Welcome To THE NUGGET "Tick"tation By: Lyn Chaffart --------------------------------- August 19, 2023 It was tick season in Southern Ontario, Canada. And had been tick season for quite some time! In fact, it seemed that this tick season was longer lasting and more ferocious than some... You'd think I would have learned after the first outing i ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE NUGGET Lifeguard By: Sharon Lundquist --------------------------------- August 17, 2023 During the past two years, a water exercise class that I enjoyed was shut down due to the pandemic. Recently, because there were too few certified lifeguards available, its reopening was delayed. Lifeguards are essential to the safe and legal operation of a pool. I remembered learning to swim as a child, and I always ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE NUGGET Hot Potatoes By: Paul Smyth --------------------------------- August 15 , 2023 Odd question, but have you every burned your fingers on a blistering-hot baked potato? I’d venture to say that if you spend any time in a kitchen, you have. Second question. What’s the first thing you do with that burn-your-fingerprints-off potato? Maybe you hurriedly toss it onto a plate ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE NUGGET The Impassable Stream: Blocking the Road, Part 3 By: Lyn Chaffart --------------------------------- August 12, 2023 In the 38 years we've been married, my husband has become an exceptional hiker, especially for someone who only sees through one eye! He's even learned to cross streams without getting his feet wet! But that particular stream looked more like a river, a ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE NUGGET Loss and Gain By: Kari Vo --------------------------------- August 10, 2023 "/As they were going along the road, someone said to Him, 'I will follow You wherever You go.' And Jesus said to him, 'Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay His head.' To another He said, 'Follow Me.' But he said, 'Lord, let me first go and bury my father.' And Jesus ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE NUGGET All Good By: Carol Geisler --------------------------------- August 8, 2023 /"Preserve me, O God, for in You I take refuge. I say to the LORD, 'You are my Lord; I have no good apart from You.'" /(Psalm 16:1-2 ESV) What is considered "good" in life? We might come up with a lengthy list, including life itself. Good health is, of course, good, a ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE NUGGET The Research: Blocking the Road, Part 2 By: Lyn Chaffart --------------------------------- August 5, 2023 (Our sincere apologies for the Nugget that went out blank a few hours ago... Not sure how that happened, but please find the devotional below!) Last week I told the story of how an entire -- large -- house loaded on a transport truck was blocking t ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE NUGGET The Research: Blocking the Road, Part 2 By: Lyn Chaffart --------------------------------- August 5, 2023 c Announcements BIBLE STUDY Great news, our latest Bible Study is finally out. Basking in God's Unfailing Love, An Open Invitation to Experience God Personally To a world gone mad, trying to get to know Jesus may seem foolish. Howev ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE NUGGET The Desires By: Lynne Phipps --------------------------------- August 3, 2023 "Delight yourself in the Lord and he will give you the desires of your heart." (Psalm 37:4 NIV) When I finished high school, my dad asked me what I thought that I wanted to do with my life. I told him that I was interested in studying writing, being a veterinarian, working with an ...Continue Reading

Welcome To THE NUGGET Last Will and Testament By: Shirley Moulton --------------------------------- August 1, 2023 "This is the last will and testament of me, in this city, in this province or state, dated this day. … I hereby revoke all wills and codicils previously made by me." If you recognize these words, you have written, benefited from, or been the executor of a will. Much ...Continue Reading