The First Baptist Church of Northwood will be hosting a Ham and Bean Supper on Saturday, May 22 at 5 p.m.  Come and enjoy this traditional Saturday meal of beans, ham, cole slaw, homemade biscuits and dessert. Cost for adults is $6.50 and $3 for children under 12. This supper is a fund raiser for our children to attend ABC VT/NH Camp Sentinel.

BNI Granite Referrals meets Tuesdays from 8 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. at 1024 Suncook Valley Highway, Unit C-1 at the office of “ Prospect Mountain Security”, Epsom, NH. Info: 391-1498.

The Ann White Northwood Theater Workshop will hold auditions for their 30th Anniversary Summer Show, “Rock and Roll Is Here To Stay”, a musical revue of music and dance from the 50s and 60s. Auditions will be Sunday, 5/23 from 3-5 p.m. and Monday, 5/24 from 7-9 p.m. at The Pittsfield Players on 6 Depot Street, Pittsfield. Please bring a prepared song and sheet music and wear comfortable clothing for the dance audition. Any questions, please call 226-0039.

Else Cilley Chapter D.A.R.

Else Cilley Chapter D.A.R. officers for 2010.
L to R, Back Row: Corresponding Secretery, Nancy Gervino; Regent, Jan Gilman; National Defense Chairman, Peg Franz; and Treasurer, Lynne Sweet.
L to R, Front Row: Member, Norma Perkins; Secretary, Katherine Fernald; and Vice Regent, Barbara Frangione.

The Else Cilley Chapter D.A.R. met on Saturday, April 17th at the home of Regent Jan Gilman. The business meeting started at 11 a.m. with the opening ritual led by Nancy Gervino. The President General’s message was read by Barbara Frangione. The National Defense message was from the March/April issue entitled “ Wounded Warriors Return To Iraq,” A program to help injured military members to find closure.

For “Project Patriot,” Lynne Sweet reported that she sent two boxes of collected items to the troops overseas. She also passed around a phone card that the National D.A.R. provides to every wounded service member who is sent to the Landstuhl Air Force Base in Germany, so that they can call home.

The members then had  a lunch break served by the hostesses Jan Gilman and Nancy Gervino. After soup and sandwiches and assorted cheesecakes, all very delicious, the meeting resumed with a DVD telling about the National D.A.R. Library in Washington, DC. The final order of business was the installation of officers.

Pastor’s Corner:
Christian Leaders
(Part 1)
They Encourage Individuals To Examine The Word Of God For Themselves
By Pastor Ted White

Christian leaders have great responsibility! A person may be a leader in a church, but are they a leader who adheres to God’s Word? In Matthew 12:37 Jesus said, “By your words you will be justified and by your words you will be condemned.” We will give account to the Lord one day and our very words will be a witness for us or against us.

The Apostle Paul was a great leader. He brought the gospel message to Berea in Acts 17:11-12. These people “received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures every day to see if what Paul was saying was true.” A couple things really stand out in this passage. First, these people received the Word of God with eagerness. Are you eager to hear the Word of God or is it just boring to you? But, these people in Berea did not receive it with eagerness; they received it with great eagerness. They had a desire to know the truth.

Second, the Apostle Paul did not get offended when these people checked “the Word of God daily to see if what he was saying was true.” There are some leaders today who would be offended if you questioned them or looked into the Bible to see if what they were saying was true. Some think because they have had some education that they may know more than those who have not “formal education.” That is not necessarily the case. Many have head knowledge about the Word of God, but very little practical application. The early disciples were known not to have had “formal” education and yet those who did were astounded at their understanding. The reason they had understanding was that they had spent time with Jesus (Acts 4:13). Spending time with Jesus is where the real education takes place.

The Apostle Paul was excited to see people discover truth in God’s Word for themselves and encouraged people to do so. A Biblical Leader will do the same thing. Christians should be eager to receive the Word of God and to examine it daily to make sure that what they are hearing is true.

 
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Call To Action Watershed Meeting

The Northwood Lake Watershed Association will hold its first 2010 general meeting on June 12, 9 a.m., at the Northwood Town Hall. All Watershed members and persons interested in the lake are urged to attend.

The lake has an urgent Milfoil situation. Milfoil is an invasive aquatic weed that chokes lakes. Wednesday, June 16, is the target date for Milfoil treatment. The process is progressing for final state approval.

 
The June 12 “Call to Action” meeting will update attendees on the current Milfoil problem, explain funding, explain how milfoil is treated and request volunteers for such matters as Lake Hosts, certified Milfoil divers and spotters. Andrea Tomlinson, Northwood Lake Watershed Association Water Quality Director, will explain diver training and certification at the meeting.

Northwood Lake is a great natural resource in our area and currently need our help to preserve it.

Come to the 9 a.m. June 12 meeting at Northwood Town Hall. Everyone is invited.

 
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Chesley Memorial Library

The Chesley Memorial Library received a grant from the New Hampshire Humanities Council to present “Cows and Communities: How the Lowly Bovine Has Nurtured New Hampshire through Four Centuries.” The program will be held at the Chesley Memorial Library in Northwood on Tuesday, May 25, at 7:00 p.m. The Blaisdell Memorial Library in Nottingham and the Philbrick-James Library in Deerfield will be co-sponsoring the program.

Cattle were essential to the survival of the earliest New Hampshire settlements and their contributions have been central to the life and culture of the state ever since. >From providing dietary sustenance to basic motive power, bovines have had a deep and enduring bond with their keepers, one that lingers today and is a vital part of the iconography of rural New Hampshire. Where are New Hampshire’s cows today? What are they doing for us now? Some answers will surprise you. The program will be presented by Steve Taylor: independent scholar, farmer, journalist, and longtime public official. Taylor operates a dairy and maple farm in Meriden Village, New Hampshire, and served a quarter century as NH’s Commissioner of Agriculture.

He has been a newspaper reporter and editor. He was also the first Executive Director of the NH Humanities Council and is a lifelong student the state’s rural culture.

The New Hampshire Humanities Council nurtures the joy of learning and inspires community engagement by bringing life-enhancing ideas from the humanities to the people of New Hampshire. They connect people with ideas.

Learn more about the Council and its work at www.nhhc.org.The program is free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be served. For more information, contact Donna Bunker at 942-5472.

Northwood Farmers Market

Mark May 27th on your calendars – that’s the date of the first Northwood Farmers Market of the 2010 season at the NFM site up on the corner of Routes 4, 9, and 202 in Northwood.  We’ve added new vendors to the Market this year, building on last year’s enthusiastic consumer response to locally-produced food.  One of the new vendors will be Eastman’s Community Supported Fishery, the first CSF in the state and modeled after Community Supported Agriculture.  They’ll be joining the traditional cast of local farmers selling plants, flowers, vegetables, baked goods, maple syrup, honey, free-range poultry and beef, cheese and other dairy products, and so much more.

 
Think globally, buy locally, and become a real locavore by shopping at the Northwood Farmers Market every Thursday from 3 to 6:30 starting on May 27 and going until October, when we’ll move the Market indoors.  See you at the NFM!