About MaryO
Cushing's and kidney cancer (renal cell carcinoma) patient, founder, owner and webmaster of Cushing's Help and Support, web designer, piano teacher and mom.
I am a Cushing's patient who has dealt with Cushing's symptoms since 1983 (or earlier) and the aftereffects of pituitary surgery since 1987.
Because I had very little support for my symptoms, diagnosis and surgery, I decided to try to make things a little better for other patients and started a support site called Cushing's Help and Support in 2000. The site has grown to astronomical numbers. This disease isn't as rare as doctors have told us!
In 2006, I was also diagnosed with kidney cancer (renal cell carcinoma). My left kidney and adrenal gland were removed. Having an adrenal gland removed complicates my post-Cushing's symptoms.
I am not planning to have any more rare and unusual diseases.
My entire bio to date can be found here: http://www.cushings-help.com/maryos_story.htm
But, enough of that - it's not always about Cushing's, or even Cancer. This one is about Life!

Join us for our next New Members Class on September 22nd at 11:00 am – 1:00 pm with lunch provided.
You will have an opportunity to make decisions about baptism and/or membership as you explore options to use your gifts and talents for God.
To sign up, please email Joyce Munt here.
Tags: baptism, class, God, lunch, membership, New Members Class

The Naomi Project is a free, confidential, interfaith program sponsored by the Virginia Council of Churches. It matches one volunteer with one pregnant or newly parenting woman in a mentoring friendship that extends through the pregnancy and the baby’s early development.
If you would like to volunteer to be a mentor, contact Laura Greenspan at 703-860-2633.
There is a special need for Spanish speaking volunteers.
The next training will be on Saturday, October 5 at Falls Church Presbyterian Church located at 225 E. Broad Street, Falls Church.
Tags: interfaith, mentoring, pregnant, Spanish, The Naomi Project, Virginia Council of Churches, volunteer

NEW SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASSES FOR CHILDREN
Beginning Sept. 8. @ 9:30-10:40 am
Room assignments for all classes – children, youth and adults – are posted inside Pender’s front doors.
Adults, you are invited to start the new school year with a desire to try a new class or return to your favorite one.
Please join us in “Learning God’s Truth Together.”
Tags: adult, Bible, Christianity, education, God, Old Testament, Pender UMC, school, Sunday School, United States, Youth
We will have breakfast snacks provided during the 8:15 and 9:30 worship services, with a full blown, “old fashioned” Methodist pot luck after the 11:00 service.
Our ministry areas and cluster leads will be on hand to answer questions and greet our guests. It is our hope you will join us, with a friend, to make a difference on Back To Church Sunday on September 8th!
Come and invite a friend for a spectacular day of food, fellowship, new faces and ministry opportunities!
September 8, 2013 Sermon: What’s Missing in CH__CH?
The scripture will be Mark 1:29-31. “As soon as they left the synagogue, they went with James and John to the home of Simon and Andrew. Simon’s mother-in-law was in bed with a fever, and they immediately told Jesus about her. So he went to her, took her hand and helped her up. The fever left her and she began to wait on them.”
Tags: Andrew, answers, Art of Parenting, Blood pressure, blood pressure checks, Book Lovers Group, breakfast, choir, cluster, fellowship, fever, food, Gospel According to Mark, guests, iTunes, James, JLU, John, Mark, Mark 1:29-31, Methodism, ministry, National Back to Church Sunday, Pender Podcast, Pender UMC, pot luck, questions, September 8, sermon, Simon, Sing 'n Celebrate, snacks, Sunday School, synagogue, Turning Point Youth Ministry, UMW, UMW Fall Retreat, Western Fairfax Christian Ministries, Youth Choir, youth group, Youth Handbells

We know that salvation is a process that is done, that’s secure, that no one can take away from us. The psalmist David tells us that those who have been redeemed will say so! If we’re not saying so, perhaps we’ve forgotten what it is like to be redeemed.
Hopefully, you have made plans to join us to hear Kay Creel and Mike Williams share how they have viewed being redeemed.
Tags: David, psalmist, salvation, secure, Sing 'n Celebrate