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Issue #18 Tuesday, July 13, 1999
http://www.womensministry.net
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IN THIS ISSUE
1. From the Publisher
2. wmIcebreaker: Pat on the Back
3. Speaker Illustration: Worry It's All in Your Head
4. wmUpdate: Search for Speakers by State
5. wmInspiration: Creative, In His Image
6. Upcoming wmEvents: 28 Events in July/Aug
7. wmParent Tip: Do It Now
8. What Works for Us: Ladies Dinner
9. Subscribe/Unsubscribe Information

1. FROM THE PUBLISHER
As I write this column, Philip, Clayton, Connor and I
are sitting on an airplane, stalled on the tarmac at San Antonio
Airport. Due to severe weather in Dallas, our flight has been
diverted and we were just informed that we will have to
WAIT two hours before our flight can continue to Dallas - and
of course, we'll miss our connection. My immediate thought was,
"we're going to be exhausted, and we have so much that needs
to be done in the days ahead". I then began to think about the
virtue of waiting.

On our life journey, waiting seems to be a necessary part of the
process. Scripture tells us those who wait upon the Lord will
renew their strength. It seems to me when we wait with a proper
perspective, we recognize that God is the divine "Daytimer", the
supernatural schedulemaker, the ultimate "Calendar Creator".
With this perspective delays do not have to result in fatigue or
weariness, instead, our strength can be renewed. Waiting can
be a place of revitalization so that you will be able to run and
not grow weary. No doubt, your ministry will be wrought with delays,
detours, and disappointments.

In your life and ministry, measure how you are handling the delays.
Are you taking advantage of divine delays in your life and ministry
as an opportunity to renew your strength and improve your serve.
Jennifer Rothschild, Publisher
http://www.womensministry.net/JR
email: publisher@womensministry.net

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Women's Leadership Conference, Aug 6-7
sponsored by Women's Missions and Ministries
Department of the Baptist General Covention of OK.
Here from Chris Adams, Deborah Brunt, and many
others. Also, Using the Internet in
Women's Ministry by Philip Rothschild,
from WomensMinistry.Net
Call: 405-942-3000 or dbrunt@bgco.org
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2.wmIceBreaker: Pat on the Back
Objectives:
To recognize and congratulate your audience
or women's ministry team for a job well done.
Procedure:
Break up your next meeting with this re-vitalizing
activity. Tell your audience or team to stand.
Have everyone put their left or right arm straight
out to the side of them palm up. (Demonstrate
while giving the instructions) Then, instruct them
to bend at the wrist, bend at the elbow and give
themselves a pat on the back for all sitting through
a seminar, or as the case may be, for sitting through
a long planning meeting.
Submitted by: Theresa Hicks, Las Vegas, NV
Email: THicks97@aol.com
Source: from Marsha Petrie-Sue

If you have an Icebreaker to recommend, go to
http://www.womensministry.net/IdeaBank/icebreakersub.htm
or send it to ideas@womensministry.net.

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*************ADD GOOD STUFF**************
If you have a job announcement or ministry opportunity
you want to share with women across the county
register it at http://www.womensministry.net/jobs
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3. SPEAKER ILLUSTRATION:
Worry: It's All In Your Head
There was a young medical student who was asked
by a nurse in the maternity ward why he was so
enthusiastic about being in obstetrics. He said timidly,
"When I was on medical rotation, I suffered from heart
attacks, and asthma. In surgery, I was sure I had ulcers.
In the psychiatric wards, I thought I was crazy. But now,
in obstetrics, I can finally relax."
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4. wmUpdate: Search for Speakers by State
It's easy to find a speaker from your area for your next
women's ministry event. At our wmPeopleDirectory website,
http://www.womensministry.net/directory, select the VIEW link.
When you are given a dialog box - that's what they call those window
forms you fill out - select STATE from the SEARCH ON box, then type in
the two letter abbreviation for the state of interest - be sure to capitalize
the abbreviations. Press the SEARCH button. It will automatically
search all categories (speakers-authors, musicians, drama) in the
STATE of your choice. If no speaker is found, search on other STATES
within your region.

Find gifted communicators for today's women at
http://www.womensministry.net/directory .
ADD your listing while your there. FREE Bronze
listings.

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5. wmINSPIRATION: CREATIVE, IN HIS IMAGE
Here's a inspirational challenge from one of our subscribers:
In the first words of the Bible, we are introduced to God as the
Creator. He created the earth, the seas, the skies, the stars, and then,
He created man in His image. By doing so, He bestowed creativity on
each of us. So many times, I have heard women say, "I am not
creative." The words give me a shutter. For we have been created in
the image of The Most Creative One. We are each one creative,
sometimes, it may just take a little digging to find an outlet for the
creativity that lies within us. Dig deep, burst out of "the box" with your
thinking, search out new ways to minister in the creative image of
God! Show the world The Creator by using the creativeness that He has
weaved into the very soul of each of us!
Submitted by: bamadeb@swbell.net

Submit your inspirational challenge or story at:
http://www.womensministry.net/IdeaBank

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*****************BE PART OF THE SOLUTION**************
Don't forget to tell us you "what worked" (or didn't work) at your recent
women's event and/or leadership meeting. Submit your brief tip, idea,
or lesson learned to comments@womensministry.net.
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6. UPCOMING WOMENS MINISTRY EVENTS (MAY)
FRI, JUL 16, 1999 - SAT, JUL 17, 1999
Patsy Clairmont / Marilyn
Meberg / Luci Swindoll / Thelma Wells
Ph - (888)49-FAITH,
FRI, JUL 16, 1999 - SAT, JUL 17, 1999
Delia Hale / Shari Bennett
AGLOW International Louisiana
Area Board , Woodworth, LA
Ph-(318)463-3006
SAT, JUL 17, 1999
Carol Jones / Melsnease Render /
Andy Shepherd
Sisterhood, a Christian Women's
Fellowship , Atlanta, GA
Ph- 404-241-8952
SAT, JUL 17, 1999
Tanya Rich / Antoinette
McDougal
Dunamis Ministries ,
Pleasantville, NJ
Ph - 609/641-7472
FRI, JUL 23, 1999 - SAT, JUL 24, 1999
Marilyn Meberg / Patsy
Clairmont / Luci Swindoll / Thelma Wells
Outrageous Joy '99 , Atlanta, GA
(888)49-FAITH
FRI, JUL 23, 1999 - SAT, JUL 24, 1999
Lois Hoshor / Joy Pinto /
Bernadine Tillman / Connie Sproull
Hidden Treasures Ministries ,
Birmingham, AL
PH 205/991-2670,
FRI, JUL 23, 1999 - SUN, JUL 25, 1999
Joni Eareckson Tada / Evelyn
Christenson / Nancy Leigh
DeMoss / Mary Welchel
AD2000 Christian Women United ,
Wheaton, IL
Ph - (616)956-9377 x226
THU, JUL 29, 1999 - SAT, JUL 31, 1999
Sisters N' Friends , Atlanta, GA
FRI, JUL 30, 1999 - SAT, JUL 31, 1999
Patsy Clairmont / Marilyn
Meberg / Luci Swindoll / Thelma Wells
Outrageous Joy '99 , Chicago, IL
Outrageous Joy '99 -- Join us for
Ph - (888)49-FAITH
MON, AUG 02, 1999
Jean Milliken
Sonlife Ministries , Elburn, IL
Ph-800-770-4769
MON, AUG 02, 1999
Sallie Hernandez
Faith Christian Center Fellowship ,
Kernersville, NC
Ph - 336-992-0950
TUE, AUG 03, 1999 - THU, AUG 05, 1999
Dann Spader
Sonlife Ministries , Elburn, IL
Ph-800/770-4769, F-630/365-5892,
FRI, AUG 06, 1999 - SAT, AUG 07, 1999
Chris Adams / Deborah Brunt /
Philip Rothschild
Women's Enrichment Leadership ,
Oklahoma City, OK
Ph - (405)942-3000
FRI, AUG 06, 1999
Jennifer Rothschild
Twelve Corners BC, Noble OK
800-859-7992
FRI, AUG 06, 1999 - SAT, AUG 07, 1999
Patsy Clairmont / Marilyn
Meberg / Luci Swindoll / Thelma Wells
Outrageous Joy '99 , San Jose, CA
(888)49-FAITH
SAT, AUG 07, 1999 - SUN, AUG 08, 1999
Bev Lowry
Calvary Baptist Church ,
Marion, VA
(540)783-7633 email
FRI, AUG 13, 1999 - SAT, AUG 14, 1999
Chris Adams
Women's Enrichment Leadership ,
Cedar Hill, TX
Ph - (615)251-2810
FRI, AUG 13, 1999 - SAT, AUG 14, 1999
Chris Adams
Women's Enrichment Leadership ,
Glorieta, NM Ph - (615)251-2810
FRI, AUG 13, 1999 - SAT, AUG 14, 1999
Marilyn Meberg / Patsy
Clairmont / Luci Swindoll / Thelma Wells
Outrageous Joy '99 ,
Indianapolis, IN (888)49-FAITH
TUE, AUG 17, 1999 - THU, AUG 19, 1999
Chris Adams
Women's Enrichment Leadership ,
Butte, MT
THU, AUG 19, 1999 - SAT, AUG 21, 1999
Brenda Kilpatrick / Paula White /
Debra Winans / Renee Clark
Beverly Bilbo , New Orleans, LA
Ph - 504/282-2222
FRI, AUG 20, 1999 - SAT, AUG 21, 1999
Chris Adams
Women's Enrichment
Leadership , Salt Lake City, UT
Ph - (615)251-2810
FRI, AUG 20, 1999 - SAT, AUG 21, 1999
Patsy Clairmont / Marilyn
Meberg / Luci Swindoll / Thelma Wells
Outrageous Joy '99 , Seattle, WA
Ph - (888)49-FAITH
FRI, AUG 27, 1999 - SAT, AUG 28, 1999
Daughters of Destiny Ministry ,
Atlanta, GA
(404)799-7111
FRI, AUG 27, 1999 - SAT, AUG 28, 1999
Patsy Clairmont / Marilyn
Meberg / Luci Swindoll / Thelma Wells
Outrageous Joy '99 , Dallas, TX
Ph - (888)49-FAITH
FRI, AUG 27, 1999 - SAT, AUG 28, 1999
Denise Glenn
MotherWise , Houston, TX
1-888-272-6972
SAT, AUG 28, 1999
Chris Adams
Women's Enrichment
Leadership , Fayetteville, TN
Ph - (615)251-2810
MON, AUG 30, 1999 - WED, SEP 01, 1999
Chris Adams
Women's Enrichment
Leadership , Indianapolis, IN
Ph - (615)251-2810

For more information on each event, or to submit your Event
information, go to
http://www.womensministry.net/Events

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7. wmParent Tip: by Cheri Fuller
Do It Now!
As moms we can get so busy, have so much on our
minds and so many responsibilities! Life is going in
fast forward in our society and often in our homes.
God's word tells us life is like a vapor. It seems our
kids grow up so fast. One minute they are little and
in the twinkling of an eye, they are walking across the
stage graduating from high school and leaving for college.
We can't make the progression of time stop, but we
can rethink our priorities, slow our hectic pace down a
bit, and make time for what's most important.

Consider what one mother said in little piece I love called "Do It Now":
One day you will turn around to hug them and they will be gone.
DO IT NOW.
One day you will turn around to show them some treasure of
your heart and they will be gone.
DO IT NOW.
One day you will turn to teach them some promise of God and
they will be gone.
DO IT NOW!
One day you will turn around to apologize for some selfish
mistake you made and they will be gone.
DO IT NOW.
One day you will turn around to enjoy them and they will be gone.
DO IT NOW.
One day you will turn around to love them and they will be gone.
PLEASE DO IT NOW.
"Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all people,
especially to those who belong to the family of believers."
Galatians 6:10 "So teach us to number our days that we might
present to Thee a heart of wisdom." Psalm 90:12

From Cheri Fuller, WomensMinistry.Net Contributing Writer, and
author of When Mom's Pray, Quiet Whispers, and many others.
See more of Cheri's Pickings at http://www.cherifuller.com . Email
cheri@cander.net 

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8. What Works for Us
Recently, the Ladies Ministry at
College Acres Baptist Church had a wonderful dinner.
Each lady decorated a table with their own china,
crystal, and silver and center piece. We started out
by having fun by giving out door prizes, and then
having a hat contest which the ladies had made and
brought with them. We had categories for the prettiest,
ugliest, craziest, tackiest, biggest, smallest, most
original, etc.. Small prizes were awarded for the winners.
We then had an inspirational speaker. Over 100 ladies
attended - some of whom had not been to any ladies
events. The night was a great success.
Submitted by Betty, bicky@wilmington.net

Submit "What Worked" for you to:
comments@womensministry.net.

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