Bill sang "Wayfarin' Stranger" with one of those in attendance!
The folks who helped on the serving line!
Enjoying the evening!
Mars Hill Baptist's C2C Children Helped Pack Boxes for Spring Creek
The Children of our mission group, C2C, helped us pack boxes on October 28 during their meeting time. How they blessed us by packing 50 potato boxes, bagging pinto beans and labeling cornmeal bags.
Spring Creek Operation InAsMuch Project
The Lord's Harvest participated in Mars Hill Baptist's Operation Inasmuch, a day of caring for our neighbors with the Mars Hill Baptist Feeding Program on October 11. We have formed relationships with two churches in the Spring Creek area and will continue to provide food assistance twice a month!
Sweet Ridge Mill Cornbread Recipe
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1 cup Sweet Ridge Mill Cornmeal
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup whole milk or buttermilk
2 Tablespoons melted shortening
1 egg
Preheat oven to 400 degrees
Melt shortening in cast iron skillet.
In mixing bowl add milk and egg, mix together then add cornmeal, baking powder and salt. Mix until smooth. Remove skillet from oven and pour shortening into mixture; mix. Pour mixture back into skillet and bake for 25- 30 minutes or until golden brown on top.
If you like sweet cornbread, add 1/8 to 1/4 cup sugar (to suit your taste) when you add the dry ingredients. Serves 6 - 8. Enjoy!!!!
Partnering with New Victory Baptist Church
On October 11, The Lord's Harvest partnered with New Victory Baptist Church for a evening of fun and fellowship and food. We met with church members on the Thursday night beforehand and in one hour, eighty volunteers, packed 200 boxes in less than one hour! We returned on Saturday night for the event. 60 families from the community attended. Brick oven pizza was served to their honored guests, a devotion was offered by their pastor and eight people accepted Christ as their personal Savior! We were honored to sit with one of those who made their profession of faith!
Food Give Away in Spillcorn, NC
Working with Mars Hill University Bonner Scholars!
Our Thanks to the Christian Student Movement (CSM) of Mars Hill University for terriffic help
Our new Truck sign!
Great Helpers! The Jr. High Youth Group from Canterbury United Methodist Church in Birmingham, AL was here last week - they were awesome!
Cooking with Sharon
Cornbread Recipe1 cup SweetRidge Stone Ground Cornmeal 1 1/2 tsp baking powder 1/2 tsp salt 1 cup buttermilk 2 Tbl melted shortening 1 egg * 2 Tbl sugar (optional) Preheat oven to 400 degrees Melt shortening in iron skillet place skillet in hot over for give minutes. In mixing bowl add egg and buttermilk, mix together. Mix together cornmeal, baking powder and salt (add sugar if you like sweet cornbread). Stir into egg and buttermilk mixture. Mix until smooth. Remove skillet from oven and pour shortening into mx. Mix together and pour mixture back into skillet. Bake for 25-30 minutes. Enjoy!
Fresh Cornbread!
Ellis Avenue Baptist Church, Chicago IL
We are grateful for the groups who help us! Thank you, Ellis Avenue Baptist Church!
Bagging Beans
Cornmeal
We grind our cornmeal and hand pack it while including a recipe for our recipients to use. We were certainly thankful for these smiling helpers!
Why We Do What We Do
We know that the hunger problem in Western North Carolina is overwhelming. We hope the work we do at Lord's Harvest makes a difference while partnering with food drop off points that are already working to make a difference.
This is why Bill explains what we do to all our volunteers who help us!
Bagging Potatoes
Partnering Together
Bill and I helped with the Mars Hill Baptist Church Community Feeding Ministry on Saturday, June 7. The Community Feeding program added a mobile pantry and we took 100 bags of cornmeal, pintos and 100 5 pound bags of potatoes to supplement what they were giving away which included meat and pantry staples. We had about 60 families who came by in a two hour period. It was our first attempt in the county with the Mobile Pantry. A good start. The need is so great and those who were helped were truly appreciative. These folks were some of the most needy we have seen and a different demographic than those we have seen at the community food give-away that we have helped with since January.
Loading the Corn
Grinding corn into cornmeal doesn't happen without a series of steps to make that happen. First, you have to load the corn before you even start the grinder. Here you can see Bill loading the corn to take to the grinder at Boonville Mill in Boonville, NC.
Grist Mill Running
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