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Pinga said:
It wasn't at my church, CrazyHeart. It was at a small rural church (Sheffield United Church)
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Oo. I know where that is. The library I worked in the nineties had a branch there. Not sure about now. The library system was merged with Hamilton Public and I know they closed some branches.
 
I'm going to mention that to someone active in our UCW. Boy could I use a cabbage roll casserole in my freezer! Or turkey pot pie, or shepherd's pie.
Friday night I didn't sleep. Just one of those nights. I couldn't get to sleep. I read a bit. Still had trouble sleeping. Woke an hour later - laid and watched the ceiling for 1/2 hour, read, slept 1/2 hour, watched ceiling - you get the picture. I was so relieved when six oclock came and I could get up. Yesterday I had a lot to do - laundry, kitchen floor, making cookies, out to two places for errands, checking neighbours cats. I was completely exhausted by dinner time. But I'd picked up minute steaks and shredded cabbage salad. And I had left-over potatoes to fry. Easy supper. And I even thought to pick up a chocolate bar to share for our dessert.
Last night, after my shower, I fell asleep watching TV. Seelerman woke me an hour later and I went to bed. I Slept!!!! Through the night! Wow!
Today is a new day.
And we are going out to Seelergirl's tonight for my birthday meal. (Birthday on the 3rd)
 
Did someone mention Sheffield United Church?
It's just down river, on the east bank of the St. John River below Maugerville. It's the oldest United Church (previously Methodist) church in Canada still in regular use. I do supply ministry there.
(or is there another rural area called Sheffield and another Sheffield United Church somewhere in Ontario)
 
Pinga said:
There is , Seeler. In between Hamilton and Cambridge.
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"In between" in more ways than one. When I was there, it was politically in Wentworth Region (now the City of Hamilton) so part of the library system I worked for but had a Cambridge area code and exchange so that it was actually long distance to call it from Hamilton. In order to avoid toll charges on our data connection from Sheffield to Head Office, we had them connect to the library in Lynden (an equally tiny community near Ancaster), which was local to both, and then the network gear in Lynden relayed Sheffield's connection in to the library head office in Hamilton. Bloody pain in the arse when Bell's calling areas don't align nicely with political boundaries.
 
We've done this fundraiser. Call it the Fabulous Food Fair. We already make meat pies as a fundraiser all year round (Yay, Holy Rollers!), so we add in a couple of work bees to make chili sauce, cabbage rolls, fruit pies, then send out a call for general baking, and Bob's your uncle. Add in some Christmas craft-y tables (at $20/table), and you have an event.
 
Mendalla, Hespeler's dialing area had it get Kitchener, Guelph, and Galt for free, so.....our company did the same for it's exchange, used the Hespeler sales office. (Now, Hespeler, Preston, Galt = Cambridge)
Library is lone gone, btw.
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Sounds like a great fundraiser, BetteTheRed.
 
Pinga said:
Mendalla, Hespeler's dialing area had it get Kitchener, Guelph, and Galt for free, so.....our company did the same for it's exchange, used the Hespeler sales office. (Now, Hespeler, Preston, Galt = Cambridge)
Library is lone gone, btw.
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Oh yeah, I know about Hespler and Galt. When I worked for the provincial court in Kitchener on one of my summer jobs, we had a Cambridge line for calling the Galt(?) exchanges that were long distance form Kitchener.

As for Sheffield library being closed, I'm not surprised. We had three libraries in close proximity out there (Rockton, Sheffield, and Lynden) and no political will to consolidate them (though Rockton and Sheffield used the same staff with staggered shifts so there wasn't that much duplication of effort) so I figured that once Hamilton was running the show that would end pretty quickly.
 
I heard of a small congregation who have made meat pies for sale every year since 'forever'. They do a turkey supper fundraiser around thanksgiving and deliberately prepare more turkey than they will need. The next day a group get together and convert the turkey (plus veggies etc) into turkey pot pies and soup that are sold frozen over the next little while. It seems that everyone in the area knows about this and people phone church members to ask when/where they can pick up their ready made meals! Unfortunately, the congregation is aging and will probably have to stop this within a few years. I suggested that maybe they could become the 'experience' part of the team and ask another group of younger people to do the actual work. Sounds like a way to pass on knowledge and continue the service to the community. Possibly the local Day Care, a sports team, the Cadets, the Scout/Guide association or a younger congregation might be interested in sharing the profit?
 
KayTheCurler said:
I heard of a small congregation who have made meat pies for sale every year since 'forever'. They do a turkey supper fundraiser around thanksgiving and deliberately prepare more turkey than they will need. The next day a group get together and convert the turkey (plus veggies etc) into turkey pot pies and soup that are sold frozen over the next little while. It seems that everyone in the area knows about this and people phone church members to ask when/where they can pick up their ready made meals! Unfortunately, the congregation is aging and will probably have to stop this within a few years. I suggested that maybe they could become the 'experience' part of the team and ask another group of younger people to do the actual work. Sounds like a way to pass on knowledge and continue the service to the community. Possibly the local Day Care, a sports team, the Cadets, the Scout/Guide association or a younger congregation might be interested in sharing the profit?
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My aunt and uncle (he's actually a retired chef) are involved in something like this at their UCCan. It's part of a three point charge in central Ontario's cottage country. Wonder if we're talking about the same church.
 
Mendalla said:
"In between" in more ways than one. When I was there, it was politically in Wentworth Region (now the City of Hamilton) so part of the library system I worked for but had a Cambridge area code and exchange so that it was actually long distance to call it from Hamilton. In order to avoid toll charges on our data connection from Sheffield to Head Office, we had them connect to the library in Lynden (an equally tiny community near Ancaster), which was local to both, and then the network gear in Lynden relayed Sheffield's connection in to the library head office in Hamilton. Bloody pain in the arse when Bell's calling areas don't align nicely with political boundaries.
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I think long distance is a bit of a scam now, at least within Canada. Chemguy's cell is long distance, because he got the number when he was living/working in a town north of here during the week. It's the same area code number as for here!
 
Long distance as a revenue generator is largely doomed, I think. My VOIP package gives me local calling to all of North America. I don't start paying by the minute until we call overseas (and even then, we get an hour free to China each month, which is part of why we went with this outfit).
 
I am going to the church tonight for Carols and Choirs. You may remember my dread last year due to the praise of a choir that was so far from our basis of faith...but of course had a lovely sound and put all their young pretty things in the front row.
Dad so wants me to go, and I couldn't tell him "no", so i will go and enjoy most of the choirs, and hope this last one is not there, and if there, not hero worshipped.

I also picked up an arrangement for my Mom's grave (well, vault). It is there wedding anniversary this week, and so , will go and hope that my care towards Dad is topped up. It's been low the last while and, not that my Mom was perfect, she survived 65 years of him, and I need to channel some of that strength. It is a tough time of year for him.
 
I too will be in church this evening - it is a covenanting service for our new minister, so I look forward to celebrating that.

I hear you pinga about tough times of year. I'm sure your Dad will appreciate your company. I like your comment about channeling mom's strength - it's timely for me as I will be soon be visiting my own Dad & will need to remember to do likewise - so thank you for that.
 
Seelergirl cooked a nice turkey dinner for my birthday. It was good to share it with her and her family. Unfortunately she didn't seem to take a moment to relax the entire time we were there. They are living temporarily in an apartment - the kitchen is small and inadequate for preparing large meals - it was difficult to try to help her (I did wash the dishes after the meal - no dish washer).
Also Granddaughter had just gotten home from dance classes - having had her first accident, a fender-bender in the parking lot. She explained it - a truck had parked on one side of her car, a large SUV on the other. In trying to leave she drove strait out and didn't notice that the car parked across from her had a trailer-hitch sticking out, and lower than her line of vision. So she hit it and damaged her bumped. The girl driving the other vehicle didn't think it was damaged but would have her Dad look at it when she got home. I reassured Granddaughter that accidents happen, no one blames her -- but there are consequences. Repairs will have to be paid for. And rack it up to experience. And I reminded her that I backed into the apple tree in our yard last winter.
 
I went to the concert last night. I recognize how much I miss the old folks, the ones who ask about the kids, who I have hurt by not being present at church.
I also recognize how I don't miss the folks one generation down (at least for the most part). The ones who approach and say, "do you still have your key". "No, I don't, I handed It to the secretary a long long time ago" "Does your husband?". "i doubt it, but you can ask him. I also handed in the church school key". "oh, we wondered".

Dad was thrilled to be there. He loves the music. He was able to sing along with the carols, remembering much of the music by heart. "Go Tell it on the Mountains" was belted out. Away in the Manger was sung, with a friend commenting that she thought it was the first song she learned.

As thrilled as Dad was with the chorus, I was less thrilled. I miss the days when at least one of the hymns sung would make me remember why I am united church. I miss the sense that advent is a journey. I despise the pedestal praising of a large choir from a denomination far removed from UC theology...

So, mixed feelings, the recognition that you can' go home.
 
No, but maybe you can find another home. I always think how well you might fit into our congregation.

A frosty morning here, with a dusting of snow. I had asked my son yesterday if he'd like to deal with the last of the leaves and locust pods for me yesterday, and he put it off until today; he'll have a much colder job of it today!
 
I made the dough for 'ice-box cookies' Saturday. This morning I sliced it and baked seven dozen cookies for Seelergirl and us. Then I sat down and watched Turner Classic Movies "Lassie Come Home" - taped from yesterday.
I wonder when I will get around to preparing the livingroom for Christmas decorating - dusting, putting away the regular nic nacs.
 
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