So glad you made it out for the Ladies' Night Out! We missed those of you who were not able to come and understand that if you didn't makes it, it was probably because of your family or other priorities. Please don't feel the need to apologize... it's ok, there will be more! The ladies voted that we meet monthly. So with coordinating all the other dates on the Calendar... which by the way is down right near impossible... we will meet the
second Thursday of every month at Fills' 7pm-8:30pm. So that we have more chances of you making it and better opportunities to get to know one another.
We discussed the importance of having a Sure Foundation. Our goal in life is to build a house for His name with your very life. It must be a home where He lives and dwells and where glory comes to His name. Every room of this house should reflect Christ's character and should be a tribute to all that He is, all that He has done, and all that He will accomplish in your life.
We looked and the importance put into building a foundation and the hard work involved paralleled with 1 Kings 5:13-17 as King Solomon gathered over 200,000 laborers to build the foundation of the temple. We looked at how God starts with large stones and begins the process of cutting the stones into a size that He can use. He might not be interested in the best childhood, the most talented, the best marriage, the strongest commitment to church - He is interested in value!Man looks at the outward appearance, but God looks at the heart ( 1 Samuel 16:7.) That's why the stones only began as large stones, but they were also costly stones.
If you want to lay a solid foundation for your heart, it's going to cost you, and the price will involve some pain. Cutting the great stones down to size is an incredibly painstaking process, but God loves you so much that He is willing to put forth the effort into you.God doesn't desire to hurt you - He desires to heal you. He doesn't take pleasure in this costly, painful process, but He does take pleasure when He can use you.
Cutting always makes a stone more beautiful by revealing its inner character, because the character and color of a stone are never revealed until the stone is cut. Just like God used the inability of my body to reproduce to reveal my inner character. I found that even in my disappointments of life, even in the tragedy of infertility, that I could still praise Him! I found that His character never changed in the midst of my pain. God used the tragedy in my life in order to make me more useful. My foundation is so much stronger than it was before the 18 months of infertility. My foundation is also much more beautiful because the cutting of my desires revealed the beauty of His character!
It is the cutting of the stone that makes it sparkle, because when a stone is cut, it is able to reflect light. When we are cut and shaped by the circumstances and disappointments of life, we eventually will reflect His light.When a Christian goes through a time of cutting, the response should not be one of panic but rather one of expectation! A Christian should realize that on the other side of cutting are glory, strength, and growth!
So the question to ask with great importance is, "What, in my life, needs cutting in order to reflect His Glory?"Allow the Master Builder to shape and reshape and to cut and recut the great stones in your foundation. Allow Him to trim away the excess in you foundation because it will reveal the beauty of your inner character!
Upcoming Plans...
Hero Headquarters VBS
all workers will be fed dinner at 5:30.
We need Hero's to help!
It's not too late to sign up, just show up in the main building Monday August 16th - 20th for dinner and instructions.
This is your opportunity to outreach to your community!
Passion People Purpose
UR Women Beach Retreat Sept 30- Oct 3rd
$85 due in full September 12th
$ 45 deposits due by August 30th
this includes lodging, breakfast and dinner
Space is filling up fast and is limited!
Please email me if you want to go ASAP
I encourage all of you to join us.
It will be a great opportunity to get to know
your sisters in Christ here at UR Church.
With life being so busy and our plates being so full, it is a great time to slip away for a few days and refresh yourself in the Christ. Not to mention the laughs you will have and the friendships made!
There are tons in store for this retreat...
You don't want to miss it!!!
We do have a fundraiser for the retreat!!!!
As a wonderful suggestion from the ladies' night out...
We will be selling RADA knives, soup, cheese ball, sauce mixes & soy candles.
We will make 40% of the profit!
We will be having a tasting on Sunday August 29th
in the foyer of the church.
You can make the $ for you trip with spreading catalogs and the website.
Catalogs will be arriving this week.
In the mean time you can direct people to the website to order,
which is perfect for out of town family and friends.
They will need 2 important things when using the site:
Ordering #: 502700
Password: urwomen (lowercase)
Harvest Fest
October 30th
Judy Farmer will be coordinating the hot dog sale.
This is a great opportunity to help build the UR Women's ministry and outreach to the community that will be joining us for this event. More details to come.
The following was discussed but no official date as of yet:
- Life Church will be hosting a Feast of the Tables fundraiser event. We have been invited to join them to host tables for UR Church. Hosting a table means you are in charge of decorating the table and selling the tickets for the table (7 tickets). Tickets include dinner and entertainment for the evening. This event has been a huge success in other local churches as a fun event with the excuse for us ladies to pull out that fine china! If interested please email me at urwomen@live.com With the subject: Feast of the Tables
- Christmas Brunch - This was an event that was asked back by popular demand. We are looking at early December for this event. I need suggestions on a speaker and music. Please send those request to urwomen@live.com with the subject: Christmas Brunch
Food Ministry Needs your help! By an overwhelming response from the community we need people to pray for those coming in. They will stand in line for food and for prayer. They will not leave unless they are prayed for! Isn't that Awesome?! They also need lifters and loaders on Mondays when the truck comes with the deliveries. If anyone you know would be interested in helping we will take all the help we can get. You will be blessed more than the community!
Monday the truck arrives around 2 pm
Tuesdays people arrive at 8:30
See Dayna Hamilton for details
mrs.drhamilton@yahoo.com
- The Branch- What an outreach this could be!!! Who cares if they are hear and have tattoos
from head to toe? They are here...on our soil... lets plant seeds and water them!
Several ladies mentioned that they would love to sponsor concessions and sell
nothing other than... you guessed it... water!
No there will be other things too, like cross shaped silly bands and airheads!
See Lori Dodson for details.
altonandlori@carolina.rr.com
Foster Closet- Jamie Chipman will be in charge of the closet. The need was expressed for anything toddler... beds, cribs, bunk-beds, mattresses, clothes etc. We will be storing these items in the UR Women closet. We are not using it for anything else, so let's put this space to use!
See Jamie for details
aimeliane1@yahoo.com
Battered Women's Shelter- Possible outreach program.
If interested see Katrina Maney klmaney@yahoo.com
National Events:
November 4-6th
Chosen Ladies Conference
Pigeon Forge, TN
with special guest
Aaron & Amanda Crabb
Judy Jacobs Tuttle
Carla Robinson
for more details.
November 12-13th
Women of Faith present
Over the Top
Women's Conference
Greensboro, NC
for details.
Be Blessed!
Jennifer Huffstetler
urwomen@live.com
704-718-7117
