CHRISTMAS AT THE KAY

CHRISTMAS AT THE KAY—Mona Butala sings “The Night Before Christmas In Texas” at the 9th annual Christmas at The Kay concert on Sunday. The event also featured the Communities in Concert band and the Rising Star Baptist Church choir.

ORGANIZATIONS

Senior Center seeking volunteers, donations The Rockdale Senior Center is in need of volunteers on Mondays to deliver Meals on Wheels twice per month. They are also asking for donations for their Angel Tree and seeking people to adopt a senior or buy items from their wish list.

ROCKDALE MULTI-SERVICE CENTER MENU

Monday—Glazed ham, sweet potatoes, green peas, wheat bread, hot spiced peaches, milk. Tuesday—Meatballs with spaghetti sauce, oven-baked cubed potatoes, peas and carrots, rolls, yogurt, milk. Wednesday—Smoked sausage, potato salad, navy beans, wheat bread, cinnamon apple slices, milk.

Casseroles: savory and sweet

I have given you this recipe before but it bears repeating because it is so delicious and versatile. And pretty much foolproof. I’m posting the basic recipe here but you can change the meat up to almost anything. The original recipe with bacon is delicious as is, but I like to experiment.

GAUSE NEWS

Special thanks to everyone in the community who took part in the annual community Christmas program. We don’t get to see each other very often and this is a time when the community comes together. It’s great! The children and youth did a great job as well as the choir.

Lone Star Jazz Party at the 1895

The chilly weather did not keep folks away from The 1895 fundraiser put on by the Vision Historic Preservation Foundation on Saturday. There were vendors selling all kinds of things to get your Christmas list checked off.

Exploring the first Christmas

The birth of Jesus Christ has long been celebrated on Dec. 25 of every year. The first recorded celebration of Christmas dates back to Dec. 25, 336. However, it is not known for sure if Christ was even born during the month of December, much less on the day we come together to celebrate.

Milam Touch of Love fundraiser at Brett’s

At Sunday’s chili fundraiser for the Milam Touch of Love animal rescue the crowd enjoyed delicious chili and got to meet some of the dogs and cats available for rescue. Clockwise from the top right, Wes Barlow entertained the crowd with music and fiddle playing.

For you are with me

“My soul magnifies the Lord, and my spirit has rejoiced in God my Savior.” (Luke 1:46-47) I know people think my life is perfect (just kidding) but I’m suffering in a valley and I’ve been there for a while and it’s not much fun. I’ve got decisions to make and I don’t have much clarity.

Do we have one more gift to give?

It happens to so many of us at Christmas time. We have spent hours trying to remember everyone in our family and among our friends to whom we shall give a Christmas gift. The presents are wrapped and placed beneath the boughs of the Christmas tree.