Second Rate Snacks

What a great idea for a blog, comparing the name brand of snacks to the alternative.

While on vacation, my husband Ethan and I were checking out the vending machine by the pool and noticed one of the offerings was a product called “Animal Snackers”.  Amused by the blatant rip-off of “Animal Crackers”, we started wondering what other products were rip-offs or considered “lesser” versions of more popular brand names.

Thus began roaming up and down the isles of grocery stores and mini-marts, looking at packages and researching online.  I have to say, I have learned a lot.

I conduct taste-tests with the help of Ethan, my friends and my co-workers.  I’m always grateful for their feedback and of course always interested hearing readers thoughts on these products.
Also, just thought I’d note that while the name of this blog is Second Rate  Snacks, I chose to include drinks, candy and some packaged foods that will be classified as “quasi-meals”.

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Possible Baptist Name Change in Texas

The Future Focus Committee will bring only one recommendation to the Baptist General Convention of Texas annual meeting, but it potentially could reshape the organization’s identity.

Co-chairs Stephen Hatfield and Andy Pittman will present the committee’s unanimous recommendation that the 123-year-old BGCT change its name to the Texas Baptist Convention.

“Our committee’s rationale for the recommendation is that in the present day and time, many people do not identify with and relate to the Baptist General Convention of Texas name as they did years ago,” Hatfield, pastor of First Baptist Church in Lewisville, explained.

“‘BGCT’ is cumbersome. ‘Baptist General Convention of Texas’ tells a story, but there’s no one alive that remembers the story,” said Pittman, pastor of First Baptist Church in Lufkin.

The BGCT took its long—and arguably unwieldy—name from the consolidation of two bodies in the 1880s. The Baptist State Convention, which drew most of its affiliated churches from South and West Texas, and the Baptist General Association of Texas, which was strongest in East and North Texas, met for the first time as the BGCT at the 1886 annual meeting in Waco.

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One Million for Jesus Christ (1M4JC)

An Idea Inspired by God
1M4JC came from out of the blue. It came to me not as a voice, but rather as an idea inspired by God Himself. Right then and there I knew 1M4JC could change the world, one T-shirt at a time.

My mind raced as I thought….
When people wear the 1M4JC T-shirt they’ll tell the world, “I’m one of the millions who believe in Jesus.”

Connecting Christians
I envisioned 1M4JC as a way for strangers to connect with each other. This shirt allows Christians to share their faith, share the Gospel and speak of eternal hope.

God challenged me to give back 10 percent of the sales to Him. Ten percent of a million or more shirts would be a huge financial impact for many Christian ministries!

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