An Intergenerational Experience for All! What started as a venue for our local farmers and customers to sell/purchase local fresh fruit and vegetables has expanded! The Market has accomplished those goals and more … it has become an educational, recreational and social ga<strong>the</strong>ring for those in <strong>the</strong> local and surrounding communities. Do you want to learn how to make salsa? Sign up for Cornell Cooperative Extension’s workshop on <strong>Aug</strong>ust 8 (call 331-8415 … MUST pre-register) and make your own salsa to take home and enjoy! On <strong>Aug</strong>ust 29 <strong>the</strong>re will be a similar workshop on making corn relish. Our “Special Events” canopy on <strong>the</strong> back row has become a popular place to congregate! Kids have made planter boxers to take home. This workshop was led by Roy McCarthy, and he will be offering ano<strong>the</strong>r wood-working workshop on <strong>Aug</strong>ust 15. Again, kids MUST sign up (sheet at <strong>the</strong> market registration table or call 315-879-7420) so that we have enough supplies for all. On <strong>Aug</strong>ust 29 th kids can make bluebird houses. This workshop is being led by Seneca Meadows/Montezuma Audubon Center, and again, kids MUST sign up ahead of time. Also on <strong>Aug</strong>ust 15 <strong>the</strong> Master Gardeners’ will present a workshop on composting … is it time to learn this technique to rescue our environment? Show up for this invaluable information! On <strong>Sept</strong>ember 12 Dick Ransley will be <strong>the</strong> docent for an Historical walk down Main Street <strong>Sodus</strong>. Join Dick to take a walk down memory lane … Knapp’s Pharmacy with <strong>the</strong>ir delicious cherry cokes, <strong>the</strong> movie <strong>the</strong>ater, Gardner’s Clothing Store … a nostalgic time to enjoy on a short walk. Need to improve your lifestyle with a little low impact exercise? Over 50 market visitors participated in Creating Healthy Places Bike and Hike on July 18, and continuing in this vein we will sponsor a walk monthly. Meet at <strong>the</strong> Market at 4 p.m. on <strong>Sept</strong>ember 5 and October 3 for Walk With a Doc. Doctor’s Arif Choudhury and Lory Ghertner will meet you <strong>the</strong>re. Sue Minier, RN and Darcy Davidson, Rn, will take your blood pressure before <strong>the</strong> walk begins, and you will receive a bottle of water to keep you hydrated on <strong>the</strong> walk. Upon return you will receive a nutritious snack and be entered in a drawing to receive a market bag full of vendor-donated fresh fruits and veggies. Ano<strong>the</strong>r way to help our environment is to donate your old eyeglasses to <strong>the</strong> Lioness Club of <strong>Sodus</strong> for recycling. Bring <strong>the</strong>m to market on <strong>Aug</strong>ust 22, and while <strong>the</strong>re, select from a variety of delicious home-baked cookies for a nominal fee to support <strong>the</strong> club’s local service projects. Bring your unused electronics to market on <strong>Aug</strong>ust 15 or <strong>Sept</strong>ember 19 for our Electronic Recycling project. Mike Boone will share garlic recipes at <strong>the</strong> market on <strong>Sept</strong>ember 5 th …be sure to pick up some of <strong>the</strong>se delicious and healthy recipes! All this, and more … to say nothing of <strong>the</strong> bountiful choice of local fresh produce provided by our faithful vendors!!! Be sure to plan on having your dinner at market … you can choose from barbeque chicken, pulled pork, hots or hamburgers at Pop’s House concession, or tostada’s, burritos, enchiladas … at El Rincon’s stand. Then sit and relax under <strong>the</strong> shade trees, and enjoy your meal with <strong>the</strong> company of your family and friends. See you at <strong>the</strong> Market! Fruits of <strong>the</strong> Spirit Galatians 5:22-23 But <strong>the</strong> fruit of <strong>the</strong> Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things <strong>the</strong>re is no law. If you have a story to share about a good deed (ei<strong>the</strong>r a personal experience, or something you read about), please bring it to <strong>the</strong> church office for our bulletin board “Fruits of <strong>the</strong> Spirit.” Sandy Hall Sunday School Good Start Sunday For <strong>the</strong> 2012-2013 school year, our Sunday School program will kickoff on Sunday, <strong>Sept</strong>ember 9th. Adult Sunday School will be held at 9:30 am before worship service. Then after <strong>the</strong> Children’s Time in <strong>the</strong> worship service, approximately 11:15 am, <strong>the</strong> children will go upstairs for Sunday School. There will be a class for grades PK to 1; grades 2-5; and grades 6-8. As always, we have a nursery class available for those younger than 4 years old during <strong>the</strong> worship. Please join us! Watch our website and also watch for a flyer to be mailed at <strong>the</strong> end of <strong>Aug</strong>ust with more details. SEE YOU IN CHURCH1
Lots of fun and activities at <strong>the</strong> Farmers’ Market every Wednesday afternoon. Come join <strong>the</strong> fun, see what we have going on each week and get some fresh fruits and vegetables from our local farmers. SEE YOU AT THE MARKET!
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