Saturday, October 29, 2011
Trunk or Treat has been rescheduled...
Trunk or Treat has been rescheduled for Monday, October 31 from 6-8 pm in the parking lot of Bethel Assembly of God in Martinsburg, WV.
Friday, October 28, 2011
A New Recipe...Salsa Chicken
Ingredients:
1 jar of salsa
2 cans of corn, drained
2 cans of black beans, drained
5-6 chicken breasts, fresh or frozen
Directions:
Combine everything in a crock pot and cook for 4 hours on high. When meal is complete, shred the chicken. Serve on tortilla wraps with sour cream, cheese, shredded lettuce, etc.
You can freeze any extra or use the salsa for chips.
Thank you to Maryrose Gill for sharing this with us! I'm putting this on the menu this week!
If you have a recipe you love, please email it to me so we can all enjoy it!
Lisa
1 jar of salsa
2 cans of corn, drained
2 cans of black beans, drained
5-6 chicken breasts, fresh or frozen
Directions:
Combine everything in a crock pot and cook for 4 hours on high. When meal is complete, shred the chicken. Serve on tortilla wraps with sour cream, cheese, shredded lettuce, etc.
You can freeze any extra or use the salsa for chips.
Thank you to Maryrose Gill for sharing this with us! I'm putting this on the menu this week!
If you have a recipe you love, please email it to me so we can all enjoy it!
Lisa
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
"There is a time for everything,
and a season for every activity under heaven:
a time to be born and a time to die,
a time to plant and a time to uproot,
a time to kill and a time to heal,
a time to tear down and a time to build,
a time to weep and a time to laugh,
a time to mourn and a time to dance,
a time to scatter stones and a time to gather them,
a time to embrace and a time to refrain,
a time to search and a time to give up,
a time to keep and a time to throw away,
a time to tear and a time to mend,
a time to be silent and a time to speak,
a time to love and a time to hate,
a time for war and a time for peace."
Ecclesiastes 3:1-8
Right now is a season of your life. If your baby is waking you up in the middle of the night, your body is not your own because of breastfeeding, or you have no privacy due to a clingy two year old, take heart- it will not last forever. It's your season of life.
Being in Mom's Connection is a season and God has brought you here. Maybe you will meet a life long friend, grow in the knowledge of God, or discover for the first time a relationship with the One who made you and loves you.
For whatever the reason, embrace it.
Opener for topic meeting on 10/25/2011
Lisa Fraley
Friday, October 21, 2011
Pumpkin Patch
One of our moms wanted to share this pumpkin patch with us called Hagerstown Corn Maze.
You can get lost in one or all three of the Mazes for one price. Open weekends in October. Moonlight mazes on Friday and Saturday nights only...bring your flashlight and be prepared to have lots of fun. All proceeds benefit local Faith Based Non-Profits Organizations. Here are the prices for the mazes: 4 and under free; $5 for adults; $3 for children.
You can also pick-your-own pumpkins for about $2, $3, or $4 each. Check it out on
http://www.hagerstowncornmaze.org/
You can get lost in one or all three of the Mazes for one price. Open weekends in October. Moonlight mazes on Friday and Saturday nights only...bring your flashlight and be prepared to have lots of fun. All proceeds benefit local Faith Based Non-Profits Organizations. Here are the prices for the mazes: 4 and under free; $5 for adults; $3 for children.
You can also pick-your-own pumpkins for about $2, $3, or $4 each. Check it out on
http://www.hagerstowncornmaze.org/
Sunday, October 16, 2011
Teach our daughters and our sons...
How are you doing this with your sons and daughters? Click on comment and let us know!Friday, October 14, 2011
Upcoming Events for 2011
October
Tuesday, October 25 Topic Meeting- Join us at Bethel Assembly of God in Martinsburg, WV from 9:45- 11:45 am for a time of brunch, discussion, and fun! Childcare is provided.
Saturday, October 29 Trunk or Treat at Bethel Assembly of God in Martinsburg, WV from 6-8pm- Participants will park their cars in the parking lot, open up the trunk or the back of the vehicle, decorate them in a theme such as a favorite sports team, a cartoon character, etc. (Please Not Scary!!) and pass out candy or other goodies (provided by the participant). There will also be a hayride and inside the gym a few inflatable games. All at not cost. Just come out and enjoy!
November
Friday, November 4 Baby Shower for Katie Trenary- Celebrate with us the upcoming birth of Katie's baby girl at 6:30 pm with food, games, and prizes!
Tuesday, November 8 Topic Meeting- Join us at Bethel Assembly of God in Martinsburg, WV from 9:45- 11:45 am for a time of brunch, discussion, and fun. Childcare is provided.
Tuesday, November 15 Restaurant Hopping- Join us as we enjoy appetizer, main course, and dessert at three different locations beginning at 6 pm. Locations TBA.
Tuesday, November 22 Topic Meeting- Join us at Bethel Assembly of God in Martinsburg, WV from 9:45- 11:45 am for a time of brunch, discussion, and fun. Childcare is provided.
December
**Note Date Change**
Tuesday, December 6 Christmas Shopping at the Prime Outlets in Hagerstown, MD- Join at the food court at 6:30 pm to shop and stay for dessert at the Longhorn Restaurant at 9 pm.
Tuesday, December 13 Christmas Party- Details TBA.
Tuesday, October 25 Topic Meeting- Join us at Bethel Assembly of God in Martinsburg, WV from 9:45- 11:45 am for a time of brunch, discussion, and fun! Childcare is provided.
Saturday, October 29 Trunk or Treat at Bethel Assembly of God in Martinsburg, WV from 6-8pm- Participants will park their cars in the parking lot, open up the trunk or the back of the vehicle, decorate them in a theme such as a favorite sports team, a cartoon character, etc. (Please Not Scary!!) and pass out candy or other goodies (provided by the participant). There will also be a hayride and inside the gym a few inflatable games. All at not cost. Just come out and enjoy!
November
Friday, November 4 Baby Shower for Katie Trenary- Celebrate with us the upcoming birth of Katie's baby girl at 6:30 pm with food, games, and prizes!
Tuesday, November 8 Topic Meeting- Join us at Bethel Assembly of God in Martinsburg, WV from 9:45- 11:45 am for a time of brunch, discussion, and fun. Childcare is provided.
Tuesday, November 15 Restaurant Hopping- Join us as we enjoy appetizer, main course, and dessert at three different locations beginning at 6 pm. Locations TBA.
Tuesday, November 22 Topic Meeting- Join us at Bethel Assembly of God in Martinsburg, WV from 9:45- 11:45 am for a time of brunch, discussion, and fun. Childcare is provided.
December
**Note Date Change**
Tuesday, December 6 Christmas Shopping at the Prime Outlets in Hagerstown, MD- Join at the food court at 6:30 pm to shop and stay for dessert at the Longhorn Restaurant at 9 pm.
Tuesday, December 13 Christmas Party- Details TBA.
Sunday, October 9, 2011
The Cracked Pot
A water bearer in India served his master by toting water from the stream to his master's home. He carried the water in two pots that hung on either end of a pole balanced across his shoulders.
One of the pots had a crack in it; the other pot was perfect. The perfect pot always delivered a full portion of water from the stream, while the cracked pot always arrived at the master's house only half full.
For a full two years this went on, every day the water bearer delivering one full and one half-full measures of water to the master's home. Naturally the full pot was proud of its service, perfect to the end for which it had been made. But the cracked pot was unhappy; ashamed of its imperfection, miserable that it was able to accomplish only half of what it had been made to do.
After an eternity of what it perceived to be a bitter failure, the cracked pot spoke to the water bearer one day. "I'm so ashamed of myself," it said. "I want to apologize to you."
"But why?" asked the water bearer.
"For the past two years," spoke the pot, "this crack in my side has let water leak out all the way to the master's house, and I have been unable to deliver but half my load. You do the work carrying me from the stream to our master's house each day, but because of my defect, you don't get full value from your effort," sighed the anguished pot.
Kindly, the water bearer told the distressed pot, "As we return to the master's house today, please notice the lovely flowers along the way."
As the trio returned up the hill, the old cracked pot noticed the winsome wild flowers--the sun glistening off their bright faces, the breeze bending their heads. But still, at the end of the trail, the faulty pot felt bad because it had again leaked out half its load, and again it apologized to the bearer for it's failure.
But the bearer said to the pot, "Did you not notice that the flowers were only on your side of the path? Because I have always known about your 'flaw' I planted flower seeds on your side of the path, and every day while we wind our way walk back from the stream, you have watered them. And every day I am able to pick these beautiful flowers to adorn our master's table. Were you not just the way you are, the master would not have had this beauty to grace his house."
"The Cracked Pot" by Willy McNamara from "Chicken Soup for the Unsinkable Soul: 101 Inspirational Stories of Overcoming Life's Challenges" by Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen and Heather McNamara copyright 1999 Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen
I saw the preceding story and it made me think of all of the "imperfections" we see in ourselves. We might see another woman and think ,"Man, she's really got it together...look how she serves God...I am too flawed to be able to serve in that way..."
None of us is perfect, but we are perfectly suited to serve in the way God intends for us to serve.
What beauty do you have to grace the Master's house?
Christina Burton
One of the pots had a crack in it; the other pot was perfect. The perfect pot always delivered a full portion of water from the stream, while the cracked pot always arrived at the master's house only half full.
For a full two years this went on, every day the water bearer delivering one full and one half-full measures of water to the master's home. Naturally the full pot was proud of its service, perfect to the end for which it had been made. But the cracked pot was unhappy; ashamed of its imperfection, miserable that it was able to accomplish only half of what it had been made to do.
After an eternity of what it perceived to be a bitter failure, the cracked pot spoke to the water bearer one day. "I'm so ashamed of myself," it said. "I want to apologize to you."
"But why?" asked the water bearer.
"For the past two years," spoke the pot, "this crack in my side has let water leak out all the way to the master's house, and I have been unable to deliver but half my load. You do the work carrying me from the stream to our master's house each day, but because of my defect, you don't get full value from your effort," sighed the anguished pot.
Kindly, the water bearer told the distressed pot, "As we return to the master's house today, please notice the lovely flowers along the way."
As the trio returned up the hill, the old cracked pot noticed the winsome wild flowers--the sun glistening off their bright faces, the breeze bending their heads. But still, at the end of the trail, the faulty pot felt bad because it had again leaked out half its load, and again it apologized to the bearer for it's failure.
But the bearer said to the pot, "Did you not notice that the flowers were only on your side of the path? Because I have always known about your 'flaw' I planted flower seeds on your side of the path, and every day while we wind our way walk back from the stream, you have watered them. And every day I am able to pick these beautiful flowers to adorn our master's table. Were you not just the way you are, the master would not have had this beauty to grace his house."
"The Cracked Pot" by Willy McNamara from "Chicken Soup for the Unsinkable Soul: 101 Inspirational Stories of Overcoming Life's Challenges" by Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen and Heather McNamara copyright 1999 Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen
I saw the preceding story and it made me think of all of the "imperfections" we see in ourselves. We might see another woman and think ,"Man, she's really got it together...look how she serves God...I am too flawed to be able to serve in that way..."
None of us is perfect, but we are perfectly suited to serve in the way God intends for us to serve.
What beauty do you have to grace the Master's house?
Christina Burton
Sunday, October 2, 2011
Our October Events
Tuesday, October 11 Topic Meeting- Join us at Bethel Assembly of God in Martinsburg, WV from 9:45- 11:45 am for a time of brunch, discussion, and fun! Childcare is provided.
Tuesday, October 11 Mom's Game Night- Join us at Bethel Assembly of God in Martinsburg, WV in the Mace building, room 109 at 6:30 pm. Bring an appetizer and drink to share.
Tuesday, October 25 Topic Meeting- Join us at Bethel Assembly of God in Martinsburg, WV from 9:45- 11:45 am for a time of brunch, discussion, and fun! Childcare is provided.
Saturday, October 29 Trunk or Treat at Bethel Assembly of God in Martinsburg, WV from 6-8pm- Participants will park their cars in the parking lot, open up the trunk or the back of the vehicle, decorate them in a theme such as a favorite sports team, a cartoon character, etc. (Please Not Scary!!) and pass out candy or other goodies (provided by the participant). There will also be a hayride and inside the gym a few inflatable games. All at not cost. Just come out and enjoy!
Tuesday, October 11 Mom's Game Night- Join us at Bethel Assembly of God in Martinsburg, WV in the Mace building, room 109 at 6:30 pm. Bring an appetizer and drink to share.
Tuesday, October 25 Topic Meeting- Join us at Bethel Assembly of God in Martinsburg, WV from 9:45- 11:45 am for a time of brunch, discussion, and fun! Childcare is provided.
Saturday, October 29 Trunk or Treat at Bethel Assembly of God in Martinsburg, WV from 6-8pm- Participants will park their cars in the parking lot, open up the trunk or the back of the vehicle, decorate them in a theme such as a favorite sports team, a cartoon character, etc. (Please Not Scary!!) and pass out candy or other goodies (provided by the participant). There will also be a hayride and inside the gym a few inflatable games. All at not cost. Just come out and enjoy!
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