes while embellishing others to create innovative takes on Southern classics. People will pay for their own lunch. After lunch we will visit the Czech Center Museum. Admission of $6.00 (pay at the door) includes all the Czech exhibits and the gift shop. The museum provides authentic objects, art, music, and stories of the lives of Czechs and Slovaks who left their countries to seek liberty and democracy in America. All are welcome! Call Tammy Allyn with questions at 832-816-6254.
MDPC Senior Adults
February 2019
Holly Hall Book Review
America the Ingenious:
How a Nation of Dreamers, Immigrants, and Tinkerers Changed the World Reviewer: Colleen Boudreaux Author Kevin Baker pays tribute to the Americans who, throughout our country’s history, have contributed so much with their research, inventions, and adventurous spirit - the skyscraper, the subway car, the MRI, the safety pin, the amusement park, the supermarket, and so much more.
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Event Calendar Tuesday, February 5
Note it’s on TUESDAY not Monday!
Venturers Dinner: Nancy White of PEP
Sunday, February 10 Second-Sunday Supper
Thursday, February 14 Valentine’s Day!
Tuesday, February 19
Prime Timers: Lunch & Museum
Monday, February 18
Presidents Day: MDPC campus closed
Sunday, February 24
Thursday, March 28 • 10:30 AM
MDPC Church in the City
St. Luke’s UMC • 3471 Westheimer, 77027 Season ticket: $35 • Individual ticket: $12
February Anniversaries
Service Opportunity
Ways to Serve Prison Entrepreneurship Program Work with the Business Plan Competition class participants to develop real-world business plans. Volunteer advisors and mentors work with participants on how to job search, dress, behave in social and business settings, and develop a strong spiritual basis on which to build their new lives. Volunteers also are needed to host a family-style dinner at one of their transition homes. Contact Kristie Wisniewski at 832-767-0928, visit www.pep.org/take-action, or visit serve.mdpc.org and follow the steps to find volunteer opportunities at PEP. Prison Entrepreneurship Program, PEP 4140 Directors Row, Suite B | Houston, TX 77092
Jane and Bart Henson 1969 (50th) Norma and Sam Gainer 1977 Pauline and Charles Wolcott 2011
February Birthdays 5 Lori Keeter 5 Bill Krocak 8 Gary Card 11 Gladys Chacón 11 Kathy Chaffin 15 Dick Harvin 16 Norma Gainer 17 Bob Dyer
17 Beth Hackworth 17 Vern Irwin 18 Mary Jo Holloman 20 Jane Henson 20 David Singleton 25 Mary Ruth Valerius 27 Janet Nemitz
If a birthday or anniversary is not listed, Venturers can contact Beverly Roberts (
[email protected], 832-443-8109).
Memorial Drive Presbyterian Church 11612 Memorial Drive • Houston, Texas 77024 mdpc.org • 713-782-1710
