Lit Wick Gazette from December 2010

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Lit Wick Gazette from December, 2010

Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful.

~Hebrews 10:23~

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Next months theme is

"Beginnings"

This month's due date is December 20th

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Hope is putting faith to work when doubting would be easier.

-Unknown

~Leslie Jane Yale~

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Chicken Asparagus Casserole

4 boneless skinless chicken breasts

1/8 teaspoon pepper

16 ounces asparagus spear, canned

1 can cream of mushroom soup

1/3 cup mayonnaise

1 teaspoon lemon juice

1/2 teaspoon curry powder - or more to taste

1 bag egg noodles, cooked al dente (a little firm still)

1/2 cup shredded mozzarella cheese

Cook chicken and shred or cut up. In large bowl, mix all ingredients except cheese. Pour into casserole dish and sprinkle with cheese. Bake at 375 degrees for 30 minutes.

~Maria Wytherspoon~

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Sanguine:

Confidently optimistic and cheerful

~Pina Rigonda~

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Movie review on Beautiful Dreamer

This is a story of loyalty, courage, love, faith, and sacrifice. Here is a brief overview of it: Clair Kelly's much loved WWII pilot husband survived his B-24 crash but lost his memeory. Claire is determined to find him but never guesses that finding him will require tremendous courage, understanding, loyalty and the possible sacrifice of his ever coming home. I thoroughly enjoyed this film, with the exeption of a couple scenes where brief language is used. When it ended my first thought was, "Is there a sequal?". The way that the characters are portrayed really makes you like them and feel a propinquity with them.

Lit Wick Gazette from November 2010

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Lit Wick Gazette from November, 2010

Can you Vote?

In our great country, 

all people over the age of 18 are given the right to contribute to our nation's greatness in one simple action: 

putting a checkmark in a box.

We pray that, if you are a young adult or older,

your checkmark will continue to help us all celebrate and continue to enjoy our countries greatness.

~Lavinia George~

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The Psalmists in telling everyone to praise God are doing what all men do when they speak of what they care about

C.S. Lewis

~Aelsa B.~

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The Betrayal, by Douglas Bond, is a story set in the time of John Calvin.

The story is written in the first person by the fictional character Jean-Louis Mourin.

Jean-Louis and John Calvin grew up in the same village but in totally different circumstances, causing Jean-Louis to become very bitter towards Calvin, it seemed as if Calvin got all the good things and he got the bad. 

After leaving plague ravaged Noyon, Jean-Louis attaches himself to Calvin as a personal servant.

Soon he begins to work as a spy for the Catholic Church.

Now he has his opportunity to get revenge on Calvin for being more privileged than himself.

Will he take it or will he save Calvin in a rather surprising way?

~Pina Rigonda~

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Graham and Peanut Butter Bon Bons

1 cup Graham cracker crumbs

1 1/4 cup peanut butter (the recipe says crunchy but we use smooth)

1/2 cup powdered sugar

1 1/2 crisped rice cereal

12 oz. Almond Bark (white or (dark) chocolate)

1. Set almond bark aside; mix remaining ingredients together in a bowl. refrigerate for 1 hour. Melt almond bark.

2. Form crumb mixture into balls and dip into melted almond bark, place on waxed paper.

3. Allow the almond bark to cool and set up.

Makes 44 to 48 Bon Bon's

Prep time: 25 min.

~Jean Black~

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Prayer Requests

Please continue to pray for the girls at EXCEL and for safe travels home.

Lit Wick Gazette. September 2010

Ecclesiastes 3:1:

“For everything there is a season, a time for everything under heaven”

~Pina Rigonda~

(Allie H.)

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Winter is an etching, spring a watercolor, summer an oil painting, and autumn a mosaic of them all.

-Stanley Horowitz

~Maria Wytherspoon~

(Sarah M.)

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In the book of Ecclesiastes, Solomon writes about the passing of time and the length of our lives.

We are like the year, in that our life goes by in segments.  In the year, they are called 'seasons'.

The months of March, April, and May we typically refer to as 'spring'; June, July, and August are the long months of summer; September, October, and November constitute autumn; and the harsh cold of winter comes in December, January and February.

What's interesting to note is that though we may know what season we are currently in, we can't ever tell exactly when it will be over.

In our lives, God will send periods of time in which He will teach us new lessons, and send us new blessings.  He gave us the ability to discern what those lessons and blessings are, but requires from us faith as to when that time  is going to end.

But like all things that are in His hands, we can trust it to Him.

~Polly Rigonda~

(Aelsa B.)

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Spring passes and one remembers one's innocence. Summer passes and one remembers one's exuberance. Autumn passes and one remembers one's reverence. Winter passes and one remembers one's perseverance.

~Grace Wicker~

(Nicole M.)

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Lambent

1. Flickering gently, 2. Radiant; glowing, 3. Marked by brilliance

i.e. " lambent wit "

~Georgie Hawley~

(Sophia F.)

Lit Wick Gazette from September 2010

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Lit Wick Gazette. August 2010

Three Minute No Bake Cookies

2 c sugar

1/2 c margarine

3 tbsp. cocoa

1 tsp. vanilla

 1/2 c peanut butter

1/2 c milk

 3 c quick oats.

Mix cocoa and sugar. Add margarine and milk and bring to a boil. Boil for 2 minutes. If humidity is high, boil another minute. Add peanut butter and vanilla and stir well. Add quick oats. Drop by spoonfuls on wax paper. Should set up quickly.

For best results, avoid making when rainy or humidly hot-cookies do not set up well.

~Leslie Rose Yale~

 (Michelle M.)

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WANTED: A Girl

The girls that are wanted are good girls -

Girls that are mother's right hand,

That fathers and brothers can trust in,

And the little ones can understand.

Girls that are fair on the hearthstone,

 And pleasant when nobody sees;

Kind and sweet to their own folk,

Ready and anxious to please.

Girls that are wanted are wise girls,

The girls that are wanted are good girls -

That know what to do and to say;

Good from the heart to the lips;

That drive with a smile or a soft word

Pure as the lily is white and pure

The wrath of the household away.

From its heart to its sweet leaf-tips.

From Moral Lessons of Yesteryear, by A. L, Byers

Taken from Copywork for Girls Compiled and Arranged by Sandi Queen

~Pina Rigonda~

(Allie H.)

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Why did the monkey fall out of the tree?

‘Cuz he let go!

~Polly Rigonda~

(Aelsa B.)

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Cruel War of Tears

My cheeks are wet with tears, 

My chest heaves with great sobs. 

My man left long ago, 

And will never return.

My wee bairns are sleeping, 

They sleep in dreamy peace, 

Unaware that father 

Will ne’er kiss them again.

  

Why must it come to this, 

That lasses be widows,

That bairns be young orphaned?

 It's a cruel war of tears.

Josephine Haylson

(Not real name)

About the War Between the States