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Blessing Bids 2011
Blessing Bids are when people lift their bidder card to donate for specific MCC projects around the world. This year’s BB projects are: $500 –Sand Dams Collect Rain Water – Tanzania Each year seasonal rains are lost due to lack of storage. Surface storage ponds result in evaporation loss. Sand Dams trap and store water […]
Talk about sufferin’
There’s an old gospel song that starts off with the line “Talk about sufferin’ here below, but let’s keep following Jesus.” When we read, listen to, or look at the news from around the world, a lot of it is talking about suffering. In response to that suffering, there are several things we can do. […]
Breakfast at the Fairground
The NMRS is fortunate to have the Oscoda County Fairground available for the location of the Relief Sale. Six large buildings, a large covered stage for the music concert and auction, and, not least, a lovely wooded outdoor setting. The site really shows off the reasons why someone would want to be in Northern Michigan […]
The Celery Cat Has Arrived
El Tigre is the name of the cat that has been living with us for over 13 years. He likes to travel fortunately, since we have little choice but to take him with us in our travel trailer when heading south in the winter. Needless to say, we like cats. So, when we got the first Color […]
It must be Spring in Northern Michigan
The annual spring meeting of the NMRS was held on April 30 at the Riverside Mennonite Church. The usual business required by the State of Michigan was held, but the more interesting discussion was about the 2011 Relief Sale. We will have more information on the plans for the Friday night concert and other parts […]
New Relief Sale Website
Welcome to our new Relief Sale website. We’re so excited about our new website that offers all of the great information we had on our previous site, but now we’re blogging! We’ll be blogging about great products that will be donated to the sale this year as well as the hard work that will go […]