Driven by Hope (5 of 26)
Series: Moving Through Mark
Donald Cantrell
Mark 5: 21 - 43
I - Jairus and His Daughter's Dilemma (21 - 24)
II - Jairus and Disturbing Delay (25 - 34)
III - Jairus and His Divine Declaration (35 - 36)
IV - Jairus and His Dreadful Detractors (37 - 40a)
V - Jairus and His Delivered Damsel (40b - 43)
This sermon contains a fully alliterated outline, with sub-points.
Theme: ''There is help for those driven by hope''
Driven By Hope
Eugene M. Lang, an investor whose spur-of-the-moment promise to an East Harlem sixth-grade graduating class that he would pay for their college education inspired a foundation, led to the support of more than 16,000 children nationwide and made him something of an American folk hero, died on Saturday at his home in Manhattan. He was 98.
His daughter, Jane Lang, confirmed his death.
Mr. Lang, a self-made businessman who flew coach class and traveled on subways and buses, contributed more than $150 million to charities and institutions during his lifetime, including a single $50 million gift in 2012 to Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania, his alma mater, and $20 million to Eugene Lang College, part of the New School in Manhattan.
But he will be best remembered for his impulsive gesture in June 1981, when he was invited to deliver the commencement address to 61 sixth graders at Public School 121 on East 103rd Street.
''I looked out at that audience of almost entirely black and Hispanic students, wondering what to say to them,'' he recalled. He had intended to tell them, their families and their teachers that he had attended P.S. 121 more than a half-century earlier, that he had worked hard and made a lot of money and that if they worked hard, maybe they could be successful, too.
But, he said, ''It dawned on me that the commencement banalities I planned were completely irrelevant.''
''So I began by telling them that one of my most memorable experiences was Martin Luther ...
Series: Moving Through Mark
Donald Cantrell
Mark 5: 21 - 43
I - Jairus and His Daughter's Dilemma (21 - 24)
II - Jairus and Disturbing Delay (25 - 34)
III - Jairus and His Divine Declaration (35 - 36)
IV - Jairus and His Dreadful Detractors (37 - 40a)
V - Jairus and His Delivered Damsel (40b - 43)
This sermon contains a fully alliterated outline, with sub-points.
Theme: ''There is help for those driven by hope''
Driven By Hope
Eugene M. Lang, an investor whose spur-of-the-moment promise to an East Harlem sixth-grade graduating class that he would pay for their college education inspired a foundation, led to the support of more than 16,000 children nationwide and made him something of an American folk hero, died on Saturday at his home in Manhattan. He was 98.
His daughter, Jane Lang, confirmed his death.
Mr. Lang, a self-made businessman who flew coach class and traveled on subways and buses, contributed more than $150 million to charities and institutions during his lifetime, including a single $50 million gift in 2012 to Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania, his alma mater, and $20 million to Eugene Lang College, part of the New School in Manhattan.
But he will be best remembered for his impulsive gesture in June 1981, when he was invited to deliver the commencement address to 61 sixth graders at Public School 121 on East 103rd Street.
''I looked out at that audience of almost entirely black and Hispanic students, wondering what to say to them,'' he recalled. He had intended to tell them, their families and their teachers that he had attended P.S. 121 more than a half-century earlier, that he had worked hard and made a lot of money and that if they worked hard, maybe they could be successful, too.
But, he said, ''It dawned on me that the commencement banalities I planned were completely irrelevant.''
''So I began by telling them that one of my most memorable experiences was Martin Luther ...
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