Christian Fiction Book of the Month Club:  The next meeting will be in September.  New people are welcome to join at any time.  We meet in the fireplace area.  Contact Jean Homan at 324-5007 or 324-3128 or email at jhoman@edgewoodcommunity.org for questions/information. 

The September book of the month is Francine Rivers, Her Mother's Hope.  Rivers introduces her readers to the Waltert family, who have inadvertently come from Europe and end up living in California during the tense and stressful time prior to and during World War II. Added to the then present world chaos, the Waltert family experiences personal trials and triumphs in their own lives as any normal family did, trying to survive during that era of history.

Survival isn't an option for Marta Waltert, one of Rivers' two main characters, the other being Marta's daughter, Hildebrand. Marta is a strong and determined woman, having come from a background that left her feeling she had no other choice but to be of that type character. Because of it, she raises her children to be strong and independent, not calculating the cost of how her past relationships (and the flaws within them) may affect those within her present family.

In Her Mother's Heart, Rivers paints a beautiful and captivating picture of the relationships that can occur between mothers and daughters and how they can affect generations to follow. She shows her readers the changes that happen when we allow pride to dissipate and have an open mind and an open heart to become that through which we view others.

With believable characters filling every page and true to life situations that occur, Rivers proves once again by weaving her cast of players in and out of every wonderfully descriptive chapter, that she has a true gift for not only storytelling, but allowing God's spirit to work through her words and change the lives of those who read them.
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Other recommendations by the club that will possibly be discussed in June are authors Francine Rivers (The Lineage of Grace Series) with Tamar as book one, and Angela Hunt's series The Heirs of Cahira O'Connor (The Silver Sword).

Other recommendations for the future are "Three Cups of Tea" by Greg Morrison and "90 Minutes in Heaven" by Don Piper.

Food Collection & Distribution:  We are continuing to collect non-perishable food items.  We have a barrel in the foyer to collect items to help those in our church and community who are "in-need" during this time of hardship and crisis across our county.  This will be a church "Reach Out" to our own and to the community and is separate from the Waupun Food Pantry.  Please bring any non-perishable food items you feel moved to donate.  Consider donating items that can easily be combined to make complete meals (soups, stew, canned meats, microwaveable non-perishables).  Toilet paper and personal items such as shampoo and soap are also welcome.  This is NOT a one time collection.  The barrel will be available for food donations untill the "need" is alleviated in our community.  Distribution will begin as soon as enough food is collected to make bags up.