Episode 397

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10th Jan 2024

Connect: The Case

Connect: The Case - Ken Wetmore

Our new message series and theme for 2024 is Connect. In the first of our four-week series, we find out ‘Why Connection Matters’.

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RECIPES:


Melanie’s Meatless Meatballs:


Ingredients:

4 eggs

1 tbsp sage

1 large onion, chopped

1 cup finely chopped walnuts (a few spins in the blender usually does it!)

1 cup of crushed Saltine crackers (or, if you’re gluten-free, use Glutino Table Crackers instead)

5 cups of cheese

Approximately 2 small jars of Prego Traditional Marinara (or your favorite marinara sauce)

 

Directions:

Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Put the ingredients in a mixing bowl in the order listed above. Mix well. Form firmly into two-inch balls, and place in casserole dish. (If the balls are too wet to form, add more crackers; if they are too dry to hold shape, add a few drops of water.) Generously cover balls with marinara and make sure there’s at least an inch or two of sauce in the bottom of the dish, as well. Bake for 1 hour. Eat the entire thing yourself with no shame and make another batch for your family. ;)  


Icebox Cookies (Randy’s Grandma Virginia’s Recipe)


Ingredients:

2 cups butter

2 cups brown sugar

3 eggs

1/2 pound walnuts cut fine

1 tsp baking soda

5 cups flour

1tsp vanilla

1tsp salt


Directions: 

Set in the evening and shape into little rectangular loves

Let stand overnight in the refrigerator

Cut into thin slices and bake at 350 degrees.


Randy’s Directions:

Store cookies in an airtight container in the freezer

Eat while cold/frozen and with your favorite ice cream in a spoon of ice cream to cookie ratio in the same bite, letting flavors mix in your mouth.

Suggested ice cream flavors: Butter Pecan, Caramel Praline, Vanilla (I haven’t had any combo that hasn’t been fantastic, so enjoy your favorite flavor)


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A weekly conversation around a variety of topics being shared and discussed at the WholeLife Church in Orlando Florida. If you join us online or in person you are familiar with our #WholeLifeTakeAways and this is where we continue those conversations!
This is WholeLife is a weekly conversation where we dive deeper into the message and topics at WholeLife Church in Orlando, Florida. Enjoy a mix of light-hearted fun and transparency as we seek answers with Pastors Ken Wetmore, and Melanie Bockmann, with Digital Content Creator Lucas Moraes, and Communications Director and Host Randy Magray.  It’s the perfect midweek commute podcast to grow personally and spiritually with your WholeLife family! We encourage your questions, comments, and feedback, which we discuss and share in every episode!   

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WholeLife Church is a diverse congregation in Orlando, Florida. Our mission is loving people into a lifelong friendship with God.

We are . . . single, married, divorced, female, male, straight, LGBTQ, poor, rich, old, young. At WholeLife Church, we welcome any member of the community to join us in worship. We don’t care if you’re a practicing Christian or got lost in traffic and wound up here by mistake. We want to offer you grace and peace as you begin or continue your faith journey.

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Randy is a #TitleTownUSA native and certified #CheeseHead, being born and raised in Green Bay Wisconsin for 30 years. Randy and his wife Heather moved to the Orlando area in 2001 where daughters Ellie and Emilie eventually joined the family. They have been members at WholeLife Church since 2016 when Randy began hosting and producing the church's podcast This Is WholeLife and adding Speaking of Grace in 2020.

Randy's first job was working at a produce farm when he was 12 and his career has continued to be a diverse journey through the years including brick mason, home builder, financial advisor, media producer, and business owner/entrepreneur in multiple industries.

As the Digital Ministries director he looks forward to growing together as family through digital engagement that shines the light of Jesus in a way that searching hearts are engaged into a lifelong friendship with God. Randy's favorite and go-to Bible chapter.

In his free time you will find Randy tweeting about and cheering his Green Bay Packers and riding his Harley Davidson (where he has occasionally delivered WholeLife Church Announcements), relaxing at Ormond Beach with his family, and listening to podcasts!