Breakfast at Puget Sound Women's Retreat
LACEY, Washington--Fifty women gathered April 16 to 18 for the third annual Puget Sound Women's Retreat at Gwinwood Christian Conference Grounds on Hick's Lake. The theme was Rejoice in Hope.
The Federal Way and Olympia women's ministries organized the event. Elizabeth Ellsworth was coordinator.
Friday evening, April 16, Joyce Duncan and her daughters led praise and worship. Toni Zorn spoke on Being a Blessing to Others.
Saturday morning, Irma Green spoke on grace. Next, Shellie Todd shared the Healing Gifts That God's Love Brought during her life-threatening illnesses.
In the afternoon session, Brenda Peterson gave a message titled We Are All Ragged Dolls, But We Are God's Ragged Dolls.
After a break, the women broke into 12 groups for table topics.
Throughout the weekend the women were assigned to prayer circles with a theme for each session to focus on in prayer. All were free to pray, or just listen.
Saturday evening the women shared miracles, blessings and encouraging experiences with one another. They also watched a presentation of praise dancing.
On Sunday, Joyce Duncan gave the final message, on Joy.
Karen Campbell wrote a Country song, "Sisters in Christ," for the retreat. She sang it with Kathy Guth. Brenda Peterson.
Breakfast at Puget Sound Women's Retreat
BIG SANDY, Texas--The Big Sandy women's ministry organized two fund-raisers this past year.
They are blessed with a large congregation, so they decided to put together a cookbook. They knew they would have plenty of contributors.
They included recipes for potluck favorites, traditional family dishes, and a few recipes designed for large groups.
They sold cookbooks in their congregation, in area churches and at various events the women attended.
They paid the required fee to the publisher and were left with a profit. They sent percentages of this profit to their congregation and church headquarters.
They also sent a donation to the Red Cross because of last year's weather disasters.
Their next fund-raiser focused on helping teens attend the Summer Educational Program in Orr, Minnesota.
They started with some money from the cookbook fund-raiser, and they also asked for donations from the congregation.
With the money raised, they paid one teen's full tuition, and partially covered another teen's costs. The youth group also contributed to this effort, so three teens from the congregation will be sponsored by the Big Sandy church this year. Sarah Strub.
A retreat sponsored by the Frederick and Cumberland, Maryland, and Strasburg, Virginia, Women's Ministry will be at the Eisenhower Inn and Conference Center in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, July 9-11. The theme is "Women in God's Service" (WinGS).
Access the WinGS Retreat '99 website at: www.wcg.org/Churches/US/Mid-Atlantic/women/retreat199907.htm for the preliminary agenda, workshop information, travel information and a link to the Eisenhower Inn and Conference Center website.
For more information call Henrietta Kissel 1-301-607-6198 (e-mail: hkissel@hotmail.com) or Charlotte Whitting at 1-301-695-9487 (e-mail c_whitting@hotmail.com).
DOUGLASVILLE, Georgia--The second Times of Refreshing women's conference will take place at the Carroll Tech Conference Center in Douglasville Aug. 14.
The registration fee is $40 by July 1, $50 by Aug. 1 and $60 after Aug. 1. Lunch is included. Make checks payable to Local Church Activity Fund--Douglasville, and mail to Faye Bates, 6135 Queens Rd., Douglasville, Georgia, 30135-4609.
If you were at the first conference last August and would like to attend the 1999 conference and bring a first-time guest, you can register at a two-for-one rate if you register together. Also, any two people attending together for the first time can register for the two-for-one rate.
For more information call Faye Bates at 1-770-726-8029 (e-mail womensministry@webtv.net) or Joanna Madlena at 1-770-949-9876 (e-mail women@integrityonline.com)
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