Reunited Thanksgiving Weekend

On Our Way 

Cousins Reunion on Thursday

at Steve & Pat's house.

Dinah Explains How to "Make" Queens

Auntie Ruth & Uncle Sam

Singing Around the Piano on Friday at Greg's
After Reading from Of Plymouth Plantation

Before Friday's Thanksgiving Dinner with Greg's family, 
he had Lance read this:

Whereas it is the duty of all nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey His will, to be grateful for His benefits, and humbly implore His protection, aid and favors...

Now therefore, I do recommend and assign Thursday the 26th day of November next, to be devoted by the people of these states to the service of that great and glorious Being, who is the Beneficent Author of all the good that was, that is, or that will be that we may then all unite in rendering unto Him our sincere and humble thanks for His kind care and protection of the people of this country, and for all the great and various favors which He has been pleased to confer upon us.

-- George Washington, 1789

A blessed surprise Saturday to see our daughter Fama & Joshua and sons:

Betty Seppi with her Great-Grandsons on Saturday

Four Generations

Greg & Grandma

Abigail Holding Caleb

Mirror Effect

We're All Here!

Seppi Bros.

Grandma Seppi's Prayer Answered

(And that of many others)

Melody's nephew, Caleb

David with his Grandson, Caleb David

Coming Together

Around Grandma's Table

It's a Wonderful Life

Seppi Ladies

Boys 'n Brooms

Piggy Back Nephew

Great Grandma is Grateful
To see the hand of God

Sisters
Saturday night at Jay & Donna's

Jodavid & Daniel

Dinah & Jonathan

Dinah, you're a lousy photographer
If you didn't get that shot
Before my hands went up. :)

Holding Hands with Jonathan

Educating a Young Rock Hound in the
Art of Catching Honey Bees

Hold bees by their bodies
so their stinger can't get you.

Exuberant Morning Walk before Sunday Breakfast

Blondies

Fama, Daniel, Dinah

Joseph's Rocks

Bubbles

Fun with Daniel

Sunday in Murphys
Before church at Chalcedon Chapel

With the Rushdoony's

Los Tres Amigos on a Three Buddy Swing

Some Piano Pieces Call for Animation
[Jay plays his trumpet out his car window
driving down Main St. Murphys
especially at Christmas time
to the delight of shoppers
and surprise of friends
riding in his car with him.]

Getting Back into Practice

Sunday Dinner at Jay & Donna's
after morning church at Chalcedon

"Uncle" Jay starts a Rose Ceremony

In which

The men offer kind words

And a red rose for the ladies

A Rose for Greg's Sweet Daughter

Who Plays Beautiful Music

Esther & David

Night Ride around the property

A blessed Grandma.

Holiday Challenge Pledge

I am committed to my health and I am taking  Dr. Fuhrman's Holiday Challenge! This year, as I celebrate the holidays and enjoy  the company of my family and friends,  I will make food choices that support my health. For the next 6 weeks, I promise to… • Eat at least one large salad every day • Eat generous amounts of cooked green vegetables , mushrooms, and onions • Eat beans every day • Eat at least three fresh fruits every day • Avoid white flour • Avoid sugars and artificial sweeteners • Use oils sparingly I will not allow peer pressure or tempting toxic foods  to derail me from my health goals. I will not compromise my health to please others. I will set an example of health-mindedness  for those around me.

It's (Not That) Complicated

Excerpt from It’s (Not That) Complicated

How do young men and young women interact with one another when marriage is not in view? Can young men and young women be ‘friends’? And how does a young woman guard her heart, preserve her purity, and walk in integrity without treating young men with disdain? In It’s (Not That) Complicated, Anna Sofia and Elizabeth Botkin address these and other questions with wisdom, grace, transparency, and biblical acuity.

— Dr. Voddie Baucham Jr.

Looking for a good church in Bakersfield?

We all enjoyed Covenant Presbyterian in Bakersfield.  The components of the service fit together beautifully as the songs applied to the teaching.  

Pastor Randy Martin is an excellent teacher.  In Sunday School he taught about sharing our faith and assisted the students to list concepts people need to understand to come to faith in Christ.  He showed from a survey, that unless believers are trained in sharing their faith, 90% of the time, they do not.  

In the sermon, Randy reminded us that after St. Paul's  conversion, he spent three years in Ephesus, going house to house, teaching and equipping the church with humility and tears, before he met Peter. It was 14 years after his conversion before he met the rest of the apostles.  Paul used his biography of negative qualifications (a persecutor of the church), and abnormal apostleship (never walked with Jesus), not for humor or to build himself up, but to authenticate his message.  pcabakersfield/sermons/Authenticity

Covenant Presbyterian Church PCA Bakersfied

No 501C3 needed, since churches are not an incorporations.

Churches are tax immune, non taxable.

No Federal or State law

 requires churches to incorporate.

Vegetable Juice for Eight

5 lbs of carrots, rinsed, ends removed

Peel 2 lemons and quarter

Cut ends of a head of celery, rinse stalks

Peel beet and wash stems and leaves

quarter two green apples, remove ends and seeds

peel ginger, cut to fit down juicer chute

Juice and

Enjoy!

The pulp (other than the beet tops) 

is good with salad dressing.

The chickens feast  on the leftovers.

French Green Clay

When talking to a friend, Carol told us that she no longer has to color her hair because she takes French green clay which gives her body the minerals it needs and removes toxins. We were amazed that from the roots out, Carol's hair is dark except some reddish near the ends. 


"Simple, yet powerful, it detoxifies the body and heals a wide array of ailments. It acts like a sponge and a sticky paper for chemicals, pollutants, toxins...The essential minerals within the clay are released and the body absorbs those it needs to maintain health & vigor. "


Said to be good for tremors, nerve damage, colon, bowls, stomach & digestion, removing heavy metals...  


Carol told us that she takes a tsp. of French green clay in a cup of water, lets it sit overnight, then drinks it most mornings, to give minerals and remove toxins.


Where Carol buys clay:   French Clay for All

testimonials:  http://www.aboutclay.com/testimonials.htm

"Carefully drink the water only on an empty stomach. 

A bit of lemon juice or cider vinegar 

will not only improve the taste, 

but will be beneficial for clay assimilation. 

Start by taking it once a day - 
in the morning , on an empty stomach."

Health Benefits Of Green Clay | LIVESTRONG.COM

Reformation Weekend

 Curtains

 Regina

 Reformation Hymn Sing

 Brass

A Delightful Young Man

 A grandmother's Gazebo

 Bountiful table

Ca. Tropics

Table Back Down to Size 

 Traditional Goodbye 

 Three Families  
Good Cooks 
Precious Hospitality

An Improvised Greenhouse 

The Hardening-off shelf 

Real bananas give several harvests a year! 

Checking Pineapple Guavas 

 Pineapple Guavas Drop when Ripe

Mom 

 Garden View

Goats

Special Flower 

Josiah 

 Two

Teams

Playing

Ultimate 

Frisbee 

 Two "Mark" Coaches, 

Elder and Choir Director

Melody sang in the choir.

 Reformer's Library

 Goodbyes

 Concerns about Kim Riddlebarger's 
Two Kingdom Theology

 Jackie

 Uncle John:  
"You want this goat for a wedding roast?"

Preparing two-year-old, Lili's Room 

 A new cousin is on his way.

Uncle John has two unborn grandchildren. 

Some wore period costumes
on Reformation Night
We enjoyed a candle light dinner
and a King James movie.

Oct. 31 Martin Luther nailed his 95 Theses  
1. "When our Lord and Master, Jesus Christ, said 'Repent,' 

He called for the entire life of believers to be one of repentance..."

on the door at Wittenberg on the eve of All Saints Day when there was sure to be a lively discussion on the topics of concern. 

 Andrew said, "I can preach."

Sisters & Friends