Good Morning Ladies!!!
Mom and I had a discussion last night about a book study. She said that the turn out was great when we had a discussion on The Shack. Mom is reading a very good book called between you and me by Jenny B Jones, it is a novel about losing fear and finding God.
Is anyone interested in reading the book and discussing it at a future meeting?
Is anyone interested in maybe finding a few books to read and discuss for future meetings?
I am game for anything that will get you ladies excited and coming to every month's meeting!!!
SMILE :):):)
Thursday, August 27, 2009
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Where my homies at??
I realize it is a bit intimidating to blog. I'm right there with you newbies, as I am a newbie myself.
You may presume you have nothing to contribute, but let me assure you that could not be further from the truth. God gave all of us gifts. Maybe mine wasn't the gift of first-class writing, still that doesn't mean I lack worthwhile material.
I figure the saying "One man's trash is another man's treasure" must be true; therefore, my experiences or ideas may seem trivial to me, yet I am almost certain they have been invaluable to others. Another one of my favorite sayings is: "It takes a village to raise a child." So, as we are all God's children, it takes a village to raise us up too!! I can't tell you how many times I've spoken with other women and have come upon advice that turned my world upside down.
So, it is my challenge to all those out there reading the "C3 to the Higher Power" blog, to put yourself out there; put your thoughts and ideas out there...you never know who might be out there needing your help. Won't you allow Christ to work through you?
You may presume you have nothing to contribute, but let me assure you that could not be further from the truth. God gave all of us gifts. Maybe mine wasn't the gift of first-class writing, still that doesn't mean I lack worthwhile material.
I figure the saying "One man's trash is another man's treasure" must be true; therefore, my experiences or ideas may seem trivial to me, yet I am almost certain they have been invaluable to others. Another one of my favorite sayings is: "It takes a village to raise a child." So, as we are all God's children, it takes a village to raise us up too!! I can't tell you how many times I've spoken with other women and have come upon advice that turned my world upside down.
So, it is my challenge to all those out there reading the "C3 to the Higher Power" blog, to put yourself out there; put your thoughts and ideas out there...you never know who might be out there needing your help. Won't you allow Christ to work through you?
Saturday, August 15, 2009
Challenge!!
(So I guess I really wasn't finished for the morning!!)
You know how Jeff Foxworthy has his little jokes about "You might be a Redneck if..."?? Well, I thought it'd be fun to come up with our own version: "You might be a Christian if..."
Here's a few I thought of:
You might be a Christian if...you think of Jesus when you hear a love song.
You might be a Christian if...you laugh when someone cuts you off in traffic.
You might be a Christian if...you lend an ear to someone who's suffering.
You know how Jeff Foxworthy has his little jokes about "You might be a Redneck if..."?? Well, I thought it'd be fun to come up with our own version: "You might be a Christian if..."
Here's a few I thought of:
You might be a Christian if...you think of Jesus when you hear a love song.
You might be a Christian if...you laugh when someone cuts you off in traffic.
You might be a Christian if...you lend an ear to someone who's suffering.
Rollin'
To get the ball rolling on this blog, I thought I'd bring a few things up.
1) I found NPR Addict...great for those of us who don't or won't take the time to pick up a newspaper or watch the news. It has a list of topics for me to pick from, then I just click and listen. The two broadcasts I listened to were like 5 minutes long; an easy way to get in touch with what's going on in the world while putting your make up on, commuting, waiting in line, etc. Now, in the very little time I spent on NPR Addict this a.m., I came across two disturbing things (keep in mind they may be disturbing to me and I appologize in advance if you are offended).
A) Some Atheists are having ceremonial de-baptisms. Some uses a hair dryer to "dry" and "absorb" the baptism waters. The hair dryer sometimes has words like "logic" or "science" on it. Then, some of them go a step further and take their certificate of de-baptism to their former church and request to be removed from the church's baptismal rolls.
B) Apparently, some 45% of us women pay our health insurance company to cover abortions. I don't know if I am one of those people, but I know I don't want to be. I'm going to look into this further. If anyone has any insight on this topic, please speak up. "Johnny 5 is alive. Need more input!!" (That quote is from the movie Short Circuit. :) )
2) Jaime has brought up the idea of making some shirts for our church. Has anyone been brainstorming on this proposition?? She needs our help. My questions to the group are:
A) What kind of message do we want the shirts to send? Advertise our church; and what part of our church do we want to advertise...that all people are welcome at the table, our service types and times, our Sunday school classes, etc; advertise that we are Disciples; advertise a general message like Jesus saves, God will lift us up, find strength in God, Jesus loves us, Jesus sacrificed for us, etc.
B) Where do we want these profits to go? The mortgage, resurfacing the parking lot, minister's emergency fund, minister salary, elders salary, education, etc.
For our T-shirt project to succeed, we need to figure out these two points first. Then, and only then, can we begin to work on the design process of this venture.
3) Do we want to advertise our blog in some way? As in, do we want to invite other female church members to participate or limit it only to those that belong to our group?
4) I'd like to discuss what we are doing to include and invite women to join our Professional Women's group and how can we make the meetings more accessible to the greater population of females. I've been inviting friends and offering to pick them up. Anyone else have any ideas or suggestions??
Well, that's all the time I have this morning.
1) I found NPR Addict...great for those of us who don't or won't take the time to pick up a newspaper or watch the news. It has a list of topics for me to pick from, then I just click and listen. The two broadcasts I listened to were like 5 minutes long; an easy way to get in touch with what's going on in the world while putting your make up on, commuting, waiting in line, etc. Now, in the very little time I spent on NPR Addict this a.m., I came across two disturbing things (keep in mind they may be disturbing to me and I appologize in advance if you are offended).
A) Some Atheists are having ceremonial de-baptisms. Some uses a hair dryer to "dry" and "absorb" the baptism waters. The hair dryer sometimes has words like "logic" or "science" on it. Then, some of them go a step further and take their certificate of de-baptism to their former church and request to be removed from the church's baptismal rolls.
B) Apparently, some 45% of us women pay our health insurance company to cover abortions. I don't know if I am one of those people, but I know I don't want to be. I'm going to look into this further. If anyone has any insight on this topic, please speak up. "Johnny 5 is alive. Need more input!!" (That quote is from the movie Short Circuit. :) )
2) Jaime has brought up the idea of making some shirts for our church. Has anyone been brainstorming on this proposition?? She needs our help. My questions to the group are:
A) What kind of message do we want the shirts to send? Advertise our church; and what part of our church do we want to advertise...that all people are welcome at the table, our service types and times, our Sunday school classes, etc; advertise that we are Disciples; advertise a general message like Jesus saves, God will lift us up, find strength in God, Jesus loves us, Jesus sacrificed for us, etc.
B) Where do we want these profits to go? The mortgage, resurfacing the parking lot, minister's emergency fund, minister salary, elders salary, education, etc.
For our T-shirt project to succeed, we need to figure out these two points first. Then, and only then, can we begin to work on the design process of this venture.
3) Do we want to advertise our blog in some way? As in, do we want to invite other female church members to participate or limit it only to those that belong to our group?
4) I'd like to discuss what we are doing to include and invite women to join our Professional Women's group and how can we make the meetings more accessible to the greater population of females. I've been inviting friends and offering to pick them up. Anyone else have any ideas or suggestions??
Well, that's all the time I have this morning.
Friday, August 14, 2009
Welcome to our blog!
Hello ladies!
We decided to start a blog so we could all keep up with what is going on in our group. Please feel free to post messages, have conversations, etc. on here so we can all keep in touch.
Have a great day!
Sarah
We decided to start a blog so we could all keep up with what is going on in our group. Please feel free to post messages, have conversations, etc. on here so we can all keep in touch.
Have a great day!
Sarah
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