Hello Friends.
This weekend flew by. We had cool and beautiful weather. Halloween decorations and opportunities to celebrate are sprouting up all over.
Everyone is welcome to MEET IN PERSON
for a Tailgate, Pumpkin Carving Party
at Cornerstone Lutheran Church: 4850 East Main Street, Carmel
Meet in the back parking lot
Thursday, October 26, 10:00 AM-12:00 PM
Bring a tailgate snack to share
Bring a large pumpkin, a sharp knife, and a large spoon to carve your Jack o Lantern for Halloween
Children and friends are welcome
Zoom over and say HI! If you can't make it in person!
If the weather does not cooperate, we will meet in room 100. Enter Door 6
People are talking about
- German food: easy to find at Aldi (ALL di). Right now Aldi has a German celebration and speculoos cookies.
- Trunk or Treat: trick or treating in a parking lot. People decorate their cars and hand out treats to children. Cornerstone Lutheran Church is hosting a Trunk or Treat October 27, 5:30-7:30 PM for children preschool to fourth grade.
Halloween: What to expect!
Want to see all the neighborhood kids decked out and give candy or treats?
- Porch lights on
- Lots of decorations
Not entertaining trick or treaters?
- Porch lights off
- House dark
What else?
- What kind of treats? Wrapped candy (one or two pieces per child). Whole fruit (an apple or orange).
- Some neighbors host small driveway parties and grill hot dogs and hand out beer to adults.
- Some communities have parades.
- Carry a flashlight and watch for traffic.
- Watch for cars and be safe.
Wild Animals in America
A Friend went to a National Park on vacation. In the fall, the color can be beautiful, but there is warning about approaching the animals that make the parks their home. People forget the animals are wild and will defend themselves or their children. Bears are getting ready to hibernate and are cranky and hungry.
- bear/bears
- deer/deer
- elk/elks
- bison/bisons buffalo/buffalos or buffaloes
- antelope/antelopes
- moose/moose (from the Algonquian language)
- squirrel/squirrels
- cougar/cougars
- alligator/alligators
- fox/foxes
- coyote/coyotes
Meetings and Classes Updates
Click to go to our Meetings and Classes page to learn more and register.
American Sign Language: Tuesday, 5:00-6:00 PM, Zoom
We learned a new list of haunted words to use for Halloween. We applied the words in scary and spooky sentences.
October 24: Tell us about fall fun and Halloween favorite times using our new and old words.
October 31: No meeting: Happy Halloween!!!!
International Bible Study: Tuesday, 8:45-9:45 PM, Zoom
Luke continues to tell a great story and lend new insights into the character of Jesus. Overarching insights included that people come to Jesus for physical healing. It is through these tough times that people discover that they need more in their life and Jesus provides healing and more. We talked about how important it is to have friends and a community in Christ to bring our problems to God when we are unable or unwilling. Jesus always is ready and willing to answer. We also discussed that Jesus offers solutions to social and political problems.
- When we forgive another, we are free.
- Jesus spends a lot of time with God. He does not try to do everything on his own.
- Jesus tell his disciples something new: he tells them to pack a bag and be prepared to travel. He tells them to buy a sword.
- Even very little faith is enough to make a miracle.
- It is not about the level of performance, but it is about the love of performance. We are all given gifts and how we use them for others is important and adds meaning to our lives and joy to others.
October 24: Join us as we wrap up Luke and begin the fourth Gospel (biography of Jesus): John.
American English and Culture: Thursday, 9:00-11:00 AM, Zoom
We continued in our smaller groups talking about asking questions and gaining answers. Specific questions when we have workers in or take our car to be repaired are sometimes confusing. We find that we are on the answering end of the questions.
Open ended questions keep the conversation going. When we ask open ended questions we are looking to gain information and demonstrate that we are listening and are interested in what the other person has to say. Active listening and reflective listening are important. We talked about people's perceptions when our answers are short or when we ask only direct questions (sometimes we appear to be rude or uninterested).
We practiced contrasting pairs of questions, paying special attention to count/non-count nouns and subject/verb agreement. Some examples:
- How much gas did you buy? How many gallons of gas did you buy?
- How much money do you need for the parking meter? How many quarters do you need? Who is her roommate now? Who were her roommates last year?
- Which one do you want--the blue pen or the red pen? Which ones do you want--the pencils or the pens?
- What color is her suit? What color are her shoes?
Be careful asking questions with "like ":
- What does her sister look like? She is short with brown hair and brown eyes. (To describe physical appearance)
- Whom do you look like? I look like my sister. We look alike. We look like our mother. (To resemble in appearance)
- What is her sister like? She's very warm, friendly, and helpful. (To describe personality or character)
October 26:
In person tailgate and pumpkin carving party at
Cornerstone Lutheran Church
10:00 AM-12:00 PM
In the parking lot: Look for Carolyn's red truck
Bring
a snack to share
a chair
a pumpkin to carve and a sharp knife
We will meet in room 100 if the weather does not cooperate!
ZOOM over and say HI!
Kids's Conversation and More: Friday, 4:30-5:00 PM, Zoom.
We talked about good things and not so good things things. We figured percentages and compared scores to the American grading scale. GRADES: Do we know what they really mean? ruminates on grades and performance. What do you think?
October 27:
- Bring homework corrections: what did you do to fix the problems
- Create a ghoul and a spooky story to go along with this Halloweenish time of the year.
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