Family and friends of John Adams
PRAYERS – Jon Cook; Karen Engels; Millie Mutka; Bonnie Van Hise; Kathy Mayo; Barb Zima’s friends Mick, Steven and Marilyn Hummel, Ryan Lauritzen; Nancy Ehlinger, Gregory Bowens; Laurie Nelson; Amber Ross’s daughter Linda; Karen Stanton’s friends Don & Penny Waite and sister Pam Schweitzer; Bev Epping’s daughter Kimberly Epping Cardenas and son Michael Epping; Sandy Bishop’s friend Kelly Newman and brother Larry; Randy & Diane Niemczyk’s daughter Julia VanAvery, Randy’s mom Beverly, niece Sarah Joda, Denise Runde and Denise Hazel; Valeria Hesselberg; Chris Markussen; Strong’s friend Erin Molle; Mark Lickteig’s daughter Missy; Debbie Cyrtmus’ mother, Rose Wicker and sister, Corrie Trittin; the Ebert’s friend Donna; Patricia Rasmussen’s sister Christine; Joyce Leander’s son Kevin Church; Bob Michael’s brother Tom Michaels; Ashley Clark’s friends Keith & Becky Hernandez and Kristie Dehart; the Waggoner’s sister-in-law Cheryl Busse, and friend Chris Sturgeon; Karen Engels niece Lisa; Ann Carlson’s people Don, Enid, Martha, Ben, Rebecca, Sherry, Armand, Christian and Darren; peace for all nations and comfort for those in distress. Prayers for those traveling.
PRAYER LIST PROCEDURE – Submit your prayer requests to the office in writing, by phone, by email or in person. If requesting prayers for someone other than yourself or an immediate family member, please obtain permission – unless the circumstances are public in nature.
WE GIVE THANKS FOR HEALING – as Karla Zyhowski is removed from our prayer list. We do this in gratitude for prayers offered and the healing that ensued.
GUESTS – if you are visiting us today, please sign our book at the entrance to the sanctuary.
FELLOWSHIP HOUR – Sign up for Fellowship Hour in the Fellowship Hall! The new sign-up sheet is out.
BAPTISM – On Aug 13, Teddy and Penny Repass were baptized by Pastor Grant. Teddy and Penny are the grandchildren of Mike & Sandy Bishop and the children of Wolfe & Ambria Repass.
QUILTERS UNTIE! – I mean unite to tie. Tie one on with the quilting group as they assemble quilts. Meet every first and third Wed of the month 9:30 to 11:30 am.
SEPTEMBER MOVIE NIGHT – Sep 30. We will be showing HAMILTON! Don’t worry – a copy of the lyrics will be on hand. And we will have the movie close-captioned.
BLOOD PRESSURE CHECKS – due to a busy summer ahead, blood pressure check dates will be a moving target. If the signs are out when you arrive, then we will have a BP check.
MINIGOLF – on Aug 30 at 11:00 am we will be having our annual minigolf outing at Eagle Falls Adventure Golf, 10’Fore’0 E. Pine Street in Eagle River. Sign up sheet is in the Narthex.
PASTOR GRANT AT CHAPEL OF THE HILLS – Pastor Grant will serve as Guest Chaplain at Chapel of the Hills in Rapid City, SD Aug 17-23. We are grateful to Adam Matyska for leading worship at Prince of Peace on Sunday, Aug 23. Thank you Adam! And safe travels for Pastor Grant – coming and going.
ANN OOTO – Ann is off on an adventure Aug 26 – Sep 1. Returning to the office on Sep 2.
GOD’S WORK – OUR HANDS!
Celebrating all that they do on Sep 13! Look for the banner we created last year with our handprints.
We are excited about our outreach project that involves all of the congregation. We are going to collect Socks and Cuddly Teddy Bears!! Adult and Youth socks will be distributed to the homeless shelters in the Northwoods and the Teddy Bears will be given to the “Foster Closet” for foster children when they are placed and to the Eagle River Fire and Police Departments for comfort for children on calls that affect them, starting this coming Sunday.
There will be a laundry bin placed at the base of the Baptismal Font to accept donations to ” The Mountain of Socks ” given with love Also on Sunday Sep 13 – be ready for the “Socks and Teddy Bear Blessing” followed by treats in the Fellowship Hall and don’t forget to wear your God’s Work T-Shirts. (We have some still available in the Front Office 2 – Small, 2 – Medium, 2 L and 2 2XL)
We are the Hands and Feet of God here at Prince of Peace Thank you for your generosity
MEAL TRAIN – we have an active Meal Train for Bonnie Van Hise. An email went out earlier this week. Here is the link https://mealtrain.com/50nlqy Many thanks to those who have participated.
LINDA THORPE – our announcement last week about Prince of Peace’s birthday prompted an email from Linda! Linda is doing well and currently resides in New Berlin, WI. She said she is still proud of being a Charter Member and remembers the day well when she signed our Charter. She is on our email list and remembers many names fondly and prays for those on our prayer list. Thank you, Linda, for sending us a note.
FUN FACT – From the Museum of Ice Cream – I give you the history of ice cream. The next two weeks our word search will highlight two main manufacturers of Wisconsin ice cream. I checked in the Bible – the desserts there are honey, fig and dried fruit based. Don’t get me wrong – there is nothing I like more than something with honey in it. However, in the Northwoods, we take our ice cream seriously.
“Long before anyone had a word for ice cream, people were already trying to make something that felt like it. In China around 200 BCE, mixtures of milk and rice were frozen using ice collected from mountain lakes. By the Tang Dynasty, frozen milk desserts were being served to royalty from ice stored in underground houses built specifically for that purpose. In Persia around 400 BCE, people were eating faloodeh, a frozen dessert made with rose water, lime juice, and delicate noodles, a version of which still exists today. In India, kulfi developed as a slow-frozen milk dessert packed with pistachio, saffron, and cardamom. In the Middle East, people were drinking sharbat, fruit syrups chilled with ice, which is where the words sherbet and sorbet eventually came from.
None of these cultures were copying each other. There were no shared recipes, no cultural exchange, no trade route connecting a Persian faloodeh maker to a Tang Dynasty royal kitchen.
They were all trying to answer the same question: how do you turn something cold into something joyful? [Come to the Northwoods – we are joyfully cold each year!]
Ice Cream Started as a Luxury
For most of history, ice cream wasn’t something kids grabbed after school. It was rare, expensive, and complicated to make. You needed access to ice, which meant either living near mountains or paying for it to be harvested and stored. You needed time. You needed knowledge. For most people, none of those things were available.
Thomas Jefferson fell in love with ice cream during his time in Europe and later helped popularize it in America. George Washington reportedly spent what would be thousands of dollars today on ice cream alone. These weren’t casual purchases. Ice cream was a status symbol, something you served at important dinners to signal wealth and access. (…)
The Woman Who Helped Bring Ice Cream to Everyone
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Her name was Nancy M. Johnson. In 1843, she patented the hand-cranked ice cream maker, which allowed ice cream to be churned more evenly and made the process far more reliable. Before her invention, making ice cream meant stirring a mixture by hand surrounded by salt and crushed ice, a slow and unpredictable process that kept ice cream firmly in the hands of people with professional kitchens and significant resources.
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If you want to understand how ice cream became part of everyday life, refrigeration is the turning point.
Ice Cream Never Stopped Evolving
The ice cream cone became popular at the 1904 St. Louis World’s Fair when a vendor reportedly ran out of bowls and started rolling waffles into cones instead. That accidental improvisation became one of the most iconic ways to eat ice cream in the world. Frances Hashimoto invented mochi ice cream in Los Angeles by wrapping small balls of ice cream inside soft Japanese rice cake, combining two completely different food traditions into something entirely new. Soft serve changed the texture of what ice cream could be. Liquid nitrogen changed how it could be prepared. Plant-based ice creams opened the experience to people who couldn’t access it before.
Why Every Culture Has Ice Cream
Ice cream belongs to everyone.
Why Ice Cream Matters More Than People Think
That’s why we think of ice cream as culture, not a product. And that’s why understanding where it came from matters. Because when you know that people in Persia were eating faloodeh 2,400 years ago for the same reason you’re eating a scoop today, it changes how the scoop tastes.
So Who Invented Ice Cream?
Nobody did. And everybody did.”
(deeply edited from museumoficecream.com)
FYI – Pirate’s Hideaway has ridiculously amazing soft-serve vanilla ice cream. Hurry though – their season is almost over.
NOTES FROM ANN – We recently had visitors at our house and after a morning of several Northwoods moments – our friend turned to us and said, “You live the life of a Disney Princess”. Yes – yes we do.
I’m off on an adventure next week. I will be in the office on Tuesday, but then will be jetting off to Los Angeles. One of my brothers and I will head to Vegas for a Barry Manilow concert, returning back to the Los Angeles area where I will spend time with both brothers and their families before returning on Sep 1. I will be back in the office Sep 2.
Once again, Prince of Peace, you all respond to the needs of the church, to the needs of others. Bonnie’s meal train is almost full. Not sure if we need to extend it a couple of more weeks, waiting to hear from her. Not only that, the lawn gets mowed, Property Team follows up on our semi-fried sound system, the Teddy Bear and Sock Mountain have started to grow. Pastor Grant spreads the Good Word in South Dakota. A friend of the church is supported during his last days. And all of the unseen, unsung deeds you all do on a regular basis – without even thinking about it – you reach out to others with kindness, no judgement and with no expectations. This is church. This is what it is all about. God in motion through all of you. Feeling full of thankfulness and gratitude to be surrounded with people who make me strive to be better. [Not that we get extra points for it.]
May your week be filled with gentle waves of God in motion.