Showing posts with label 2011. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 2011. Show all posts
Believe
Christmas is a season for childlike faith and innocence, when we are invited to believe that anything is possible.
As we grow up, though, the stories so cherished in childhood simply become harder to believe. Most of us grow skeptical about life, including the story of Christmas.
Yet, two thousand years ago, God invited two very different people to believe in Him for the impossible and what happened next changed their lives forever.
What would it take for us to experience the miracle of Christmas in our time and in our lives? What would happen if we could, once again, just Believe?
As we grow up, though, the stories so cherished in childhood simply become harder to believe. Most of us grow skeptical about life, including the story of Christmas.
Yet, two thousand years ago, God invited two very different people to believe in Him for the impossible and what happened next changed their lives forever.
What would it take for us to experience the miracle of Christmas in our time and in our lives? What would happen if we could, once again, just Believe?
New School!
Everyone’s new at Crossroads School
By Jeff Bolichowski
Released in the St. Catharines Standard
September 7, 2011
Suddenly, everyone was the new kid in a new school Tuesday morning.
It left 12-year-old Frank Boese, a Grade 7 student at the new Crossroads School in Virgil, caught between admiration and nervousness. He'd been a student at Virgil School until his student body combined with Colonel John Butler School's to populate the newly-built school on Niagara Stone Rd.
Nervous or not, though, he'd made a couple of new friends by noon. And he'd found plenty to like about his new digs.
"I think it's really great that we have lockers and we have classrooms with smart boards," he said. "They really help us learn."
The newly-built school was not entirely finished when it welcomed students for the first time Tuesday. It's the new home for kids who once attended the nearly 140-year-old Virgil School and the small Butler School, both of which closed in the summer.
Some kids know each other, principal Marian Reimer Friesen said. But with two student bodies together in a new building, everyone got the new-kid experience of finding their way around and learning who's who — even the teachers.
"That moment this morning, when the buses arrived and all my kids stepped off the same bus. My Butler kids, my Virgil kids, the new kids, that was an incredible feeling," she said.
While some are getting lost, she said, that happens on the first day.
The transition, she said, has been rougher on the adults than the kids. "They're so adaptable," she said.
"The new kids say, 'What a great year to be new.' Nobody knows where the washrooms are. Nobody knows where the staff room is. Nobody knows how to get to the main office, so we can all experience it together."
The kids stepped into a school quite different from their former academies. Crossroads, a two-storey school, gleamed Tuesday, its corridors coloured in subdued tans and greens and blues.
Students have lockers now, which Reimer Friesen said has sparked a great deal of excitement. And the building houses a learning commons featuring plush chairs for reading plus books and computers, a hybrid of library and computer lab and discussion space.
It's even got that new-school smell, Reimer Friesen said.
A few things aren't finished. The gymnasium remains a mess of tools, its bare floor still lacking hardwood. And a couple of interior walls near the entrance, intended to eventually house a display case, aren't done yet.
The school holds 410 students, 20 teachers, three early childhood educators and two education assistants.
Grade 1 teacher Vinciane DeBrouwer, who taught for 10 years at Virgil School, said she's fascinated with what else her classroom holds. She was quick to name her favourite aspect of the room: "Storage." Everything, she said, has a place.
She said she spent about a week setting up her classroom. Displayed along the walls and bulletin boards, cutouts of cartoon monkeys introduce kids to months and colours.
The students, she said, got comfortable quickly. For her, it was a bit tougher.
"It's scary," she said. "But it's nice because everyone's in it together."
Grade 7 student Britney Goertz marvelled at the scale of her new school. She said it's a huge change from Butler and its 130 students and eight staff members.
"This is so big," she said. "Such a big change for me.
"I got to kind of get to know a lot of people. You don't know very many of them because Butler was kind of a small school."
The size and amenities are a big change for Reimer Friesen, too. She said she didn't have access to such amenities as principal at Butler and Virgil
"It's incredible to be able to answer the questions that parents have with, 'Yes, we can help you with that.' "
Also on Tuesday, regional council's public works committee voted to recommend lowering the speed limit on Niagara Stone Rd. in front of Crossroads at certain times when kids are around.
If council green-lights that, flashing signals will indicate a speed limit of 40 km/h in front of the school from 8 a.m. to 9 a.m., 11:15 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.
By Jeff Bolichowski
Released in the St. Catharines Standard
September 7, 2011
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| My nephew, Rowan, and some of his friends getting off the bus on their first day of classes at the new school. |
It left 12-year-old Frank Boese, a Grade 7 student at the new Crossroads School in Virgil, caught between admiration and nervousness. He'd been a student at Virgil School until his student body combined with Colonel John Butler School's to populate the newly-built school on Niagara Stone Rd.
Nervous or not, though, he'd made a couple of new friends by noon. And he'd found plenty to like about his new digs.
"I think it's really great that we have lockers and we have classrooms with smart boards," he said. "They really help us learn."
The newly-built school was not entirely finished when it welcomed students for the first time Tuesday. It's the new home for kids who once attended the nearly 140-year-old Virgil School and the small Butler School, both of which closed in the summer.
Some kids know each other, principal Marian Reimer Friesen said. But with two student bodies together in a new building, everyone got the new-kid experience of finding their way around and learning who's who — even the teachers.
"That moment this morning, when the buses arrived and all my kids stepped off the same bus. My Butler kids, my Virgil kids, the new kids, that was an incredible feeling," she said.
While some are getting lost, she said, that happens on the first day.
The transition, she said, has been rougher on the adults than the kids. "They're so adaptable," she said.
"The new kids say, 'What a great year to be new.' Nobody knows where the washrooms are. Nobody knows where the staff room is. Nobody knows how to get to the main office, so we can all experience it together."
The kids stepped into a school quite different from their former academies. Crossroads, a two-storey school, gleamed Tuesday, its corridors coloured in subdued tans and greens and blues.
Students have lockers now, which Reimer Friesen said has sparked a great deal of excitement. And the building houses a learning commons featuring plush chairs for reading plus books and computers, a hybrid of library and computer lab and discussion space.
It's even got that new-school smell, Reimer Friesen said.
A few things aren't finished. The gymnasium remains a mess of tools, its bare floor still lacking hardwood. And a couple of interior walls near the entrance, intended to eventually house a display case, aren't done yet.
The school holds 410 students, 20 teachers, three early childhood educators and two education assistants.
Grade 1 teacher Vinciane DeBrouwer, who taught for 10 years at Virgil School, said she's fascinated with what else her classroom holds. She was quick to name her favourite aspect of the room: "Storage." Everything, she said, has a place.
She said she spent about a week setting up her classroom. Displayed along the walls and bulletin boards, cutouts of cartoon monkeys introduce kids to months and colours.
The students, she said, got comfortable quickly. For her, it was a bit tougher.
"It's scary," she said. "But it's nice because everyone's in it together."
Grade 7 student Britney Goertz marvelled at the scale of her new school. She said it's a huge change from Butler and its 130 students and eight staff members.
"This is so big," she said. "Such a big change for me.
"I got to kind of get to know a lot of people. You don't know very many of them because Butler was kind of a small school."
The size and amenities are a big change for Reimer Friesen, too. She said she didn't have access to such amenities as principal at Butler and Virgil
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| My friend's daughter busy in her new class at the new local school. |
Also on Tuesday, regional council's public works committee voted to recommend lowering the speed limit on Niagara Stone Rd. in front of Crossroads at certain times when kids are around.
If council green-lights that, flashing signals will indicate a speed limit of 40 km/h in front of the school from 8 a.m. to 9 a.m., 11:15 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.
16-year-old girl dies in ATV crash
By Grant LaFleche, Standard StaffCheryl Beecroft-Penner has faith there was a reason behind the tragedy. One she cannot see or understand, perhaps, but a reason nevertheless.
"We have faith that she is exactly where God needs her to be," she says. "And am I just so thankful, so so thankful, that I had a daughter who was touching people's lives in a positive way."
Beecroft-Penner's daughter, 16-year-old Arlynne Holyer of St. Catharines, died Saturday as a result of an all-terrain vehicle accident near Longlac, Ont. some 320 kilometres northeast of Thunder Bay.
Beecroft-Penner said she was told the ATV rolled in a ditch while her daughter was on it.
The Eden High School student had spent most of her summer in the north doing what she felt called to do — sharing her faith. On the day she died, her mother said Arlynne was with members of an evangelical ministry handing out tracts to other teenagers to try and get them to come to a bible group.
"She just felt, deep down, that this was what she was meant to do, what God wanted her to do," she said. "We're heartbroken, certainly, and I would not wish this on anyone. But we are trying to see the positive."
Arlynne was a member of youth ministries at two St. Catharines churches, Southridge Community Church on Glenridge Ave. and Central Gospel downtown.
Her mother said the girl was raised in a religious home but like most teenagers, reached the age of minor rebellion. She tried alcohol and was occasionally disrespectful. But it was a period, fortunately, of finite duration.
Arlynne started taking her faith more seriously and soon developed a passion to help others.
"We told her the most important thing was to love Jesus and love others," said Arlynne's stepfather, Pete Penner. "Every family has that one member who just lights it all up. Arlynne was that person for our family."
She went on a youth missionary trip last year to Montreal, but came back disappointed.
"She was a little bummed and when I asked, she told me it was too short. There was so much left to do," Penner said.
So she left in June for a five-week mission with Child Evangelism Ontario in the north.
Her family held a big party for her before she left. Penner said he told her he would have to get up early the next morning to mow the lawn but when he awoke, Arlynne had already done it for him.
"That was her. Always thinking about others first," he said.
Arlynne's father, David Holyer, declined comment Tuesday evening.
A funeral service for Arlynne will be held Saturday at 11 a.m. at Central Gospel downtown. Visitation for her will be held Friday from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 8 p.m. at Tallman Funeral Home in Beamsville. Along with her parents, Holyer is also survived by five siblings.
Arlynne
Arlynne was on a missions trip with Child Evangelism Fellowship's Christian Youth in Action. She was in the Thunder Bay area teaching Bible Clubs to kids from broken homes who probably thought of God as a swear word (her words, not mine). During this missions trip, she experienced some incredible things. She just celebrated her 16th birthday on Wednesday. On Saturday night, she was out with her partner having fun when the ATV that she was driving rolled over onto her.
Arlynne, you were an amazing girl! When you entered a room, you made sure everyone smiled, talked and laughed. I will miss your joy for life and your spunky personality. See you "on the other side" and love cows!
HOLYER, Arlynne Elizabeth - Aged 16 years, was transported from the seat of an ATV to the presence of her Saviour on Saturday, July 30, 2011. Beloved daughter of Cheryl Beecroft-Penner and Pete Penner, David and Nohemy Holyer; sister of Karissa Holyer, Josiah, Eden, Nathan and Sarina Beecroft-Penner. She is also the granddaughter of Ronald and Marjorie Beecroft, Nest Pritchard, Richard and Marilyn Holyer and Jakob and Katie Penner. Loved and missed by many aunts, uncles and cousins. Arlynne was joyfully serving God with Child Evangelism Fellowship in Northern Ontario. Her presence is already sorely missed by her many friends from Eden Secondary School, Central Community Church and Southridge Community Church. Visitation and life celebration still to be determined. Memorial donations to Child Evangelism Fellowship would be appreciated by the family. Online condolences at www.tallmanfuneralhomes.ca
This is the testimony Arlynne shared at Southridge when she got baptized last summer..
¡Adelante Paraguay!
2011 Copa America
**First Stage - Group B**
July 03 - Paraguay 0:0 Equador
July 09 - Paraguay 2:2 Brazil
July 13 - Paraguay 3:3 Venezuela
**Paraguay advances to the quarter finals**
July 17 - Paraguay 2:0 Brazil
**Paraguay advances to the semi-finals**
July 20 - Paraguay 5:3 Venezuela
**Paraguay advances to the finals**
July 24 - Paraguay 0:3 Uruguay
**Paraguay settles for the silver medal**
My Car
Recently, I was told that my car "used to look so cool". Yup, one of my fave Grade 6 boys decided my car looked like crap. And it's true, it did need some work. But who knew that my summer would be the summer of car repairs?
My muffler was getting louder, so I got it fixed. When I got my oil changed, I also got the mechanic to see why the "check engine" light came on (they hooked my car up to a scanner thing-y and said it just read that there were fumes, no biggie but should get it checked out if it comes on again soon). I needed new tires, so got those. There was some damage done to the front end during the last ice storm, so got a new front bumper cover (Thanks so much, Uncle Harry!!!).
Then, while I was out to see Cars 2 (see previous post here), one of my brake lines gave out and needed replacing. The "check engine light was on again, so I asked to have it checked again and got the same answer.
Now the "check engine" light has reappeared. So I brought the car in to my mechanic and it was examined. I was told that the gas lines are rotting out on my car, but the costs involved in replacing them would be better spent towards the purchase of a new car.
NOT what I wanted to hear. I guess I'll drive this car until I can't drive it anymore (that was the plan anyhow, but the end may come sooner than I'd hoped). I've got about $3500 saved up towards a new car - it's not enough for a new car, but maybe for a decent down payment on one. I guess I'll just wait to see how long my car keeps me going from point A to point B.
My muffler was getting louder, so I got it fixed. When I got my oil changed, I also got the mechanic to see why the "check engine" light came on (they hooked my car up to a scanner thing-y and said it just read that there were fumes, no biggie but should get it checked out if it comes on again soon). I needed new tires, so got those. There was some damage done to the front end during the last ice storm, so got a new front bumper cover (Thanks so much, Uncle Harry!!!).
Then, while I was out to see Cars 2 (see previous post here), one of my brake lines gave out and needed replacing. The "check engine light was on again, so I asked to have it checked again and got the same answer.
Now the "check engine" light has reappeared. So I brought the car in to my mechanic and it was examined. I was told that the gas lines are rotting out on my car, but the costs involved in replacing them would be better spent towards the purchase of a new car.
NOT what I wanted to hear. I guess I'll drive this car until I can't drive it anymore (that was the plan anyhow, but the end may come sooner than I'd hoped). I've got about $3500 saved up towards a new car - it's not enough for a new car, but maybe for a decent down payment on one. I guess I'll just wait to see how long my car keeps me going from point A to point B.
an excellent reminder...
Everything - by Tim Hughes
God in my living / There in my breathing
God in my waking / God in my sleeping
God in my resting / There in my working
God in my thinking / God in my speaking
Be my everything / Be my everything
Be my everything / Be my everything
God in my hoping / There in my dreaming
God in my watching / God in my waiting
God in my laughing / There in my weeping
God in my hurting / God in my healing
Be my everything / Be my everything
Be my everything / Be my everything
Christ in me / Christ in me
Christ in me the hope of glory
You are everything
Christ in me / Christ in me
Christ in me the hope of glory
Be my everything
Be my everything / Be my everything
Be my everything / Be my everything
Be my everything / Be my everything
Be my everything / Be my everything
God in my hoping / There in my dreaming
God in my watching / God in my waiting
God in my laughing / There in my weeping
God in my hurting / God in my healing
Be my everything / Be my everything
Be my everything / Be my everything
Be my everything / Be my everything
Be my everything / Be my everything
Be my everything / Be my everything
Be my everything / Be my everything
Christ in me / Christ in me
Christ in me the hope of glory
You are everything
You are everything / You are everything
You are everything / You are everything
Jesus everything / Jesus everything
Jesus everything / Jesus everything
God in my living / There in my breathing
God in my waking / God in my sleeping
God in my resting / There in my working
God in my thinking / God in my speaking
Be my everything / Be my everything
Be my everything / Be my everything
God in my hoping / There in my dreaming
God in my watching / God in my waiting
God in my laughing / There in my weeping
God in my hurting / God in my healing
Be my everything / Be my everything
Be my everything / Be my everything
Christ in me / Christ in me
Christ in me the hope of glory
You are everything
Christ in me / Christ in me
Christ in me the hope of glory
Be my everything
Be my everything / Be my everything
Be my everything / Be my everything
Be my everything / Be my everything
Be my everything / Be my everything
God in my hoping / There in my dreaming
God in my watching / God in my waiting
God in my laughing / There in my weeping
God in my hurting / God in my healing
Be my everything / Be my everything
Be my everything / Be my everything
Be my everything / Be my everything
Be my everything / Be my everything
Be my everything / Be my everything
Be my everything / Be my everything
Christ in me / Christ in me
Christ in me the hope of glory
You are everything
You are everything / You are everything
You are everything / You are everything
Jesus everything / Jesus everything
Jesus everything / Jesus everything
Paraguay breaks Guinness Record!!
Yup, that's right folks! Paraguay has broken the Guinness record for the longest hot dog. On July 15, 2011, a hot dog measuring 203.80 m and weighing approximately 120 kg was made by Ochsi to obtain the world record. The hot dog bun weighed approximately 150 kg and was made by Myriam Products. International media was on site and the measurements have been verified by Johanna Hessling of Guinness. The hot dog was made as the central part of a media event surrounding the 2011 Expo in Asuncion, Paraguay. After the official measurement, the hot dog was cut up and eaten by those present. Here's the official report from ABC.com.py.
It's a Pie Party!!
Yup, that's right! One of the blogs I follow, gluten-free girl, invited everyone to a pie party. Turns out that a conversation between a couple of friends can turn into an event where over 1500 people accepted the challenge to make a pie on July 5. So... here is my pie using Mom's strawberry-rhubarb pie recipe.
THAT'S MY MOM, THE CELEBRITY CHEF!!!
We are gently easing into that rich season of abundance, found in farmers' lands.
And if anyone knows how to make or bake the perfect treat from the earth's bounty -- it would certainly be a farmer's wife.
Just recently, a handful of Ontario Tender Fruit Growers' wives unlocked their special recipe boxes to share family favourites in the baked goods department. With the availability of fresh Ontario tender fruit around the corner, these delicious treasures feature the best of summer's harvest -- peaches, nectarines, plums, pears and Coronation grapes -- creating flavours that only fresh, local and seasonal fruits can provide.
http://www.torontosun.com/2011/06/23/favourite-family-recipes-from-farms
Agnes Wiens' Coronation Grape Buckle is the perfect accompaniment to afternoon tea. Each bite of this flavourful dessert is texturally pleasing with its dense cake, sweetly flavoured grape filling and crispy topping.
http://www.ontariotenderfruit.com/index.php?state=category%7E11&node=3967
AGNES' CORONATION GRAPE BUCKLE
While some call it a cobbler or a crumble, Agnes Wiens prefers the old-fashioned term buckle -- dense cake, layered with a sweetly flavoured grape filling, topped with a crispy streusel. Agnes has been making this recipe for her husband Abe and their four children since the early 1970s *correction, early 1990s*. And now, as their family expands, their four grandchildren get to enjoy it on the family farm, Wiens Family Farms, in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ont.
Filling:
3 Tbsp. (45 ml) cornstarch
2 cups (500 ml) de-stemmed Coronation table grapes (fresh or frozen)
2/3 cup (150 ml) sugar
1/8 cup (25 ml) water
1 1/2 tsp (7 ml) lemon juice
Streusel Topping:
1/3 cup (75 ml) flour
1/4 cup (50 ml) granulated sugar
1 tsp. (5 ml) cinnamon
1/4 tsp.(1 ml) salt
1/4 cup (50 ml) unsalted butter, cold, cut into pieces
Cake Batter:
3/4 cup (175 ml) unsalted butter, softened
1 cup (250 ml) granulated sugar
1 1/2 tsp. (7 ml) vanilla extract
3 large eggs
1 1/3 cups (325 ml) all-purpose flour
1 1/2 tsp. (7 ml) baking powder
1/2 tsp. (2 ml) salt
Filling:
Add cornstarch into a measuring cup and add enough water to make 1/3 cup (75 ml) liquid; set aside. Add grapes, sugar, water and lemon juice into a pot and stir to combine (if using frozen grapes, include any ice that has formed). Place pot over medium heat and bring to a boil; cook for 5 to 10 minutes, continuing to stir. Add cornstarch to grape mixture and continue to cook until it no longer looks cloudy from the cornstarch mixture, about 5 minutes. Remove pot from heat and transfer grape filling into a bowl; cool to room temperature. Do not skip this step. When assembling the buckle, if the filling is not at room temperature, it will bubble and overflow, creating a mess in your oven.
Streusel Topping:
In medium bowl, add flour, sugar, cinnamon, salt and butter. Using fingertips, work butter into dry ingredients, until mixture is coarse and crumbly. Refrigerate for later use.
Cake Batter:
With a stand mixer or hand mixer, blend butter, sugar and vanilla together until creamy. Add eggs, one at a time until well blended. In separate bowl, add flour, baking powder and salt. Gradually add dry ingredients to wet ingredients and mix until combined.
Assembling the Buckle:
Pre-heat oven to 350F (180C). Grease and flour a 9-inch (23 cm) springform pan and pour in cake batter. Drop spoonfuls of grape filling on top of the batter and gently swirl with a butter knife, creating a marble effect over the surface area. Top with the streusel mixture and bake for 50 to 60 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.
Makes 8 to 10 servings.
PER SERVING (1/10th recipe):
about 433 cal, 4 g pro, 20 g total fat (12 g sat fat), 60 g carb, 1 g fibre, 105 mg chol, 239 mg sodium. %RDI: 18% vitamin A, 2% vitamin C, 4% calcium, 8% iron.
Tip: To reduce preparation time, grape filling may be made ahead and kept in the refrigerator for up to two days, but be sure to bring it to room temperature before assembling the buckle.
Tip: Freezing grapes is simple. Wash, dry and de-stem grapes. Pack in airtight containers and freeze. No sugar is required because the natural high sugar and acid level in Ontario Coronation table grapes act as a natural preservative. Eat as a snack right from the freezer. Frozen grapes can replace fresh grapes in every recipe as they retain their intense colour and flavour and hold their shape when thawed. When using frozen grapes for preserves, thaw in refrigerator just until crushable.
Cars 2
Tomorrow night, weather-permitting, I'll be headed to the drive-in with 2 of Daniel's sisters (Bella and Karilyn) to see... Cars 2 and Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides. I can't wait to hang out with those two giggly, silly, wonderful girls!!
birthday wishes
Lisa Regehr sent me this video link and the following birthday greeting:
to my personal-walking-encyclopedia and uber-friend for life. Love ya girl...but only til midnight. ")
How wasteful was the older generation?
In the line at the store, the cashier told the older woman that she should bring her own grocery bag because plastic bags weren't good for the environment. The woman apologized to him and explained: "We didn't have the green thing back in my day." The clerk responded: "That's our problem today. The former generation did not care enough to save our environment."
He was right, that generation didn't have the green thing in its day.
Back then, they returned their milk bottles, soda bottles and beer bottles to the store. The store sent them back to the plant to be washed and sterilized and refilled, so it could use the same bottles over and over. So they really were recycled. But they didn't have the green thing back in that customer's day.
In her day, they walked up stairs, because they didn't have an escalator in every store and office building. People took the streetcar and kids walked, rode their bikes or rode the school bus to school, instead of turning their moms into a 24-hour taxi service.They walked to the grocery store and didn't climb into a 300-horsepower machine every time they had to go two blocks. But she was right. They didn't have the green thing in her day.
Back then, they washed the baby's diapers because they didn't have the disposable kind. They dried clothes on a line, not in an energy-gobbling machine burning up 240 volts - wind and solar power really did dry the clothes. Kids got hand-me-down clothes from their brothers or sisters, not always brand-new clothing. But that old lady is right; they didn't have the green thing back in her day.
Back then, they had one TV, or radio, in the house – not a TV in every room. And the TV had a small screen the size of a handkerchief, not a screen the size of a small country. In the kitchen, they blended and stirred by hand because they didn't have electric machines to do everything. They had one electrical outlet in a room, not an entire bank of sockets to power a dozen appliances. When they packaged a fragile item to send in the mail, they used a wadded up old newspaper to cushion it, not Styrofoam or plastic bubble wrap.
Back then, they didn't fire up an engine and burn petrol just to cut the lawn. They used a push lawn mower that ran on human power. They exercised by working so they didn't need to go to a health club to run on treadmills that operate on electricity. But she's right; they didn't have the green thing back then.
They drank from a glass tumbler or a fountain when they were thirsty instead of using a disposable cup or a plastic bottle every time they had a drink of water. They refilled their writing pens with ink instead of buying a new pen, and they replaced the razor blades in a razor instead of throwing away the whole razor just because the blade got dull. But they didn't have the green thing back then.
But isn't it sad the current generation laments how wasteful the old folks were just because "they didn't have the green thing back then"?
He was right, that generation didn't have the green thing in its day.
Back then, they returned their milk bottles, soda bottles and beer bottles to the store. The store sent them back to the plant to be washed and sterilized and refilled, so it could use the same bottles over and over. So they really were recycled. But they didn't have the green thing back in that customer's day.
In her day, they walked up stairs, because they didn't have an escalator in every store and office building. People took the streetcar and kids walked, rode their bikes or rode the school bus to school, instead of turning their moms into a 24-hour taxi service.They walked to the grocery store and didn't climb into a 300-horsepower machine every time they had to go two blocks. But she was right. They didn't have the green thing in her day.
Back then, they washed the baby's diapers because they didn't have the disposable kind. They dried clothes on a line, not in an energy-gobbling machine burning up 240 volts - wind and solar power really did dry the clothes. Kids got hand-me-down clothes from their brothers or sisters, not always brand-new clothing. But that old lady is right; they didn't have the green thing back in her day.
Back then, they had one TV, or radio, in the house – not a TV in every room. And the TV had a small screen the size of a handkerchief, not a screen the size of a small country. In the kitchen, they blended and stirred by hand because they didn't have electric machines to do everything. They had one electrical outlet in a room, not an entire bank of sockets to power a dozen appliances. When they packaged a fragile item to send in the mail, they used a wadded up old newspaper to cushion it, not Styrofoam or plastic bubble wrap.
Back then, they didn't fire up an engine and burn petrol just to cut the lawn. They used a push lawn mower that ran on human power. They exercised by working so they didn't need to go to a health club to run on treadmills that operate on electricity. But she's right; they didn't have the green thing back then.
They drank from a glass tumbler or a fountain when they were thirsty instead of using a disposable cup or a plastic bottle every time they had a drink of water. They refilled their writing pens with ink instead of buying a new pen, and they replaced the razor blades in a razor instead of throwing away the whole razor just because the blade got dull. But they didn't have the green thing back then.
But isn't it sad the current generation laments how wasteful the old folks were just because "they didn't have the green thing back then"?
Resurrection Eggs
What you will need is an empty egg carton, 12 empty plastic eggs, miscellaneous items to fill the eggs (see the list below), a sharpie to write the numbers on the eggs, and the printed verses which you will see below.
Looking around the house, I seemed to find everything that I needed to fill the eggs.
I cut out the scriptures, folded them up, and placed each item from the corresponding day in the numbered egg. The last day there is nothing in the egg because the tomb was empty! I placed the scripture of that one underneath the egg in the carton. Just print out this list below and cut out. Easy!
Egg #1--Bread.
Matthew 26:26
As they were eating, Jesus took some bread and blessed it. Then he broke it in pieces and gave it to the disciples, saying, “Take this and eat it, for this is my body.”
*You can use a crouton, small piece of bread or a cracker
Egg #2--Coins.
Matthew 26:14-15
Then Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve disciples, went to the leading priests and asked, “How much will you pay me to betray Jesus to you?” And they gave him thirty pieces of silver.
*I used 3 dimes
Egg #3--Scourge
Mark 15:15
Pilate wanted to please the crowd. So he set Barabbas free. Then he ordered his soldiers to beat Jesus with a whip
*a small piece of rope or string
Egg #4--Purple cloth
Mark 15:17
They dressed him in a purple robe...
Egg #5--Thorns
Matthew 27:29
They wove thorn branches into a crown and put it on his head, and they placed a reed stick in his right hand as a scepter. Then they knelt before him in mockery and taunted, “Hail! King of the Jews!”
*I got mine from our rose bush, but in the picture it shows one made of pipe cleaner
Egg #6--Cross
John 19: 17-18a
Carrying his own cross, he went out to the place of the Skull (which in Aramaic is called Golgotha). There they crucified him, and with him two others—one on each side and Jesus in the middle.
*I used an old wooden cross from a necklace
Egg #7--Nails
Mark 15:23, 24a
They offered him wine drugged with myrrh, but he refused it. Then the soldiers nailed him to the cross.
Egg #8--Dice
John 19:23-24
When the soldiers had crucified Jesus, they divided his clothes among the four of them. They also took his robe, but it was seamless, woven in one piece from top to bottom. So they said, “Rather than tearing it apart, let’s throw dice for it.”
Egg #9--Sponge
Matthew 27:48
One of them ran and filled a sponge with sour wine, holding it up to him on a reed stick so he could drink.
Egg #10--Spear/Sword
John 19:33-34
When they got to Jesus, they saw that he was already dead, so they didn't break his legs. One of the soldiers stabbed him in the side with his spear. Blood and water gushed out.
*I used a cocktail sword
Egg #11--Rock
Matthew 27:59-60
Joseph took the body and wrapped it in a long sheet of clean linen cloth. He placed it in his own new tomb, which had been carved out of the rock. Then he rolled a great stone across the entrance and left.
Egg #12--Empty
Matthew 28:6
He isn't here! God has raised him to life, just as Jesus said he would. Come, see the place where his body was lying.
Looking around the house, I seemed to find everything that I needed to fill the eggs.
I cut out the scriptures, folded them up, and placed each item from the corresponding day in the numbered egg. The last day there is nothing in the egg because the tomb was empty! I placed the scripture of that one underneath the egg in the carton. Just print out this list below and cut out. Easy!
Matthew 26:26
As they were eating, Jesus took some bread and blessed it. Then he broke it in pieces and gave it to the disciples, saying, “Take this and eat it, for this is my body.”
*You can use a crouton, small piece of bread or a cracker
Egg #2--Coins.
Matthew 26:14-15
Then Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve disciples, went to the leading priests and asked, “How much will you pay me to betray Jesus to you?” And they gave him thirty pieces of silver.
*I used 3 dimes
Egg #3--Scourge
Mark 15:15
Pilate wanted to please the crowd. So he set Barabbas free. Then he ordered his soldiers to beat Jesus with a whip
*a small piece of rope or string
Egg #4--Purple cloth
Mark 15:17
They dressed him in a purple robe...
Egg #5--Thorns
Matthew 27:29
They wove thorn branches into a crown and put it on his head, and they placed a reed stick in his right hand as a scepter. Then they knelt before him in mockery and taunted, “Hail! King of the Jews!”
*I got mine from our rose bush, but in the picture it shows one made of pipe cleaner
Egg #6--Cross
John 19: 17-18a
Carrying his own cross, he went out to the place of the Skull (which in Aramaic is called Golgotha). There they crucified him, and with him two others—one on each side and Jesus in the middle.
*I used an old wooden cross from a necklace
Egg #7--Nails
Mark 15:23, 24a
They offered him wine drugged with myrrh, but he refused it. Then the soldiers nailed him to the cross.
Egg #8--Dice
John 19:23-24
When the soldiers had crucified Jesus, they divided his clothes among the four of them. They also took his robe, but it was seamless, woven in one piece from top to bottom. So they said, “Rather than tearing it apart, let’s throw dice for it.”
Egg #9--Sponge
Matthew 27:48
One of them ran and filled a sponge with sour wine, holding it up to him on a reed stick so he could drink.
Egg #10--Spear/Sword
John 19:33-34
When they got to Jesus, they saw that he was already dead, so they didn't break his legs. One of the soldiers stabbed him in the side with his spear. Blood and water gushed out.
*I used a cocktail sword
Egg #11--Rock
Matthew 27:59-60
Joseph took the body and wrapped it in a long sheet of clean linen cloth. He placed it in his own new tomb, which had been carved out of the rock. Then he rolled a great stone across the entrance and left.
Egg #12--Empty
Matthew 28:6
He isn't here! God has raised him to life, just as Jesus said he would. Come, see the place where his body was lying.
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