Memorial Drive Presbyterian Church
Senior Adults
Memorial Drive Presbyterian Church • Houston, Texas
January 2019
Presented by The Venturers at MDPC
Journey to the Red Planet Speaker Hum Mandell, former director of NASA’s Mars program
Lunch & Art Class
Monday, January 7
Tuesday, January 15
6:00 PM Social Hour, Dinner/Program at 7:00 Westchase Hilton (9999 Westheimer Rd) Plated dinner: $30 per person*
11:15 AM: Meet for Lunch World Catering Bakery (1073 Silber Rd, 77055)
Human Mars missions are possible in the near future. A 40-year veteran of the NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston, Dr. Hum Mandell performed the first feasibility study of a manned Mars mission for NASA in 1962. “It was feasible then and more feasible now.” Dr. Mandell, a U.S. Air Force veteran, holds degrees from The University of Texas, SMU, and the University of Colorado and has received many awards for his work at NASA. He is currently Research Fellow at UT’s Center for Space Research, advising student-led space studies, and teaching systems analysis. *RSVP by January 2 to Carolyn Anglum: 713-978-6680,
[email protected]
12:30 PM: Alcohol Ink Art Lesson Custom Plumbing & Hardware (7020 Portwest Dr. Ste. 150, 77024) We are going to start the New Year off right! We’ll meet for lunch at World Catering Bakery (on Silber Road just north of I-10). They serve salads, sandwiches, and many types of delicious sweets. After lunch, we will take art lessons and learn to paint with alcohol ink! They take place in the showroom of Custom Plumbing and Hardware at 7020 Portwest (off Old Katy Road near Houston SPCA). The art lesson (approx. 3 hours) is $30 per person and includes all materials needed for painting. A sample of alcohol ink art is the purple image above. All are welcome! Call Tammy Allyn with questions at 832-816-6254.
MDPC Senior Adults
January 2019
Holly Hall Book Review
The Roosevelts (Two Books)
Page Two
Event Calendar Tuesday, January 1
Reviewer: Lurline Morrow
New Year’s Day: MDPC campus closed
In Theodore Roosevelt in the Badlands, A Young Politician’s Quest for Recovery in the American West, Roger Di Silvestro tells the exciting story of how the character and commitment of the future president and conservationist were forged during roundups, bronco busting, fist fights, grizzly bear hunts, and encounters with horse thieves as the Old West drew to its end. And in our second book, Edith Kermit Roosevelt, Portrait of a First Lady, Sylvia Jukes Morris paints a portrait of the Roosevelts and their times as one of the most successful romantic and political partnerships in American history.
Monday, January 7
Lurline will take us on a journey encompassing the separate lives of Edith and Theodore and the great work they did together.
Wednesday, January 23 • 10:30 AM St. Luke’s UMC • 3471 Westheimer, 77027 Season ticket: $35 • Individual ticket: $12
Things To Do in Houston
Johnson Space Center The Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center is the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s Manned Spacecraft Center, where human spaceflight training, research, and flight control are conducted. It was built and leased to NASA by Joseph L. Smith & Associates, Inc. It was renamed in honor of the late U.S. president and Texas native, Lyndon B. Johnson, by an act of the United States Senate on February 19, 1973.
Venturers Dinner: NASA’s Hum Mandell
Sunday, January 13
All-Church Lunch * Now on 2ND SUNDAYS
Tuesday, January 15
Prime Timers: Lunch & Art Class
Monday, January 21
MLK Day: MDPC campus closed
Wednesday, January 23 Holly Hall Book Review
January Anniversaries Jan & Peter Tomlinson, 1981
January Birthdays 2 Steve Jarvis 7 Jenny Berg 13 Christine Gehrman 17 Rosalind Curtis 20 John Kemper
22 Beverly Roberts 26 Gerald Fountain 28 Jody Harrington 30 Maurine Wright
If a birthday or anniversary is not listed, Venturers can contact Beverly Roberts (
[email protected], 832-443-8109).
If you have not been lately you will be amazed at how the center has been upgraded. 2101 NASA Parkway, Houston, TX 77058 281-483-0123 | NASA.gov/centers/johnson
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