Monday, October 24, 2011
Music Monday and Service Project
Service Project ~
Please make sure to email me pictures of collecting food for the Food Bank.
imogenenoe@gmail.com
Food bank needs
http://www.centralchurchofgod.org/ministries/detail.cfm/min_id/20/min_cont_id/217
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Saturday, October 22, 2011
Girl's Night Out: Recap
At the beginning of the summer, Musing Foodie, Carolina Clipper and I put our heads together and were mulling around having a blog GNO incorporating each of our individual blog's readers. We knew what we wanted to do and were excited about it BUT we were having a hard time getting the pricing and logistics juuuuust right. Just as we were getting ready to throw in the towel, I shared our vision with good ole Caroline Simas.
The Lord laid it on Caroline's heart to say, "Hannah! IIIIIIII will create a custom art piece incorporating scripture and IIIII will come share and teach your group how to create that piece." It was an amazing answer to prayer and above or beyond anything our minds could've conjured up!
So, I shared the idea with the women's ministry at our wonderful church and they not only were thrilled about the idea but wanted our Bible Study, mom's Heart to Heart to host it for alllllll the Women of Central.
Well, Thursday night was THE night and it was so fun to. There was something so refreshing about getting out of the "mom bubble" and being able to spend an evening with women of all ages and all walks of life. I was able to sit at a table with a beautiful, spunky lady in her 70s that reminded me sooooo much of my grandmother and I loved every minute. The only thing better would have been if my grandmother could have been there, too!
I was so busy that I didn't get many pictures but Musing Foodie catered a FABULOUS baked potato bar and smores bar and Caroline created a mixed media piece incorporating a choice of three scriptures.
One girl who happens to be an art teacher got REAL fancy with it! Whoooo would've thought of a bird cage?!?!?
...and HOW about this BABY that could be our RWAV theme picture!?!!? I LOVE it!
Caroline took a TON of pictures and will be putting them on her blog soon so be sure to head over there to see them! Let's hear it for GIRL'S NIGHT OUT!!!!!
Any of you girls that were there and want to show and tell, send me your creations to roofwithaview (at) gmail (dot) com!
The Lord laid it on Caroline's heart to say, "Hannah! IIIIIIII will create a custom art piece incorporating scripture and IIIII will come share and teach your group how to create that piece." It was an amazing answer to prayer and above or beyond anything our minds could've conjured up! So, I shared the idea with the women's ministry at our wonderful church and they not only were thrilled about the idea but wanted our Bible Study, mom's Heart to Heart to host it for alllllll the Women of Central.
Well, Thursday night was THE night and it was so fun to. There was something so refreshing about getting out of the "mom bubble" and being able to spend an evening with women of all ages and all walks of life. I was able to sit at a table with a beautiful, spunky lady in her 70s that reminded me sooooo much of my grandmother and I loved every minute. The only thing better would have been if my grandmother could have been there, too!
I was so busy that I didn't get many pictures but Musing Foodie catered a FABULOUS baked potato bar and smores bar and Caroline created a mixed media piece incorporating a choice of three scriptures.
- Women of Central theme verse: "For we are to God the fragrance of Christ." 2 Corinthians 2:15
- Roof with a View theme verse: "What I tell you in the darkness, speak in the light; and what you hear whispered in your ear, proclaim upon the housetops." Matthew 10:27
- Mom's Heart to Heart Study of James theme verse: "Consider it all joy, brethren, when you encounter various trials" James 1:2
Any of you girls that were there and want to show and tell, send me your creations to roofwithaview (at) gmail (dot) com!
Tasty treat for the week: Apple Cake!
You know this cake must be good because I missed Bible Study due to sick kids and I got a phone call soon after Bible Study from a trusty friend that I would be getting the recipe via email and needed to make is PRONTO.
Low and behold, I made it today and she was right. I was not disappointed and you won't be either.
Thanks, Elizabeth S.!
Elizabeth says:
Apple Cake
3 cups flour
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp allspice
1/4 tsp salt
3 eggs
1 cup oil
1 cup sugar
1 cup brown sugar
1 tsp vanilla
3 cups peeled, chopped apples (I used Gala)
Sift together dry ingredients. In a separate bowl, mix eggs through vanilla with electric mixer for 2 minutes. Add to dry ingredients and stir just until combined. Fold in apples. Pour mixture into a prepared bundt pan and bake at 350 for one hour. The recipe says to just dust powdered sugar over it, but I am an icing girl so... combine 2 cups powdered sugar with enough milk just to get the right consistency and pour over cooled cake. Enjoy!
Love ya'll!!
Elizabeth :)
Low and behold, I made it today and she was right. I was not disappointed and you won't be either.
Thanks, Elizabeth S.!
Elizabeth says:
Apple Cake
3 cups flour
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp allspice
1/4 tsp salt
3 eggs
1 cup oil
1 cup sugar
1 cup brown sugar
1 tsp vanilla
3 cups peeled, chopped apples (I used Gala)
Sift together dry ingredients. In a separate bowl, mix eggs through vanilla with electric mixer for 2 minutes. Add to dry ingredients and stir just until combined. Fold in apples. Pour mixture into a prepared bundt pan and bake at 350 for one hour. The recipe says to just dust powdered sugar over it, but I am an icing girl so... combine 2 cups powdered sugar with enough milk just to get the right consistency and pour over cooled cake. Enjoy!
Love ya'll!!
Elizabeth :)
Week 6: James 3:1-12
To open, we sang this worship chorus. I love these words.
A special thanks to Catherine C. who took excellent notes in my (Hannah) absence so that you wouldn't miss a beat!
I will bless you, Lord.
I will bless you, Lord.
With all of my praise,
I'll worship you always.
I will bless you, Lord.
Let your life be seasoned with salt – a picture that people will thirst after. Let your SPEECH be like salt.
Don’t desire to be a teacher – James points out the strict judgment that follows those who teach. You have to SPEAK it and walk it. Concentrate on what you say.
No one is perfect – stick to the Word, it’s perfect.
Glenda read dictionary definition of the tongue: fleshly muscular organ…humans use for articulating speech.
- Has power
- Has the ability to bless and curse
- Can’t be tamed
Things we say that bring a curse
Here are some things the ladies shared:
-gossip
-complaints
-lies
-comparisons
-criticisms
-blame
Things we say that bring a blessing
The ladies shared:
-praise
-encouragement
-apologies
-affirmation
-thanksgiving
-truth
-hope
An example for us is the horse's bit and bridle. A horse's bit and bridle can be changed depending on its attitude – one even with spikes if needed. God can use the same effect on us – He doesn’t want to, but will use it as necessary to guide/change etc. If you are interested in watching a POWERFUL, real life visual of ourselves via a green horse being broken, I invite you to check out these amazing videos by Riding High Ministries. It is a beautiful illustration and you will never look at yourself and what God does for us in the same way.
Unless you ask God to help you with your tongue, you’ll never be able to manage it.
Another example: One "beautiful" Saturday, our family was sailing on Lake Minnetonka in Minnesota. We were very new at this activity but ‘thought and acted’ like we knew what we were doing. All of a sudden, a storm came out of nowhere and our response clearly indicated we had nooooo clue what we were doing. The sail was not tied down and was flapping all over the place. We almost capsized. Our lives flashed before our eyes. We were a sight!
We need to operate in God’s wisdom, not our own. Saying the wrong thing can cause turmoil. Use God’s word as your base.
Psalm 5:9 – What you do not want your words to be
You want your words to be authentic, reliable, trustworthy and bring encouragement.
Proverbs 12:18 – We want to have/speak words of wisdom – it brings healing.
Pray for the Lord to show you how to say things in a loving way (example of difficult situation where a sharp answer will turn other person away).
Ecclesiastes 3:7 – There is a time to be silent.
Matthew 10:19 – The Spirit has the power to give you what to say in all situations.
Ephesians 5:19 – A heart that loves God and knows God made everyone. Take what He’s done in you to minister to others.
Here is your homework for Week 7 and it is a GREAT passage on wisdom. I'm looking forward to next week!
Here is your homework for Week 7 and it is a GREAT passage on wisdom. I'm looking forward to next week!
Sunday, October 16, 2011
Music Monday and Food Bank Needs
Food bank Needs ~
CENTRAL’S FOOD PANTRY NEEDS STOCKING
CHURCH-WIDE FOOD DRIVE • SUNDAY, OCTOBER 23
During both morning services, items can be brought to the
following locations: the Narthex, Kids Central, the Student
Life Center, the Discipleship Center and Central at Lake Park.
Please check food expiration dates carefully. Current needs
for our Food Pantry include: black beans, black-eyed peas,
kidney beans, pinto beans, green peas, rice, macaroni and
cheese, pasta sauce, brownie mix, cake mix, cookie mix,
canned tuna, canned chicken, as well as paper towels.
Have fun with this! I found a book at the library to help with teaching my children to help others. "Uncle Willie and The Soup Kitchen". Please list any others that you may have found.
Meal Mammas~
After cooking a meal myself the chicken requirements on the dishes may be a bit high. I use one frozen bag and it only had 8 breasts and worked out fine. So just make judgement call per recipe. PLEASE PLEASE read the instruction on packaging and delivering which is located at the bottom of each recipe.
Music Monday ~ What a great sermon on Sunday! If you missed visit site and watch or listen. His message of "go and sin no more" reminded me of this song! One of my old favorites!
CENTRAL’S FOOD PANTRY NEEDS STOCKING
CHURCH-WIDE FOOD DRIVE • SUNDAY, OCTOBER 23
During both morning services, items can be brought to the
following locations: the Narthex, Kids Central, the Student
Life Center, the Discipleship Center and Central at Lake Park.
Please check food expiration dates carefully. Current needs
for our Food Pantry include: black beans, black-eyed peas,
kidney beans, pinto beans, green peas, rice, macaroni and
cheese, pasta sauce, brownie mix, cake mix, cookie mix,
canned tuna, canned chicken, as well as paper towels.
Have fun with this! I found a book at the library to help with teaching my children to help others. "Uncle Willie and The Soup Kitchen". Please list any others that you may have found.
Meal Mammas~
After cooking a meal myself the chicken requirements on the dishes may be a bit high. I use one frozen bag and it only had 8 breasts and worked out fine. So just make judgement call per recipe. PLEASE PLEASE read the instruction on packaging and delivering which is located at the bottom of each recipe.
Music Monday ~ What a great sermon on Sunday! If you missed visit site and watch or listen. His message of "go and sin no more" reminded me of this song! One of my old favorites!
Saturday, October 15, 2011
This week's tasty treat~Sour Cream Coffee Cake
You know a week of Bible Study has not passed unless someone brought something that teasingly goes great alongside your cup of coffee. Here is what we grazed on this week. :) Thanks, Christine!
Sour Cream Coffee Cake
1 cup butter (2 sticks)
2 cups sugar
2 eggs
1 cup sour cream
2 cups flour
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp vanilla
Topping:
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/2 cup chopped nuts (I used pecans)
3 Tbls brown sugar
Cream butter, sugar and eggs, fold in sour cream and vanilla.
Add dry ingredients
Spoon 1/2 batter into greased and floured 10" bundt pan (I use the flour Pam spray)
Cover with topping
Add rest of batter
Bake 350 for 50 - 60 minutes
Cool in pan almost completely
Sour Cream Coffee Cake
1 cup butter (2 sticks)
2 cups sugar
2 eggs
1 cup sour cream
2 cups flour
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp vanilla
Topping:
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/2 cup chopped nuts (I used pecans)
3 Tbls brown sugar
Cream butter, sugar and eggs, fold in sour cream and vanilla.
Add dry ingredients
Spoon 1/2 batter into greased and floured 10" bundt pan (I use the flour Pam spray)
Cover with topping
Add rest of batter
Bake 350 for 50 - 60 minutes
Cool in pan almost completely
Friday, October 14, 2011
Week 5: James 2:14-26~ Faith & Works
I wanted to open today with this quote I saw online that made me think of our study.
RECAP:
In review, James has been speaking and encouraging the believer rather than trying to proclaim the gospel message to nonbelievers. So, if you are a believer in the Lord Jesus Christ, God's son this message is for you!
1st week- Statement to the believer that your life will be polka dotted with trials. You can count on it!
2nd week- We talked about the fact that those trials will be beneficial to our character and be used in the lives of those around us. Do not let testing be time to fall into sin.
3rd week- We saw how important Gods Word is for our daily life.
Last week- We were encouraged to not be arrogant in our faith and to love everyone, never showing personal favoritism.
This week our faith is to lead us to action!
The Bible does tell us that faith in Jesus Christ leads us to Heaven. As we grow in that faith, our life will be fuller if we know the dimension Jesus intends for us. James 2:14, tells us that, as Christians, we are not be people that have faith and just sit still.
Last week, we talked about the man that looks in the mirror, is disheveled and does nothing about it. This man does not have a heart for God. I shared with the group that sometimes there is a man that looks in the mirror, doesn't like what he sees but can't do anything about it. Example-ME today! I am a creme fanatic and and have cremes for the dark circles under my eyes, to lift my skin...you name it. I have a creme for it. Sometimes, I even make cremes. Unfortunately, today, I was out of my cremes and I was having one of those "disheveled" days and couldn't do anything about it. BUT, I DO have a heart for God. Just wanted to make sure we don't mistake the two. :)
Verse 22 has another formula for us: Faith + Works = Faith made perfect.
Several years ago, there was a lady in a church where I taught a Bible Study that always sat in a room and studied the Bible. She would write everything she learned on notecards and study, study, study. Because of her head knowledge, she was asked to lead quite a few things but always declined. Unfortunately, several years later, she drifted away. What she knew in her head did not change her heart. Faith is not about knowledge. It is a head, heart and feet matter!
Faith only=empty and stagnant. REMEMBER: Even the demons believe and tremble!
Works only=empty b/c it is not the whole picture of a faith perfected (James 2:22)
The passage we read this week mentions the word "dead" twice in reference to faith only and/or works only. Dead=Ineffective! This makes me think of the saying, "what you do speaks so loud I can not hear what you say. "
So, in other words faith works (and I'm not talking "busy" work). You must let what you know in your mind (that Jesus died for you and when you came to Him you became a new person), what you have experienced in your heart (the way you view life now versus how you used to look at it), and let it set your feet in motion (responding to the needs around you as God prompts you).
It is not enough to just go about works or good deeds, we need to pray that God take our every moment to lead us to the situations where He wants us placed and how He wants us to be obedient. That will be an effective life and work.
The person that James uses as an example of faith and obedience is Abraham. In your homework, you read Genesis 22 and listed the things this passage said made Abraham a friend of God.
Here are a few things that the ladies shouted out:
1. Works that stem from obedience-These works are a result of a mind obedient to God. An example would be when we do something that God specifically directed us to do.
2. Works of a godly life- This is the act of of getting rid of ungodliness and all filth in our lifes. It is to live a life of integrity and morality.
3. Works toward others.
Until next week, let your faith transform your heart and keep your feet moving! I am praying for you.
Here is your homework for week 6.
Love,
Glenda
Glenda
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In review, James has been speaking and encouraging the believer rather than trying to proclaim the gospel message to nonbelievers. So, if you are a believer in the Lord Jesus Christ, God's son this message is for you!
1st week- Statement to the believer that your life will be polka dotted with trials. You can count on it!
2nd week- We talked about the fact that those trials will be beneficial to our character and be used in the lives of those around us. Do not let testing be time to fall into sin.
3rd week- We saw how important Gods Word is for our daily life.
Last week- We were encouraged to not be arrogant in our faith and to love everyone, never showing personal favoritism.
This week our faith is to lead us to action!
The Bible does tell us that faith in Jesus Christ leads us to Heaven. As we grow in that faith, our life will be fuller if we know the dimension Jesus intends for us. James 2:14, tells us that, as Christians, we are not be people that have faith and just sit still.
Last week, we talked about the man that looks in the mirror, is disheveled and does nothing about it. This man does not have a heart for God. I shared with the group that sometimes there is a man that looks in the mirror, doesn't like what he sees but can't do anything about it. Example-ME today! I am a creme fanatic and and have cremes for the dark circles under my eyes, to lift my skin...you name it. I have a creme for it. Sometimes, I even make cremes. Unfortunately, today, I was out of my cremes and I was having one of those "disheveled" days and couldn't do anything about it. BUT, I DO have a heart for God. Just wanted to make sure we don't mistake the two. :)
Verse 22 has another formula for us: Faith + Works = Faith made perfect.
Several years ago, there was a lady in a church where I taught a Bible Study that always sat in a room and studied the Bible. She would write everything she learned on notecards and study, study, study. Because of her head knowledge, she was asked to lead quite a few things but always declined. Unfortunately, several years later, she drifted away. What she knew in her head did not change her heart. Faith is not about knowledge. It is a head, heart and feet matter!
Faith only=empty and stagnant. REMEMBER: Even the demons believe and tremble!
Works only=empty b/c it is not the whole picture of a faith perfected (James 2:22)
The passage we read this week mentions the word "dead" twice in reference to faith only and/or works only. Dead=Ineffective! This makes me think of the saying, "what you do speaks so loud I can not hear what you say. "
So, in other words faith works (and I'm not talking "busy" work). You must let what you know in your mind (that Jesus died for you and when you came to Him you became a new person), what you have experienced in your heart (the way you view life now versus how you used to look at it), and let it set your feet in motion (responding to the needs around you as God prompts you).
It is not enough to just go about works or good deeds, we need to pray that God take our every moment to lead us to the situations where He wants us placed and how He wants us to be obedient. That will be an effective life and work.
The person that James uses as an example of faith and obedience is Abraham. In your homework, you read Genesis 22 and listed the things this passage said made Abraham a friend of God.
Here are a few things that the ladies shouted out:
- He responded to what God told him.
- He didn't procrastinate
- He was available.
- He was willing.
- He didn't complain.
- He didn't go to someone else to ask for their interpretation (LOVE this one).
- He wasn't "above" the test or too good.
- He was at peace.
- He didn't show anger.
- He knew when God spoke because he had a personal relationship with Him.
- Did what God said.
- God saw His faithfulness.
- He recieved reward and blessing.
- He was a man of faith - acted in faith - God rewarded his faith.
- He made himself available.
- He was obedient.
- He could not possibly see what was going to save him or his son.
1. Works that stem from obedience-These works are a result of a mind obedient to God. An example would be when we do something that God specifically directed us to do.
2. Works of a godly life- This is the act of of getting rid of ungodliness and all filth in our lifes. It is to live a life of integrity and morality.
3. Works toward others.
Until next week, let your faith transform your heart and keep your feet moving! I am praying for you.
Here is your homework for week 6.
Love,
Glenda
Glenda
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