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| CSM and NRS in the eMeals kitchen |
One of our impact partners is New Rising Star “The Star” in Eastlake. The women of the church are positioned to move in the community with a strategic approach to women’s ministry, and have embraced our new healthy eating and lifestyle education program initiative we have been developing a healthy in partnership with food authority and key partner, eMeals.com.
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| Candice Beavers, NRS |
We are working on details to implement the new “Cooking Well” program within the context of our many strong community relationships, with plans for starting this . We are finalizing plans to launch the new community outreach health education initiative at NRS “The Star” and True Vine Church this summer with pilot six-week sessions. Recently, Christian Service Mission and eMeals hosted a teaching model workshop and think-tank dinner for women from NRS. Dr. Thomas Beaver's wife Candice brought a few friends who she identifies as potential leadership for the program to explore together how to bring this is essential benefit to their community.
Following the teaching model we plan to implement, we learned helpful cooking techniques while we prepared a meal together in the eMeals test kitchen. eMeals founders, Jane DeLaney and Jenny Cochran planned the dinner recipes directly from an eMeals menu and taught the cooking session. As we waited for the food to cook, Jane shared her vision for family bond and nourishment around the dinner table. eMeals clinical dietitian, Andrea Kirkland, shared a wealth of nutritional and food knowledge with everyone.
Then everyone gathered at the table to enjoy the meal we had prepared together, with open minds toward each other, new foods and the challenge to be intentional about health at home and intentional parenting. The enthusiasm for the new “Cooking Well” program is so encouraging, and we are looking forward to changing the city, one family dinner table at a time!
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| Something for everyone, seasoned as well as newbie cooks |
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| CSM foodie Jamie Barnhart jumps in to help |
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Rhonda is the CSM Food Ministry Director
and healthy cooking is her 'jam'! |
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| eMeals founders, Jenny Cochran (l) and Jane DeLaney (r) |
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| Fresh squeezed |
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| Freshly chopped |
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| Kitchen camaraderie |
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| Cook time allows for some intense teaching time |
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| Jane shares her passion for family and healthy lifestyle |
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| Andrea Kirkland, R.D., shares current and valuable nutrition information |
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| An open and safe environment for questions and comments |
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| eMeals "Top Nine" Healthy Eating and Lifestyle Tips |
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| Shoulder to shoulder and eye to eye around a healthy meal! |
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| CSM Nutrition interns, Haley Bishop and Josey Hartley... always happy to help! |
