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Reserve
your spot for Women of Faith! We
will be leaving on November 4th
and returning November 6th, 2010.
WOF is in Kansas City this year
and will prove to be a growing
experience as well as a time for
relationships to be made and
renewed. You can signup and pay
online or through Melissa Bosch,
our coordinator. The $89.00 fee
is due by Sept 20th. Our hotel is
just minutes away with a cost of
$95.00 which includes both nights
stay and due when arriving. You
will be on your own for food
except lunch will be provided
both days at the conference. We
are hoping to have a record
number joining us this year, so
talk it over with God - but we
already know He wants you to
go.
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Please join
us on August 27th, 2010 for our
Fall Fiesta Kickoff. It will be a
casual occasion filled with food,
fun, and meaningful moments. This
invitation is for all women of
TLCC as well as friends and
guests. If you would like to help
with decorations, bringing a
dish, set-up or clean-up please
let someone on the Women's
Ministry Team know. Team Leaders:
Regina Green, Rhonda Dunham,
Priscilla Mehaffy, Penny Glover,
Melissa Bosch or Sharron Pittman.
See ya there!
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For
attractive lips, speak words of
kindness. For lovely eyes, seek
out the good in people. For a
slim figure, share your food with
the hungry. For beautiful hair,
let a child run his/her fingers
through it. For poise, walk with
the knowledge that you never walk
alone. People, even more than
things, have to be restored,
renewed, revived, reclaimed, and
redeemed; never throw out anyone.
Remember, if you ever need a
helping hand, you will find one
at the end of each of your arms.
As you grow older, you will
discover that you have two hands;
one for helping yourself, and the
other for helping others. by
Audrey Hepburn
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Anointed,
Transformed & Redeemed; A
Study of David by Priscilla
Shirer, Kay Arthur, & Beth
Moore. This study will start
Thursday Sept 2 from 6 PM to 7:30
PM., and will be presented by
Micky Lavinder. Please contact
Micky or any of the WM leaders to
sign up so your book can be
ordered and ready for you at the
first class.
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Philippians
4:8 Fix your thoughts on what is
true, honorable, and right, and
pure, and lovely, and admirable.
Think about things that are
excellent and worthy of praise.
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If you have
not gotten plugged into a Sunday
School class each week, consider
joining the Women's Sunday School
Class which meets each Sunday at
10:30 a.m.
 Class
participants will be encouraged
to share with one another on a
level that is comfortable but
challenging. Features of the
class include applications
appropriate for women, and
emphasis on prayers and answers
to prayer, and opportunities for
outreach activities. Teachers are
Regina Green and Rhonda
Dunham.
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After
17 years of marriage, my wife
wanted me to take another woman
out to dinner and a movie. She
said, "I love you, but I know
this other woman loves you and
would love to spend some time
with you."
The
other woman that my wife wanted
me to visit was my MOTHER, who
has been alone for 20 years, but
the demands of my work and my two
boys had made it possible to
visit her only
occasionally.
That
night I called to invite her to
go out for dinner and a
movie.
"What's
wrong, aren't you well?" she
asked.
My
mother is the type of woman who
suspects that a late night call
or a surprise invitation is a
sign of bad news.
"I
thought it would be pleasant to
spend some time with you, I
responded. "Just the two of us."
She thought about it for a
moment, and then said, " I would
like that very much."
That
Friday after work, as I drove
over to pick her up I was a bit
nervous. When I arrived at her
house, I noticed that she, too,
seemed to be nervous about our
date. She waited in the door. She
had curled her hair and was
wearing the dress that whe had
worn to celebrate her last
birthday on November
19th.
She
smiled from a face that was as
radiant as an angel's. "I told my
friends that I was going to go
out with my son, and they were
impressed," she said as she got
into that new white van. "They
can't wait to hear about our
date"…
We
went to a restaurant that,
although not elegant, was very
nice and cozy. My mother took my
arm as if she were the First
Lady. After we sat down, I had to
read the menu. Her eyes could
only read large print. Halfway
through the entries, I lifted my
eyes and saw mom sitting there
staring at me. A nostalgic smile
was on her lips. "It was I who
used to have to read the menu
when you were small," she said.
"Then it's time that you relax
and let me return the favor," I
responded.
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A few days
later, my mother died of a
massive heart attack. It happened
so suddenly that I didn't have a
chance to do anything for
her.
Some time
later, I received an envelope
with a copy of a restaurant
receipt from the same place
mother and I had dined. An
attached note said: "I paid this
bill in advance. I wasn't sure
that I could be there; but
nevertheless, I paid for two
plates - one for you and the
other for your wife. You will
never know what that night meant
for me. I love you,
son."
At that
moment, I understood the
importance of saying in time: "I
LOVE YOU" and to give our loved
ones the time that they deserve.
Nothing in life is more important
than your family. Give them the
time they deserve, because these
things cannot be put off till
'some other time.'
Somebody said
it takes about six weeks to get
back to normal after you've had a
baby… Somebody doesn't know
that once you're a mother,
'normal' is history.
Somebody said
you learn how to be a mother by
instinct…Somebody never took
a three-year-old
shopping.
Somebody said
being a mother is
boring…Somebody never rode
in a car driven by a teenager
with a driver's permit. Somebody
said if you're a 'good' other,
your child will 'turn out
good'… Somebody thinks a
child comes with directions and a
guarantee.
Somebody said
you don't need an education to be
mother…Somebody never helped
a fourth grader with his
math.
Somebody said
you can't love the second child
as much as you love the
first…Somebody doesn't have
two children.
Somebody said
the hardest part of being a
mother is labor and
delivery…Somebody never
watched her 'baby' get on the bus
for the first day of
kindergarten..or a plane headed
for military 'boot
camp.'
Somebody said
a mother can stop worrying after
her child gets
married…Somebody doesn't
know that marriage adds a new son
or daughter-in-law to a mother's
heartstrings.
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