[OPEN] Covered-dish Dinner

[wvmtnkid]

I know what I am taking to the next pot luck dinner I have to go to! Thanks for sharing, larkep!

 

[Celticflower]

Larkep-

Thanks for the recipe! I may not be able to get the kids to eat it, but I will!

**sets down marinated tomatoes**

My kids were in the tomato patch. Please enjoy the "fruits of their labors"

My husband volunteered me to make another missionary bear for a nearby church a friend of our pastors. The first one (Paul) has been a hit with the kids at our church. He has been to Moody Aviation School, England, Mexico and Germany. We are hoping he gets back from Germany in time to go to South Africa with my friend Heather on her mission trip. It has been a great way to teach the kids about the world and what the church is doing in places other than here. Not too shabby for a skein of yarn and a few hours with a crochet hook.

Celtie

 

[Kokopelli]

I think I know what I will be making for dinner this weekend.

 

[datan]

sorry just cruising by...and saw this thread and had to peep inside to see what it's about

 

[larkep]

You are most welcome!

Glad to oblige-and glad I found the recipe! Yum yum!

And remember to put some diced avocado and tomatoes on top; tastes good and looks pretty too!

 

[wvmtnkid]

Hi datan! Come on in and grab a plate! There's plenty.

Celtie-what's this missionary bear you are talking about? Sounds pretty neat.

I am adding a Reese-Cup Cake to the table. I made one for my family reunion this past weekend and I fell in love with it. Of course, anything containing chocolate and peanut butter is bound to become an obsession with me!

 

[Celticflower]

Celtie-what's this missionary bear you are talking about? Sounds pretty neat.

He is a teddy bear named Paul that I crocheted and donated to our churches children's dept. He gets sent to or with missionaries around the world that the church supports. When he returns the children learn about where he has been thru his journal, photos and souvenirs. The new bear will go to a church in a nearby town that a friend of ours pastors.
The idea for Paul came from my husband and kids about a year ago. One of the news programs did a "Flat Fred" story (the cardboard cutout that gets sent around the world in envelopes). Then we talked about the traveling teddy that was around a few years ago and the kids thought it would be neat to do something like that with the church. So we hunted thru my books, found a pattern and I made the bear. My daughter decided his name was Paul-for obvious reasons- and he headed off to church. It has been a really neat project and very well received by the kids. They decide where he goes from a list the church has and can't wait for him to return with new stories. even some of the adults have gotten into it. Dr. Mark took Paul with him to Mexico on a medical mission. He asked the kids if there were any special care instructions for Paul (brushing teeth, saying prayers etc) and, judging from the photos he brought back, he had fun using Paul in the dentist "office" a chair under a canopy in the courtyard. Paul even came back with a serape and sombrero that people from the village gave him.

Celtie

 

[dsdumpling]

Celtie, that is so cool! What a great idea.

 

[jenelis]

Hi all. I'm so new that I don't even know if I'm doing this right. Please bear with me if I do something stupid!

I'm Jennifer. 33, single mom of a just-turned 6-year-old girl. And until quite recently, I'd describe my life motto as "This is not the life I ordered!" Fortunately for me... I've found the missing link in accelting the Lord into my life <-- he's been knocking but I couldn't figure out how to open the door.

Raised Catholic and strayed as a teen. I somewhat "pretended" to be Catholic in college-- only so far as it didn't interfere with my social life. Married the older brother of a college friend who wasn't happy settling for one woman. So at 29, I became a working single mom-- thus that life problem.

I knew that I wanted to bring my daughter up in the Lord... because I felt that I had never had the connection. So I started sending her to Christian-based preschools and attending a non-denominational church (pretty infrequently). At five, she just might have been more in touch with her faith than I am.

I church hopped, but never felt like I had found a home until VERY recently (about 5 months ago) at the Church of the Nazarene. I'm hooked and I feel that I'm growing each and every day in the Lord!

I'm bringing hot dogs-- so we can relish the conversation!

 

[larkep]

Welcome Jennifer!

It's great to meet you and be the first to tell you that we are so very happy you're here! God bless you and your dear daughter and may you find valuable fellowship and support here. I'm new to this forum too but have found it to be a friendly place, full of fellow Christians who, like you, are just trying to find their path in a sometimes unfriendly and nearly always confusing world. It helps to have Christian friends to lean on-and now you have LOTS of them!

So rejoice and be glad-and be welcome in this place! Sending love, Lark

 

[overnight]

jenelis hello and welsome to you. What a great testimony with a farly bad joke at the ens no actualy it was great. Welcome to WP a great place to come and get info, add ideas, or just fellowship. Thanks for the hot dogs now ketshup by looking through the site.

 

[dsdumpling]

Welcome jenelis God bless you! I'm glad you found us. I love hot dogs.

 

[wvmtnkid]

Celtie-I love that idea! How creative and what a neat way to share mission projects with children. I may have to borrow that idea if you don't mind.

Welcome jenelis! What a journey you have been on. I am glad that you have found your first love again in Christ.

 

[Celticflower]

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[Celticflower]

Celtie-I love that idea! How creative and what a neat way to share mission projects with children. I may have to borrow that idea if you don't mind.


WV-- you are more than wlecome to borrow the idea. Let's flood the world with bears!!



Jenelis--Welcome! So glad you found us (and brought food ). You have found a great bunch of folks to hang out with.

Celtie

PS--Sorry for the blank post--fingers and brain are not working together too well this morning

 

[jenelis]

Thanks Lark, Overnight, dsdumpling, wvmtnkid, CelticFlower and All for the Warm Reception. I'm glad to be here--I hope to grow my faith by the examples you set.

I have much to share and many questions to ask, but I may sit back and take it all in for a spell.

REALLY loving my church-- I can't wait for tonite's service and the preacher's message because as you may have figured out-- I just found out he's talkin' to me...

One question-- please recommend a kids bible for a bright 6 year old girl. I've been looking for one that's something like "The Little Woman's something..." I want one that's in line with Church of the Nazarene beliefs. She has several--but mostly toddler things that lay foundation with stories.

Thanks All-- you're all so kind and welcoming!

 

[Banana Phone]

It's summer...why not some strawberries and ice cream?

Hi all. I live in a suburb of Cleveland, OH. I grew up with a Catholic dad and a mom in the UMC. Sat. nights we'd go to mass, and Sunday we'd go to the UMC.

I was baptised in a Catholic church and made my first communion. I was confirmed in the Methodist church that I have attended since I was a baby.

I really enjoy my church and the enigmatic pastors that we have now and have had. I've been told our church is big for a Methodist church with about 1200-1400 in membership.

Our church is really involved in missions throughout the world, and I have gone on three work missions when I was in high school to different parts of the country.

OK, that's about all!

 

[wvmtnkid]

Hi Banana Phone! Welcome to WP! Grab a plate and join us.

WOW! That is a big church! You'll have to share your mission trips with us, when you get a chance.

 

[Filia Mariae]

Welcome to CF Banana Phone!

 

[AngelAmidala]

I have returned to the Covered-dish Dinner....

With Snicker-Doodle cookies!