Dear Santa,

Mom said it would be a good idea to write you a letter to ask if you can come to our HBUMC Christmas Party on Dec. 14, 2011 please?  Mr. and Mrs. Adair have offered to cook some of the dinner that evening, 2 appetizers, a main dish and a dessert, (YUM!!!)   It would be a real treat for the kids, old AND young,  if you could plan to stop by to have a few pictures made with us!

Please check your calendar and let me know if a visit would be possible.  Ms. Debbie at church want’s to put a hint about the special guest (that’s you!) in the next newsletter.

Thanks so much, and I am so excited for Christmas to come!!!  HBUMC loves to celebrate the birth of Baby Jesus and remember his gift to us as we have fun with giving gifts to each other.

Love,

C C

HI  CATHY,

I  WOULD   BE  HONERD   TO  ATTEND  YOUR CHRISTMAS   PARTY   AT   HICKORY BEND UNITED METHODIST CHURCH.

I  HAVE  BEEN  KEEPING  AN  EYE   ON   THE  ’LIL’   ONES   THERE  AND  THEY  ALL  SEEM  TO  HAVE  BEEN VERY  GOOD   (AND   MOST  OF  THE   ADULTS  TOO);  SO  I’LL   SEE  YOU  THEN!

LOVE,

SANTA

Everyone is invited to join us Wednesday Dec. 14 at 5:30pm for the annual HBUMC Christmas party.  Please bring a covered dish to share for the dinner and we will have a wonderful time of celebration!

The term “comfort food” (first used, according to Webster’s Dictionary, in 1977) refers to foods consumed to achieve some level of improved emotional status, whether to relieve negative psychological affect or to increase positive. More generally, comfort food can be defined as food that brings some form or measure of comfort, sense of well being, or easy satisfaction.

Please plan to join us Wed. night, Dec. 8, 5:15 pm. to contribute your favorite “comfort food” and check out what makes everyone else “comfortable.”

So far we have:

Scalloped Potatoes and ham

Noodles Romanov casserole

Pumpkin Pie

18 days till Christmas!!!!  However…..the HBUMC Christmas party will be Wednesday night, Dec. 15th!  The theme for dinner that evening will be “finger foods.”  We are also planning to have enough cookies for kids young and old to decorate that night.  There is also a rumor that a special guest in a red suit will be in attendance.  So save the date, and bake a few cookies and we’ll see you there!

Cathy

Hope to see many ghosts, goblins, and superheroes at the Halloween Party Wed. night.  Our meal will be “Soup Kettle” and sandwiches.

So far we have:

• Snake Stew
• Spicy Cabbage Beef Soup
• 4 more kettles of soup signed up
• 3 trays of sandwiches
• cup cakes
• 3 more deserts

This may be more of a surprise party than I had planned for since many cooks just signed up for a category and not a specific type of food. But as always, there will be lots of food, the costumes will be fun, and there might even be a few adults in costume!!

Come join us at 5:15 for a “howling good time!”

Our Menu is looking good!

• Schnitzel
• Smoked sausage, red beans and rice
• Roast
• Brats and Kielbasa (yes!  a return performance at the grill by Chris and Larry!!!)
• German Potato Salad
• Sauerkraut Salad
• Bread Pudding
• German Chocolate cake

Undecided on what to bring?   We still need more brats, buns for the brats, and a few more salads.  I’ve also heard a rumor that a recipe for strudel is being researched for another contribution.

Email me if you have decided what to bring and I’ll update this post.

Auf Wiedersehen!

cathy

Open Pot Luck

• Roast
• Beef and Noodles
• Cheesy Potatoes and Ham
• Old Fashioned Macaroni Salad
• Baked Beans
• Undecided Vegetable (cook will decide by Wed.)
• Another undecided vegetable
• Pie
• Undecided desert (cook will decide by Wed.)
• WW Banana Pudding

Updates will be posted to the list as I receive them. Just send them to me and I’ll add them.

cathy

From now on the Wednesday night sign up lists will be posted in the Good Grub heading. This should free up some space on the front page of the web site.

Also, this is will be the first Wednesday of the month, so it will be an “open” pot-luck. Bring any dish you want, or just come and contribute to the basket, but do come and join us for a wonderful meal, fellowship, bible study, and choir.  Next week, Oct. 13, our theme will be “Oktoberfest”, so pull out your cookbooks and find your favorite Oktoberfest dish.

See you Wednesday.

Soup and Sandwiches are the theme for our Wednesday night dinner.

So far we have had folks sign up for:

Bean and Potato Soup

Taco Soup

Potato Cheese Soup

2 more pots of soup

2 plates of sandwiches

potato chips

tostada chips

2 deserts

We are having a wonderful turn out every Wednesday evening and we hope your will join us.

We have a HUGE Wednesday evening planned for this week.

Dinner will be served at 5:15 from now on to help keep us on time for 6:00 Bible Study.

This week’s menu:

Lasagna

Salad

Bread

Desert

Tea, Water, Canned Drinks.

Also, we have a full music schedule for Wed. night rehersals to be prepared for Music Appreciation Sunday.

Here’s the schedule:

6:00 Bible Study

6:00 Bell choir

6:20 Band

6:40 choir

See you at church!

Cathy

September 1, 2010 Wednesday Night Fellowship “Kick Off” Pot Luck

Yes folks, not only is it “Football Time” in Tennessee…..it’s time for the Wednesday night fellowship to begin at Hickory Bend UMC.

Dinner, Bible Study, HBUMC Band, and Chancel Choir will be meeting on Wednesday night, so come join us for a terrific middle week rejuvenation of your spirit.

We are going to begin with a “Pot Luck” theme.  A few cooks have already ‘checked” in with entries.

Main Dish

Chuck Wagon Bean Casserole

Chicken Broccoli Casserole

Chicken Rice Casserole

Salad

Layered lettuce salad

Vegetable

Carbohydrate (bread, corn, potatoes)

Desert

1 surprise desert

Sweet and Un-sweet tea, water

Please sign up and let us know what we you plan to bring so we can fill in the gaps.

Dinner is at 5:30. Bible Study at 6:00.

See you Wed. night.