Changes in Nampa’s Food Culture

Posted on September 14, 2015 by megganmanlove

When the first Trinity Lutheran Church members were trained as Master Food Preservers by the Univ of Idaho Extension, they told me that low-income families, the target audience for our After the Harvest grant from ELCA World Hunger, were probably not considering what food would be in their cupboards in six months.  Creating a book with simple recipes for locally grown produce was still an excellent goal but teaching food pantry clients to preserve food was probably not.  Continue reading →

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Recipe Book Finished!

Posted on July 28, 2015 by megganmanlove

Collecting and rating recipes, becoming discouraged and encouraged, writing introductions, finding images, receiving nudges from parishioners, formatting, and finally choosing a print shop, that’s the short version of the journey we have taken to reach the production of our recipe book.  What started with a conversation in the Canyon County Extension Office has come to an end, or at least a first edition and printing.  Yes, at one time we had planned to enlarge the project and include additional information about produce, as part of another Extension program.  The Univ of Idaho gave us the red light and we returned to our humble project.  A shout out to my partner Ariel Agenbroad, who recently moved to the Ada County Extension, and to Trinity member Di Seba, who carried the project through its middle stage.  I am thankful to have found a great local business with which to work: Copies Plus in Nampa.  Finally, thank you one last time to ELCA World Hunger for the Domestic Hunger Grant which funded our project After the Harvest. Continue reading →

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Bringing Detroit Home

Posted on July 27, 2015 by megganmanlove

Sunday, July 26 we brought our story of the Gathering in Detroit home to the family of Trinity Lutheran Church.  We hope this was the first of many times we share our experience with friends, family, and congregation members. Continue reading →

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Our reflections about the Gathering

Posted on July 20, 2015 by megganmanlove

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The Gathering ended Sunday morning with worship. ELCA Bishop Elizabeth Eaton preached and presided over Holy Communion. We learned that the 2018 Gathering will be in Houston, TX. Not surprisingly, almost every seat on our flight from Detroit to Seattle was filled by Gathering participants and it should be noted that it was a very quiet 4+ hours. We ate dinner in the Seattle airport and then reflected together on the entire Gathering experience. Each of the youth was asked to share three of the most meaningful pieces of our time together. What follows are the notes from our conversation: Continue reading →

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Proclaim Story-Synod Day

Posted on July 18, 2015 by megganmanlove

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The morning began with worship, music led by Agape and Rachel Kurtz, at COBO.  We spent most of today with our Lutheran sisters and brothers from across the Eastern WA-ID Synod (youth and adults from Spokane, the Wenatchee Valley, Tri-Cities, the Treasure Valley, and a few other small towns).  Continue reading →

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Rise Up-Proclaim Justice

Posted on July 17, 2015 by megganmanlove

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 What a day! We boarded our shuttle at 7 am, as usual, and thankfully had an uneventful trip to Hart Plaza for our Justice Day launch. It was raining. It continued to rain. Continue reading →

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Detroit Days 1 & 2 in Pictures

Posted on July 16, 2015 by megganmanlove

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Gathering – Opening Day

Posted on July 15, 2015 by megganmanlove

Transportation needs some tweaking.  We arrived at our hotel around midnight, so there won’t be any downloaded photos tonight or reflections from our sleepy teens.  One exhausted pastor will share some highlights: Continue reading →

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Travel Day

Posted on July 14, 2015 by megganmanlove

Though our bedrooms were spread out across the Treasure Valley, most of us woke up around 3:00 am this morning.  We met at the airport at 4:45 am and the day was thankfully shaped by all the things that did not happen.  We did not miss our connection in Seattle, Alaska Airlines did not lose our luggage, and although we circled a few times over Detroit because of a storm, we were not delayed.  Also on our Seattle to Detroit flight were members of St. Mark’s Lutheran, Spokane and groups from Beaverton, OR and Bothel, WA.  Continue reading →

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Commissioning

Posted on July 13, 2015 by megganmanlove

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Ben, Pastor Ken, and Sasha with a map of the Motor City

 

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Dieumerci, Katie, Nathan, and Nick at the close of worship Continue reading →

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