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PAGE 6A PICKENS COUNTY PROGRESS THURSDAY. OCTOBER 10. 2019 Timothy House's Empty Bowl event to feed homeless, hurting Jennifer Paire/photo Annie Haiti handbuilt this bowl using a coil technique at 5:17 Studio in Talking Rock. Known for her ability to create beautiful glazes, this piece is clad in Ancient Jasper and once fired will have a smooth patina finish. By Jennifer Paire Contributing writer Nancy Trowell’s hand- thrown vessels will brim with more than warm chili or spaghetti at The Timothy House’s “empty bowl” fundraiser October 19. “When I’m working at my wheel I pray over each piece I make,” said Trowell, who is throwing the empty bowls in her pottery studio, 5:17 Stu dio, on Timothy House’s Talking Rock campus. “I pray for God to bless the peo ple who receive it and I thank God for the way they bless us.” Participants at Timothy House’s Autumn Fun Festi val can purchase a one-of-a- kind bowl and fill it with all the soup or spaghetti they can eat. Proceeds will feed local homeless and benefit the Christian-based program that for 20 years has supported men suffering from drug and alcohol addictions. Bowls are $20 for adults and $ 15 for children and in clude a choice of chili con came, Great Northern soup beans with ham or spaghetti with meat sauce. Homemade combread, a drink and dessert are also included. Food will be available throughout the October 19 festival from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., 35 Regeneration Way, Talking Rock. In a retail set ting, the bowls would sell closer to $30. “I have a goal to make 150 bowls and I’d love to sell them all and have to make more,” said Trowell, who es tablished 5:17 Studio several years ago solely to support Timothy House with sales of handmade pottery. The stu dio’s name is a reference to 2 Corinthians 5:17. “This min istry is my heart and it’s what I live for.” The Autumn Fun Festival is this year’s event to support The Timothy House, and fea tures face painting, a bounce house, a scavenger hunt, races and other games, prizes and cotton candy. A hayride and yard sale are among sev eral activities for adults. Since 1999, The Timothy House has helped more than 1,500 men start new lives with its nine or 12-month programs. The ministry also reaches out to homeless men in Pickens County to help them reclaim their lives. “I came from the streets and it has been great to come here and have a second chance in life,” said Larry M. of Acworth, a Timothy House resident for four months who manages remodeling projects and livestock, including a flock of chickens, six horses and a donkey. “I lost my li cense in 2002 and today I can drive which helps Timothy House. I am back with my wife and my little girl and they can’t believe it.” Trowell’s 5:17 Studio stands adjacent to the Trowell home where husband, Bob, Timothy House’s senior pas tor and director, and their youngest son, Robbie, the as sociate pastor and assistant program manager, also re side. The Trowells have pas- tored the residents since 2003, and they often refer to her as Mrs. Nancy, Mom or Memaw. Pottery is the latest chap ter in Trowell’s creative life; her interest piqued when she took her grandchildren to Talking Rock Pottery five years ago to paint greenware. Inspired by the eight potter’s wheels, she enrolled in a pot tery boot camp and was offi cially “hooked.” She met Annie Hain, of Talking Rock, who worked at Talking Rock Pottery at that time, and the two became close friends. Hain donates her time and expertise mak ing handbuilt pottery and cre ating eye-popping glazes at 5:17 Studio. “I do nearly all handbuild ing because I’m disabled and not able to throw on the wheel,” said Hain, whose Counseling I ndividual, Couples and Family Therapy with Adults, Teens and Children Robin W. Dunn M.S. 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The fundraising crocks will be sold at The Timothy House’s Autumn Fun Festival on October 19 with all-you-can eat chili con came, spaghetti with meat sauce or Great Northern soup beans with ham. medical background as a pe diatric nurse helps with glaze mixing. “Chemicals in the glazes respond to each other, and the layering of the com binations give pottery a dif ferent look. You have to be very precise; I feel like I’m a chemist.” 5:17 Studio’s tidy space contains a slab roller, two potter’s wheels, and a kiln. The walls are lined with proj ects in various stages of pro duction and firing. Platters, bowls, mugs, planters, an gels, bear pots, whimsical planters and pet urns are among the studio’s offerings. Many were commissioned, including the sugar bowls embellished with scripture that grace every table at The Carriage House in Jasper. Prices vary at 5:17 Studio. Mugs artfully promoting The Timothy House sell for $18, while Trowell’s largest mas terpiece - an elaborate starfish sink, rendered from a clay slab and awash in ocean like hues and sea-inspired carvings - is available for $300. Jennifer Paire/photo Potter Nancy Trowell trims a bowl to give it a flat bottom. This bowl had been drying for a few days before being trimmed. It will be fired, glazed, and fired again before it is ready for sale at the Autumn Fun Festival. Longarm Quilting Services for all Quilts Computer guided edge to edge quilting Amelia Broussard Phone: 706-692-5663 or e-mail: broussardcol@msn.com NORTHSIDE CHEROKEE SURGICAL ASSOCIATES A Northside Network Provider Northside Cherokee Surgical Associates is a full-service practice specializing in general surgery. Our board-certified physicians use the latest in minimally invasive and robotic surgery allowing them to offer the very latest technology to their patients. 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