Last weekend some of the MCC volunteers got together to make Christmas cookies. Each person had in mind the cookies/candy they wanted to make that was part of their Christmas customs. We made pepper nuts, peanut brittle, peanut butter fudge, short bread cookies, sugar cookies and chocolate peanut butter covered ritz crackers. My family's tradition is to make and decorate sugar cookies and peanut brittle. I had never heard of pepper nuts, but they are a small cookie (tastes like a snicker doodle) that both Beth and Matt make with their families for Christmas. The other recipes were things we wanted to try to make. We had a good time and it felt a little bit like being home, which was a blessing.That same night Alan and Beth hosted an advent service at the MCC office. There was singing, scripture reading and we lit the four candles (they represented Peace, Hope, Joy and Love) of advent in one night. It was a great time to focus on God as the Christmas season is approaching.
