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[ July 31, 2020 ] It’s time to grow up and think of others… wear your damn mask! SOKY Events
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[ June 4, 2025 ] Essential areas of financial planning for business owners from Ben Smith Investments Community
[ June 4, 2025 ] Worship that’s worth it Community
[ June 4, 2025 ] A parents’ summer survival guide Community
[ June 4, 2025 ] Come visit The Garden Patch in our new location – our farm! Community
[ June 4, 2025 ] Home energy conservation tips from Realtor Perry Thessen Community

Living out faith in difficult times – The role of faith in life’s journey

August 29, 2024 tim@sokyhappenings.com Comments Off

In the Gospels of Matthew 14, Mark 6:14-20, and Luke 3:18-20, we encounter the story of John the Baptist, a man of unwavering faith and conviction. John was the forerunner of Jesus, preaching repentance and […]

Essential areas of financial planning for business owners from Ben Smith Investments

June 4, 2025 0

Owning your own business provides you with many great opportunities, but it also comes with its own unique set of circumstances. Growing up with a father and grandparents who owned businesses, I saw firsthand the [...]
Worship that’s worth it

June 4, 2025 0

If you think “worship” is that time in the church service where you sing some songs, you’d be right, but it’s so much more. Online, worship as a noun is explained as “the feeling or [...]
A parents’ summer survival guide

June 4, 2025 0

HELLO SUMMER! We did it, moms and dads… we made it through another school year, and now it’s time to throw caution to the wind and embrace the chaotic season that is summer. Constant towing [...]
Come visit The Garden Patch in our new location – our farm!

June 4, 2025 0

The Garden Patch has made a change in our ongoing story! After many years in our great ole house in downtown Smiths Grove, we have moved back to our farm. Our roots are dug in [...]

Kick off your holiday season with Strictly Country Antiques’ Christmas Open House

October 30, 2020 Comments Off on Kick off your holiday season with Strictly Country Antiques’ Christmas Open House

Decorating Christmas trees, stockings hanging from the mantle, the smell of fresh-baked pastries, shoppers scurrying to find just the right gift for a loved one. These are but a few pleasures that people enjoy about [...]
God’s Colour Palette – SOKY Opinion

December 2, 2021 Comments Off on God’s Colour Palette – SOKY Opinion

Every now and then you can see a beautiful season coming. The weather is just right going in and you can’t wait for the change. That was it for me this year with Fall. Thanks [...]
Kids on the Block Garden Tour & Tea presented by Wild Eggs

June 2, 2023 Comments Off on Kids on the Block Garden Tour & Tea presented by Wild Eggs

Saturday, June 24, 2023 It’s time for Kids on the Block’s 24th Annual Garden Tour and Tea, presented by Wild Eggs! Patrons tour lovely area gardens to marvel at the blooms our community has to [...]
It’s a horse’s world at Rainhill

September 3, 2021 Comments Off on It’s a horse’s world at Rainhill

I have been learning about, caring for and loving blind horses since 2004. People seem to be amazed when they learn that horses suffer from blindness more often than one would imagine. They usually ask, [...]