{"id":1220,"date":"2013-11-28T01:10:02","date_gmt":"2013-11-28T00:10:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jcstoker\/?p=1220"},"modified":"2013-11-28T01:12:50","modified_gmt":"2013-11-28T00:12:50","slug":"celebrating-reading-and-sharing-joys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jcstoker\/2013\/11\/28\/celebrating-reading-and-sharing-joys\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrate Reading and Share Joyous Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today was a special day. Ruth Noren has completed her reading curriculum and so a party was in order.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1222\" style=\"width: 4330px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2013\/11\/DSCF3918.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1222\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1222\" alt=\"Ruth with her Reading Celebration cake (and yes, she is lying on the table!) \" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2013\/11\/DSCF3918.jpg\" width=\"4320\" height=\"3240\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jcstoker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2013\/11\/DSCF3918.jpg 4320w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jcstoker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2013\/11\/DSCF3918-150x112.jpg 150w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jcstoker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2013\/11\/DSCF3918-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jcstoker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2013\/11\/DSCF3918-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 4320px) 100vw, 4320px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1222\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ruth with her Reading Celebration cake (and yes, she is lying on the table!)<\/dd>\n<dd class=\"wp-caption-dd\"><\/dd>\n<dd class=\"wp-caption-dd\"><\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1223\" style=\"width: 4330px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2013\/11\/DSCF3919.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1223\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1223\" alt=\"The Ruth E. Noren learns to read flower cake!\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2013\/11\/DSCF3919.jpg\" width=\"4320\" height=\"3240\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jcstoker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2013\/11\/DSCF3919.jpg 4320w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jcstoker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2013\/11\/DSCF3919-150x112.jpg 150w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jcstoker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2013\/11\/DSCF3919-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jcstoker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2013\/11\/DSCF3919-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 4320px) 100vw, 4320px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1223\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Ruth E. Noren learns to read flower cake!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>She wanted to celebrate with the ladies tea and coffee group and we were happy to celebrate with her.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1221\" style=\"width: 730px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2013\/11\/1002638_10201641238566726_382062771_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1221\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1221\" alt=\"Ladies Tea\/Coffee group which meets weekly to share together.\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2013\/11\/1002638_10201641238566726_382062771_n.jpg\" width=\"720\" height=\"540\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jcstoker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2013\/11\/1002638_10201641238566726_382062771_n.jpg 720w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jcstoker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2013\/11\/1002638_10201641238566726_382062771_n-150x112.jpg 150w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jcstoker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2013\/11\/1002638_10201641238566726_382062771_n-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1221\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ladies Tea\/Coffee group which meets weekly to share together.<\/dd>\n<dd class=\"wp-caption-dd\"><\/p><\/div>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #ff6600\">So join us in giving thanks this Thanksgiving Day!<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1224\" style=\"width: 4330px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2013\/11\/DSCF3921.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1224\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1224\" alt=\"Happy Thanksgiving turkey made by Ruth Noren to decorate my office door.\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2013\/11\/DSCF3921.jpg\" width=\"4320\" height=\"3240\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jcstoker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2013\/11\/DSCF3921.jpg 4320w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jcstoker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2013\/11\/DSCF3921-150x112.jpg 150w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jcstoker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2013\/11\/DSCF3921-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jcstoker\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/76\/2013\/11\/DSCF3921-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 4320px) 100vw, 4320px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1224\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Happy Thanksgiving turkey made by Ruth Noren to decorate my office door.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-report-this\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jcstoker?moderation_action=report_form&object_type=post&object_id=1220&width=250&height=300\" class=\"thickbox\" title=\"Report This Post\">Report This Post<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today was a special day. Ruth Noren has completed her reading curriculum and so a party was in order. &nbsp; She wanted to celebrate with the ladies tea and coffee group and we were happy to celebrate with her. &nbsp; &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jcstoker\/2013\/11\/28\/celebrating-reading-and-sharing-joys\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":100,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1220","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Celebrate Reading and Share Joyous Times - Stoker Stories<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/jcstoker\/2013\/11\/28\/celebrating-reading-and-sharing-joys\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Celebrate Reading and Share Joyous Times - Stoker Stories\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Today was a special day. 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