News from Old First Church
Wednesday, January 25, 2023
|
|
Good Afternoon,
It’s not a particularly pretty plant – in fact, the flowers look like the pom-poms that follow the dandelion flower, except that they are yellow. Tiehm’s Buckwheat grows in just one place on earth, 10 acres on the Silver Peak Range in Nevada, also the site of a store of lithium. This week, however, the flower was given endangered species protection. The question is whether it will survive mining interests in the area.
The Bureau of Land Management approved drilling operations in the area (mind you, this is public land, land that belongs to you and me) but outside of the 900 acres it considered essential to the habitat of Tiehm’s Buckwheat. There are people who ask, why on earth worry about some little plant that looks like a spent dandelion?
When we ask such a question, we betray what we claim to be, people who respect God’s creation, which includes more than glowing fields of beautiful wildflowers. This is desert with cacti, bighorn sheep, chukar, and sea urchins and coral fossils, reminders of the water that once covered Nevada. Everything has its place and use.
Pastor Joyce
|
|
Spirit Soundings Daily Meditations
|
|
2023 Financial Stewardship
Greetings to the Old First Congregation,
Our planning for the new year and for the missions of the Church starts now. You will be receiving the stewardship letter and the response form soon. Please return via email, or print and mail a copy to the financial secretary.
Please prayerfully dig into your pockets for our funding of Christ’s business, for our building, and for the community missions for which we've been famous. Bless You!
Yours in Jesus Christ,
Peter Ahern
Moderator
|
|
SAVE THE DATE
Pancake Breakfast
February 22, Ash Wednesday
More information will be forthcoming.
|
|
Greetings from the AAUW Bookstore
Enjoy curling up with a good book and keeping warm this winter. Click here for more information and hours of operation.
|
|
Spinach Pie (Spanakopita)
Alice Batcher Howard
• 2lb. or 2 (10 oz.) boxes of spinach
• 1/2 c. melted butter
• 10 sheets filo pastry
• 1/4 lb. Feta cheese
• 1/4 lb. Gruyere cheese
• 1 c. Ricotta cheese
• 3 eggs, well beaten
• freshly ground pepper to taste
• freshly grated nutmeg
• salt to taste
Steam spinach until just tender. Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Butter an 11 x 17 inch jelly roll or similar baking pan. Brush butter on each of the 5 filo sheets; place on bottom of pan. (Keep remaining filo sheets thoroughly covered with a damp cloth.) Drain spinach and stir in Feta cheese, Gruyere cheese, Ricotta cheese, eggs, pepper, nutmeg and salt. Place the spinach mixture on the filo sheets in baking dish; make certain to spread filling almost to the edges of the pastry. Place remaining filo sheets on top, brushing butter on each sheet as you assemble. Cover baking sheet with foil and bake for about 30 minutes. Remove foil and continue baking until pie is golden. Cut into squares or diamonds and serve immediately.
|
|
Address Book Updates
Elaine Lent and I are working to update our current contact files. If you have moved, changed phone numbers or email address of late, please let us know - even if you are unsure of what we have on file, your most current info is appreciated. Please submit the information to the church office at office@oldfirstchurchnj.org. Once completed, electronic copies of the address book will be emailed out. Hard copies will be available on request and at the church. Thank you in advance.
|
|
Thoughts and Prayers
Julie J. now at home.
Prayers for Eleojhilda Martines, mother of Rebecca Kapsis.
Sandy K., Margaret B., and Gretchen & Jim H. -- "Housebound and caring for themselves and others."
|
|
Shop Amazon Smile for OFC
Shop smile.amazon.com: Sign in to smile.amazon.com on your desktop or mobile phone browser. From your desktop, go to Your Account from the navigation at the top of any page, and then select the option to Change your Charity. Or, from your mobile browser, select Change your Charity from the options at the bottom of the page. Amazon donates a small percentage to OFC. Choose OFC as your charity.
|
|
69 Kings Highway
Middletown, NJ 07748
Phone: 732-671-1905
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
