Craft Night in the NAFCON Gym

After postponing Craft Night at the beginning of the month, we rescheduled for February 19th.

Suzanne Mayo & Carolyn Koblens were in charge of this event & did a terrific job!

We had over 15 ladies come out in a cold night to scrapbook, knit, crochet, make jewelry or just sit around & chat (that would be me!)

Here’s a few photos of the evening:

We had a wonderful assortment of door prizes to choose from. In order to get one, you had to say the memory verse for the evening.  It was:  so now I am giving you a new commandment:  Love each other.  John 13:34

Christina was the first to say it & the first to choose.

 

 

Several gals brought yummy snacks to share. 

This is Suzanne Mayo’s Recipe for

Buffalo Chicken Dip

2 cans of chicken (like the tuna size cans)
2 regular size cream cheese
1/2 cup buffalo wing sauce (I use medium but you can use mild or hot - your taste)
1/2 cup ranch dressing
2 cups of cheddar cheese  ( 1 cup mixed in)
Mix all together and spread in a baking dish.  Sprinkle the other cup of cheddar cheese on top.
Bake at 350 till heated through and the cheese is melted on top.
Serve this with tortilla chips( "scoops") or an assortment of crackers.

(Suzanne brought it in a crockpot for Craft Night)

This was a lot of fun & we hope to do it again.  It was another opportunity to get to know each other & to love one another.

Secret Sisters

Over 40 of you have signed up to participate in the Secret Sisters Ministry.  

The drawing took place just in time for Valentine’s Day & the ICU Table in the Lobby was filled to overflowing with gifts.  What a great way to begin!

& what a great way to show your love for One Another. 

Just to recap what the Secret Sister Ministry is all about:

Welcome to our Secret Sister Ministry at NAFCON!

You have been given a “sister” to pray for & encourage.  It is wonderful to have someone that prays for you, & to send you an encouraging note from time to time.  We’ll be keeping our “sisters” a secret; so don’t let anyone know.  At the end of the program year (Jan. 2011), we will reveal our “sisters” & draw our new “sister” for 2011.

What are your Responsibilities as a Secret Sister?

• Know that it is a commitment.  The lady you are assigned will be expecting you to uphold her in your prayers & she should be able to rely on you & be comforted by you for encouragement.
• Pray daily for your sister.  Get to know her needs & her family’s needs so that you may pray specifically for them.
• Make an effort to get to know your sister.  Discover her likes & dislikes.  Know her favorite things.  Find out all about her.
• Be an encouragement of light for your sister.  Send her cards or notes of encouragement.
• Remember your sister on her special occasions.  Buy a small gift (no more than $15) for birthdays, anniversaries & Christmas.
• Keep it a Secret!  Don’t let anyone know who you have.  Leave your cards, notes or gifts on the ICU Women’s Ministry table in the lobby when no one is around or have someone else deliver them.
• If you are unable to continue, contact Delora Gilzow.  If you are unable to continue participating in the Secret Sister Ministry or are absent for a long time; you should contact Delora at deloragilzow@hotmail.com or 614 390-9319 so that your sister is taken care of in your absence or is given a new sister.
• Above all, have fun & enjoy getting to know your sisters!  You can be the instrument that God has placed in this person’s life to give them the encouragement they need right when they need it.

“A word spoken in due season, how good it is!”  Proverbs  15:23

 

Love One Another

February brought us many opportunities to show our love one for another & the shoveling of snow!

Have we ever had a February with this much snow?

It may have postponed our Craft Night but it didn’t stop us from having a

“Valentine’s Coffee”

on Saturday, February 13th. 

Someone actually took photos for us (thanks, Corrie!). 

Enjoy -

choosing their valentines

& – of course – there was food! 

Ruthie’s Breakfast Casserole is on the left & the scones are from the Bread Basket in Olde Gahanna

That’s Shelly’s Grits Casserole on the far right(recipe at end of post)

Wasn’t Beth’s heart shaped danish beautiful?

 You can get the recipe here (click on the word).  It was half blueberry & half cherry pie filling.  Yum!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We even managed to get a few group shots

ok- Ruthie & Cheryl – stop talking & Nancy – no hiding!  What are you pointing at, Beth?

Now it’s Ruthie & Brenda & Susan & Suzanne!  okay - girls!  We’re paying the photographer by the hour, hah!

why didn’t someone tell me to put on some lipstick & earrings?   whoops – Susan is hiding now!

presenting some of the many  beautiful NAFCON women (that is Susan Elkins behind the column). 

& as a special treat - the deer stopped by to entertain us!

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This is the recipe for

 Shelly Parker’s Grits Casserole

4 cups water

1 cup quick grits

1 tsp. salt

4 eggs, lightly beaten & combined with

1/2 cup milk

1 lb. Jimmy Dean sausage, browned & drained

1 1/2 cups sharp cheddar cheese, in small cubes

1 stick of butter, softened

Prepare grits (4 cups boiling water with 1 cup quick grits).   Mix in butter, cheese & sausage.  Remove from heat.  Add small amt. of this mixture into the lightly beaten eggs & milk.  Then add the rest of the mixture to the eggs & milk.

Pour into 13x9 baking dish.  Bake at 350 degrees for 50-60 minutes.

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More about February to follow -

 

The “One Anothers” for 2010

As we mentioned on this post, we are focusing on 12 verses from God’s Word for 2010.

Each month, we will introduce a new verse. Ask the Lord to reveal His purpose for you in this verse . Ask Him to show you a new way of living these words.

Here are the 12 verses for the year:

January

and let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds. Hebrews 10:24

February

So now I am giving you a new commandment: Love each other. Just as I have loved you, you should love each other. Your love for one another will prove to the world that you are my disciples. John 13:34-35

March

Be kind & compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you. Ephesians 4:32

April

Speak to one another with psalms, hymns & spiritual songs. Sing and make music in your heart to the Lord. Ephesians 5:19

May

Be devoted to one another in (sisterly) love. Honor one another above yourselves. Romans 12:10

June

Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ. Ephesians 5:21

July

Serve one another in love. Galatians 5:13b

August

Be completely humble & gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love. Ephesians 4:2

September

Therefore, let us stop passing judgment on one another. Instead, make up your mind not to put any stumbling block in your (sister’s) way. Romans 14:13

October

This is what the Lord Almighty says: Administer true justice; show mercy and compassion to one another. Do not oppress the wide or the fatherless, the alien or the poor. In your hearts, do not think evil of each other. Zechariah 7:9-10

November

Accept one another, then, just as Christ accepted you, in order to bring praise to God. Romans 15:7

December

Finally, all of you, live in harmony with one another. Be sympathetic, love as (sisters), be compassionate and humble. 1 Peter 3:8

May God bless you as you live your life in service to Him & others.

Love,

Randee & the ICU Team

One Body, One Mind, One Purpose

ROMANS 12:4 & 5 says: Just as each of us has one body with many members, and these members do not all have the same function, so in Christ we who are many form one body, and each member belongs to all the others.

ACTS 4:32 All the believers were one in heart and mind.

PHILIPPIANS 2:2 being like-minded, having the same love, being one in spirit and purpose.

TOGETHER, YOU AND I, ARE THE BODY OF CHRIST. TOGETHER WE ARE TO BE OF ONE MIND, OF ONE PURPOSE: BY EVERYTHING WE DO TOGETHER IN 2010 WE'LL BUILD A STRONGER SENSE OF COMMUNITY, GROW IN OUR KNOWLEDGE OF JESUS & IN OUR LOVE FOR HIM & FOR ONE ANOTHER .

This is our hope & prayer for the NAFCON women for 2010.

One Body, One Mind, One Purpose
1-2 So here's what I want you to do, God helping you: Take your everyday, ordinary life—your sleeping, eating, going-to-
work, and walking-around life—and place it before God as an offering. Embracing what God does for you is the best thing
you can do for him. Don't become so well-adjusted to your culture that you fit into it without even thinking. Instead, fix your
attention on God. You'll be changed from the inside out. Readily recognize what he wants from you, and quickly respond to
it. Unlike the culture around you, always dragging you down to its level of immaturity, God brings the best out of you,
develops well-formed maturity in you.
3I'm speaking to you out of deep gratitude for all that God has given me, and especially as I have responsibilities in relation to you. Living
then, as every one of you does, in pure grace, it's important that you not misinterpret yourselves as people who are bringing this goodness to
God. No, God brings it all to you. The only accurate way to understand ourselves is by what God is and by what he does for us, not by what we
are and what we do for him.
4-6In this way we are like the various parts of a human body. Each part gets its meaning from the body as a whole, not the other way around.
The body we're talking about is Christ's body of
chosen people. Each of us finds our meaning and function as a part of his body. But as a chopped-off finger or cut-off toe we wouldn't
amount to much, would we? So since we find ourselves fashioned into all these excellently formed and marvelously functioning parts in
Christ's body, let's just go ahead and be what we were made to be, without enviously or pridefully comparing ourselves with each other, or
trying to be something we aren't.
- From the Message - A Paraphrase of Romans 12:1-6a

May God be glorified in everything we say & do this year!

Love,

Randee & the ICU Team

Time Flies When You’re Having Fun

- and we are definitely having fun!

In fact, so much fun - that we haven’t had time to post here on the blog. Let’s see if we can play catch up, shall we?

Where were we? Oh yeah, I remember. We were in January! Wow!

A little recap of January -

Mugs, Muffins & More was a fabulously fun time.

28 lovely ladies showed up with mug in hand (well, some showed up empty handed. Like me!). The coffee was great & the muffins were plentiful. And, I do believe the CD Calendars were a big hit.

Sorry – no photos to show : (

Everyone was excited about the events that are planned for 2010 & our theme for the year:

ONE BODY, ONE MIND, ONE PURPOSE

If you weren’t able to be with us, you can read all about our theme in our next entry.

This year we are also going to be focusing on the “One Anothers”: 12 verses from Scripture that we are to use in our everyday lives.

January’s verse:

And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds. Hebrews 10:24

That just about wraps up January.

Blessings -

Randee & the ICU Team