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The Singleton Winter Breeze
March 2021
Although the groundhog said six more week of winter
and it is cold as I write this, Spring is coming. As our life
has changed over the past year, hopefully we used it as
a time of reflection. We reflected on what we value
about life and what was not as important. As we come
our of the pandemic our life will look a little different.
The same is true in a relationship with Christ. We
reflect and realize what is helping us grow closer to
Christ and push away what is pulling us away. We are
entering into the season of Lent, which gives us a
perfect time for this reflection. Blessings for you during this season.
Pastor Calvin
Recipe from the Parsonage
Homemade Tossed Salad
Dressing
1 tbsp Dijon mustard
2 tsp Honey or maple syrup
1/8 tsp Black pepper
1/4 tsp Kosher salt
9/16 cup Olive oil
3 tbsp White wine vinegar
Combine and shake well.
Donna’s Valentine’s Day Activity!!! Zzzzzz!
The
United Methodist Men are going
Donna’s Valentine Dinner
to have a clean up day in March.
“Love is our true destiny. We do not find We are asking over the next few
the meaning of life by ourselves alone; weeks that everyone clean off
we find it with another.”
the Christmas flowers in the
—Thomas Merton cemetery. Thanks.
March 2021
Birthdays
1 Julie Stone
Patrick Stone
3 Jacob Monfort
4 Madison Barbie
5 Linda Looman
6 Tracey Kellum
Our Church Celebration Committee is now
complete. Sue Antonick and Susie Welker 13 Margaret Champion
are excited to be the co-chairs of this Malinda Floyd
wonderful group. Helping us plan will be
Judy Smith, Linda Looman, Ginger Van Atta James Chapman
and Hunter and Michelle Stone. We plan to
meet the first time on March 8th . Here is 14 Mary Alice Williams
where you can help at this time. If you have 18 Matt Soles
a great idea which you would like to share
with this committee, please contact Sue at 19 Pat Houtz
Santonick1@live.com or 804-694-0935 or Susie
20 Natalie Arrington
at swelker4@cox.net or 804-693-7506. We
would really like to hear from our Church 23 Shirley Hudgins
family about what you would like to have in
the way of a celebration. It won’t be long 26 Brian Kellum
now!!! I for one am most anxious to see all
of you and catch up! Anniversary
Love to all David and Denise Williams
Susie and Sue
NEW ADDRESS “Today is the tomorrow you worried
Jean Smith Heron Cove 1 Rm about yesterday.”
7375 Heron Cove Way
—Dale Carnegie
Gloucester, Va., 23061
Congratulations to Charlie
Poulson for making the Our Precious Twins –
Dean’s List this semester Karen Soles and Connie Field
at Virginia Tech. We are all Covid Compliant with their
masks.
so proud of you, Charlie!
Singleton UMM had a very successful UMM
fundraiser this past fall with the Brunswick Stew
and BBQ meal. I have had some discussions
Announcement: Linda and with other members, and wonder if we want to
Larry Makowski of Express do a fundraiser around April 2021.
Auctions have announced that Suggestions:
the auction at the Williamsburg
1. Take out Fish Fry Meal (Fried fish, hush
Location on March 27 , 2021 puppies, baked beans, slaw, string
will include “Texaco” beans and dessert) feeds 1, price
memorabilia from the estate of $10.00
Andy James.
2. Take out Brunswick Stew, BBQ and bun
sale (1 quart stew, 1 pint BBQ, 4 bums)
feeds 2, price $15.00
Each would require ticket sales, phone and
online orders, so we can plan for the number of
people to be served.
Because of the COVID pandemic, we have not
been having regular bi-monthly meetings. So, I
am hoping we can maybe get this issue on your
agendas so we can fund some church projects
this year.
Let me know what you think email or call at
804-815-2250.
Lester Sterling
MEN HELPING WITH
SNAC-PAC PACKING
RECIPE FROM FLORIDA
Walnut Pumpkin Bread
Ingredients
2/3 cup all-purpose flour
1 ½ cups sugar
1 teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
½ teaspoon ground nutmeg
Around the back of our house the water turtles
¼ teaspoon ground cloves
come to our yard to lay eggs. So far we have
never seen the babies. Usually something ¼ teaspoon salt
comes and eats them. There are a number of
2 large eggs, beaten
holes dug this year so I will be watching to see if
this is the year to watch for baby turtles. 1 cup pumpkin puree
½ cup canola oil
½ cup water
½ cup chopped walnuts
Instructions
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 9 x
5 inch loaf pan.
2. In a large bowl, combine flour, sugar,
baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon,
nutmeg, cloves and salt.
3. In a separate bowl, add eggs, pumpkin oil,
We have resident Gopher turtles that have and water and mix until well combined.
made a home in the front landscape of our
4. Add wet ingredients to dry ingredients and
house in Florida. It is illegal to move them. A
stir until moistened. Fold in walnuts. Pour
heavy fine will be given if we try to relocate
batter into prepared pan.
them. We put red mulch down to help
landscape their entrance but it was soon 5. Bake until toothpick inserted in the center
covered with dirt! comes out clean, 65 to 70 minutes. Cool bread
in pan for 10 minutes before serving.
From Ginger and Brian Van Atta
Tissue: To remind you to see the
tears and needs of others, including
those of yourself.
Candy Kiss: To remind you that
everyone needs a hug, a kiss, or a
word of encouragement every day.
Life Saver: To remind you to think of
your peers as your "life savers." Care
about each other and help each other
through the stressful times that
occur in life.
Our own Butch Smith made the
paper. Article relates how Butch Penny: To remind you the value of
went to the Gloucester Museum to your thoughts - BIG ones and little
purchase a coffee mug honoring the ones! Share them with others.
USS Mathews. He served upon the Eraser: To remind you that we all
USS Mathews in the 1960’s. make mistakes and with an eraser
they can be erased, as our human
mistakes can-be-overcome.
Toothpick: To remind you to "pick out"
the good qualities in others (and
yourself) and to be tolerant and
accepting of the differences in/of
others...and finally,
"Anti-Stress Kit"
Paper Clip: It's important to "keep it
This is an Anti-Stress
all together." Find the balance in your
Kit...hopefully to help you relax and
physical, professional, and spiritual
enjoy your life more!
life. Explore the resources and
Rubber Band: To remind you to programs available to you in your
stretch your new ideas and your mind community (when "safe" again).
to new limits so you will continue to
Submitted by Connee Sutton
grow and reach your potential.
the entire menu for a single one of those
meals.
But I do know this: They all nourished me
and gave me the strength I needed to do my
work. If my wife had not given me these
meals, I would be physically dead today.
Likewise, if I had not gone to church for
nourishment, I would be spiritually dead
today!"
When you are DOWN to nothing, God is UP
to something!
Faith sees the invisible, believes the
incredible & receives the impossible!
Why go to Church?
Thank God for our physical and our spiritual
If you’re spiritually dead, you won’t want to nourishment!
read it.
B. I. B L. E. simply means: Basic
If you’re spiritually curious, there is still Instructions Before Leaving Earth!
hope!
IN GOD WE TRUST
A Church goer wrote a letter to the editor of
a newspaper and complained that it made "Faith is not about everything turning
no sense to go to church every Sunday. out OK. It's about being OK, no matter how
things turn out.
He wrote: "I've gone for 30 years now, and
in that time I have heard something like Submitted by Judy Smith
3,000 sermons, but for the life of me, I can't
remember a single one of them. So, I think
I'm wasting my time, the preachers and
priests are wasting theirs by giving sermons
at all".
This started a real controversy in the
"Letters to the Editor" column.
Much to the delight of the editor, it went on
for weeks until someone wrote this clincher:
"I've been married for 30 years now. In that
time my wife has cooked some 32,000
meals. But, for the life of me, I cannot recall
We hope at some point this year Secondly, we need to organize
we will be able to return to a new who we want to be and what we
normal worship. We do not know want to offer as we leave the
when this may happen. We want pandemic. This includes worship,
to begin preparing in at least activities and learning
three of ways. opportunities. How do we want to
grow the church? We need a
chairperson and volunteers.
First, we want to have a Day of
Third, we need to rebuild most of
Celebration (something like a
our church committees(PPR, Lay
Homecoming) to invite anyone and
Leadership, Finance, Annual
everyone to return to in-person
Conference Representative, etc.
worship. We have co-chairs,
We need volunteers.
Susie Welker and Sue Antonick.
Singleton United Methodist Church
P.O. Box 27
Schley, Va. 23154
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