Ladies Night Out was awesome and intimate tonight. We came together and shared our request before the Lord and each other. We poured out our hearts and opened up to one another. It wasn't planned by man, but God used tonight to unite and we actually lived out loud tonight.
So many times we get together and everyone is so preoccupied with their own thoughts and whirlwind of life that it is hard to come together and just be honest with one another and with God. I want to thank the ladies that were there tonight. It was a small group, but it was a supportive group of women who just want to LOVE.
We brained stormed about what we want to see happen with the UR Women's Ministry in 2011. I will share with you some of the details in a minute. But first off I want to say that I thank God for each and every one of you. Some of you have been involved in UR Women's ministry "since time began" and others are just joining us. I want to encourage each and every one of you To. get. her. Reach out and love on the lady you sit next to at work or that you see in passing in the foyer of the church. We all want to be loved and feel loved. We as women want each other's concern and care. We are emotional beings and with that comes a lot of sticky ground and junk from every day life, but you know what? That is the life of a women on this Earth. We all fight spiritual and fleshly battles every day. That is why we need each others support. We need to be one anothers' cheer leader. Am I making since?
I have spoke about this before when I launched the To. get. her. vision. I just wanted to reiterate the importance during this busy season of the year. When life seems to fast forward until about the second week in January and we all turn around thinking, "whew glad that's over, but I think I missed it". So I just wanted to remind you to slow down in these next few weeks of the year and put aside your "Martha" spirit and pick up your "Mary" spirit and don't forget to sit at His feet and soak up all that HE HAS FOR YOU. He is our gift this season. Isn't that amazing? It blows me away just to stop in that moment and think of how wonderful He is. The best part... I can share this "gift" with anyone and my "gift" keeps on getting sweeter. I hope you know what I mean when I say that. God is so good to us and His gift of His Son and the magnitude of that just blows me away!
So here it is... the brain storm of the night...
Soul Sisters... goal: pair up with another women to become her personal cheerleader and prayer partner. When see is having a bad day she is to let you know; when you read an awesome verse text it to her or call her with it. It just may be what she needs to fuel her through the rest of her day.
So how do we "pair up"? shoot me an email of someone you have in mind that maybe God has laid on your heart, or if you want to be involved in this. I would love to see EVERY women 100% involved in this. That is the goal. No sister left behind!
Battlefield of the Mind, by Joyce Meyer... will be a new series we will start in December... yep next month. Here is a l
ink to Amazon for the video of what it's about and this is the link to get
your copy. (they have used books available) This is the
study guide, not a must, but it is available. I don't care where you get it from and you might be able to find it at Ross. I do know, you will want to get it ASAP, at least I know I did just listening to her video online, so I just downloaded the Kindle version of it and whalla! We will watch a portion of the DVD at our December ladies night out 12.9.10!
Adopt a Family for Christmas
The UR Women would like to adopt a family this year.
We are kicking off a fundraiser to help fund this.
We will be selling RADA knives,
soup, cheese ball, sauce mixes
& soy candles.
So keep in mind those hard to buy for people on your list.
He may enjoy a nice hunting knife and she may
love the long lasting soy candle.
The prices are amazing and I believe we can do awesome with this.
We turned in 2 orders last time and made $50!
So the goal will be for EACH women to obtain at least ONE order.
We will make 40% of the profit and
100% of that will
go toward the meal, clothes, toys for the family.
See
Gail Norman for Catalogs!
Download the
order form here
Shipping for orders
$20 or less is $2
$21 or more is $3
You can also direct people to the website to order,
which is perfect for out of town family and friends.
Send it out to anyone you have in your email.
Title it Christmas shopping with added bonus: helping a family in need!
http://www.helpourfundraiser.com/
They will need 2 important things when using the site:
Ordering #: 502700
Password: urwomen (lowercase)
Angel Pancake Breakfast
You don't want to miss this ministry opportunity...
December 4th
Our church will be hosting approximately 50 needy families that have been referred to us on Saturday, Dec. 4th from 9:00am to 11:00am. We will be serving them a pancake breakfast while we minister to them with song and a word from our Pastor. We will also give a food care package and a toy for each child. WE STILL NEED TOYS!! We are still accepting new or gently used toys!! We need toys for boys especially. Toys can be brought to the red barrel in the Ministry Center foyer. We will also need volunteers from our church family to serve these families. This is a wonderful opportunity to sit and talk with them, minister to them and encourage them. Each family will need at least one representative from our church to stay with them during the time they are here to eat with them and then take them to their care package and escort them out. We will have a sign up sheet in the Ministry Center foyer this Sunday to sign up to volunteer. Please come by and sign up to help these families this Christmas. For more information, please contact Dayna Hamilton.
with special guest speaker
Bring your favorite brunch food
join us in the dinning hall
for a fun morning together.
Attention to the Ladies Night Out schedule...
it will be the 2nd THURSDAY
of every month in Fills' 7pm
I had it wrong on the last email. Oops!
Blessings,
Jennifer Huffstetler
