Pew News

Hope everyone is getting 2007 started well with good resolutions to keep. Just don't make too many at once. We had a very enjoyable un-decorating party for our Christmas things with all-you-could-eat pizza and apple pie.

Christian Way School is growing well. If you know any preschooler's who need loving care and good experiences in learning, send them in to visit our school.

Hope you have seen our newly replanted garden in front of the Administration building. It was growing beautifully for a few months, but it's having a little hard time now, like many of our gardens, after the big freeze. But watch it, come spring, and you will enjoy seeing it grow and bloom.

Looking ahead we'll be having the famous Stone Soup Sunday on Feb. 4th. If you haven't been to this before be sure to put it on your calendar, and bring your cup of cut-up vegetables to church that day.. You'll be well fed to then go home and watch the Super Bowl later in the afternoon.

And our Souper-bowl Sunday will be coming up on February 18th so gather your donations of cans and dollars to benefit our West Valley Food Pantry. Our Elementary Sunday School class is in charge of the collections this year

See you next month Church mouse

P.S. If you're not on our birthday list, we'd like to add you. Please sign up on sheets in narthex on table. Just month and day if you're over 21.

HINTS OF THE MONTH
If your clothes dryer feels really hot, but your clothes take forever to dry, the vent may be clogged. A clogged vent traps the excess hot air inside the dryer's drum. But the low circulation of air keeps clothes from getting dry. This is a big problem -- the extra heat can damage fabrics and can start a fire -- but it's nothing you can't fix yourself.

1. Start by checking the vents flap or hood on the outside of the house. Make sure that you can feel a strong flow of air coming out when the dryer is running. If not, try cleaning out the vent with a straightened clothes hanger.

2. If the vent flap is not the problem, check for a kink or sag in the duct and straighten the hose if necessary.

3. If a kinked or sagging duct is not the problem, disconnect the duct from the dryer and look for blockage inside with a flashlight to remove he blockage shake it out or run a wadded cloth through the duct. If the duct is damaged, replace it.
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Salsa Verde Seafood with Yellow Rice

The following recipe comes from Diane Stage-Fowler of Saratog Springs, New York. She writes: "I have served this dish for company. It tastes great and looks really pretty. No one believes me when I tell them ho I make it."

Diane's recipe serves four, but it's easy to
double. If you can't find salsa verde, green enchilada sauce is a good subsitute.

• Cook one 8-ounce package of yellow rice mix according to package directions.

• About 10 minutes before the rice is done, pour
2 cups (16 ounces) of store-bought salsa verde into a medium skiliet and heat over medium
heat. Add 1/2 pound shelled and deveined shrimp and 1/2 pound scallops, cook until the seafood
is just opaque, about 5 minutes.

• Spoon the scallops, shrimp and salsa verde
over the yellow rice.

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WALK WITH ME

While walking, through this life
in your travels, along life's way
Don't be, so quick to judge
Another's actions, of today
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You don't know, their motivation
Nor the troubles, they've been through
All you know, is what you see today
They could be, much more worse off than you,"
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Try walking, in their shoes
Let love and patience, now prevail
Be kind and understanding
Results will tell, the real true tale,
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Let your light and love, so shine
Let your kindness, be the clue
That God above, in Jesus Christ
Lives and dwells, within you.