Issue #39 Wednesday, March 22, 2000
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IN THIS ISSUE
1. From Jennifer Rothschild
2. April 13 Women's Ministry Teleforum
3. What Works for Us: *Victory's Secret*
4. Tip for Beginning a Women's Ministry
5. Parenting Tip by Cheri Fuller
6. Upcoming wmEvents:  47 Events through April
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1. FROM JENNIFER

As I sat down to write this column today, I did so with some Earl
Grey tea in one of my favorite tea cups.  It is affectionately called
my Katharyn cup!  You see, I love to drink teas and my friend
Katharyn gave me a lovely gift last year - it was a blue and white
floral tea cup with scalloped edges and a graceful fluted saucer.
It's amusing to me that every time I drink from this cup I think of her, I
thank God for our friendship, and I pray for her.  When I told
Katharyn that I pray for her each time I use her cup, she
chuckled and said, "Well, girl, I'm going to give you 364 more
cups because I need a lot of prayer!"

There are many things in our daily lives that should remind us
to pray and be thankful.  Maybe you have a special friend with
whom you would like to share a tea cup or coffee mug as a
reminder of your friendship.  Even though my friend and I are
1000 miles apart, when I pray for her as I drink from this blue
and white cup I am reminded that in our hearts we are very close.
Prayer has a way of connecting hearts regardless of distance.

Perhaps you may want to begin a friendship over a cup of coffee
or renew and reinforce a friendship by sending a tea cup in the mail!
What a warm and wonderful way to say "Let's walk together in
friendship and fellowship."

"I thank my God every time I remember you.  In all my prayers
for all of you, I always pray with joy because of your partnership
in the gospel" (Philippians 1:3-5).

Jennifer Rothschild, Publisher
email: JR@jenniferrothschild.com
http://www.womensministry.net/JR

2. APRIL 13 TELEFORUM FEATURES JAYE MARTIN

After a very successful March Women's MinistryTeleforum with
Karen O'Connor (we had a waiting list), we are pleased to
announce noted speaker, trainer, and women's evangelism specialist
Jaye Martin will be our April Teleforum guest. Jaye directs the Women's
Evangelism ministry of the North American Mission Board.
She is the designer and director of HeartCall, a call for
women to share Christ.

Jaye will be speaking on the topic how to motivate women to
share Christ. She'll share creative ways women's ministries from around
the country are reaching women for Christ.

Sound good?  Join us! :)
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3. WHAT WORKS: VICTORY'S SECRET

During a retreat I led in late February, the womens' director
(Angela) carried out the theme, "Victory's Secret," by asking
each attendee to bring a bottle of her favorite Victoria's Secret
hand lotion (Victoria's Secret is a store--a nice one--that sells
women's intimate wear--also by catalogue).  During an ice-
breaker, we sat in circles of six, each with a bottle of lotion in our
hands.  Tied to the cap of each bottle was a paper with the name
of one of the attendees.  Angela turned on the music and we
passed the bottles around the circle.  When she stopped the
music we stopped passing and took turns reading aloud the
name attached.  Then we moved to find that individual.  She was
our prayer partner for the weekend and we exchanged prayer
requests.

It was a lovely way to blend the spiritual and the practical and
help people to get acquainted on the first evening.

Submitted by Karen O'Connor - comments@womensministry.net.
Visit Karen at www.karenoconnor.com 

Send your What Works to ideas@womensministry.net 

4. TIP FOR BEGINNING A WOMEN'S MINISTRY: SUNDAY LUNCHEON

Many of our readers are looking for tips related to beginning a
women's ministry in the local church. One of the ways to build
momentum is by planning a women's event where most women
can attend. Well, how about planning a luncheon event
following Sunday morning services. You can take advantage of
large numbers of women already being there, dressed, and hungry!!
Husbands or friends can easily take the kids by a fast food
restaurant on their way home, and it's an easy option for
ladies who might be concerned about schedule or childcare.
Luncheons can be as simple or as extravagant as your budget
and time permit -- the focus should be on building a
foundation of fellowship and shared vision.  This will help build
a strong core group from which your ministry can grow and
blossom into other events.

5. PARENT TIP: TAP INTO YOUR CHILD'S CREATIVITY
Your home is the place creativity is born and the best place
for it be nurtured in your child. As you make room for individuality,
imaginative thinking, play, problem-solving, and even messes,
add generous does of appreciation, encouragement, and the
attitude that it's OK to make mistakes. You'll be keeping open
this precious window of opportunity in your child's life and paving
the way for a lifetime of creative thinking.

Creativity Boosters

* Photo fun. Provide an inexpensive camera, even a disposable
one, for your child to take photos.

*Create new games and holidays. With a game board made from
poster board using some markers, some pieces for moving around
the board, and a dice or spinner, your child can have hours of fun,
first creating the game and then playing.

* Make paper-bag puppets. Start with a paper bag and glue on
buttons for eyes and nose, yarn for hair, and trim made from
feathers, sequins, buttons, and scraps of fabric. Put up a tension
rod in a doorway, hang a pretty curtain, and presto--an easy-to-make
theater for puppet plays presented by the children.

From Cheri Fuller, WomensMinistry.Net Contributing Writer
Copyright 2000, Cheri Fuller. Adapted from her book, Through the
Learning Glass (Zondervan Publisher). Look for this book in online
bookstores or your local bookstore.
Visit Cheri at www.cherifuller.com

6. WOMEN'S MINISTRY EVENTS: 47 EVENTS THRU APRIL

Mon, Mar 20, 2000-Fri, Mar 24, 2000
Rhonda Kelley / Chris Adams
New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary
New Orleans, LA
info: (504) 286-3588; fax: (504) 283-1451
email: smidkiff@nobts.edu

Fri, Mar 24, 2000
YOU & The Women of Waters A.M.E. Church
Baltimore, MD
info: (410) 675-2640; email: sbucksongreene@yahoo.com

Fri, Mar 24, 2000 - Sat, Mar 25, 2000
Debbie Hannah Skinner / Cindy Wiles
Calvary Baptist Church
Garland, TX
email: CraigWilson@cs.com

Fri, Mar 24, 2000 - Sat, Mar 25, 2000
Sherrie Kulwicki
Rehobath Baptist Association
Sulphur Springs, TX
info: (903) 885-2868, email: rbal856@neto.com

Fri, Mar 24, 2000 - Sun, Mar 26, 2000
Jan McCray / Christine Greenwald
The Glory Girls
Hartwell, GA
info: (864) 963-4758, email: frankiesherman@yahoo.com
web: http://www.frankiesherman.com

Sat, Mar 25, 2000
YOU & The Young Women of Waters A.M.E. Church
Baltimore, MD
info: (410) 675-2640; email: sbucksongreene@yahoo.com

Sat, Mar 25, 2000
Kara Eckmann-Powell / Amberly Neese /
Kim Klein / Megan Hutchinson
Association of Women in Youth Ministry
Azusa, CA
email: mhutchin@tiu.edu

Sat, Mar 25, 2000
Dr. Danella Fogel
Women Seminarians of ITC
Atlanta, GA
email: ereedlea@cs.com

Sat, Mar 25, 2000
Pamela Stephens
East Linn Church, East Linn, IL
email: psstephens@aol.com

Sat, Mar 25, 2000
Reeni Fenholt
Women of Worth
Ontario, CA
info: (909) 984-6141 or (909) 986-6748

Mon, Mar 27, 2000
Jean Milliken
Sonlife Ministries
Costa Mesa, CA
info: 1-800-770-4769, email: healthychurch@sonlife.com

Fri, Mar 31, 2000
Karen O'Connor
MOPS of Redlands, California
Redlands, CA
info: (909) 882-6437, email: karen@karenoconnor.com

Fri, Mar 31, 2000 - Sat, Apr 1, 2000
Debbie Hannah Skinner
First Baptist Church of Rockwall, TX
Dallas, TX
info: (972) 771-6829; email: judyharris@ebby.com

Fri, Mar 31, 2000 - Sat, Apr 1, 2000
Mindy Briggs / Leann Gabel
Paramount Terrace Christian Center
Amarillo, TX
info: 1-800-657-7113; fax: (806) 353-6610
email: mbriggs@ptcc.org; web: www.ptcc.org

Fri, Mar 31, 2000 - Sat, Apr 1, 2000
Jennifer Rothschild
Village Baptist Church, Oklahoma City, OK
info: (405) 942-3000 ext 324, email: dbrunt@bgco.org

Fri, Mar 31, 2000 - Sat, Apr 1, 2000
Highland Church of Christ
Washington, IN
info: (618) 544-3613, email: rjking49@midwest.net

Sat, Apr 1, 2000
Robert Covington
A.S.A.P Outreach Ministry
Fayetteville, NC
info: (910) 822-2827; fax: (910) 822-6281
email: farmer43@ifriendly.com
web: http://www.freeyellow.com/members8/asapmin/

Sat, Apr 1, 2000
Elisabeth Elliot / Carla Karst
First Baptist Church
Durham, NC
info: (919) 688-7308 ext 31, email: office@fbcdurham.org
web: http://fbcdurham.org/facets

Tue, Apr 4, 2000
Jennifer Rothschild / Rhonda Kelley
Heritage Women of the Word
Shawnee, OK
info: kate@womensministry.net

Fri, Apr 7, 2000
Jennifer Rothschild
Lenexa Baptist Church
Kansas City, KS
info: (913) 492-4649

Fri, Apr 7, 2000
Share Fair Auction
New Hope Assembly of God Church
Urbandale, IA
info: (515) 987-3269, email: TOPASTA@aol.com

Fri, Apr 7, 2000 - Sat, Apr 8, 2000
Women of Faith Conference
Houston, TX
info: 1-888-49-FAITH

Sat, Apr 8, 2000
Patti Kulpinski
Blackberry Creek Community Church
Aurora, IL
info: (630) 896-1969, email: ekc1@ivillage.com

Sat, Apr 8, 2000
Dee Andrews / Cindy Hall / Monica Bosque
Unity Church of God
Jesup, GA
info: (904) 564-4358, email: DEE-ANDREWS@prodigy.net

Sat, Apr 8, 2000
Rosie DeRosset
Park Community Church
Chicago, IL
info: (312) 280-8828, email: rene.devlin@lw.com
web: http://www.parkcommunitychurch.org

Sat, Apr 8, 2000
Teresa Brady
Heritage United Methodist Church
Broken Arrow, OK

Sat, Apr 8, 2000
Valerie Bell
Pine Knolls Alliance Church
So. Glens Falls, NY
info: (518) 793-7101, fax: (518) 761-9647
email: joeh@global2000.net

Mon, Apr 10, 2000
Jean Milliken
Sonlife Ministries
Asheville, NC
info: 1-800-770-4769, fax: (630) 365-5892
web: http://www.sonlife.com, email: healthychurch@sonlife.com

Mon, Apr 10, 2000-Fri, Apr 14, 2000
Jean Milliken
Sonlife Ministries
Asheville, NC
info: 1-800-770-4769; fax: (630) 365-5892
web: http://www.sonlife.com; email: jean@sonlife.com

Tue, Apr 11, 2000 - Thu, Apr 13, 2000
Margolyn Woods
Chicago Area Christian Womens Clubs
Chicago Area, IL
info: (815) 356-5181, email: morningwds@aol.com

Tue, Apr 11, 2000 - Fri, Apr 14, 2000
Jean Milliken
Sonlife Ministries
Asheville, NC
info: 1-800-770-4769, fax: (630) 365-5892
web: http://www.sonlife.com, email: healthychurch@sonlife.com

Fri, Apr 14, 2000 - Sat, Apr 15, 2000
Women of Faith Conference
New Haven, CT
info: 1-888-49-FAITH

Fri, Apr 14, 2000 - Sat, Apr 15, 2000
Margolyn Woods
Native American Retreat
Norman, OK
info: (405) 789-0274, email: morningwds@aol.com

Fri, Apr 14, 2000 - Sat, Apr 15, 2000
Chris Adams / Sarah Wisdom
LifeWay Christian Resources
Vancouver, WA
info: (360) 882-2214, email: cadams@lifeway.com

Fri, Apr 14, 2000 - Sun, Apr 16, 2000
Bev Lowry
Binghamtown Baptist Church
Middlesboro, KY
info: (606) 248-2611, email: MGayle1@aol.com

Sat, Apr 15, 2000 - Sun, Apr 16, 2000
Jennifer Rothschild
First Jacksonville Beach
Jacksonville, FL
info: info@womensministry.net.

Thurs, Apr 20, 2000-Sun, Apr 23, 2000
Apostle Franki Williams / Pastor Bennie Owens / Many Others
Women Walking in Wisdom
Elk Grove Village, IL
info: (773) 441-7845 or (773) 333-6553; email: cgreen@ala.org

Fri, Apr 28, 2000
Sharon Feryance
Blackberry Creek Community Church
Aurora, IL
info: (630) 896-1969, email: ekc1@ivillage.com

Fri, Apr 28, 2000-Sat, Apr 29, 2000
Bev Lowry / Southern Charm
NE LA Baptist Assn. Women's Conference
Monroe, LA
info: (318) 388-2163

Fri, Apr 28, 2000 - Sat, Apr 29, 2000
Chris Adams / Beverly Miller
LifeWay Christian Resources
Birmingham, AL
info: (334) 288-2693, email: cadams@lifeway.com

Fri, Apr 28, 2000 - Sat, Apr 29, 2000
Women of Faith Conference
Spokane, WA
info: 1-888-49-FAITH

Fri, Apr 28, 2000 - Sat, Apr 29, 2000
Sandy Poe
New Hope Assembly of God Church
Urbandale, IA
info: (515) 987-3269, email: TOPASTA@aol.com

Fri, Apr 28, 2000-Sun, Apr 30, 2000
Ida Mitchell / Shirley Hockaday / Juanita Clarke /
Margaret McMillian / Glenda Farmer
A.S.A.P. Outreach Ministry
Fayetteville, NC
info: (901) 822-2827; fax: (910) 822-6281
web: http://freeyellow.com/members8/asapmin/
email: farmer43@ifriendly.com

Fri, Apr 28, 2000 - Sun, Apr 30, 2000
Kerry Kringel / Amy Kennedy / Shelly Spickler / Glenda Turner
New Life Bible Church
Winnebago, IL
info: (815) 335-3612, email: shelly1@faithmail.com

Sat, Apr 29, 2000
Jennifer Rothschild
Murdale Baptist Church
Carbondale, IL
info: (615) 529-5800, email: murdale@globaleyes.com

Sat, Apr 29, 2000
Margolyn Woods
Second Baptist Church
Springfield, MO
info: (417) 882-7521, email: morningwds@aol.com

Sun, Apr 30, 2000
Jennifer Rothschild
Murdale Baptist Church
Carbondale, IL
info: (618) 529-5800, email: murdale@globaleyes.com

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