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!