Welcome Fall ~ 2023

A GOD THOUGHT FIRST!

While everything around us seems to be out of control, God's faithful promises remain steadfast. God is not worried, fretful, or anxious! Here’s an amazing thought for the FALL!

When GOD wanted to create the fish, HE spoke to the sea. When GOD wanted to create trees, HE spoke to the Earth. But when GOD wanted to create man, HE turned to Himself. Then, GOD said, “Let US make man in Our Image and in Our Likeness.”

If you take a fish out of water, it will die; and when you remove a tree from soil, it will also die. Likewise, when man is disconnected from GOD, he dies.

GOD is our natural environment. We were created to live in HIS Presence. We have to be con- nected to HIM, because it is only in HIM that life exists. Let us stay connected to GOD.
Only through Jesus and His atoning death on the Cross of Calvary, can we be connected to GOD! Not by works of righteousness which we have done ... all our righteousness is as filthy rags in GOD’s eye! Don’t turn your back on GOD, Jesus said in John 14:6, I am the way, the truth and the life, no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. If you want to talk more about this, John & I are available! THIS IS LIFE’S MOST IMPORTANT DE- CISION. Your eternal destiny rests on it. FOREVER means ETERNITY!

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Fall Launch

We are so excited to offer such wonderful REAL food to our families. The website is ready for Fall 2023 Co-Op orders. Please take some time to read this newsletter with all the product updates. Place orders as early as possible instead of waiting until Monday, September 20h! Lord willing, pallets will arrive the middle of October. We will email updates & pick up sched- ules. Probably half of our products maintained the same price, while many items decreased in price!

Ordering Options... How to place your fall order...

Excel Form.... The easiest to use for you & us! Please try it!

1. Use the Excel Sheet on the Co-Op News & Order Form link on the Wholy Living website. . Folks in Southcentral use the Local form. Out-laying areas use the Regional Form.

2. First, click the ENABLE EDITING box.

3. Next click the PICK UP POINT box. Then click the appropriate drop point. (If this isn’t

   working for you, see the instruction form right beside the Local Excel form.)

4. Then click the 10% or 7% box. The form automatically calculates your savings. Pay by

   check or cash, get the 10% savings on consumables. Credit card payments get the 7% sav- ings. (The Regional Form does not have the savings option, because of the extra transportation costs.)

5. Then just start your wish list!

6. Finalize your order & email it to your chosen drop point coordinator! It is so simple for you

   & for us! If you need to refer to the instructions, please do. That PDF is right beside the Ex- cel forms on that page.

Shop link on the website, our webstore....

1. Go to the SHOP link on the homepage & place an online order. No money is ex- changed on line. Folks who pick up in the Anchorage area will save 10% on con- sumuables. If you pick up in Palmer, you may also pay with credit card for 7% savings on consumables.

2. Once I receive your order, I email it to your coordinator. We figure the savings at pick up time.

3. The coordinator will email you in mid-October with pick up details.

The PDF Order Form

1. Print off one of the PDF order forms & email or snail mail it to your preferred pickup point.

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Co-Op Updates & Newsletter Highlights:

1. Place orders by Monday, September 18th! Lord willing, pick up begins mid October! Prices held very steady! You will be pleased. Even a few significant decreases ~ coco- nut oil & soft white wheat berries.

2. WELCOME ABOARD NEW REPS!

   CORDOVA ~ The Helms family, Natalie & Elijah ANCHORAGE ~ The Holta family, Melissa & RyaFAIRBANKS ~ Bekah Olson & family are ready for the challenge.

3. Classes ~ Check out the Schedule on the class link . Bread classes, Dinner with Donna again in October & even a sourdough bread class with Donna in November. Register online for a couple & bring a friend! Recharge your enthusiasm for REAL WHOLE FOOD cooking!

4. Need Equipment or replacement parts? Call me first! I’m local & usually have your part in stock! I have your back when something breaks, so SHOP LOCAL!

5. Introducing several GF items ~ Xanthan gum, GF flour in 4# size, A C Vinegar...

6. While on the go, tune into Sue’s Healthy Minutes Podcast. Enjoy all 70+ episodes. Sue & Brad Becker operate a mammoth whole food operation in southeastern States. She knows 'her stuff,’ speaks with authority & discernment. You’ll love the 15 minutes inspirational messages.

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Wholy Thoughts

In these days, when it seems like the world goes crazier by the moment, let’s take a deep breath, step back and remember Who is in charge! God’s Omnipotence, Omni- presence, Foreknowledge, Wisdom, Love, Mercy, Kindness, & Justice still rule the Earth! He WILL carry us through!

We aren’t the only civilization to experience persecution, hardship, political correctness, and total depravity. As we read through the Bible each morning, we also read THIS DAY IN BAPTIST HISTORY. It’s easy to believe religion has ALWAYS been free & open in America. Not the case! Many a Christian man & woman were burned, drowned, impris- oned, or tortured for their beliefs, which challenged the ‘State Church’ of the region. Let’s take heart in some verses from David’s Psalm 139.

O LORD, thou hast searched me, and known me. Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off. Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways. For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O LORD, thou knowest it altogether. Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me. Such knowledge is too wonderful for me;

   

it is high I cannot attain unto it..... I am fearfully and wonderfully made; mar- vellous are thy works and that my soul knoweth right well.... How precious al- so are thy thoughts unto me, O God! How great is the sum of them! ... Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God: ...for they speak against thee wickedly,... Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts: And see if there by any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.

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School of Government

Join us the second & fourth Monday each month at the Real Life Church on the Palmer Wasilla highway just outside Palmer at 7 pm. Edna DeVries, our Borough Mayor, always plans an informative speaker to keep us abreast of State issues ~ sometimes a legislator, sometimes information, sometimes a candidate ... it's always good & inspiring. Now is the time to be involved in our communities. The most pertinent government is local government. These folks make the decisions that affect our everyday lives. 

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See you in the Granary Tuesdays from 3 – 7 or Saturdays from 10 – 12, 

or hopefully at a class!

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Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.

Psalm 16:11