Just finished up a week of Vacation Bible School. My church does 'themes'
and this year it was the 'county fair'......I was in charge of 'hands on
exhibits'.....they were as follows:

Monday - book said to buy small hot house plants and put them in decorated
pots - the Ginny version - pulled up necessary number of mint runners, took
in potting soil and paper cups. Had the kids plant the mint to take home
and replant in their 'garden' etc. with instructions on how it could be
used.....iced tea, jelly, tabbouleh, etc. Lot more practical than a
geranium that would croak in a week.

Tuesday - We be Jammin'.......since the lesson was the Fruit of the Spirit,
we made jam. Also a Biblical lesson on the Trinity, we made a 'trinity'
jam. Strawberries, raspberries and blue berries all smooshed up in one
jam...three berries, one jam, get it....trinity..... Lesson said to make jam
like substance by squishing fruit and sugar together and letting them taste
it...Ginny said 'fooie on this' If I am going to make jam, it's gonna be
the real magilla. Borrowed a camp stove and off to the parking lot we went.
Didn't BWB it, but that's okay, we popped the individual jars in the fridge
for later. (Hey, Barb, betcha never made jam in a parking lot did ya?)

Wednesday - called for making dye out of fruit and veg and THEN dyeing cloth
with it. We were to have another activity also in the same small amount of
time we were given to 'exhibit' so we scrambled a little and we made butter
by putting whole cream in baby food jars and shaking (aka churning) them
during the lesson time. Oooohs and Ahhhs from kidlets when they saw real
cream butter that they made with their own grubby little hands. This group
was made up of fifth graders so they were 'too cool' for the little kid
stuff, but boy did they really get excited when they realized 'they' made
it. It, too, got popped in the fridge.

Thursday - Exhibit was supposed to be about dairy products and using a
rubber glove hanging from a broom handle simulating a cows teat. As the
kids said 'that's so lame' so we made ice cream. Real, honest to goodness
ice cream. We used the kick the can recipe and also, to make sure we had
enough, two electric ice cream makers, we used the left over fruit from the
jam exhibit. We had 'administrators' and the person taking pictures for the
foyer all 'checking in on us' to see if the ice cream was 'done
yet'.....When it was, now that was a heavenly experience.

Friday - Bread. Bread is the Staff of life. We made bread, cooked it in
the church's kitchen, then when it was all hot, steamy and smelling the
class up like a proofer, we pulled out the real cream butter, and the
trinity jam and we had a party.

Best part yet. When we decorated the class before the beginning of the
week, I pulled out my fair ribbons, blues, yellows, reds, whites, and hung
them around the room. I also went to the local ag office and picked up some
registration books for the upcoming Allentown Fair. Since the kids had also
made fabric painted t-shirts I pointed out how plants, jellies and jams,
breads and textiles could be entered in the fair and prizes won. I am on a
bandwagon with the fact that very few kids could sew a button on or cook a
meal if their lives depended on it. So if I can get them interested in
competing in the fair, I've made a step in the right direction.

This morning was closing ceremonies. Two girls asked for copies of the Fair
entrance booklet. My heart cockles were warmed.
-ginny

"Virginia Tadrzynski" > wrote in
:

> This morning was closing ceremonies. Two girls asked for copies of
> the Fair entrance booklet. My heart cockles were warmed.
> -ginny
>

Good on Ya!

--

The house of the burning beet-Alan

On Sat 12 Jul 2008 06:16:58p, Virginia Tadrzynski told us...

> Just finished up a week of Vacation Bible School. My church does
> 'themes' and this year it was the 'county fair'......I was in charge of
> 'hands on exhibits'.....they were as follows:
>
> Monday - book said to buy small hot house plants and put them in
> decorated pots - the Ginny version - pulled up necessary number of mint
> runners, took in potting soil and paper cups. Had the kids plant the
> mint to take home and replant in their 'garden' etc. with instructions
> on how it could be used.....iced tea, jelly, tabbouleh, etc. Lot more
> practical than a geranium that would croak in a week.
>
> Tuesday - We be Jammin'.......since the lesson was the Fruit of the
> Spirit, we made jam. Also a Biblical lesson on the Trinity, we made a
> 'trinity' jam. Strawberries, raspberries and blue berries all smooshed
> up in one jam...three berries, one jam, get it....trinity..... Lesson
> said to make jam like substance by squishing fruit and sugar together
> and letting them taste it...Ginny said 'fooie on this' If I am going to
> make jam, it's gonna be the real magilla. Borrowed a camp stove and off
> to the parking lot we went. Didn't BWB it, but that's okay, we popped
> the individual jars in the fridge for later. (Hey, Barb, betcha never
> made jam in a parking lot did ya?)
>
> Wednesday - called for making dye out of fruit and veg and THEN dyeing
> cloth with it. We were to have another activity also in the same small
> amount of time we were given to 'exhibit' so we scrambled a little and
> we made butter by putting whole cream in baby food jars and shaking (aka
> churning) them during the lesson time. Oooohs and Ahhhs from kidlets
> when they saw real cream butter that they made with their own grubby
> little hands. This group was made up of fifth graders so they were 'too
> cool' for the little kid stuff, but boy did they really get excited when
> they realized 'they' made it. It, too, got popped in the fridge.
>
> Thursday - Exhibit was supposed to be about dairy products and using a
> rubber glove hanging from a broom handle simulating a cows teat. As the
> kids said 'that's so lame' so we made ice cream. Real, honest to
> goodness ice cream. We used the kick the can recipe and also, to make
> sure we had enough, two electric ice cream makers, we used the left over
> fruit from the jam exhibit. We had 'administrators' and the person
> taking pictures for the foyer all 'checking in on us' to see if the ice
> cream was 'done yet'.....When it was, now that was a heavenly
> experience.
>
> Friday - Bread. Bread is the Staff of life. We made bread, cooked it
> in the church's kitchen, then when it was all hot, steamy and smelling
> the class up like a proofer, we pulled out the real cream butter, and
> the trinity jam and we had a party.
>
> Best part yet. When we decorated the class before the beginning of the
> week, I pulled out my fair ribbons, blues, yellows, reds, whites, and
> hung them around the room. I also went to the local ag office and
> picked up some registration books for the upcoming Allentown Fair.
> Since the kids had also made fabric painted t-shirts I pointed out how
> plants, jellies and jams, breads and textiles could be entered in the
> fair and prizes won. I am on a bandwagon with the fact that very few
> kids could sew a button on or cook a meal if their lives depended on it.
> So if I can get them interested in competing in the fair, I've made a
> step in the right direction.
>
> This morning was closing ceremonies. Two girls asked for copies of the
> Fair entrance booklet. My heart cockles were warmed.
> -ginny

Ginny, I'd say you had a very busy, productive, and satisfying week!


--
Wayne Boatwright
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Saturday, 07(VII)/12(XII)/08(MMVIII)
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It's easy to apply yourself, just use
crazy glue!
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Good for you Ginny!

Sounds like you teach "Culinary Christianity", I used to teach
Culinary Judaism.
We braided Challah, made hamentschen, fried latkes and ground fresh
hoseradish (fifth graders will NEVER forget that). If I ever do it
again, I'm gonna get goggles!

Reminds me of 4000 years of Jewish History in 9 words:

"They tried to kill us. We won. Let's eat."

Lynn in Fargo

"Lynn from Fargo" > wrote in message
...
>
> Good for you Ginny!
>
> Sounds like you teach "Culinary Christianity", I used to teach
> Culinary Judaism.
> We braided Challah, made hamentschen, fried latkes and ground fresh
> hoseradish (fifth graders will NEVER forget that). If I ever do it
> again, I'm gonna get goggles!
>
> Reminds me of 4000 years of Jewish History in 9 words:
>
> "They tried to kill us. We won. Let's eat."
>
> Lynn in Fargo

Lynn, 'Culinary Christianity', I love it. When I was in college we were
sick of all the 'Christian' terms bandied about.......like to get people to
go to some of the functions they used to say 'with Fine Food and Christian
Fellowship'....we swore it was code for 'Fat people and a Noodle Casserole'.
-ginny

On Mon 14 Jul 2008 04:07:59p, Virginia Tadrzynski told us...

>
> "Lynn from Fargo" > wrote in message
> ...
>>
>> Good for you Ginny!
>>
>> Sounds like you teach "Culinary Christianity", I used to teach
>> Culinary Judaism.
>> We braided Challah, made hamentschen, fried latkes and ground fresh
>> hoseradish (fifth graders will NEVER forget that). If I ever do it
>> again, I'm gonna get goggles!
>>
>> Reminds me of 4000 years of Jewish History in 9 words:
>>
>> "They tried to kill us. We won. Let's eat."
>>
>> Lynn in Fargo
>
> Lynn, 'Culinary Christianity', I love it. When I was in college we were
> sick of all the 'Christian' terms bandied about.......like to get people
> to go to some of the functions they used to say 'with Fine Food and
> Christian Fellowship'....we swore it was code for 'Fat people and a
> Noodle Casserole'. -ginny
>
>
>

LOL! I love it!

--
Wayne Boatwright
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Monday, 07(VII)/14(XIV)/08(MMVIII)
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All extremists should be taken out and
shot.
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On Mon, 14 Jul 2008 09:39:44 -0700 (PDT), Lynn from Fargo
> wrote:
>
>Reminds me of 4000 years of Jewish History in 9 words:
>
>"They tried to kill us. We won. Let's eat."
>
>Lynn in Fargo

i love that quote. so *gemutlichkeit*.

your pal,
blake
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On Mon, 14 Jul 2008 19:07:59 -0400, "Virginia Tadrzynski"
> wrote:

>
>"Lynn from Fargo" > wrote in message
...
>>
>> Good for you Ginny!
>>
>> Sounds like you teach "Culinary Christianity", I used to teach
>> Culinary Judaism.
>> We braided Challah, made hamentschen, fried latkes and ground fresh
>> hoseradish (fifth graders will NEVER forget that). If I ever do it
>> again, I'm gonna get goggles!
>>
>> Reminds me of 4000 years of Jewish History in 9 words:
>>
>> "They tried to kill us. We won. Let's eat."
>>
>> Lynn in Fargo
>
>Lynn, 'Culinary Christianity', I love it. When I was in college we were
>sick of all the 'Christian' terms bandied about.......like to get people to
>go to some of the functions they used to say 'with Fine Food and Christian
>Fellowship'....we swore it was code for 'Fat people and a Noodle Casserole'.
>-ginny
>
<snort>

'wonder body: builds strong bread twelve ways.'

your pal,
blake
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