The Carpenter An elderly carpenter was ready to retire. He told his employer contractor of his plans to leave the house building business and live a more leisurely life with his wife enjoying his extended family. He would miss the paycheck, but he needed to retire. They could get by. The contractor was sorry to [...]
Archive for October, 2009
The Carpenter
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The Burning Hut
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The Burning Hut The only survivor of a shipwreck was washed up on a small, uninhabited island. He prayed feverishly for God to rescue him, and every day he scanned the horizon for help, but none seemed forth coming. Exhausted, he eventually managed to build a little hut out of driftwood to protect him from [...]
Impact of One life
Posted in Encouragement on October 21, 2009 | Comments Off
The Impact of a Life Edward Kimball was a Sunday School Teacher who went to visit one of his students. He had the opportunity to lead that young man to a saving knowledge of Jesus Christ. That young man was Dwight L. Moody. Dwight L. Moody was holding a meeting in the late 1870′s at [...]
The Sea Lion
Posted in Encouragement on October 21, 2009 | Comments Off
A paraphrase of the Sea Lion story from John Eldredge’s book, “The Journey of Desire” Once upon a time there lived a sea lion who had lost the sea. He lived in a country known as the barren lands. High on a plateau, far from any coast, it was a place so dry and dusty [...]
Road of Life
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Road of Life (Author unknown) At first, I saw God as my observer, my judge, keeping track of the things I did wrong, so as to know whether I merited heaven or hell when I die. He was out there sort of like a president. I recognized his picture when I saw it, but I [...]
Welcome!
Posted in Introduction on October 21, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Welcome to Holly Springs Bible Fellowship. Holly Springs is located in Northwestern Iowa. We are approximately 30 miles from the corner of Iowa, Nebraska, and South Dakota. We are a non denominational rural ministry established in 1990. We hope the information contained in this website will answer many of your questions about who we are [...]
Benjamin Smiles Pillows
Posted in Sewing Ministry on October 10, 2009 | Comments Off
Benjamin Smiles: Tribute to a Beloved Son Benjamin Mollett loved the bright novelty prints he selected for the quilts and pillows his mother, Vicki, made for him. Tragically, the day before Thanksgiving, 1999, Vicki and Arnold Mollett lost their six-year old son, Benjamin, to lung cancer. During Benjamin’s traumatic year of chemotherapy and hospitalization, sewing [...]
Chemo Beret
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Gail Brown’s Creative Kindness Beret Dedication: Celebrating the generous spirit of Jean Ann Harding (11/5/21 – 7/17/96), who always made time to help others. Losing your hair doesn’t have to mean losing hope—or dignity. But Nancy and I soon discovered that comfortable, fashionable head coverings are in short supply. Basic sewing skills and a willing [...]
Chemo Turbans
Posted in Sewing Ministry on October 10, 2009 | Comments Off
Production Sewing of Chemotherapy Turbans by Maryen Rogers, Searcy, AR Here’s a turban so simple to make that 15 members of my sewing club completed 191 of them in a single day. Before gathering at our favorite store, I had cut out most of the turbans from leftover donated fabric pieces and from a bolt [...]
Chemo Scarves
Posted in Sewing Ministry on October 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Note from Nancy This column appeared in the May 2005 issue of Sew News, part of a quarterly series by Gail Brown called “Giving Back.” Learn about other inspiring people and their projects—and how you, too, can make a difference-in our book and companion video Creative Kindness. Would you or your group like to sew [...]
