Reading...
One of my favorite things to do. Books are quiet, always available, diverse. I thought it might be fun to share some of your favorite reads of late. Let us all know the good stuff you have read by posting a comment (See "How in the Heck Do I Comment" on right if you have no idea how.) Include author, title, and non-end-spoiling blurb about the content. Seriously girls, we want to hear about some awesome books to keep us entertained while our hair melts into steaming piles of greasy frizz from the stifling humidity.
Imagine my pleasure when I received an email from a sweet G.R.O.W. friend announcing a Beth Moore Simulcast coming this August at Trietsch United Methodist Church in Flower Mound. Beth is my hero not only because she has the coolest hairdo and funkiest clothes, but because she is a profoundly gifted Bible teacher. This event is Aug. 1st and 2nd. Click on the beautiful picture of Beth to the right for more details and ticket purchasing. (Also the colored words above are a hyperlink to the event. I'm just keeping it real people...)
Don't forget A New Day Has Come THIS WEEKEND!! Right here at our own church taught by one of our own G.R.O.W. friends, Carla Shellis. It will be amazing so DON'T MISS IT!! Click on the link to the right for more information. (Do you see a trend here??)
Showing posts with label Events Summer '08. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Events Summer '08. Show all posts
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Thursday, June 19, 2008
News Flash 6/19
Hey Ladies!
Just a few bits you should know about...
Brenda Kuketz, a member at Cross Timbers, called this morning. She is legally blind and needs a driver 3 days a week to help her with errands beginning July 1. She lives in The Settlement in Argyle and has 2 children. If you know of someone who can help her out please have them call 817.808.7050 to make arrangements.
Tuesday, June 24 we are meeting in the lobby @ 9 a.m. to make lunches for 120 kids in the CCA Kids Eat Free Lunch program. At 11 a.m. we are heading to Lewisville to deliver the lunches. E-mail me at glennam@crosstimberschurch.org if you would like to help with this service project. If you are not able to join us we are on the schedule to make lunches and deliver on July 29 also.
Saturday, June 28 we are having an ice cream social (right after the 5 p.m. service). Bring sandwiches to share and your best homemade ice cream. We’ll provide chips, drinks, games and a bounce house for the kids. One of our games is a contest to see who can make the tastiest ice cream. The entire church is invited, but need some early commitments from some of you to make this a great event. Please e-mail me at glennam@crosstimberschurch.org with what kind of ice cream you are bringing.
Love you all!
Just a few bits you should know about...
Brenda Kuketz, a member at Cross Timbers, called this morning. She is legally blind and needs a driver 3 days a week to help her with errands beginning July 1. She lives in The Settlement in Argyle and has 2 children. If you know of someone who can help her out please have them call 817.808.7050 to make arrangements.
Tuesday, June 24 we are meeting in the lobby @ 9 a.m. to make lunches for 120 kids in the CCA Kids Eat Free Lunch program. At 11 a.m. we are heading to Lewisville to deliver the lunches. E-mail me at glennam@crosstimberschurch.org if you would like to help with this service project. If you are not able to join us we are on the schedule to make lunches and deliver on July 29 also.
Saturday, June 28 we are having an ice cream social (right after the 5 p.m. service). Bring sandwiches to share and your best homemade ice cream. We’ll provide chips, drinks, games and a bounce house for the kids. One of our games is a contest to see who can make the tastiest ice cream. The entire church is invited, but need some early commitments from some of you to make this a great event. Please e-mail me at glennam@crosstimberschurch.org with what kind of ice cream you are bringing.
Love you all!
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
Tidings From the North... The Denton GROW Group
This is a synopsis of the Denton campus GROW group by the co-leader, Carol Wolfram. What an amazing thing God is doing with them!!
Hi! I am Carol Wolfram, the lesser co-leader of the Denton Campus GROW Group. Our brave and courageous leader is Terri Gilliatt, who, despite her reticence and misgivings about public speaking, is our marvelous lead teacher for our current study, Choosing to Change. Of course, she is doing a wonderful job!
We started our group as a mini-mester for the month of April. Since we were new, we decided that we all needed to get to know each other better, and try and create a more intimate and trust filled atmosphere for our ladies. As a result, five of us shared "our story" of how the Lord brought us to Him in forthright, brazenly honest terms. Because we were willing to share our foibles, I believe it helped open the door for our group to feel welcome, not matter what, and to gain excitement that we have God given hope -- the confident expectation of the future fulfillment of a present promise -- and that "He who began a good work in [us] will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus." Phil 1:16 (one of our memory verses).
The original plan was to cease further meetings after April, and then start a more in depth Bible study in the Fall. God, however, did not want to wait to fellowship with us! A good bunch of our group was eager to continue meeting every week. We all prayed, considered a number of options, and chose to engage on a 2-3 month study called Choosing to Change. This study explores from the Word our choices to move toward God in an authentic way, and allow Him through His Holy Spirit and His Word to transform our lives.
Our thematic memory verse is Romans 12:2 -- "Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is -- His good, pleasing and perfect will." Each week we have a new memory verse, which Terri hands out so we can tape it up in some prominent place at home or work and read it all week so we can learn it.
Choosing to Change is an eight week study, although we are in reality taking a little longer because sometimes the Lord has other plans. This week, we will be on Week Three. We meet at 6:30 on Wednesday nights, usually in the Garage at the Denton Campus CT Kids Building. We are supposed to be finished at 8:00. although sometimes we run over.
One of the most precious gifts each of us has received through this group is our group prayer life. Each member of the group has made a covenant promise to each other that what we share in the group stays in the group, unless express permission is given to share outside the group. As a result, we have been open to intimate and sometimes gut wrenching sharing and prayer requests. A prayer chain update praise report and prayer request email is sent out to the group, usually the following day which details answers to prayer, continued prayer requests, and new prayer requests. It is an awesome God thing!
When we get through Choosing to Change, we anticipate starting another study. There is a good possibility that we will elect a Beth Moore study. We are encouraging our class to participate in the church Fall Retreat.
We do have a need for child care, if that is possible.
We do have a need for a morning GROW Group, as a number of our group cannot meet at night, but wants to be involved actively in a GROW Group. They have requested that I send their plea along to the powers that be. The ladies who would help start the core morning group are awesome, and would be great mentors for some of the newer Christians who would join up.
I can say confidently that our GROW Group is a God experience. It is such a blessing for each of us, not just on Wednesday, but throughout the week. We get emails periodically during the week from class members, giving us updates, and asking for mid-week prayer requests. Just the fact that Terri and I are the co-leaders is incredible. We had not met each other before our group started, but we have discovered that both of us have daughters named Laura Beth, who sometimes go by LB, who both want to be teachers, etc. It is eerie how our family lives on other matters have such common factors. How cool is God for that?
Well, I hope that you have a glimpse into what our GROW Group is about here in Denton. If you need further information, just holler!
Carol Wolfram
Hi! I am Carol Wolfram, the lesser co-leader of the Denton Campus GROW Group. Our brave and courageous leader is Terri Gilliatt, who, despite her reticence and misgivings about public speaking, is our marvelous lead teacher for our current study, Choosing to Change. Of course, she is doing a wonderful job!
We started our group as a mini-mester for the month of April. Since we were new, we decided that we all needed to get to know each other better, and try and create a more intimate and trust filled atmosphere for our ladies. As a result, five of us shared "our story" of how the Lord brought us to Him in forthright, brazenly honest terms. Because we were willing to share our foibles, I believe it helped open the door for our group to feel welcome, not matter what, and to gain excitement that we have God given hope -- the confident expectation of the future fulfillment of a present promise -- and that "He who began a good work in [us] will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus." Phil 1:16 (one of our memory verses).
The original plan was to cease further meetings after April, and then start a more in depth Bible study in the Fall. God, however, did not want to wait to fellowship with us! A good bunch of our group was eager to continue meeting every week. We all prayed, considered a number of options, and chose to engage on a 2-3 month study called Choosing to Change. This study explores from the Word our choices to move toward God in an authentic way, and allow Him through His Holy Spirit and His Word to transform our lives.
Our thematic memory verse is Romans 12:2 -- "Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is -- His good, pleasing and perfect will." Each week we have a new memory verse, which Terri hands out so we can tape it up in some prominent place at home or work and read it all week so we can learn it.
Choosing to Change is an eight week study, although we are in reality taking a little longer because sometimes the Lord has other plans. This week, we will be on Week Three. We meet at 6:30 on Wednesday nights, usually in the Garage at the Denton Campus CT Kids Building. We are supposed to be finished at 8:00. although sometimes we run over.
One of the most precious gifts each of us has received through this group is our group prayer life. Each member of the group has made a covenant promise to each other that what we share in the group stays in the group, unless express permission is given to share outside the group. As a result, we have been open to intimate and sometimes gut wrenching sharing and prayer requests. A prayer chain update praise report and prayer request email is sent out to the group, usually the following day which details answers to prayer, continued prayer requests, and new prayer requests. It is an awesome God thing!
When we get through Choosing to Change, we anticipate starting another study. There is a good possibility that we will elect a Beth Moore study. We are encouraging our class to participate in the church Fall Retreat.
We do have a need for child care, if that is possible.
We do have a need for a morning GROW Group, as a number of our group cannot meet at night, but wants to be involved actively in a GROW Group. They have requested that I send their plea along to the powers that be. The ladies who would help start the core morning group are awesome, and would be great mentors for some of the newer Christians who would join up.
I can say confidently that our GROW Group is a God experience. It is such a blessing for each of us, not just on Wednesday, but throughout the week. We get emails periodically during the week from class members, giving us updates, and asking for mid-week prayer requests. Just the fact that Terri and I are the co-leaders is incredible. We had not met each other before our group started, but we have discovered that both of us have daughters named Laura Beth, who sometimes go by LB, who both want to be teachers, etc. It is eerie how our family lives on other matters have such common factors. How cool is God for that?
Well, I hope that you have a glimpse into what our GROW Group is about here in Denton. If you need further information, just holler!
Carol Wolfram
Tuesday, June 3, 2008
Happy Tuesday!
It's Tuesday, which means... Absolutely nothing. Tuesday is like the most boring day of the week. It is not even "hump day". Sometimes I feel a little bit sorry for Tuesday just hanging out in the middle of nowhere. But everyone has their own opinion, so lets hear 'em. What is your favorite day of the week?
Also, don't forget to sign up for the Women of Faith conference. It should be a really good time. Tickets are going fast, so grab your BFF and snag a couple before they are gone.
(Hint: The words "Women of Faith" in the above paragraph are a link to the sign up page for this event. Drag your cursor across the words and when the little hand pops up, click!)
Also, don't forget to sign up for the Women of Faith conference. It should be a really good time. Tickets are going fast, so grab your BFF and snag a couple before they are gone.
(Hint: The words "Women of Faith" in the above paragraph are a link to the sign up page for this event. Drag your cursor across the words and when the little hand pops up, click!)
Monday, May 26, 2008
Summer Happenings
Here are a few things coming up that you might want to do...
GROW Deep:
Extreme Makeover: Heart Edition
WHEN: June 11th - July 16th (Wednesdays 6:30-8:30 p.m.)
WHERE: Room 302
COST: $20
TEACHER: Carla Shellis carlashellis@yahoo.com
Register Here or in the Lobby.
Fingerprints of God
by Jennifer Rothschild
Women and girls 11-17 are welcome! Great for moms and daughters or any precious girl in your life.
WHEN: June 18-July 30 (Wednesdays 10 a.m.-noon)
WHERE: Room 302
COST: $20 (child care available with registration)
FACILITATED BY: Janice Wolf janice.wolf@tx.rr.com
Register Here or in the Lobby.
GROW In:
A New Day Has Come
Conference for Women
WHEN: July 19th (9:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m.)
COST: $20 (no childcare for this event)
CONTACT: Carla Shellis carlashellis@yahoo.com
Register Here.
Women of Faith Conference (and SPA WEKEND!!)
WHEN: August 22nd and 23rd
COST: $76.00 covers conference ticket and lunch. (Spa is seperate)
CONTACT: Brandy Ziegler BZeiglerK@aol.com
Registration and more Info Here.
GROW Strong:
Cross Timbers Cross Trainers (A workout class for EVERYONE!!)
Workout your Mind, Body, and Soul. Class is offered year round, but this summer is a great time to start!
WHEN: M,W,F (8:30 a.m. to 9:45 a.m.)
WHERE: Small auditorium south (If you are facing the main entrance it is the furthest door to the right on the very end of the whole building)
COST: $35 a month (childcare provided)
Registration: Just show up ready to work HARD!!
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