HEART TO HEART NEWSLETTER
ENCOURAGEMENT TO WOMEN
Compiled especially for you with love by Lois Breneman
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9/4/07 PACKING LUNCHES, SCRIPTURE MEMORY, CHILDREN, CONTINUE ON
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IN THIS ISSUE:
PACKING NUTRITIOUS LUNCHES FOR HEALTHY HAPPY KIDS AND HUSBANDS
RED PEPPER AND FETA HUMMUS
SCRIPTURE MEMORY FOR LITTLE ONES
ALPHABET MEMORY VERSES
POWERFUL TOOL FOR SCRIPTURE MEMORIZATION
THE SCRIPTURE TREE
CHILDREN LEARN WHAT THEY LIVE
A PARENT'S PRAYER
I CORINTHIANS 13 FOR MOMS
WHAT TEACHERS REALLY MAKE
OTHER USES FOR COFFEE FILTERS
ENCOURAGEMENT TO CONTINUE ON
OUT OF THE MOUTHS OF BABES
BABY CONGRATULATIONS
CHRISTIAN FAMILY CONCERT AND A DAY OF TEACHER TRAINING for PARENTS
A REMINDER ABOUT THE DISCLAIMER AT THE END OF EACH NEWSLETTER
PACKING NUTRITIOUS LUNCHES FOR HEALTHY HAPPY KIDS AND HUSBANDS
School is already under way for most families, and you may be dreading all those lunches that need packing! For many years I packed lunches for my three children and my husband, and certainly know how easy it is to fall into a lunch packing rut! Although those days of packing lunches for my children are in the past, I've continued to pack lunches almost every weekday for my husband to take to work. It's good to know that lunches don't need to be predictable, monotonous, repetitious and boring, but I know I have fallen short in this area many times. Hopefully these tips will give you more ideas, as well as motivate me to perk up my husband's lunches!
Did you ever stop to think how those packed lunches add up so quickly? Just think! If you pack lunches for only one child, that's as many as 180 lunches each school year, but if you have three children and a husband to send off with nutritious lunches, that's as many as 720 lunches, just counting the school year! Wow! Using these lunch packing tips, we will all be able to put together many good nutritious lunches, as well as have a substantial savings measured in dollars, compared to purchased high calorie, fat-laden lunches every day. A little preparation goes a long way in helping to make lunch packing less stressful, so let's get started. I hope that all of us, including those who teach their children at home, will find some new ideas here for serving lunches, as well as ways to save time and money.
Begin by discussing lunches with your family to be sure of their food preferences. Involving them in the process will help ensure you that the foods packed will be eaten. Getting their input each year is always a good idea, because likes and dislikes do change. Otherwise you may learn your children are trading or tossing their food in the trash to hide the evidence.
Involving your children in the lunch packing process will teach them future survivor skills, and you will be so glad you involved them in this responsibility! They will be glad as well - maybe not now, but definitely later!
Most younger children love carrying lunch boxes, but from experience I've learned that teens would rather die than carry a lunch box. They will most likely want to brown bag their lunches, and toss all the containers, so provide them foods in zipped plastic bags, rather than Tupperware, Rubbermaid or Glad containers.
As much as possible choose from different food groups, using the Food Guide Pyramid as a guide. Plan to include breads and starches, fruits and vegetables and some form of protein, with a variety of natural colors and textures. Avoid food coloring, preservatives and junk food.
Breads and starches are probably the easiest group to include. But rather than the usual choices of bread, crackers and cookies, try rice cakes, whole grain bagels, nutritious muffins, whole grain pita bread, pretzels, and tacos. Skip the white flour and go with whole grains whenever possible.
Protein is provided in tuna salad, egg salad, hard cooked eggs, and humus spread with whole grain crackers or with vegetables for dipping. Peanut butter, nuts, cheese, milk, yogurt, beans and meats also fit into this category.
Buy colorful fruits in season. The old standbys are apples, bananas, grapes, and oranges, but also include strawberries, mangos, plums, pears, peaches, pineapple, grapefruit, watermelon and cantaloupe. Oranges and grapefruit are much easier to eat if they are peeled and sectioned at home, so have the children help right after the evening meal. One orange may be enough for two younger children and a grapefruit could be divided between several lunches. Bananas and grapes are probably the easiest to eat. Try fruit kabobs too. Spray fruits that brown with lemon juice. Add a tiny amount of Stevia if lemon juice make the fruit too sour.
A tossed green salad works well in a plastic container with salad dressing in a separate Tupperware midget cup. For teens who like to toss containers, you could still send a salad in a paper or Styrofoam soup and cereal bowl, covered with aluminum foil. Salad dressing could be wrapped in a small piece of aluminum foil or bought in individual size servings. Try packing carrots, celery, cucumbers, grape tomatoes, avocados, and veggie kabobs as well.
Invest in disposable snack containers in the snack size and single serving size. If you already have Tupperware midget cups, they are perfect for sunflower seeds, peanuts, almonds, raisins, dried apricots, salad dressing, and peanut butter for dipping apple slices. Fresh or canned fruit can be prepared and put into serving size containers and stored in the refrigerator for about a week. Buy a seedless watermelon, or a few cantaloupes. Then cut up the entire melon right away, filling smaller containers for lunches and larger ones for meals at home.
If you think it's too expensive to buy healthy food, just begin by purchasing healthy whole grain bread, natural peanut butter, good quality apples and more of other fruits and vegetables. Next cut out junk food, juices containing added sugar, and all soft drinks, and you will have cash reserves to spend on beneficial food that will build healthy cells, rather than tear them down. Colds, sinus infections and flu may even decrease, which will save not only visits to the doctor, but expensive medications, makeup school work, makeup tests, plus lots of unnecessary misery!
Do research where you shop to see if you can save money by purchasing the economy size containers of nuts, applesauce, raisins, yogurt and canned fruit to fill your own serving size containers. If so, enlist the help of your children in filling the individual containers. It can be fun. Your children could also help to bake lunch items and wrap them too. If that's overwhelming to you right now, you may want to start off the year buying a few individual servings, and switching as soon as you catch your breath.
When I buy apples in the grocery store they are often bruised and sometimes waxed. Better choices can be found at a nearby orchard. They have less bruised, non-waxed and much better tasting and less expensive apples! Have you ever seen a tossed apple core after a child (or grownup) has eaten the apple? There's usually lots of waste! For better odds of less waste, remove the core at home with an apple corer, and spray with lemon juice to prevent browning. Wrap in plastic wrap. A sliced apple sprayed with lemon juice and stored in a zipped bag or container is great for dipping into peanut butter too. There is a great time saving kitchen tool that will core and slice apples in one push!
An even more fun and nutritious way for a child to eat an apple is to pull a "Walking Apple" from her lunchbox! You can be sure your child's friends will want to see how they are put together and make them as well! Core an apple, fill the core with peanut butter and raisins or sunflower seeds. Dip the peanut butter ends in sunflower seeds or nuts, or stuff each end with a dried apricot. The title, "walking apple," comes from the convenience of being able to eat an apple while taking a walk, without having any litter to toss. These can be made ahead and kept wrapped in plastic wrap in the fridge several days in advance. A fun and nutritious way to eat an apple!
Here are some fun ways to eat vegetables as well! Wash and dry celery ribs and spread peanut butter on a rib. Dip the peanut butter top in toasted unsweetened coconut or cover with sunflower seeds to prevent the peanut butter from sticking to plastic wrap. Raisins on a peanut butter filled celery stick can be called, "ants on a log!" Use cream cheese or pimiento cheese to fill ribs of celery. Another fun way for younger kids is to wrap a few goldfish crackers separately for the child to put on the filled celery at lunchtime, so it looks like "fish swimming in a river." So you see, you can even have fun when packing lunches!
Make a large batch of granola and add dried fruit. Package it for a healthy snack or dessert. Store in the freezer. Granola eaten with yogurt would be a delicious and healthy addition to any lunch.
Bake banana nut bread, pumpkin bread, or other quick breads, cutting down on the sugar (or use honey). After it cools, slice it into serving sizes, wrap breads in plastic wrap and store in a freezer bag in the freezer. Make apple crisp, cutting back on the sugar (use half the amount and add a little Stevia). Freeze the apple crisp in individual containers and use for a tasty addition to quick lunches. Bake large batches of cookies or bars, wrap one or two in plastic wrap or put into snack bags, and freeze together in a large freezer bag.
Prepare and store a couple weeks' worth of snack lunch items to keep on hand. If you have freezer space, consolidate the freezable lunch items, possibly storing them in a rectangular plastic tub that can be pulled out to retrieve snacks easily as lunches are packed. Keep adding to the stash as you use up the previous snacks. If storage space is a factor, during the winter, something like a large metal popcorn tin works great to store smaller lunch items in the garage, basement, or on the back porch or deck. By using a metal can with a tight fitting lid, you should have no problem with critters having a party.
Keep an eye on sales for possible lunch items such as fresh and canned fruit, mini carrots, celery, grape tomatoes, peanut butter, yogurt, 100% juice, dried fruit, soups, nutritious bread, crackers, tortilla chips, salsa, nuts, jams and other lunch items.
All Fruit is a jam made with all fruit (no sugar), and is often on sale. Check clearance items, but only purchase if it's a good buy and something that will be used. Dollar stores carry zipped snack bags, sandwich bags, Glad containers, brown paper bags, as well as many of these other supplies. Try to refrain from a lot of sugary snacks and foods containing artificial coloring and preservatives, which do not promote good health or learning.
Soups can be heated in the morning and carried in thermos bottles. Cold or hot drinks can also be taken in a thermos. Include their favorite casseroles or leftovers too. Many school cafeterias and offices have microwaves available for students and employees to heat food.
Pack tortilla chips in a zipper bag, and provide salsa in a small covered container for dipping. For a turkey tortilla, spread cream cheese on one half of a tortilla. Add a little salsa, a layer of turkey, and a sprinkle of grated cheese. Fold over and wrap in plastic wrap to hold it all together.
For peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, spread a thin layer of peanut butter on both slices, with jelly in the center to prevent soggy sandwiches. These freeze very well. You may have heard that mayonnaise should not be frozen, but the only reason is because it may separate a bit. There is no health risk. I have frozen sandwiches with mayonnaise many times and the mayonnaise looks and tastes fine. Sour cream or cream cheese may also be used as a substitute or even mixed with mayonnaise, with dill weed added for extra flavor. Green lettuce can be sent separately in a zipped bag to be added to a sandwich. Iceberg lettuce contains barely any nutrients, so go for the green.
Many sandwiches can be made ahead of time and frozen. Cheese, chicken or turkey sandwiches freeze well. Eliminate or go easy on lunch meats and hot dogs because of nitrates and preservatives. In an extensive study Dr. Ted Broer reported that children who ate three hot dogs each week had nine times the chance of getting leukemia compared to children who ate no hot dogs. Of course, that's not to say this is the cause for every child who has ever had leukemia, but it is something to seriously think about!
My children and I used to make sandwiches "assembly line style," using the entire kitchen table. The sandwiches were carefully cut in half with a serrated knife. One half of a sandwich was stacked on the other half and wrapped in plastic wrap. The sandwiches were all kept in a bread bag in the freezer until the night before they were needed. We usually packed lunches the night before in order to save time in the morning, as we had to get out of the house quite early to carpool across town. Some families I know have totally given the responsibility of assembling lunches to their children, and that has worked well for them too.
Keep in mind the time your child has allotted to eat her lunch. Include a napkin, a Wet One, or even a damp paper towel in a baggie in her lunch. From time to time add notes, cartoons, and coupons for a favorite snack or special activity for when they get home. Use notes to remind your child and husband of your love and prayers for them. Tell them how proud you are of them.
Now some of us, including myself, need to work on refreshing our husband's packed lunches, making them less predictable, monotonous, repetitious and boring! It is my prayer that these tips and ideas will be helpful in making life a little easier for you and your family. I always enjoy hearing about ideas that have been helpful to you!
RED PEPPER AND FETA HUMMUS
(Freezes well if you decide to make a large quantity as I did. A recipe like this can be adjusted to suit your taste. I made a double batch with no peppers, more lemon juice and tahini and half the amount of garlic and cayenne. If it's too thick, simply thin it down with a little water. As soon as a good friend recovers some from major surgery, I plan to take lunch over to her home for us to enjoy together over a visit, and hummus is a favorite of hers!)
1 (15 oz) garbanzo beans, drained
1 (4 oz) jar roasted red peppers (Can roast your own from fresh)
3 Tbs. lemon juice
1 1/2 Tbs. tahini (in heath food section)
1 clove garlic, minced
1/2 tsp. cumin
1/2 tsp. cayenne pepper
1/4 tsp. salt
1 Tbs. chopped fresh parsley
1/2 cup crumbled feta cheese (Almost any cheese may be substituted)
Puree the chickpeas, red peppers, cheese, lemon juice, tahini, garlic, cumin, cayenne, and salt in a food processor until smooth and fluffy. Transfer to a serving bowl and refrigerate for at least 1 hour. Return to room temperature before serving. Sprinkle with chopped parsley before serving with fresh vegetables or crackers.
SCRIPTURE MEMORY FOR LITTLE ONES
Recalling Good Thoughts from Scripture ~ One morning I awoke much too early and couldn't get back to sleep. As I lay in bed, I prayed for some family and friends, but then my mind wandered to things I needed to do, as well as thoughts and problems that weren't conducive to sleep. Then the Lord gave me the idea to put a scripture memory verse with each letter of the alphabet, using key words, to fill my mind with good and encouraging thoughts from God's Word, until I drifted off to sleep. This idea stemmed from an ABC scripture memory book from the Bible Memory Association that I used with our children during their preschool years. So that's what I did until I fell asleep. I would recommend this to everyone. Encourage your children to do the same. ~ Lois
ALPHABET MEMORY VERSES
by Geni Brooks ~ contributed by Shelley Camden of Virginia - Copyright © 2003 Grace Outreach Center. Used by permission.
Parents, this is a great way to teach your children the Word of God and have fun at the same time!
A...All scripture is inspired by God. (2 Tim. 3:16).
B...Be kind to one another. (Eph. 4:32).
C...Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. (Eph. 6:1).
D...Do to others as you would have them do to you. (Luke 6:31).
E...Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise. (Ps. 100:4).
F...For He will give His angels charge concerning you to guard you in all your ways. (Ps. 91:11).
G...Go and make disciples of all nations. (Matt. 28:19).
H...He who walks with wise men will be wise. (Prov. 13:20).
I...I have hidden your word in my heart that I might not sin against you. (Ps. 119:11).
J...Jesus is the same yesterday, today and forever. (Heb. 13:8).
K...Keep on praying. (1 Thes. 5:16).
L...Love your neighbor as yourself. (Matt. 22:39).
M...May the Lord bless you and protect you. May the Lord smile on you and be gracious to you. May the Lord show you his favor and give you his peace. (Num. 6:24-26).
N...Nothing will be impossible with God. (Luke 1:37).
O...Oh how I love your word. (Ps. 119:97).
P...Pleasant words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and healing to the bones. (Prov. 16:24).
Q...The Lord's servants must not quarrel but must be kind to everyone. (1 Tim. 2:24).
R...Rejoice in the Lord always, and again I say rejoice. (Phil. 4:4).
S...Seek ye first the kingdom of God. (Matt. 6:33).
T...Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path. (Ps. 119:105).
U...May you understand how wide, how long, how high, and how deep Jesus' love really is. (Eph. 3:18).
V...My sheep listen to my voice; I know them and they follow me. (John 10:27).
W...Worship the Lord with gladness. (Ps. 100:2).
X...Follow my example, as I follow the example of Christ. (1 Cor. 11:1).
Y...You shall love the Lord your God will all your heart and all your soul and all your mind. (Matt. 22:37).
Z...Never be lacking in zeal. (Rom. 12:11).
POWERFUL TOOL FOR SCRIPTURE MEMORIZATION
THE SCRIPTURE TREE
Click on the flowers for scripture verses as you listen to the beautiful music.
Thanks to Susan Whiteside in Virginia for sending this link!
CHILDREN LEARN WHAT THEY LIVE
By Dorothy Law Nolte.
If children live with criticism, they learn to condemn.
If children live with hostility, they learn to fight.
If children live with ridicule, they learn to be shy.
If children live with shame, they learn to feel guilty.
If children live with encouragement, they learn confidence.
If children live with tolerance, they learn to be patient.
If children live with praise, they learn to appreciate.
If children live with acceptance, they learn to love.
If children live with approval, they learn to like themselves.
If children live with honesty, they learn truthfulness.
If children live with security, they learn to have faith in themselves and others.
If children live with friendliness, they learn the world is a nice place in which to live.
A PARENT'S PRAYER
By Roy Lessin
Lord, as my children grow help me to train them with ~ VISION ~
So that they may discover all you made them to be. ~ DISCIPLINE ~
So that their hearts may be tender and yielded to You. ~ WISDOM ~
So that they will make good choices and hold right values. ~ FAITH ~
So that they will live free of fear and depend on You for all things. ~ TRUTH ~
So that they will grow strong in character and in favor of You. ~ LOVE ~
So that their hearts will come to know Your heart and express it to others.
I CORINTHIANS 13 FOR MOMS
Author unknown - Thanks to Wanda Fox in Pennsylvania for sending this!
If I live in a house of a spotless beauty with everything in place
but have not love I am a housekeeper, not a homemaker.
If I have time for waxing, polishing and decorative achievements but have not love,
My children learn of cleanliness, not godliness.
Love leaves the dust in search of a child's laugh.
Love smiles at the tiny fingerprints on a newly cleaned window.
Love wipes up the tears before the spilled milk.
Love picks up the child before it picks up the toys.
Love is present through trials.
Love reprimands, reproves and is responsive.
As a mother there is much I must teach my children,
But the greatest of these is love.
WHAT TEACHERS REALLY MAKE
Thanks to Annamarie Kresge in Virginia for sending this!
A random dinner conversation:
"How is a kid going to learn from someone who decided his best option in life was to become a teacher?" He reminded the other dinner guests what they say about teachers: "Those who can, do. Those who can't, teach."
To stress his point he said to another guest; "You're a teacher, Bonnie. Be honest. What do you make?"
Bonnie, who had a reputation for honesty and frankness replied, "You want to know what I make? (She paused for a second, then began...)
"Well, I make kids work harder than they ever thought they could.
I make a C+ feel like the Congressional Medal of Honor.
I make kids sit through 40 minutes of class time when their parents can't make them sit for 5 without an I Pod, Game Cube or movie rental.
You want to know what I make?" (She paused again and looked at each and every person at the table.)
I make kids wonder. I make them question.
I make them criticize.
I make them apologize and mean it.
I make them have respect and take responsibility for their actions.
I teach them to write and then I make them write.
I make them read, read, read.
I make them show all their work in math.
I make my students from other countries learn everything they need to know in English while preserving their unique cultural identity.
I make my classroom a place where all my students feel safe.
I make my students stand to say the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag, because we live in the United States of America.
Finally, I make them understand that if they use the gifts they were given, work hard, and follow their hearts, they can succeed in life.
(Bonnie paused one last time and then continued.)
"Then, when people try to judge me by what I make, I can hold my head up high and pay no attention because they are ignorant.
You want to know what I make? I MAKE A DIFFERENCE. What do you make?"
There is much truth in this statement: "Teachers make every other profession possible."
TIDBITS
Thanks to Laurie White in Ohio for sending this!
View the Handiwork of God in His Paintings in the Sky
Grandparent's Day is September 9! Let them know how special they are!
Fly the U.S. Flag on September 11! - A good reminder from Ruth Ann Assaid in Virginia! Thanks!
Thanks to Linda Klein in California and Angela Thompson in Virginia for sending this warning!
OTHER USES FOR COFFEE FILTERS
(Check dollar stores for low prices on coffee filters.)
Wash windows, computer monitors and TV screens with them - leave no streaks whatsoever.
When potting plants, line the bottoms of pots with large holes, rather than using rocks to keep the dirt from flowing from the holes when the plant is watered. Provides good drainage.
Drain cottage or ricotta cheese with the filters, so lasagna doesn't get too soggy.
They make great snack holders for pretzels, crackers, cookies and things like that.
And here's a coffee filter tip for making coffee. If you want better tasting coffee, rinse the coffee filter off first, before putting it in your coffee maker and adding coffee. You won't believe the difference in the taste. Adding a pinch of salt and a teaspoon of vanilla flavoring enhance the flavor as well.
Help a small child do a jelly fish craft out of coffee filters. The resemblance is amazing!
ENCOURAGEMENT TO CONTINUE ON
Thanks to Sue Barnes in New York for this encouraging note and sharing this poem with us!
I have to thank you so much for the work that you do putting Heart to Heart together. It is so very encouraging. I LOVE it!!! 🙂 So many tidbits of information that are so handy and worthwhile.
I wanted to send you this poem I've had by Roy Lessin for about 10 years or so. It has much to do with the article in your recent newsletter called "Housework: The Thankless Job" (July 18, 2007). I hope you enjoy it and it encourages you as much as it has me over the years:
CONTINUE ON
By Roy Lessin
A woman once fretted over the usefulness of her life. She feared she was wasting her potential being a devoted wife and mother. She wondered if the time and energy she invested in her husband and children would make a difference. At times she got discouraged because so much of what she did seemed to go unnoticed and unappreciated. "Is it worth it?" she often wondered. "Is there something better that I could be doing with my time?"
It was during one of these moments of questioning that she heard the still small voice of her Heavenly Father speak to her heart. "You are a wife and mother because that is what I have called you to be. Much of what you do is hidden from the public eye. But I notice. Most of what you give is done without remuneration, but I am your reward.
Your husband cannot be the man I have called him to be without your support. Your influence upon him is greater than you think and more powerful than you will ever know. I bless him through your service and honor him through your love. Your children are precious to me, even more precious than they are to you. I have entrusted them to your care to raise for me. What you invest in them is an offering to me.
You may never be in the public spotlight, but your obedience shines as a bright light before me. Continue on. Remember you are my servant: do all to please me."
OUT OF THE MOUTHS OF BABES
From Joyce Cronin in Virginia: This is a quote from my 5 year old granddaughter, Aubrey. One night when I was keeping her and her brother, Holden, while sitting on the sofa she looked over at me and said, "Na Na, I hope that when you get old that you won't have any of those "things"
hanging down on your face." I asked her what things? She said, "You know those things that hang down at your eyes." I said, "You mean wrinkles?" She said, "Yeah, wrinkles!" Aubrey said again, " I hope when you get old you won't get them!" Of course I was absolutely thrilled that she said, "When you get old." Oh how precious it is to be seen through a child's eyes! That just really made my day!!
The following two kids' quotes are from my daughter, Joy, when she was four. - Lois:
I was explaining to Joy, how God and Jesus were both the same person. She thought about that and then with a puzzled look on her face, she asked, "Why does He get inside Himself?"
Joy's daddy was leaving for work one cold autumn morning, as she called out to me, "Look, Mommy! The steam is following Daddy's car!"
BABY CONGRATULATIONS
Isaiah James Sheridan was born August 22, 2007 to James and Mary (Law) Sheridan. Isaiah joins his siblings, Josiah, Micah, Lydia. The Sheridan family lives in North Carolina.
CHRISTIAN FAMILY CONCERT AND A DAY OF TEACHER TRAINING for PARENTS
WITH MARY RICE HOPKINS - SEPTEMBER 14! - IN VIRGINIA
Mary Rice Hopkins has written and sung countless songs for children. Mary is coming to Roanoke for a concert, along with Darcie Maze of Puppets With a Heart Ministries! This is a concert for the entire family! In order for the children to get the most out of this concert, they will need their parents to talk with them after the event to reinforce the biblical truths taught.
The family concert will be held at First Baptist Church, 515 Third Street in Roanoke, Virginia, on Friday, September 14, at 7:00 P.M. and it is open to everyone. They will ask for a dollar donation at the door because they would love to pack the church. They are inviting small groups of children from area Christian schools/churches to learn one of Mary's songs and join her on stage to perform with her. They want to have a dozen different churches/schools
participating. If your church has a small group of children that would be interested, let me Linda Stevenson know at
[email protected]. A song will be assigned for them to learn along with the hand motions and they will perform it during the program.
On September 15, an excellent day of Teacher Training will be open as well for a small fee. It will be held in the sanctuary of First Church of the Nazarene on 728 Highland Avenue, Roanoke, Virginia, on Saturday, September 15, 2007. It will be taught by Mary and Darcie Maze of
Puppets with a Heart Ministries. They will be providing training for
children's ministers, teachers, workers, parents and anyone interested in coming. You or your church may contact Betty Robertson (
[email protected]) of Creative Christian Ministries about the details. Early registration deadline (postmarked on or before Sept. 7) is $20.00. After that date and at the door the cost is $25. You can print off registrations forms and information from
www.CreativeChristianMinistries.com. (Conference)
Registration is from 8:30 - 9:00 A.M. Sessions run from 9:00 A.M. and will be over at 4:15.
A REMINDER ABOUT THE DISCLAIMER AT THE END OF EACH NEWSLETTER
I try to choose articles for Heart to Heart that will benefit the readers, and on occasion those articles do not come from a Christian source. In getting permission from each author, I am usually required to include their website along with their article. I began tacking a disclaimer at the end of each newsletter because sometimes there have been advertisements, comments or views included in a few websites with which I strongly disagree. Please understand that I am not endorsing everything on each site, but only sharing an article which I think will benefit you. Please use your own discretion when going to websites. Thanks for your understanding.
Many Heart to Heart ladies and their families need our prayers, so
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Pray each day for the protection of our troops, as well as for their families left at home!
(¨`·.·´¨) God bless you and your family and keep you in His loving care!
`·.¸(¨`·.·´¨) And remember, I love to hear from you dear ladies!
`·.¸.·´ Your Heart to Heart friend,
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