Peace be with you... #301 News Brief An Online News Brief from Spirit of Peace Church
Issued Tuesdayday, February 2nd, for the week ending Sunday, February 7, 2010
†Activities for this
Week, new Announcements, new Prayers and A Quote are displayed in RED. After one week, the Announcements and Prayers
revert to BLUE.
Announcing a New ONLINE feature from Spirit of Peace Church
If you want to contribute a recipe such as that WONDERFUL pie we enjoy periodically during Refreshment & Conversation time following worship or the FANTASTIC blueberry pancakes that show up at SOP breakfast events now and again, be sure to send it to Cylia (semmering@aol.com). Next step - a permanent link to SOP Recipes in the navigation panel to the left!
Spirit of Peace Recipe #1
Served @ Annual SOP-sponsored ONA Workshop 2010
prepared by Rachel S.
Breakfast Sausage Casserole (from Crystal S.)
(serves 6-8)
1 lb. Owens sausage
Small loaf white bread, cubed (I use 13 oz)
8 eggs, lightly beaten
1 cup cheddar cheese, grated
1 cup Swiss cheese, grated
3 cups half & half (or regular milk)
1/2 tsp. salt
1 tsp. dry mustard
1 bunch green onions, chopped
Spray 9” x 13” glass pan with Pam. Cube bread
and put into pan. Sprinkle half of cheeses over
bread. Brown sausage in the meantime. Mix
eggs, milk, salt and dry mustard. Pour this mixture
over the bread/cheese. Sprinkle sausage on top;
then the rest of cheese. Now sprinkle on green onions.
Refrigerate overnight. Bake 1 hour at 350 degrees
or until golden brown. Cover for most of the hour (with
loose foil).
New SOP Study Group: "The '7 Clobber' Passages of the Bible" | Discussion sessions: Sundays, February 7 - 21 @ 4:00 PM | SOP @ First Unitarian | The focus of the film & discussions are the 7 scriptural passages that many Christians believe condemn members of the LGBT community. If you are interested in participating even if you could not attend the movie presentation, please contact Lauryn (lauryn7808@gmail.com) or Glenda (ssgship@msn.com).
Regular Worship Service & Children's Sunday School followed by Refreshment & Conversation | Sunday,February 7 | 5:00 PM | Fellowship Hall @ First Unitarian
Church Council Meeting | Tuesday, February 16 | 7:00 PM | Fellowship Hall @ First Unitarian | Any interested member or friend is gladly welcomed.
Ash Wednesday Service | Wednesday, February 16 | 7:00 PM | Location TBA
1st Annual Street 2 Feet 5k Run/Walk (to benefit the SAMMinistries) | Saturday, February 20 | 8:00 AM | Corner of Buena Vista and Frio streets downtown | Street 2 Feet is a volunteer group that gathers at the SAMM shelter twice weekly, walks to Milam Park, circles for prayer, and then conducts a walking/running program for the participants, tailored to their abilities and needs. If a participant is in need of appropriate running/walking shoes, a water bottle, or other exercise gear, the Street 2 Feet volunteers make sure they get what they need through a combination of local gyms, athletic stores, and individual donors. Please click on the following link to print out a registration form or 5k route map: Registration_street2feet_10.pdf,5k_route.pdf.
2009 Contribution Statements available | If you want your statement for tax filing backup purposes, please let Rich know (richnelson2001@yahoo.com) and he will Email you your statement as an attachment.
If you can volunteer to be Sunday School Teacher, Worship Leader, Worship Space “Setter-upper” or Refreshment Provider some Sunday, please let Derek know (invisiblederek@rocketmail.com).
From Tom's Totable Tomes
(aka The SOP Library - SOPlibrary.doc)... This Week's Featured Book*
Postcards by Annie Proulx, 308 pages, paperback
Proulx (rhymes with true) originally wrote only short stories, and they were recognized as some of the most brilliant and original stories in contemporary literature. In 1992, she published this, her first novel, to great acclaim. Her work has won many awards, with a subsequent book, The Shipping News, winning the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, and her short story Brokeback Mountain, being adapted into an Academy Award winning movie.
In this book, the backward Blood family lives on a hardscrabble farm in New England, but in the opening passages, the eldest son, Loyal, accidentally takes the life of his lover during a passionate encounter, so he flees and makes his way west. For the entire book, he goes from town to town and job to job, always lonely, without place or close human contact. His only connection with his parents and other family members is through postcards they exchange, all of which are set out in full in the book. Loyal’s life slowly falls apart, as in the end he becomes homeless and in ill health, unable to work.
The reader will also follow those back in New England, as the hard-bitten family tries to live according to its own rules and refuses to accept a changing world. Violence, jail, and a series of other setbacks lead the family to disintegrate, and they finally lose the farm. Earthy characters are presented who refuse to give up old ways. The book makes the people seem real, and it is sad, as all their striving comes to nothing but alienation, frustration, and heartbreak.
*Library Notes
Spirit of Peace has a growing library as books and other items continue to be donated. A complete list can be accessed from the "Reading Recommendations" link (readingrecommendations.html) on the web site. If you would like to check anything out, just tell Tom, and he will bring it to church for you.
Glenda's familymembers who are having health issues.
Rita & family who are traveling on vacation.
Department of Defense Officials as they seek to end "Don't Ask, Don't Tell."
Derek in the loss of Turbo.
Karlene & her fiance.
Victims and survivors of the disastrous earthquake and its many aftershocks and consequences that continue to plague the island of Haiti.
American and other world leaders as they search for solutions to the global economic crisis, nuclear proliferation and global warming.
World leaders and citizens as we work to eliminate terrorism and its root causes.
Americans as we continue to work towards better health care for all.
The 100's of 1000's who have lost their jobs, homes and/or their life savings in the disastrous economic downturn.
Those who have been lucky enough to find new jobs during these difficult economic times.
Members, families & friends of SOP and Community UCC, who continue to deal with anxiety, depression, Alzheimer's Disease, other mental & physical illnesses, family problems, financial hardships & loss of loved ones.
Military veterans, their families and all others who have served their country. Injured veterans and those who care for them. Families & friends of members of the military lost to war.
Those
at home and abroad, who continue to suffer unthinkable losses
because of serious disease, hurricanes, typhoons, tornadoes, earthquakes,
tsunamis, storms, floods, heatwaves, wild fires, drought, airplane crashes, train wrecks and other disasters worldwide.
Victims
and the perpetrators of genocide, oppression, wars, military skirmishes, abuse, school shootings, piracy, torture, and terrorist attacks around the world.
The
UCC Coalition for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender and Questioning
(GLBTQ) concerns (The Coalition) and the fair treatment of Gay,
Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender citizens of this and other countries
around the world.
Our earth and the
welfare of animals who are our planetary co-inhabitors.
If
you want to have an announcement, prayer or any other item included
in this or other news briefs, please inform the Spirit of Peace Web
Tender (semmering@aol.com).
If you would like to be removed from the e-mail list for Spirit of Peace Church, please let us know at any time at semmering@aol.com.
If you want to check up on our activities but not receive the e-mail messages about extra meetings, volunteer jobs, etc., you can always check out the news brief on our web site at http://www.spiritofpeacechurch.org/weeklynewsbrief.html.
