Apples of Gold

A few weeks ago we had our celebration dinner after completing the program Apples of Gold. I am really behind at getting this in here, but better late than never!

Apples of Gold is a study started in 1995 by a lady named Betty Huizenga. It was created as a way for the older women and younger women in a church to connect and is based on two passages of scripture:

"A word aptly spoken is like apples of gold in a setting of silver." --Proverbs 25:11

"Bid the older women likewise to be reverent in behavior, not to be slanderers or slaves to drink. They are to teach what is good, and so train the young women to love their husbands and children, to be sensible, chaste, domestic, kind, and submissive to their husbands, that the word of God may not be discredited." --Titus 2:3-5

It is a six week program and the lessons come from that passage in Titus.

1. Kindness


2. Loving Your Husband


3. Loving Your Children


4. Submission


5. Purity


6. Hospitality

The lessons have been incredible, but it has been so much more than that. The mentors involved are so obviously kind, generous, hospitable and virtuous and definitely love the Lord with all their heart.

The lesson each week was held at a different mentor's house and we were pampered and spoiled beyond belief. We were always greeted at the door with a nametag, drink and appetizer. We usually then had a cooking demonstration before the lesson. One week, we had a flower arranging demonstration. The ladies' houses were so beautiful and they always had fresh flowers and candles. After the lesson, we had a sit-down dinner and were served wonderful meals by the mentors and previous "Apples" graduates. I am so grateful to everyone involved in this study. They all gave so generously of their time, effort and money and I hope they know how much we appreciate it! One of the greatest things about it for me is that through it, I have gotten to know so many wonderful people at our church.

Thanks, Denise, for encouraging Mitzi to get this together for us! And thank you, Mitzi, for all your hardwork and organizing. I hope to share some of what I learned in the lessons with you, but you see how long it took me just to get this much posted. We'll see...