Weekly Newsletter...

Thinking SPRING!

Hello Everyone! Another week has gone by, and rather quickly if you ask me! March is literally right around the corner and I am happy about that! As I am writing this (on Wednesday) it is beautiful and sunny outside and the high is 53 degrees! If only it could stay that warm!

For the bible verse this week, I went to Bible Gateway and this was their bible verse of the day. I thought it was a fitting verse because it is so important.

“Jesus replied: " 'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.' This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.”- Matthew 22:37-38

Don't forget to come by Kira's Cottage Christian Store from March 1 through Easter. Everyone who makes a $20 purchase gets to pick an egg from our Easter basket. Each Easter egg has a fun prize, and one person will draw a $25 gift certificate! So, tell all your friends!

Spring Catalogs are also here. Come into Kira's Cottage Christian Store and pick up your spring catalogs now. Filled with wonderful articles, new items, and money saving coupons, you can't go wrong! And, if you are on our mailing list, mention this posting and you will get a FREE gift while they last when you pick the catalog up. Not on our mailing list? Join today!

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March Book Club title-Riven

I am looking forward to reading this book by Jerry Jenkins. Check it out! Our next book club meeting to discuss Riven is Thurs. March 26 @ 6:30pm. All book club members get 25% off each months book club title!
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Overview

Book Description: When a condemned man with nothing to lose meets one with nothing to gain, everyone washed by the endless ripples of that encounter will forever recall the day a little bit of heaven invaded a whole lot of hell. Brady Wayne Darby and Thomas Carey could hardly have been more disparate individuals. Yet when Darby, a no-account loser raised in a dingy suburban trailer park, encounters Carey, a weary man of God, an entire--state indeed, a nation--is affected. Embark on a wondrous journey where death, guilt, and despair are unfathomably trumped by rebirth, forgiveness, and hope.

Author Jerry Jenkins says: This is the novel I have always wanted to write. I determine whether a fiction idea has merit by how long it stays with me. Does it rattle in my brain, and do I find myself telling it to my wife and other confidants? Is it the type of a tale that will draw me back to the keyboard every day? Two-thirds of my published books have been novels, and only three have had that effect on me. I give my all to every one, but special joy and anticipation attend those that genuinely feel like the best ideas. Riven is my fourth such labor of love. The two main characters have remained in my memory since high school 40 years ago. The story idea is perhaps 20 years old. And those mystical, interweaving elements I hope make it all work have been tugging at me for more than a decade. If a novelist has a lifes work, this is mine. I hope in the end you agree and that Riven stays with you long after the final page.

Events Calendar

I worked very hard this week on our events calendar for the rest of the year. I am still working on the art class list, however, I posted some of our fun events that we will have every month! There is always something going on here at Kira's Cottage Christian Store!

Book Signing-Frieda Dowler

Don't forget about our book signing this weekend with local author Frieda Dowler for her new book, The New World Kingdom of Heaven. Saturday, Feb 28 from 11am-1pm

Book Review-Twelve Extraordinary Women

I want to tell you all that I really enjoyed this book. It is a look into 12 extraordinary women of the bible. Now, they are not extraordinary because they are perfect and flawless. They were normal women who experienced many things. It was how they reacted and learned from what they went through that made them extraordinary. I thoroughly enjoyed this bible study and learning things about these women that I didn't know before.

Giveaway

For our Freebie this week, the giveaway is the book Larkspur, written and autographed by Ramona K Cecil. Just email let me know you want in the drawing by commenting on this posting, or email me. kirascottage@aol.com Come on and enter. You just might win!!

Description:
Becky Hale Declares War Against Conventional Medicine. . . . . .after watching her young cousin die at the hands of a prominent Cincinnati physician. She returns home to Larkspur, Indiana, promoting a gentler, herbalistic approach to medicine, while preaching against the evils of university educated doctors. Ephraim Morgan, fresh from Lexington, Kentucky's Transylvania University, arrives at his cousin's home in Larkspur with plans to set up a medical practice. What he hasn't planned, is finding a staunch adversary in his cousin's pretty hired-girl, Becky Hale. When opposing medical philosophies collide on the Indiana prairie, will new love succumb to pride and distrust? Or will God provide a cure?

Recipe: Cheesy Chili Dog Soup From Hungry Girl

This recipe sounds sooooo yummy. I would substitute the fat free hotdogs with turkey dog. Still low fat. Or if you aren't on a diet, stick in the real ones! YUM!

PER PER SERVING (1 generous cup): 150 calories, <0.5g class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">carbs, 3g fiber, 5g sugars, 11g protein -- POINTS® value 2

Ingredients: 1 can Progresso Healthy Favorites 50% Less Sodium Garden Vegetable Soup
1 fat-free or nearly fat-free hot dog with 40 - 50 calories
1/4 cup fat-free shredded cheddar cheese
1/2 tsp. chili seasoning mix

Directions: Cut the hot dog into tiny, bite-sized pieces. Spray a small pot with nonstick spray, bring to medium heat, and add hot dog pieces. Cook for 1 - 2 minutes, until outsides begin to crisp. Then add soup and seasoning mix to the pot, stir, and continue to cook until very hot. Spoon the soup into 2 bowls, and top each bowl with half of the cheese. Allow cheese to melt and soup to cool slightly before digging in. Mmmmm! MAKES 2 SERVINGS
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