Dates to Remember in March 2020: th Mar 3rd @ – MOVIE NIGHT! (pg 2) Mar 10 @ 1:00p – GAME TIME! (pg 2) Mar 9th – Mar 16th @ 6:30p – Paul’s Missionary (pg 2) Journeys Theme Night (pg 2)

“Beware the Ides of March!”

We’ve all heard the phrase, “Beware the Ides of March!” from

William Shakespeare’s play, Julius Caesar. But to what does it 2020 refer? Is that day really an ominous day that we should caution? th Today, “Ides” loosely refers to the middle of the month (the 15 ). But in Ancient history, the “month” referred to the lunar cycle – the phases of the March moon. The earliest Roman calendar, believed to have been created by Romulus in 753 BC, expressed dates according to three distinct phases: [1] Kalends (where we

get the word “calendar”) referred to the new moon, [2] Nones referred to the first

quarter moon, and [3] Ides referred to the full moon. Each month began with the Kalends, 8 or 9 days after the Ides began, when astronomers established the last sliver of the “old moon” so that the beginning of the new moon began. Nones was declared between the 5th–7th day of the month, and Ides was determined in the middle of the month (13th–15th). The Romulus Calendar began the new year with the month of Martius. On the Ides of Martius (March 15th) the people celebrated the New Year by gathering on the Via Flaminia by the banks of the Tiber River with food, wine, music, and offered sacrifices to Anna Perenn to ensure a good, prosperous year. The calendar contained 10 months a year with 304 days: Martius, Aprilis, Maius, Junius, Quintilis, Sextilis, Septembis, Exciting,Noetic, Courageous, Octobis, Novembis, and Decembis. The ancient Obsessive,Righteous, Encouraging Romans ignored the 61 dead days of winter. But, Shakespeare’s line to “Beware!” rings with superstitions galore surrounding the Ides of

March, even though all throughout the centuries, the top ten tragedies include the assassination of Julius Caesar in 44 BC, a cyclone in 1889, a deadly blizzard in 1941, and even the cancellation of the Ed Sullivan Show in 1971. We associate the Ides (full moon) itself with witches, werewolves, Hecate, insanity, and any number of phenomena. Let’s face it, we are a people who love to run with superstitions. Praise the Lord, we have a God who supersedes the Ides of March, Friday the 13th, and black cats! We do not have to fear the unknown, because our God knows the unknown and He loves us – providing us protection and comfort! When the Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures, leads me beside still waters, and restores my soul.

Mar 3rd ~ Encore MOVIE NIGHT!! Feature Film in our Encore Lounge: “Miracle from Heaven” Showtimes: 5:00p & 7:00p – Come a few minutes early to get settled with popcorn, candy, & drinks! We’ll add a matinee at 1:00p if any are interested. Get your tickets in the Information Nook.

Mar 9th @ 9:45a – Brookhill Freedom Museum plus lunch and shopping in Jacksonville! Our own Exhausted? Mark Virden will lead us through one of the best Do you continuously feel tired, worn out, and/or in kept secrets of Bullard TX with his phenomenal pain? Are your energy levels just not what they used to ability to recall historical events down to the be? Have doctors prescribed antidepressants that seem details. Then, lunch at The Patio and shopping in to have made it worse? Do you find stress to be more the quaint downtown area of Jacksonville. $20 for than you can handle? There may be a simple, logical a fun day that includes your entrance and lunch! reason that can be fixed in a matter of weeks! Adrenal We’ll return around 5:30p. Sign up in the Nook! fatigue is an energy-sapping disorder that most doctors Mar 10th 1:00p ~ GAME TIME! Encore Lounge never diagnose! Here are some symptoms: open for table games of all kinds! Bring your 1. Low cortisol levels – a MAJOR sign! foursome or sixsome and play until your heart’s 2. Difficulty getting up in the morning content. We have tables, dominoes, 5 Crown, 4- 3. Fatigue – despite adequate sleep Way Chess, Checkers, Yahtzee, Farkle, and other 4. Craving for salt or salty foods games, or… bring your own! No need to sign up. 5. Low energy & increased effort to do daily tasks 6. Decreased sex drive Mar 16th @ 6:30p – PAUL’s MISSIONARY 7. An increased inability to handle stress JOURNEYS You’ve never been to an event like this 8. Longer recovery time from illness or trauma one! We can promise you that! As we dine on our 9. Low blood pressure infamous buffet of covered dishes, we’ll get to 10. Light-headed when standing up quickly explore the exciting adventures of the Apostle 11. Irritability or depressed mood Paul – our own missionary to the Gentiles! Then, 12. An increase in allergies we’ll see the actual ruins of those places as visited 13. Lack of mental clarity and memory this past January by Barbara Hodge. DO NOT MISS! No need to sign up – just come with a dish! If you have several of these symptoms, you need to have your cortisol levels checked.

Good news! Once adrenal fatigue has been diagnosed, you can begin to give your adrenals the natural support they need and in just weeks, you will notice a HUGE energy surge! The natural remedy? 1. First, make sure you get these key nutrients every day: Vitamins C, E, B6, magnesium, pantothenic acid, & niacin. You can find most of these in a quality multiple vitamin – be sure to get a vitamin from natural sources. 2. Add ashwagandha, an Indian herb & the most powerful and effective adaptogen around, to help regulate stress. Avoid corticosteroids that come with serious side effects of high blood pressure, thinning bones, and glaucoma. Also avoid the band-aid of prescription cortisol that will not help the adrenal function. Gerhauser, Richard, M.D.; Secrets of Underground Medicine, pgs 29-33