Welcome to The Little Town with a Big Heart”
Revival services at Grace United last week were awesome. Many souls were saved from young to old and recommitting lives to the Lord. A great week from Sunday to Wednesday, with Bro. Steve Winstead as the guest preacher and the pastor, Bro. Jamie Leach. The revival also featured Michelle Addy, music director, Joe and Patti Alexander, Kristy Leach, Ronnie Blass, Matt Addy, Marcus Mowdy who make up the group Amazing Grace.
Services this week at Grace were awesome with three new members and rededication. God has been working at Grace United. Bro. Jamie welcomes anyone who doesn’t have a church home to come and visit with us, or if have a church home you’re still welcome to visit.
Prayer requests go out to Dannie Walker, Norman Snowden, Jerry Griffin, Irvin Hicks, Carol Ann Alexander, Jack Graham, Shirley Griffin, Marie Eason, Bonnie Walker, Cheryl Stacy, Mike Linton, Bill Matlock, Lorene Smith, John Patterson, Doyle Gibbs, Doyle McMullan, Cili Norman, Johnnie McMullian, Micheal Roland, Aaron Stokes, Stephanie Roland, Betty Kennedy, Janie McMullan and Stacy Stevens.
Shut-ins are Christine Herd, Ola Jean Parker, Mary Stamper and Abertine Walker.
The Liberty Community Club met on Sept. 9 at the clubhouse. After the Pledge of Allegiance, we had a moment of silence for the victims of 9/11/2001. Brother Mark Kilgore led in prayer. After our delicious pot luck supper, Ruby Boutwell gave the devotion on how God listens to us. Unlike the milk in our refrigerator, God’s plan for us does not have an expiration date.
We had our first “Show & Tell” program and it will not be our last. This was thoroughly enjoyed by all as we brought some of our memories to the meeting. We had shoe repair items, a corn sheller, a plow hill sweeper, butter molds, a temperance pledge in the Bible, bath towels, a 1927 car tag, a water cup, Grandma’s bell, a Sweetwater school picture, bass fishing trophies, and even gold from Alaska. The group laughed and cried, asked each other questions, and got to know each other just a little bit better. Our next meeting will be at 6 p.m. Monday, Oct. 9 at Liberty Community clubhouse. Tonia Coker from Sta-Home Health will be our speaker. Everyone is welcomed.
Birthday wishes for the week for Oct. 4 go out to Conner Rowzee, Charles Cole Gressett and Brad Burks; for Oct. 5 Rickey Gressett, Max Gressett, Carol Walker, Don Stamper, Jeremy Chaney, Steve Robinson, Bro. Mark and Cathy McDonald; for Oct. 6 Jana Smith, Julie Conrad, and Bill Williams, in memory; for Oct. 8 to Matthew Bickham; and for Oct. 9 to Hailey Smith, Ken Morgan and Patsy Skinner. Happy birthday to each one!
Anniversary wishes for the week for Oct. 5 go out to Bro. Mark and Cathy McDonald; for Oct 6 to Richard and Mary Jo Harris; and for Oct. 8 to Mike and Judy Linton. Happy anniversary to each of you!
Recipe for the week: Hummingbird Upside-Down Poke Bundt Cake
Ingredients: Cake: ½ cup plus two tablespoons butter, melted, 1/3 cup packed brown sugar, six pineapple slices (from 20-ouce can), drained, juice reserved, one box Betty Crocker SuperMoist yellow cake mix, ½ cup reserved pineapple juice, three eggs, one cup mashed very ripe bananas (two medium), 1 ½ teaspoons ground cinnamon, ½ teaspoon ground nutmeg,
Filling: One cup (from 14-ounce can) canned sweetened condensed milk (not evaporated), ¼ cup reserved pineapple juice, Powdered Sugar Icing: ½ cup powdered sugar, two teaspoons reserved pineapple juice, two tablespoons chopped pecans, toasted.
Directions: 1. Heat oven to 350 degrees. Generously spray 12-cup Bundt cake pan with baking spray with flour. Pour two tablespoons melted butter evenly in bottom of pan. Sprinkle brown sugar over butter. Cut pineapple slices in half. Line bottom of pan with pineapple halves, fitting slices close together. Set aside.
2. In large bowl, beat cake mix, 1/2 cup melted butter, 1/2 cup reserved pineapple juice, eggs, bananas, cinnamon and nutmeg with electric mixer on medium speed two minutes. Pour into pan over pineapple. Bake 40 to 45 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Remove from oven; cool 15 minutes.
3. In small bowl, mix Filling ingredients. With handle of wooden spoon (1/4 to 1/2-inch in diameter), poke holes halfway down in cake every inch, wiping spoon handle occasionally to prevent sticking. Carefully pour filling mixture over holes in cake, using spoon to direct mixture into holes. Refrigerate in pan, uncovered, for two hours.
4. Remove from refrigerator, and run metal spatula around outer and inside edges of pan to loosen cake; turn upside down onto serving platter. In small bowl, mix powdered sugar and two teaspoons reserved pineapple juice. Drizzle on top of cake; sprinkle with pecans.
The Hickory trash truck will pick up all trash and items put by road or street Oct. 4 and 5. If you have anything please have it out by Wednesday.
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