The Mountain Spirit - Fall 2010

|Christian Appalachian Project Vo lu m e X X IX No. 2 20 10 Fall Issue

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Reader Services TO C O N TA C T US by phone: (859)269-0635 toll-free: (866) 270-4227 by email: capinfo@chrisapp.org Christian Appalachian Project

Features

Margaret Gabriel Candace Sword Linda East

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Photos Judy Bruner Linda East CAP Disaster R elief team CAP archives

Operation Sharing Celebrates 25 Years

P.O.Box 55911 Lexington, KY 40555 The Rain Came Down...

Pike County Flooding

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The Christian Appalachian Project is recognized by the Internal Revenue Service as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization and is qualified to receive tax deductible Contributions.

OUR MISSION STATEMENT The C hristian A ppalachian P ro ject is an interdenom inational, non-profit . ' C hristian organization com m itted to servin g p eo p le in n eed in A ppalachia ' by p ro vid in g p h ysica l, sp iritu a l a n d em otional su p p o rt through a w ide va riety o f program s a n d services.

GUIDING PRINCIPLES I. To promote the dignity and self-worth o f

individuals by prom oting self-help.

To practice and encourage good stewardship o f and accountability fo r all 1 o f thé resources entrusted to us.

III. TofçSter individual growth among staff, volunteers, dofiprs and program participants.

IV. To live out and promote the Gospel through all o f our actions.

V. Tofostpr open, honest and effective communication both inside and outside the organization.

V I. To involve the Appalachian people a t all " social and economic levels in developing ' solutions to poverty.

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Photos by Judy Bruner

For everything there is a season, and a time fo r every matter under heaven: a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted; a time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up; a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance; a time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing; a time to seek, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away; a time to tear, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak; a time to love, and a time to hate; a time fo r war, and a time fo r peace.

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CAPS Operation Sharing

by Margaret Gabriel

Over the years, Christian Appalachian Project (CAP) workers have learned that longtenn planning is an important component of their service to people of the Appalachian region.

Sometimes, though, taking a leap of faith works almost as well.

In 1986, Bill Begley took such aleap.

Bill, CAP’s vice-president for development at that time, received a call from a colleague at the National Federation of Non-Profits who asked him a simple question: “Would CAP be interested in

Bill Begley, form er Vice President o f Development.

receiving a truckload of children’s books?”

The same question had been posed to other non-profits, many of which, Bill knew, were involved with overseas programs. The cost and details of overseas shipping, especially books, would be both cumbersome and expensive and would mean expending money and effort better used for direct service.

Bill asked if he could travel to Virginia where the books were in storage. There he saw stacks and stacks and stacks of boxes of books—a total of 29 tractor-trailer loads.

“As I was looking at all those stacks, I realized it was a wonderful opportunity to distribute books to kids in our programs and kids throughout Appalachia,” Bill says.

Although Bill received that first phone call inquiring about CAP’s interest in a large in-kind donation, he credits a team of several players for launching Operation Sharing, as CAP administration named fie effort in its earliest days. From

the very outset, CAP workers knew that the in-kind donation could benefit as many people and organizations as they could reach.

As it launches its 25th year, Operation Sharing workers calculate that they have distributed S1.1 billion of in-kind donations in all 13 Appalachian states and a few states outside the Appalachian region.

But those numbers were far from anyone’s mind in 1986.

The early days of Operation Sharing required teamwork, and Bill knew that accepting the initial donation of children’s books first meant finding a place to store them until groups could be notified that they were available. He presented the dilemma to then-president Mike McLaughlin who agreed with Bill about the prospect of getting books into the hands of children. Mike

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asked the board of directors for, and received, $50,000 to manage the storage and distribution.

Bill credits a great deal of teamwork for the successful launch of Operation Sharing. “Mike immediately saw the opportunity.

He called the board and convinced them to approve spending $50,000 which was not budgeted.”

When CAP started looking for the needed storage space, word got out about their search and just as Bill was about to agree to less-than-suitable storage, he received a call that stretched the approved $50,000.

A generous friend of Hal Rogers, representative for the 5th District of Kentucky, allowed CAP to use,

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at no cost, a portion of a tobacco warehouse in Somerset that Bill describes as “perfect for us. It was big enough to allow eighteenwheelers to drive in and unload books. [The owner only asked that we have the books out by the time they needed the warehouse for tobacco storage.”

With the cost of storage at zero, CAP was able to hire a new employee to oversee the distribution.

Operation Sharing grows beyond books Charlie Deaton tells a story of coming into his house in Richmond, Ky., in time to catch the phone on its last ring. CAP’S personnel director was on the other end, and told him they were looking for someone to oversee the distribution of 29 truck-loads of children’s books. A long-time resident of eastern Kentucky and a native of Pike County, Charlie was intrigued by the challenge, and agreed to take the job. He began to create the network needed to empty the warehouse in Somerset in a relatively short time. “I spoke at

the Rotary Club in Somerset, met with the community action people and folks started coming in from Letcher, Floyd and the counties around Somerset,” Charlie recalls.

Mike, served as director of Operation Sharing after Charlie retired in 1999, describes Charlie as a man who knew the importance of relationships, and therefore was a perfect fit for Operation Sharing. In only six months, Charlie distributed thousands and thousands of books, emptying the warehouse lii Somerset-. CAP’S board and administration could see the value in continuing the Operation Sharing warehouse located in Hagerhill, KY. distribution of items that could be of use to organizations in “/ to ld them th at through th eir books, those eastern Kentucky and throughout Appalachia. Charlie was asked to kids w ere able to g o outside o f E astern K entucky develop a policies and procedures an d f o r a lo t o f them , it was th e fir s t tim e they manual and many of those procedures remain in place today. h ad seen th ose kinds o f opportunities. ”

Johnny Thompson, form er Director o f Operation Sharing with Sue Sword, Vice President o f Development.

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“I learned not to say ‘no’ to anything,” Charlie says, and that attitude helped Operation Sharing grow into an invaluable resource that provides schools, churches and community action agencies with materials that help them to enhance their mission. Charlie’s “bring it on” attitude and the procedures he put into place to enable distribution in a wide geographic area helped the program grow to include building materials, food, personal health and beauty items and food, in addition to the books, including textbooks, which CAP continued to receive in large numbers.

Charlie not only made sure donated goods got to the right hands, he made sure donors knew how much their items were valued by recipients.

“We received a donation of atlases from National Geographic and some of them were given to

Employees o f Operation Sharing, Corbin office. fifth and sixth graders in school in small towns. The teachers had the kids write me thank you notes and it dawned on me that I needed to take those notes to Washington, D.C., and share them with the

people who gave the books,” Charlie recalls.

“1 told them that through their books, those kids were able to go outside of eastern Kentucky and for a lot of them, it was the first

Disaster relief volunteers, unloading a truck o f supplies during CAP’s relief efforts in Mississippi.

time they had seen those kinds of opportunities.”

A story passed along by long­ time CAP worker says Charlie claims there were only two items ever offered to Operation Sharing that he turned down: toxic waste and live chickens. Legend, probably, but who knows? Asked about the most unusual donation he ever received, though, Charlie tells with no hesitation about the gift of a Charoláis bull.

A phone call from a colleague at Feed the Children told Charlie that an agriculture student in West had a bull that had won several cattle shows. “He was going to college and needed to give the bull away,” Charlie said. “He called Feed the Children and, of course, they couldn’t use it but they called me.”

Fred Jones immediately came to Charlie’s mind. The executive director of the Daniel Boone Council in Clay County, Charlie knew,

Employees o f Operation Sharing, Hagerhill office. would be able to offer breeding services to farmers in Clay, Rockcastle, Owsley and Jackson counties. “That costs about $100 per service,” Charlie says. Fred gladly accepted the bull, named it “Charlie,” and it was indeed useful to several herds in Eastern Kentucky.

Operation Sharing adds warehouses Relationships and personal contacts were some of the most important components of the origins of Operation Sharing and remain important 25 years later, according to Carol Parrett, Operation Sharing’s assistant

Operation Sharing truck delivering disaster relief supplies during Hurricane Katrina.

director for distribution. In the 15 years that Carol has worked with Operation Sharing, she has developed relationships with hundreds of people who come to load up on materials that will enhance the service offered by schools, churches and community action agencies. “Most people come once a month,, but some come only two or three times a year,” Carol says.

Operation Sharing encourages inventory checks before recipients come to pick up needed supplies, Carol says. “People know that if they can’t use things, they should leave them for someone who can.”

Operation Sharing’s first winter, spent in the tobacco warehouse, brings stories from Charlie about trying to stay warm huddled around free-standing stoves. By the winter of 1987, the effort had been moved to a warehouse in Lancaster, the location of CAP headquarters at that time. In 1996, just ten years after accepting its first large in-kind gift, CAP purchased a 40,000-square foot warehouse in southeastern Kentucky after identifying Corbin, as an ideal location for a centralized location.

On a warm day in the fall of 1996, Operation Sharing workers hosted CAP employees and volunteers to partner in a clean-up of the newly-acquired warehouse. Most of the crew was unaccustomed to working with hammers and crowbars, but 120 people accomplished in just two days what would have taken sub­ contractors three weeks. In short order, the warehouse was open and ready for business.

With an increase of activity in the Big Sandy region of the

state, CAP opened offices and a smaller warehouse in Hagerhill, Ky. In 2009 CAP board member Dwayne King found a warehouse in Oneida, Tenn., and it was determined that a third location (also 40,000 square feet) could enable growth and expansion for Operation Sharing.

Jeff Burchett, current director of Operation Sharing, anticipates continued growth in the coming years with the success of all three of these warehouses. The Tennessee warehouse, located about about 60 miles northwest of Knoxville, has about 200 recipients, half of whom formerly received goods from the Corbin or Hagerhill facilities; the other half are new to the program. Jeff believes that much of the growth of Operation Sharing will come as a result of more groups learning of the availability of items from the Oneida warehouse.

In 2004 CAP established an off-shoot of Operation Sharing, as a means of using donated materials to respond to natural disasters.

Called “Operation Relief,” the program under the direction of Sherry Buresh has responded to several floods in Kentucky and other Appalachian areas, as well as Hurricane Katrina and tornados in Florida.

About 98 percent of the materials used by Sherry and the volunteers that respond to calls for disaster relief are provided by Operation Sharing, Carol says, and includes such items as bottled water, bleach and cleaning supplies.

The good that is done CAP president Guy Adams served as CAP’S assistant director of development from 1981 to 1985, pre-Operation Sharing days. Upon returning to CAP in

Operation Sharing warehouse, Corbin, Ky. 2009, he recognized the impact of the in-kind donation distribution program. “It’s really allowed CAP to extend its mission to all thirteen Appalachian states,” Guy says. “It’s enabled a reach that we otherwise couldn’t come close to.”

Networking launched the success of Operation Sharing and continues

as its backbone. The original 500 contacts that Charlie made in 1986 ballooned to 1800 in the last year, with groups in all 13 Appalachian states, plus Missouri and Arkansas.

When Charlie retired in 1999, Operation Sharing distributed a respectable $30 million in inkind donations. Jeff reports that

Employees o f Operation Sharing, Oneida, Tennessee office.

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One o f thefirst Operation Sharing trucks, delivering goods to a local communtiy center.

Operation Sharing distributed over $112 million in goods last year and expects that total to increase in the 25th anniversary year. The staggering billion-dollar plus number for the total amount of materials distributed is staggering even to the people who have been involved with CAP for many years.

But in telling the story of Operation Sharing, Jeff, Carol Charlie and Bill as well as their coworkers in Hagerhill and Oneida, remind us of the true story of Operation Sharing. It is not a story of millions of dollars of inventory, but rather thousands of people served.

“Businesses knew what we were doing and they wanted to make a donation to someone who would put things to good use,” Charlie says. “Even in all the things we gave away, I always thought that the most important thing we did was to make people feel they were the most important people in the world when they came into our warehouse.”

Bill recalls the diversity of the recipients in the earliest days of Operation Sharing. In addition to community action agencies and schools, small churches and non­ profit groups reaped enormous benefits from the materials they

received. “There were some really small charities that were managed by one or two volunteers,” Bill says. “They could use these donations as matching funds to apply for cash grants and they told us how much good they could do with a small truck-load of building materials or school supplies.”

Asked if he had any idea what would happen as a result of that one phone call —Bill just smiles and shakes his head. “I had no idea what we were accepting.

I just knew that we could give books to kids in eastern Kentucky and since then we’ve opened more doors for more people.”

Operation Sharing started the celebration of its 25th anniversary at the very beginning of the fiscal year, September 2,2010, inviting retired Operation Sharing work­ ers and CAP friends to gather in Corbin and remember the work— and the good—they ’ve done.

Recipients o f Operation Sharing load goods to distribute to the community.

J eff Burchett, Director o f Operation Sharing, playing Santa.

Corporate Donations Needed IlowCan YOUHelp?

Operation Sharing receives tractor trailer loads of goods and material's from corporations across America.

We then distribute the large quanity of goods to over 1,300 non-profit agencies in 13 Appalachian states.

However, with the growing number of recipient agencies we serve, these donations are Spread quite thin.

Operation Sharing is continually looking for corporate donors to help in its ministry of “Delivering Hope” to those in need throughout the Appalachian region.

As we continue to grow, our need for corporate donors is a necessity.

A few examples of goods and materials received by Operation Sharing are: building materials, books, paper goods, office supplies, furniture, food, household items, etc.

Corporate donors can be manufacturers, retailers, clearing houses and distribution centers. If you know or have contact with a potential donor that would be willing to help us in our ministry please contact us at:

Operation Sharing Christian Appalachian Project P.O.Box 1390 Corbin, KY 40701 or by phone at: (606) 523-5799

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Flooding Strikes Pike County A state of emergency was declared after flash floods ripped through Pike County, Ky. on a Saturday evening in mid July. The waters rose fast. In just four short hours, Pike County was victim to 4 to 7 inches of fierce rainfall. The waters claimed two lives and left a few dozen temporarily seeking refuge in a high school gym.

Over 10,000 people were without water, 200 homes and over 100 cars were destroyed while numerous roads and bridges were left severely damaged.

CAP’s Disaster Relief team of volunteers and employees took immediate action and were in the area to hfelp with the cleanup. While many had lost everything to the high water, CAP’s development

office also took action asking the local communities for help for the flood victims. Drop off centers were set up for donations of cleaning supplies, water, clothing, household items, food, and monetary gifts.

The response from the community was incredible! We were able to collect and transport six tractor trailers full of supplies to the devastated area.

“It is amazing, the love that the local communities have shown for those affected by the flooding,” Garry Vickers, Assistant to the Vice President of development shared. “We had folks dropping off car loads of goods and asking, what else can we bring back to help?”

CJ Gain and Paula Bruner, CAP employees prepare donations to be loaded and distributed to flood victims.

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C h ris tia n Appalachian Project (CAP) had the pleasure o f welcoming some very special guests into our warehouse on a hot July afternoon. Thirty members o f the University o f Kentucky football team came out to help us take in donations and load a semi-truck to be distributed to the flood victims o f eastern Kentucky. They came ready to work, all smiles and eager to make a difference.

For one hour these young men lifted heavy furniture, greeted people and pitched in wherever they were needed.

The experience for two members o f the team had to be particularly personal; Moncell Allen and Anthony Kendrick know all too well the devastation that comes with floods. They are survivors o f Hurricane Katrina. CAP served in Mississippi for three months after Katrina and also knows about the extreme conditions experienced by so many in that disaster. Giving back is a cathartic process and we hope that we helped these tWo young men and their teammates feel the pride and joy that comes with service to others.

to the next partnership opportunity. Until then we will sit proudly in the stands cheering on our Wildcats, knowing they have more than brains, talent and heart.... They have compassion, and that makes us very proud.

Randall Cobb took time out to take a photo with Colin ISleal, grandson o f Guy Adams, CAP President.

Players helped load furniture and donated items to be delivered to the Pike County area.

But this team is no stranger to community service. Under the guidance o f Coach Joker Phillips and his new initiative Operation Win, donating their time to the community is something expected o f these players. It is a life skill that’s taught off the field that will stay with them far after their UK football years.

We appreciate the University o f Kentucky, the Football program and each o f the players who joined us to aid the flood victims, as well as the ones who were unable to attend. We look forward

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“I didn ’t even Workers in Operation Sharing, the Christian Appalachian Project’s (CAP) in-kind distribution program, uniformly tell those who ask that it’s people not things that draw them to their work. Volunteer Mary Dwilet concurs with that view, saying it’s the people-orientation that attracted her to the work with Operation Sharing at CAP’s offices in Hagerhill, Ky, Mary doesn’t fit easily into the usual mold of the CAP volunteer. Like some other volunteers, Mary is the retirement years of her life. Like many, she learned about CAP through a direct response mailing. Like other volunteers, she has returned to CAP for multiple “tours of duty” in a variety of locations and in different programs.

But few, if any CAP volunteers, hate tallied nearly 20 years of service. Her love for CAP and for Kentucky has prompted her to return time and again since 1991.

Mary, a licensed practical nurse, had been working in a Catholic nursing home in New Jersey. She had dropped out of high school, but was determined, as a single mom, to provide for her family. She returned to the classroom and obtained a GED, then was certified as a nursing assistant before completing the work needed to become an LPN. “I didn’t even know there was a Kentucky,” she says about the initial letter she received from CAP that told her about the needs of the region and requested a donation. She had considered volunteer service following her retirement, and her first inclination was to work on a reservation in the west with Native Americans. After receiving the letter from CAP, 'however, she found herself wanting to know more about the organization and about Kentucky. She set off south from New Jersey, to the consternation of the Catholic sisters with whom she was working. Her first assignment for CAP was serving as a nurse at Camp Shawnee in Floyd County.

During her days in the work force, Mary worked in a variety of nursing venues, including maternity, emergency, surgical: -‘you name it, I did it all!” she said. Although she is no longer nursing, She doesn’t consider herself retired. “I’ll retire when I die!” she says emphatically. ’ Mary set an example to her family of living a life of service, first as a nurse and today as a volunteer.

Several family members followed her lead; her grandson is a nurse in California and her daughter is a nurse in Pompano Beach, FI. “She also volunteers, just like her mother,” Mary says.

Mary returned to New Jersey after her service at

know there wa Camp Shawnee in 1991. In subsequent months and years in Kentucky, she has served in Martin County where.she cooked for the volunteer community. S^e>\* lived in Jackson and Garrard counties where she served in a variety of programs, including elderly services.

Interspersed with her service to CAP, Mary has taken mission trips to many countries, most recently to Taiwan and China. With members of her church, Christ Temple-in Huntington, West Virginia, Mary distributed Bibles.

Habitat for Humanity has received Mary’s services in many counties including Portugal, New Zealand and Ireland. She helped construct a clinic in South Africa and worked with President Jijftmy Carter to construct a community center in Plains, Georgia. “He Worked just like everybody else,” says Mary who began her extensive traveling at the age of 60. She reluctantly decided to stop working on construction projects when she fell off a ten-foot ladder in 2007.

Mary’s current CAP assignment at the Operation Sharing warehouse in Hagerhill gives her the opportunity to interact with many people who receive goods from the program, an opportunity she really enjoys.

Operation Sharing worker Rhonda Burchett commends Mary’s energy and says, “She brings a lot of spunk. Mary laughs and brings a lot of life to the place.”

“I like the warehouse, and I wanted something different,” Mary says. She finds herself intrigued with the opportunity to assist schools, churches and community action agencies in the Appalachian region to access the materials they needed to achieve their missions.

Mary helps groups register to receive goods from Operation Sharing, greets them when they come in to the warehouse to pick them up and helps load vans and trucks. ‘"And we’ve had compliments about how nice the warehouse looks!” says Mary who knows the warehouse location of dozens of items that CAP has received for distribution.

“I’ve given all of my life and that’s what I love; about Operation Sharing,” Mary says. “I like to talk to people and make conversation with people who come^ to pick up things from our warehouse.”

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P.O. Box 55911 Lexington, KY 40555

Appalachian Ohio inspires me, inspires me to do many great thingsTThings that will make a differencmn this world. So, I wantyou to know how and why I love the place I live.

W here I live, The p la c e I grew up.

W here I w atched, The b reeze in the trees.

In sp ires m e.

V fltS p ire s m e, And m any others, To dofgreat things.

-Inspires us, With a ll its free sp ace!

To run and playTo bu ild the b ig g e st snow m an, You have e v e r s e e n J l l P P 1 To paint th e fh in g s w e se e , And a ll the b eauty w ithin it.

This p la ce, W here w e grew up at. % T his p la ce, W here w e learn ed R ight from w rong.

Has taught u s m an y things.

It h as taught us, What w e can b eco m e.

It has taught us, Our history.

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It has |a |ig h t us, W h a tis goin g on, In th is wbirld.

So far away, From the b eg in n in g of tim e, And s i c lo se , To the end.

It h as taught us, O ujrreìigion.

It h a sta u g h t us, How to sp eak , And liow to la s e o u r v o ice.

M y coloriuljhom e, With a ll the d olq M of the rainbow?

From w hite to black , W inter to fall, Has m any advantages.

Som e o f th em big, Som e o f th em sm a ll, I a m a ch ild o f A ppalachia.

And I love th em all!

Monica Paterson Hamden, OfflÈhk

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G o d ’s P resence Around Would Jesus Be W elcom ed

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® p l S g | Us I f f s e e the branches and le a v es ^ y a y in g gently in the trees, ft B ending w ith the afternoon! breeze; Like the g S d le n e s s o f Jesus b y y o u r sid e.

Would you say “h i” to this strange m an Who w alk ed in off tfie street?

He d id n ’t w ear real fancy clothes, 1 He w ore no sh o e s on his feet.

K* Then I s e e another tre^p With a strong and sturdy lim lllll Stretched ‘rouna%nd under a n o t|p i, That look s so v e r w e a k and thin.

The m an w as quiet and unassum ing, ^ Yet h e sm ile d at ea ch one there.

He sat down on the p ew alone 1: But no one se e m e d to c a r e jM

Oh yes! That r e m ftd s m e O f G od’s strength ana$|ow He H olds u s up, w henever vrelieel Our burdens are too h e a ? R l|

He s m e lle d o f sw eat and su m m er sun, He w ore no aftershave.

You’d think he hadn’t bathed in days,^ M aybe h e w as born in a c&ve.

O nce atjain the g en tle w in d s b|pw, T hey en circle a ll around m e nowkand I reca ll holy Jesu s’ arm s enfold m e B ringing p ea% and com fort to m y & u l.

He had n’t driven up j n a Jag or a R olls, Ana h e sp ok e a different tongue.

But h e w a s in terested in the scriptures And ev ery so n g that Was s u n g S

Just as the sq u irrels gather fa llen acorns And the birds se e k in sect and see d , ¡ 1 I rem em b er how Jesus provides For U n c r e a te d , and that in clu d es You and M e

He1had no tithe or offering To put in the plate that day.

To a ll who w ere there h e se e m e d h o m ele ss.

W here did h e co m e from, anyway?

D.Gero Inverness, FL

Would you have said “h i” or “w e lco m e s ir ” Would you have sat by him ?

Would you have shared your B ible Or h eld h is hand at th e end?

L ife I know yo u ’v e heard And in book s y o u ’v e read, You m u st lie in it W hen yo u ’ve m ad e your bed.

Think about ea ch person That’s in your church ea ch tim e.

Jesus could w a lk in off the street, W hat kin d o f w elcozne w ould He find?

But let m e explain And I hope y o u ’ll se e , That m ay b e you But it’s sure not m e.

For I ’d rather a sch olar g y p sy be R oam ing the earth, sa ilin g the sea , Spreading good w ill, joy, and love Looking for gu id an ce from heaven above.

Elizabeth Berry Baton Rouge, LA 23

£(deefrTotdo Casserole 5 large sweet potatoes, peeled and quartered 3/4 cup packed brown sugar ,2/3 cup whole milk 2 tablespoons butter, melted 1/4 cup all-purpose flour 11/3 cups pecans 1 cup flaked coconut v; Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Lightly grease a medium baking dish. Boil the sweet potatoes in a large saucepan approximately 10 minutes, or until tender.

In a large bowl, mix together the sweet potatoes, brown sugar, milk, butter and flour. Transfer the mixture to the baking dish.

Sprinkle with pecans and coconut.

Bake 30 minutes in preheated oven.

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4 skinless, boneless chicken breasts 1 (8 ounce) can water chestnuts 1 onion, chopped ! (10.75 ounce) can condensed cream of chicken soup 1 cup cornflakes cereal crumbs 1 cup mayonnaise

Preheatoyento 350 degree s ^ In a l ^ ^ Q t , |o il the|chicken until tejidçr. Çufthe breasts into cubes or small pieces.

In a large bpwji combine the chicken pieces with the water chestnuts, onion, soup, most of the crushed com flakes and mayonnaise. Mix w e ll^ pdftr mitturejnto a 9x13 inch bakmg (bspC Sprinkle the ;teskof the cruÿjed com flakes on top ofthe mixture.

Bake ip preheated oven for 1 hour. JE

1 can cream style com 2 cans whole kernel com 5 eggs, beaten 2 cups half-and-half 1 cup heavy whipping cream 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour 2 tablespoons cornmeal 2 tablespoons white sugar 114 cup butter, melted salt to taste ground black pepper to taste Combine cream-style com, regular com, eggs, 4 half-and-half., creafn,/(flour, corhtneaL sugar, melted#, butter, salt, and p^perTn a 2-|f2 fo3-quart Sasseroll.

Bake at 325 .to 35fgfiegrees" for 1 hour, or until set. C

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Layered Pumpkin Cheesecake 1 (20 ounce) can unsweetened pineapple chunks 3 tablespoons white sugar 6 tablespoons butter, melted 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour 5 ounces shredded Cheddar cheese 25 buttery round crackers, crumbled Drain pineapple, reserving 3 tablespoons juice.

Combine pineapple, reserved juice, sugar, butter or margarine, flour, and cheese. Mix well. Spoon mixture into a buttered 1 1/2 quart baking dish; top with cracker crumbs.

Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes, or until bubbly

Tumpkin Bread T;l/2 cups flour 1/2 teaspoon of salt 1 cup sugar 1 teaspoon baking soda 1 cup pumpkin purée 1/2 cup olive oil 2 eggs, beaten 1/4 cup water 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon 1/2 teaspoon allspice 1/2 cup chopped walnuts To make pumpkin purée, cut a pumpkin in half, scoop out the seeds and stringy stuff, lie face down on a foil or Silpat lined baking sheet. Bake at 350°degrees until soft, about 45 minutes to an hour. Cool, scoop out the flesh. Freeze wfiateyer you don't use for future use'. Or, if you are working with pumpkin pieces, roast or boil them until fender, then remove and discard the skin.

Sift together the flour, salt, sugar, apd baking^pda.

Mix the pumpkin, chi, eggs!? 1/4 cup of water, ând spices together, themcofribine with me ,dry ingredients, but do not miÿtoo thoroughly. Stir in the nuts.

Pour into a well-butterecf9x5x3 bach loaf pan. Bake, at 350 degrees for 50-60 minutes Until a thin skewer poked in the very center of the loaf comes out clean.

Turn out of the pan and let cool on a rack.

2 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, softened 1/2 cup white sugar 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract 2 eggs | ! (9 inch) prepared graham cracker crust 1/2 cup pumpkin puree 1i%teaspoon ground cinnamon 1 pinch ground cloves 1 pinch ground nutmeg ;T:/2 cup frozen whipped topping, thawed Preheat oven to 325 degrees.

In a large bowl, combine cream cheese, sugar and vanilla. Beat until smooth. Blend in eggs one at a time. Remove 1 cup of batter and spread into bottom of crust; set aside.

Add pumpkin puree, cinnamon, cloves and nutmeg to the remaining batter and stir gently until well blended. Carefully spread over the batter in the crust.

Bake in preheated oven for 35 to 40 minutes, or until center is almost set. Allow to cool, then refrigerate for 3 hours or overnight. Cover with whipped topping before serving.

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5 t/2 pounds appTe&s peeleja, dorecf and finely chopped 4 cups white sughr j i 2 teaspoonsground cinnapron \ 1/4 teaspoon groundsloves^ 1/4 teaspoon sàlt Plat! the apple! iìfà sloyvjooker. In a medium bowl, mix'thi sugar, cinnamon, cloves and salt. Pour the mixture oyer the apples in the slow cooker and mix well.

Cover and eòok gn high 1 hour.

Reduce heat to low and cook 9 to 11 hours, stirring occasionally, until the mixture is- thickened ¡¡nd dark JgrownJUncover and continue cooking On low 1 hour.

Stir with a whisk, if desired, to increase smoothness.

Spoon the mixture into sterile containers, cover and refrigerate or freeze.

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îrîDg %$voih lo m ¡ M B 9 m äM m m m m During this time of year workers in GAP’s Outreach Services Mission begin the work necessary to provide Christmas baskets of toys,/gifts and food to folks we serve. If you would like to participate: • If you would like more information on sponsoring a family, please check the box below. We’ll send you information about your family, including first names, ages, sizes and a few gift suggestions.

• We’ll also include family code stickers and a guideline letter with the correct address to send your gift box. If you have any questions, please call Brenda Watts at (606) 256-5822 or email address bwatts@chrisapp.org. That’s all there is to it! Your Appalachian family will have a much brighter Christmas and you’ll know that you’ve contributed to the real meaning of the birth of Christ. We look forward to hearing from you!

I would like more information and/or would like to sponsor: Medium family (3-4 children and parents) Extra large family (8 or more children and parents or 2 Medium size families), Total number of families sponsored

Small family (1-2 children and parents) f Large family (5-6 children and parents)

.Name Address City, State, Zip Phone (please include area code)_ Email Address

Please mail to: CAP Christmas Basket Program P.O. Box 55911 Lexington, KY 40555

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D onating stock to the Christian A ppalachian Project is easy and convenient. The benefits include: C laim ing th e m arket valu e o f th e secu rities as a tax-dedu ctible con tribution (as opposed to th e co st basis).

A voidin g ca p ita l ga in s tax, lo ca l an d sta te taxes

on the profit from the sale o f securities.

Lowering the cost basis

To transfer stocks in certificate form, you will need a stock power form, which we can provide at your request Please do not sign the back o f the actual stock certificates. Sign your name only on the stock power form.

Your bank will need to certify the stock power form with a medallion guarantee. We will fill out the remainder of the form. Enclose a note to explain your intentions (i.e., “I wish to donate X number of shares of Y Company to the Christian Appalachian Project, and sign note). When you are ready to transfer, please mail to us the unendorsed stock certificates and the signed stock power in separate envelopes.

If your stock is held electronically with a broker, please instruct your broker to call Clinton Long at Fifth Third Bank, Lexington, KY, at 859-455-5231. Clinton will handle the transfer.

The actual value of the gift is the amount of the mean value of the stock on the day it is received in the CAP office, or the day the electronic transfer is completed. We will notify you once the stock is processed and send you an acknowledgement letter to use for tax purposes. Our official name and address is: Christian Appalachian Project P.O. Box 55911 Lexington, KY 40555 In order to avoid the capital gains tax, donors m ust give the stock directly to the Christian Appalachian Project. It is the policy o f the Christian Appalachian Project to s e lW td c k ^ im m ediately upon receipt.

For your convenience, the Christian Appalachian Project has a brokerage account established with Clinton Long, Fifth Third Bank, 250 West Main St, Ste 100, ' Lexington, KY 40507-17^5, Phone: 859-455-5231, Fax: 859-455-5454.

Clintdn.Long@53.com Institution number: 2fl6 Account number: 38 38 000 6210496 If ydu would like more information, please contact the Major G if y ^ Department at 859-269-0635 or gvickers@chrisapp.org

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Recycled Flannel and Wool, 28” tall accent (fabrics will vary). Perfect for your door or any fall display. $49.57

Set of Three 20 oz Jars: Apple, Pumpkin and Cherry Butters $26.97

C & e fin 9.5” tall x 7” diameter, handwoven with a tall, sturdy handle. Perfect for many uses. ^ Perfect baking or casserole dish 10.5” 2.5* jig h $56.00

Autumn Harvest, Vanilla Crème, and Spice Cake candles will make your home smell like the holidays. $34.97

tjg fe é 4.5” x 3.5” Apple $10.79 6.5” x 5.5” Star $13.29 12” x 12” Harvest (Pumpkin) $29.97

A wonderful collection of traditional Southern Recipes.

Every recipe you need for the holidays! ^ 0/

Pure Honey in Peach, Strawberry, Clover and Alfalfa.

Set includes four 16 oz. mason jars. $39.97

2 lbs o f delicious, pecan fruit cake. Serves 15, and is always a perfect holiday gift! $29.95

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Red C ed ar G arland $28 .0 0 WRCG Western Red Cedar Garland, 15’ long, is the perfect accent for your front door, mantle, or staircase.

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B e rrie s a n d fro s te d P in e C o n e s .

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Christmas Cross A Stunning 22” long cross created with Noble Fir, Incense Cedar and Ponderosa Pine Cones. Accented with Red Velvet Bow. CCW

$38.00

Boxwood Wreath N E W ! A S tu n n in g 24” B oxw ood W re a th , lo n g la s tin g a n d d rie s b e a u tifu lly .

A c c e n te d w ith F a ll P la id B o w .

S q u a re w re a th a ls o a v a ila b le .

T h is 2 4 ” m ix e d g re e n e ry w re a th is a b a s e o f fra g ra n t N o b le F ir d e c o ra te d w ith In c e n s e C e d a r, J u n ip e r a n d C o n e s . A re a d y to 'a tta c h , f u lly a s s e m b le d , w e a th e r re s is ta n t, tr a d itio n a l p la id b o w s e ts o f f th is w e lc o m in g w re a th .

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V elvet Basket This Basket has the simple grace of Noble Fir, Western Red Cedar, Princess Pine, Oregon Juniper and Holly, accented with Red Berries and two beautiful velvet ribbon cone sets.

VBC $28.00 I

* A ll wreaths come standard with the bow shown, Choose an additional bow fo r $5,00

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c a s h is im p e ra tiv e , w e k n o w w e c a n c o n trib u te in o th e r w a y w ith ite m s a n d o u r tim e . C A P e n g a g e s u s

a n d p e o p le lik e y o u m a k e th e w o r ld a b e tte r p la c e to liv e in . M y p ra y e rs a n d s u p p o rt a re w ith

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