Bierocks and Tamales An Odd Combination? - NOT!!!

This week, the ladies of the church and their guests had a chance to try their hands at making bierocks and tamales.

Now, this combination at the same time might sound a little odd, but made and eaten at two seperate occassions might not be so bad!!

On Tuesday night Sherry and Ruthi opened up their home and showed us how to make bread dough and bierocks, and Thursday afternoon at Kim's I showed those in attendance how to make tamales.

I really don't know which was enjoyed the most, a great time of sharing food making skills, or, the fellowship!!!

Titus 2:3-5 says, "Likewise, teach the older women to be reverent in the way they live, not to be slanderers or addicted to much wine, but to teach what is good. Then they can train the younger women to love their husbands and children, to be self-controlled and pure, to be busy at home, to be kind, and to be subject to their husbands, so that no one will malign the word of God."

I believe this verse is not only one that our Women's Ministry at church uses as their basis for what and why we do the things we do within our ministry, but one that is actually modeled by the ladies within our church and lived out.

Every other month at church we try to do something different with the ladies - there has been spa night when we did pedicures and manicures, movie night when we have watched a movie on the projector screen in the fellowship hall at church, swimming at someone's house, game night in which we played different board games, the ladies tea, or just meeting at a local coffee house to enjoy some coffee and fellowship. And it's great to get different ladies involved in hosting these events at their homes or even at a local business.

It really is hard to get to know the ladies of the church more, relationally, in the casual passing on Sunday mornings during church, Sunday School and Sunday morning fellowship time. Or even in just a polite handshake and a "good-morning" when the pastor/leadership encourages us to say hello to our neighbors in the pews around us. Attending Women's Fellowship once a month is where the ladies of the church can get to know one another connecting a name with a face.

I love to see God's Word not only read, but lived out on a regular basis!!!