Scripture Memory Team: Our June Verse.

Forgive me!  I didn't post this yesterday. 

This is my verse for the next two weeks:


"Therefore encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing."
                                                                                             1 Thessalonians 5:11 NIV


We need to encourage one another not just through the big things, but the little ones too.
 
Why not send a note to someone on the prayer list letting them know you're thinking about them?  Visit someone in the nursing home who would love some company (or a manicure!). 
Pick some flowers from your back yard and take them to the overwhelmed young mom next door.
Tell your child's Sunday School teacher thanks for taking the time to serve our kids.
Take a cold glass of tea to your husband while he's working outside.
Call your mom - just because. 

Honestly, the list could be endless.  The point is, not just to memorize our verses, but to let God's word permeate our lives and change us. 

Speaking of encouraging, have I told you lately I think you girls are great?  I really do!

And don't worry if you haven't been memorizing verses each time.  Start slow.  Start now.  Try just one a month - heck, even one a year!  Share below what verse you're working on. 

Summer Workshop Series.

I have a great idea to share with you today!

Liz DeRoos has organizes a great Summer series for us.  It's open to all and the classes are either free or very reasonably priced. 

It's a great opportunity to learn a new skill. 

Here's what's planned so far:

June 6th at 10 am: 

Cheese making with Emily Lewis.  There is no cost for this class.  It will be a "take and taste" style class where we will learn how to make hard and soft cheeses.

 

Saturday, June 15th, time TBA:

Soap making with Beth Anderson.  We will offer lavender, rosemary, happy camper, and patchouli orange oatmeal.  The price is $10, and they get to take home 10 bars of soap.

Saturday, July 13th at 9am:

Canning basics with yours truly.  Ronnie & I will go over the basics of pressure canning as well as BWB canning.  Cost is $5 for produce and you'll need to bring 6 quart jars with rings and new lids.

Also on the horizon is Basic Blogging with Selena Campbell and Herbal Remedies with Barb Barker. 

I am honestly so excited for these classes! 

If you're interested in joining any or all of the classes, just let myself or Liz know.  You can message me here or on Facebook, call or just stop us at church.  The classes are open to all. 

Hope to see you there!

Squash and Rice by Joni Retton.

Hello!  This recipe is an old family favorite my great uncle Frank
Gearde taught me to make when I was in college.  Serve with a salad and good
bread for a perfect meal.

Squash and Rice

Put a little olive oil in large pot.  Add:  1small onion chopped and 1 clove
garlic , crushed.  Saute a few minutes (do not let garlic burn).  Then add:  3
small sliced, peeled zucchini (can slice in circles or half moons) and chunks of
2 bell peppers.  Add 1 can sliced, stewed tomatoes or diced tomatoes (14.5 oz),
1 small can tomato paste, 2 paste cans of water, 1 bay leaf, salt and pepper. 
Cover and simmer 45 minutes.

Meanwhile, cook 1 cup rice in water or broth--regular or brown.  Remove bay leaf
from squash and add rice, fresh basil (I use the kind in a tube when I do not
have fresh) and Parmesan cheese.  Enjoy!

 

 

 

Thanks Joni for sharing!  Now I can't wait for my zucchini to come in!

Extreme Home Makeover: Servolution Style.

Good morning ladies!

I can't wait to share some great photos with you today. 

Last week, Tammy rallied the troops and through your generosity and some super hard workers, we were able to bless a sister in Christ by completely furnishing and stocking an apartment for her and her daughter as they moved out of the mission.  I just love watching God work through his people!

Here's some before pics:

 

 And after:

 

Serving and loving others is what we are called to do.  

 

Thank you for showing Christ's love!

 

 

 

 

Matthew 25:35-40

³⁵ for I was hungry and you gave Me food; I was thirsty and you gave Me drink; I was a stranger and you took Me in; ³⁶ I was naked and you clothed Me; I was sick and you visited Me; I was in prison and you came to Me.’

³⁷ “Then the righteous will answer Him, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry and feed You, or thirsty and give You drink? ³⁸ When did we see You a stranger and take You in, or naked and clothe You? ³⁹ Or when did we see You sick, or in prison, and come to You?’ ⁴⁰ And the King will answer and say to them, ‘Assuredly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these My brethren, you did it to Me.’