Ladies Weekend 2011

Okay...it is official. We have the full line-up of speakers for Ladies Weekend 2011. All of the music will be led by Babbie Mason and she will speak in one of the sessions. The other two sessions will be led by Brenda Ladun and Corrie Adamson. If you are a fan of the ABC television show The Bachelor or The Bachelorette you might know who Corrie is. Corrie was on The Bachelor: On the Wings of Love season with Jake. She is a sweet young lady that lives here in Birmingham and is a fashion/wardrobe consultant. She has a wonderful testimony about being on the TV show, what life has been like since, and how God is using her. She talks about her decision to remain a virgin until marriage and dressing fashionably with modesty. I am very excited about the wonderful speakers for this year.
A little more insight regarding Ladies Weekend: due to tight, economic times for everyone we have decided to make a few changes in order to save money. We will not be serving a breakfast prior to the first session; everyone will be coming from home anyway. We will still have a lunch but it will not be a "Tablescapes" lunch. All the tables will be decorated alike built around the theme and color scheme of Ladies Weekend. We will be providing a "favor"/gift to all attendees and they will be on the lunch tables in the CFLC. The ticket price has not changed; tickets are $25 until February 1 and will be $35 after until March 5th. The committee decided to make the tablescape changes based on several reasons; 1)we want to make this as stress-free as possible 2)we don't want people to have to purchase items that they wouldn't need already 3)it is difficult to find enough people to decorate all of the tables. I hope you understand our decision; we feel like this is a positive change. We want the focus of Ladies Weekend to be on God and how He can bless all that will attend through the guest speakers and the songs.
Tickets will go on sale the first of December in time for Christmas presents. I hope you begin now telling your family and friends about Ladies Weekend. Don't wait until February!
Other announcements:
Don't forget our Discipleship Training on Sundays at 4:30pm in the Fellowship Hall. We started this past Sunday but it is not too late to join us. Debbie Jones is teaching this class. Child care is provided beginning at 4:30pm! Don't forget Children's Choir starts at 5:00pm too.
FOLD is October 4th at 6pm at The Olive Garden in front of the Galleria. The bus will leave the church at 5:30pm. Hope you can join us - it is always so fun!!
Debbie Jones is hosting a Ladies Prayer Group on the Third Thursday of every month at her house at 7:00pm.
If you are interested in attending Deeper Still with Beth Moore, Kay Arthur, and Priscilla Shirer at the BJCC here in Birmingham December 3 & 4 you can purchase the tickets online at www.lifeway.com/event/150/. If you have any questions about that, let me know.
Well, I think that is it for now. Whew...
I don't know about you, but I'm looking forward to Sunday. Don't forget there is no 8:00am service!! See you then, sista!

Hello again!

Sorry it has been so long since I posted anything. Wow, it has been hectic these last couple of weeks! I hope everyone is doing well. Can you believe we are HALFWAY through September??? Yikes! I thought about posting how many "shopping days" we have left till Christmas but I figured I better not if I didn't want people mad at me. :)
Don't forget to put these items on your calendar:
This Sunday we begin our new Bible Study by Priscilla Shirer, One in a Million. We made a change from previously published information - we will begin at 4:30pm in the Fellowship Hall NOT 5:00pm. This will allow us time to watch the video and have discussions. We have arranged for child care to be available at that time also! Spread the word. Hope to see you there.
Next Month, October 4th will be our first F.O.L.D. dinner at the Olive Garden at the Galleria location. We plan to meet there at 6pm but if you want to ride with the group from the church let me know and we'll know to watch for you. We will LEAVE the church parking lot at 5:30pm.
Lastly, the Women's Ministry Committee is meeting tomorrow night and we are working on Ladies Weekend 2011! I'm telling you now - mark my words... you will NOT want to miss Ladies Weekend this next March 5th! Babbie Mason will be leading us in music and will speak during one of the sessions. If you are not familiar with her, check out her website, www.babbie.com. She is fantastic!! Brenda Ladun will also be with us and sharing her testimony about how God has used her and shown His mighty power through her while dealing with breast cancer. We have one more speaker that I can't name yet and I hope to post that soon!! Please start spreading the word now in your Sunday School classes, at your workplace, and all the ladies you come in contact with!! You are our best publicity - people are more likely to attend when they are PERSONALLY invited than by seeing a poster or a note in The Informer. I challenge you all to invite at least 5 people to come with you March 5, 2011. There will be something for everyone from ages 15 to 105; those that have faced physical pain; those that have made "unpopular" decisions; and those that need to hear that God loves them and will be with them through the storms of their life. I also ask that you begin praying now for this to be an opportunity for God's love, God's light, and God's grace to be revealed to someone.
I love you all! See you Sunday! Julie