[Dialogue] Abe's celebration

[Janice & Abe Ulangca]

There will be a memorial service of life-celebration 11 a.m. Saturday, August 28 at Calvary United Methodist Church, Vestal, NY.  Family will be here from Los Angeles, Denver, Chicago, Jacksonville, FL, bringing greetings from family in the Philippines and Thailand.  Folks will speak about Abe's life in this place.  And we will share selections from ICA colleague messages.  Attached is Abe's own story of his life, written several months ago and designed for his obituary.  If you cannot open it and want it, let me know.  This version will be printed in the bulletin for the service.

Please know how much your thoughts and prayers are meaning, to me and I sense to others in this place.  Different folks than I would have expected are sharing in the celebration preparation.  There is a sense that something holy is going on.  Perhaps death of a beloved one provides one of the "thin places" where God can break through.  Sometimes the presence and power of spirit  is almost overwhelming.

Thank you is way too pale to convey what this community has meant in our lives. Profound gratitude is more like it.  It goes beyond what we each contribute, or the sum of our contributions,  to something like falling on one's face before encompassing spirit.

Awa ng Dios (If I remember the Tagalog correctly. Go with God),
Janice


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Abe & Janice Ulangca
3413 Stratford Drive
Vestal, NY  13850
607-797-4595
aulangca at stny.rr.com
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