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[micecheeks]

Hi again, I need some more help. I am going to start a another project in my church. I am on the Women's Ministry team and we have tons of ideas. I was wondering if anyone has created a cookbook with recipes from the church attenders to be given out to them and others. I have some ideas, but was wondering how you went about asking for the recipes. Did you have a letter you sent/delivered, did you have a flyer, an annoucement in the bulletin (or both)? If so, could someone send me samples. Also, what was the deadline for returning recipes to you? A month, longer??? Wow, I am full of questions. I hope someone can help me. Also, we are thinking of printing it ourselves and not charge for the books. If anyone has ideas on that too, that would be great!!!

Thanks.

Trish
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[jodi]

When young ladies in our church get married I make a cookbook for them made up of recipes from the ladies in the church. I use Word and print each recipe on a 4x6 card. You can find photo albums or cookbooks that have clear plastic pages in them that will hold (2) 4x6 cards per page. The nice thing about this format is that it can be added to in the future.

There is a thread along these lines under the General Forum. You might find more suggestions there.


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[micecheeks]

Another question, I want to add verses to some of the pages. Does anyone have any suggestions of where I can look for verses about food. I have found on-line concordances but they have you look for the acutal word. The verses don't need to have words like 'bread', 'salt', 'fruit', etc. Those would be nice too, but some about food in general I would like. Any help?

Thanks.

Trish
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[Coni]

I have a 'few' scriptures in mind that might be of help to you:

Galatians 5:22 But the fruit of the spirit is....
John 6:35 I am the bread of life. He who...
1 Corinthians 10:31 So whether you eat or drink, or...
Psalm 52:8 But I am like a green olive tree in the house...
Psalm 33:5 The earth is full...
Proverbs 16:24 Pleasant words are like a honeycomb, sweet...
Psalm 34:8 O taste and see that the Lord...
Matthew 5:6 Blessed are those who hunger...

You could use one scripture with graphics for every food catagory you have. I sure hope this helps!

In his service, Connie
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[kristen]

1 1/2 Judges 5:25
2 C Jeremiah 6:20
4 1/2 C I Kings 4:22
2 C I Samuel 30:12
1 1/2 C Judges 4:19
2 tsp I Sameul 14:25
2 tsp Amos 4:5
6 tsp whole Jeremiah 17:11
1 C Numbers 17:8
1 pinch Leviticus 2:13

Season to taste in 11 Chronicles 9:9...Follow Solomons directions for making cake in Proverbs 14:23
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[ozpoms@shoal.net.au]

We have recently had a recipe book printed and we asked for everyones favourite recipe. When it was all collated together with bible verses we were fortunate to have it printed for a nominal amount. We sold the recipe book for $5 and these funds went back to Ladies Ministry. If you are interested I can send you one of these books as a gift from me. You may be able to pick up some different recipes and verses.

[micecheeks]

Ozpoms, Thanks so much for the offer. I would love to get a cookbook. I would be willing to send the $5. Is your email your user name listed on the post? You can email me so I can reply back with my mailing address. Thanks again.

Trish
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Psalm 90:14a
Satisfy us in the morning with
Your unfailing love. . .

[Bramblerose]

Our ladies' group did a cookbook through Morris Press as a fundraiser for our teens' mission trip to Africa. There is some helpful info. at their web site at www.morrispresscookbooks.com, even if you don't use their services.

It helps to decide ahead of time what categories you will have and let ladies know that. We made up a flyer with information about when the recipes were due, what categories, the purpose of the book, etc., and handed them out to everyone.

It isn't absolutely necessary but very helpful if you ask people to submit recipes on the same size card or paper, i.e., all 4x6 cards or all 8x11 sheets. I didn't do that and had all sizes and shapes, and it was a little hard then when I wanted to sort them in the order I wanted to use them. I ended up taping eveything to an 8x11 sheet just so I could stack them up. Some people just took their recipe cards and copied them every which way, which, again, wasn't impossible but harder to deal with, especially if they had different categories on the same page. You might want to ask them to sibmit one recipe per page so that it is easier to sort them into categories. What works best is if they e-mail them -- it saves time so you can just cut and paste the recipes into the format you are using, plus reduces errors from "typos" made while copying their recipe.

The company we used let us send in verses or quotes or artwork as "fillers" for the bottom of pages where the recipe ends but there is not room to start a new ones, so I spent a lot of time with my Online Bible looking at verses under "eat," "drink," "hunger," and anything else I could think of. I'll post them, but it probably won't all fit in one post:

Psalm 34:8 O taste and see that the LORD is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him.

John 6:35 And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.

John 6: 47-48 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me hath everlasting life. I am that bread of life.

John 7:37 In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink.

John 4:14 But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.

Psalm 119:103 How sweet are thy words unto my taste! yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth!

Revelation 21:6 And he said unto me, It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely.

Revelation 22:17 And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely.

Matthew 4: 4 But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.

1 Corinthians 10:31 Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.

Song of Solomon 2:3 As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste.

Matthew 5:6 Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.

Luke 6:21 Blessed are ye that hunger now: for ye shall be filled. Blessed are ye that weep now: for ye shall laugh.

Romans 12:20 Therefore if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head.

Psalm 63:1 O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is;

Job 23:12 Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.

Matthew 10:42 And whosoever shall give to drink unto one of these little ones a cup of cold water only in the name of a disciple, verily I say unto you, he shall in no wise lose his reward.

Psalm 42:2 My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God?

Isaiah 55:1 Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.

Isaiah 55:2 Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and your labour for that which satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.

Deuteronomy 8:3 And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the LORD doth man live.

Proverbs 25:21 If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink.

Genesis 1: 30 And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so.

John 15: 1-2 I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit.

Proverbs 30:8 Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me:

Proverbs 31:14-15 She is like the merchants' ships; she bringeth her food from afar. She riseth also while it is yet night, and giveth meat to her household, and a portion to her maidens.

Acts 14:17 Nevertheless he left not himself without witness, in that he did good, and gave us rain from heaven, and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness.

2 Corinthians 9:10 Now he that ministereth seed to the sower both minister bread for your food, and multiply your seed sown, and increase the fruits of your righteousness;)

1Timothy 6:8 And having food and raiment let us be therewith content.

James 2: 15-16 If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food, and one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be ye warmed and filled; notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful to the body; what doth it profit?

Psalm 36:8 They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house; and thou shalt make them drink of the river of thy pleasures.

Proverbs 5:15 Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well.

Matthew 6: 31-31 Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed? (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.

Matthew 6:25 Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?

Matthew 25:35 For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in:

John 6:53-55 Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye have no life in you. For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed.

John 4:10 Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water.

Romans 14:17 For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.

Romans 14:21 It is good neither to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor any thing whereby thy brother stumbleth, or is offended, or is made weak.

I Corinthians 9:3-4 And did all eat the same spiritual meat; And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ.

1 Corinthians 10:21 Ye cannot drink the cup of the Lord, and the cup of devils: ye cannot be partakers of the Lord's table, and of the table of devils.

I Timothy 4:4-5 For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving: For it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.

Proverbs 25:16 Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for thee, lest thou be filled therewith, and vomit it.

Proverbs 25:27 It is not good to eat much honey: so for men to search their own glory is not glory.

John 21: 12 Jesus saith unto them, Come and dine. And none of the disciples durst ask him, Who art thou? knowing that it was the Lord.

John 12:2 There they made him a supper; and Martha served: but Lazarus was one of them that sat at the table with him.

Romans 12:13 Distributing to the necessity of saints; given to hospitality.

1Peter 4:9 Use hospitality one to another without grudging.

Proverbs 20:13 Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.

Proverbs 20:17 Bread of deceit is sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.

Proverbs 22:9 He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he giveth of his bread to the poor.

Proverbs 23:6 Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainty meats:

Proverbs 12: 14 A man shall be satisfied with good by the fruit of his mouth: and the recompence of a man's hands shall be rendered unto him.

Psalm 104:14 He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man: that he may bring forth food out of the earth;

Psalm 136:25 Who giveth food to all flesh: for his mercy endureth for ever.

Isaiah 12:3 Therefore with joy shall ye draw water out of the wells of salvation.

Psalm 22:26 The meek shall eat and be satisfied: they shall praise the LORD that seek him: your heart shall live for ever.

Psalm 78:25 Man did eat angels' food: he sent them meat to the full.

Psalm 127:2 It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: for so he giveth his beloved sleep.

Psalm 128:2 For thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands: happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee.

Psalm 141:4 Incline not my heart to any evil thing, to practise wicked works with men that work iniquity: and let me not eat of their dainties.

Proverbs 1:31 Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.

Proverbs 13:2 A man shall eat good by the fruit of his mouth: but the soul of the transgressors shall eat violence.

Proverbs 18:21 Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.

Ecclesiastes 2:24 There is nothing better for a man, than that he should eat and drink, and that he should make his soul enjoy good in his labour. This also I saw, that it was from the hand of God.

1 Corinthians 12:13 For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit.

[Bramblerose]

Wow, they did fit!!

Hope that's helpful,
Barbara

[micecheeks]

Barbara: WOW!!!! Thank you so much for the verses. I am half way done with typing the recipes. We decided to make them ourselves. Also, most printing companies require a minimum cookbook order and we aren't making that many. Your verses will help alot. I have lots of room to add verses and quotes. We are also including the plan of salvation in the back, so this book can be a witnessing tool. I am still waiting on a 'letter from the pastor' but he has been busy. We received over 300 recipes and I am still getting people asking if I need more. The deadline to submit them was over for a month, but people are still finding more. Unfortunetly, I had to say no, since I need to get this done before Christmas. In my mind, I am hoping for the end of this month (August), but we'll see. Vacation Bible School is in a couple of weeks and like always I have taken on several things for that too. I know I am serving God in this, but it gets to be long days since I work full time too. Anyway, I could go on for hours, so I will end this and get back to typing recipes.

Thanks again.

Trish
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Psalm 90:14a
Satisfy us in the morning with
Your unfailing love. . .