It’s a Silent Auction
SHHHH! It's a silent auction. Don't say a thing. I mean don't tell anyone what you are bidding. Go ahead and tell everyone about the Silent Auction at the Northern Michigan Relief Sale. Friday …
I Challenge You
A challenge has been issued. A few intrepid souls have answered. Here are the terms. You will be given five fat quarters. You must use all five. You may add five additional fabrics. You may make more …
Blessing Bids for 2012
The 2012 Northern Michigan Relief Sale is the sixth year for Blessing Bids. This is the part of the event where you get to select from a list of MCC Giving Projects and donate a specific amount of …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
