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A Good Deal on a Good Read
Reading is one of my favorite things to do. I almost always have a book with me. I go through a lot of books a year. So I really love to shop at the Used Books booth at the Northern Michigan Relief Sale. With so many people switching to electronic readers used books may become […]
Garage Sale Returns
Yes. The Garage Sale is on for this year. Many of you probably know that it was questionable if we would have a place to hold the Garage Sale this year. Options were explored, but for a while there was no good answer to the problem. But now we have a solution. We will be […]
See the Quilts
As the calendar page turns to June, summer thinking begins to take place. One of the things of summer in Fairview is the Northern Michigan Relief Sale. A big thing at the Relief Sale is the Quilt Auction. The handiwork, the designs, the colors, the overall beauty of the handmade quilts can thrill anyone. Plenty of work, […]
Get Involved
The summer goes by. June, July, Relief Sale! It’s about two months until this year’s sale. That leaves you plenty of time to get invloved. What can you do? How can you participate ? You could be involved before, during, and even after the sale. Here’s how. If you prefer to help before the sale […]
A New Look and Some New Ideas
The spring meeting for the NMRS was held on 21 April 2012 at the Riverside Mennonite Church in AuGres. They always host the spring meeting and we really appreciate their hospitality. It was good to see friends and Relief Sale coworkers to check on how well everyone did over the winter. We also had some new […]
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 […]
