Flash Flood Watch - April 30, 2019 SW Michigan Berrien County, Niles

In southwest Michigan, Berrien and Cass MI. * From 7 PM EAstern this evening

through Wednesday morning * 

A warm front lifting into the area will provide a focus for showers and thunderstorms tonight into Wednesday morning. 

The potential exists for 1 to 2 inches of rain tonight into early Wednesday with localized amounts in excess of 2 inches. This heavy rainfall combined with saturated soils from recent rainfall will produce a potential of flooding and flash flooding tonight through Wednesday morning.

Traffic at this Blog -- Google Blogger Website (Spring 2019)

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Empty Bowls Soup and Chili Supper Fundraiser (benefits Red Bud Food Pantry, Buchanan, MI)

from "The Paper" - Buchanan, MI print media (April 19 edition, 2019)

Friday April 26, 2019 Buchanan High School (Buchanan, MI)  will host a Soup and Chili Supper to support neediest area families.  Time for food service and handmade pottery bowl sale is from 4:30 - 7 p.m.  The cost is $5 for adults and $3 for children in middle school or younger.

Dinner menu is soup, chili, mac and cheese, bowl/artwork of your choice.

The potter bowls called "Empty Bowl" are made by elementary students - pre-school to 4th grade.
Pottery students at the Buchanan High School have a table full of their creations.  Several hundred bowls, cups, plates, and vases will be available to purchase.

Guests are invited to select and keep the bowl of their choice as a reminder of the meal's purpose.

Redbud Area Ministries Food Pantry.

Arbor Day - Earth Day (near South Bend, IN ) - Roseland Park, 200 W. Cripe Street - north of Notre Dame / St. Mary's / Holy Cross Colleges

details in South Bend Tribune -- "In The Bend" guide to events and entertainment weekly -

Date is Saturday April 20, 2019 (the 31st Annual Festival - dual themes)

10 a.m. begin - 2 p.m. end

at Roseland Park - Admission is Free

Easter Egg Hunt, blessing of the animals and pet parade, artists,
The planting of a pink dogwood tree, a plant exchange, horses from the
St. Joseph County Sheriff's Posse and animals from local rescue organizations,
an electric car display, experts to demonstrate and advise on
Recycling, Sustainability, Gardening, Up-Cycling

Forthcoming Volume in John Wesley Works series (Abingdon Press Nov. 2020): "Oxford Diaries" edited and introduced by R. Heitzenrater

precedes Journal Volumes by John Wesley

"OXFORD DIARIES" (sold by Abingdon Press) -- www.abingdonpress.com/ 

The Works of John Wesley, Volume 17

By Richard P. Heitzenrater • to be Published Nov 2020 ISBN: 9781501890932

Insight into John Wesley's intellectual growth, spiritual practices, and understanding of salvation during his time at Oxford University: 1725-1735.

Michiana Veg-Fest (food festival) 2019 - Sunday April 14, 11 a.m. - 4 p.m. Century Center, South Bend, IN

2019 VegFest Address

Century Center, 120 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., South Bend, Indiana 46601

http://michianavegfest.org/

VegFests are community festivals that celebrate plant-based, healthy, ethical and sustainable living. Our VegFest welcomes everyone, from visitors to local businesses, and promotes plant-based resources that can be found right here in Michiana.

Ecumenical Good Friday Service (South Bend, IN Christian congregations)

http://firstmethodistsb.org/events/

• Date
  April 19, 2019
• Time
  7:00 p.m.

  Join us in the sanctuary for the service.
• Address
  333 N. Main Street, South Bend, IN
  Directions
• Venue
  Sanctuary, First United Methodist, South Bend, IN

Good Friday is a day that proclaims God’s purpose of loving and redeeming the world through the cross of our Lord, Jesus Christ. It is a day that is good because God was drawing the world to God’s self in Christ. As seen in John’s gospel, particularly, God was in control. God was not making the best of a bad situation, but was working out God’s intention for the world — winning salvation for all people. We call it “good” because we look backward at the crucifixion through the lens of Easter!

Community Service with 12 participating churches. Beautiful choir music. Beautiful organ. Please attend!

April -- "Prologue" Chaucer's Canterbury_Tales

from Poetry Foundation dot-org (Chaucer, PROLOGUE):

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/43926/the-canterbury-tales-general-prologue