2014 Chamber of Commerce Banquet

We had a very nice evening at the Annual Chamber of Commerce Banquet.

We presented the 2014 Community Volunteer Award to Helen Richardson & Margaret McDermitt of GOD'S LUNCH BUNCH

of First United Methodist Church.    

 The Invitation

 The inside of the Program 

showing KING'S KITCHEN, 

 winners of the 2013 Community Volunteer Award,

making the presentation of the 2014 Community Volunteer of the Year Award

 Picture that appeared in The Coweta American paper on June 13th with the 2014 winners.

We were seated at Table 2 which was sponsored by Blue Bell Creamery.

Pictures of us prior to leaving the house.

Thank's to Coweta Chamber for honoring it's citizen's each year.  This is a great little city to call "home".

A LINK - NOAH'S ARK - AWARD

First I'd like to invite all of you to visit this blog and participate in Maxine's project. I truly thing this is of The Lord and it truly got me to slow down and really THINK about what I do want and yearn for my country, and especially for my children & grandchildren in this country.

We all need to give serious thought to this election that will be in just 41 days and I think Maxine is helping us to do that. I would also appreciate hearing your comments about how you feel about this after you visit her blog. Thanks!!

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I received this and thought it was so facinating. It certainly is bigger than I think most of us have pictures in our minds from the little Noahs Arc toys we've seen.

Working Replica of Noah's Ark
Opens In SCHAGEN, Netherlands

The massive central door in the side of Noah's Ark was thrown open Saturday
for the first crowd of curious Pilgrims and townsfolk to behold the wonder.
Of course, it's only a replica of the biblical Ark , built by Dutch
Creationist Johan Huibers as a testament to his faith in the literal truth of the Bible.


The ark is 150 cubits long, 30 cubits high and 20 cubits wide. That's two-thirds the length of a football field and as high as a three-story house.

Life-size models of giraffes, elephants, lions, crocodiles, zebras,
bison and other animals greet visitors as they arrive in the main hold.

A contractor by trade, Huibers built the ark of cedar and pine -
Biblical Scholars debate exactly what the wood used by Noah would have been.
Huibers did the work mostly with his own hands, using modern tools
and with occasional help from his son Roy... Construction began in May 2005.
On the uncovered top deck - not quite ready in time for the opening
- will come a petting zoo, with baby lambs and chickens, and goats,
and one camel.

Visitors on the first day were stunned.
'It's past comprehension, ' said Mary Louise Starosciak, who
happened to be bicycling by with her husband while on vacation
when they saw The ark looming over the local landscape.
'I knew the story of Noah, but I had no idea the boat would have been so big.'
There is enough space near the keel for a 50-seat film theater where kids can
watch a video that tells the story of Noah and his ark.
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Huibers said he hopes the project will renew interest in Christianity in
the Netherlands , where church going has fallen dramatically in the past 50 years.
''If You Need Help, Ask God. If You Don't, Thank God''...
'Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life;
and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever.' Psalm 23:6
When there is nothing left but God, that is when you
find out that God is all you need. Live today to the
fullest because tomorrow is not promised.

Now that I am old and gray...give me the time to tell this new generation(and their children too) about all your mighty miracles. Psalm 71:18

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A special thanks to Sandra, Watercoulour Dreams, for this Kreativ Blogger Award.

Since it was very similar to the one I received and posted about on September 9th I am not doing this one but wanted to acknowledge Sandra and thank her publicly.

PENLESS WRITER'S ANNUAL AWARDS

When it rains it pour!!!! I am posting 3 blogs today. Please scroll down and read them all.

The first is 2 annual awards I am giving out today to celebrate my 1 year blogoversary yesterday

The second is about a scholarship to a wonderful women's conference

And then third is Friday's Show & Tell, which I always try and participate in.

Thanks!!!

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As I begin my second year of blogging I have created two Personal Awards.

This first award is my Littlest Angel

(Go here to read the history of Littlest Angel)

I am presenting this award to Leigh Ann of Living to Learn and Learning to Live.

Leigh Ann was the very first blogger that I became friends with. Ironically, she had just begun her blog 2 days before me. We met when she left me a comment on my third post "A Very Special Occasion". A young, 32 year old mother of 3 small children from Pennsylvania, and this 69 year old grandmother of 3 from Oklahoma formed an instant bond. An unlikely combination but one that God put together.

Leigh Ann gets my Littlest Angel Award because she has truly been an Angel to me during my first year. SHE is the one who helped me FINALLY figure out bloglines and SHE is the one who executed the design of my blogpage. I had the idea, and knew what I wanted, but had no idea HOW to get it done. Leigh Ann not only knew how but did!! She has always been patient, kind and supportive when I have needed her help.

You have a very special place in my heart Leigh Ann.

My second award is True to HIS Word

I am presenting this award to Karen of Karen's Ramblings

I had been blogging for 6 months before I met Karen. The "link" was Annie, My Life As Annie, who had blessed several of us with her Siggy's. Karen and I were two of those. Karen linked to my blog and left a comment. Of course I found her wonderful blog and was hooked. Karen lives 1/2 a world away in New Zealand. That in itself is so very amazing to me.

Choosing who to give this award was a VERY hard decision for me. I am blessed to read the blogs of so many wonderful Spiritual Christians who bless me, stretch me, and teach me.

Karen is the one that truly fits this scripture in my life.

"Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend" Proverbs 22:17

Karen has truly become a friend and boy does she ever sharpen me!!!! Her posts are full of Spiritual insight, total openness, stretching and searching for more of God.

You are indeed a gift from God to me, Karen.