Happy Monday, ladies! Enjoy the last Monday before the kids get out of school for summer vacation! I hope you've got some wonderful plans for summer--time spent with family and friends, perhaps a getaway trip, and definitely some time deepening your relationship with God. After all, summer is not a time for vacation from the Lord, is it?!
To help with your goal of connecting in a meaningful way with friends and God during these next few months, I'm offering a great study on spiritual warfare, called Your Strong Suit. This is a DVD study with a workbook (which many of you have ordered.) You don't have to have the workbook to attend the study. We will discuss some of the questions covered in the workbook, as well as watch the teaching on the DVD. I don't know about you, but there are often times when I try to take on the challenges of daily life in my own strength. Not a wise thing to do! I'm looking forward to what the Lord has to teach me during this 8-week series.
We'll kick the study off this week with Common Grounds meeting at 6:30 Wednesday night, and The Perk at 9:30 Thursday morning. This week only, Common Grounds will meet at Ashberry Lane due to a school event occurring at the church during our class time. I was able to hand out the workbooks to many of you at church yesterday, but if you weren't there, contact me for a way for me to give it to you. If not, you won't get it until class time, which means you won't be able to do anything ahead of time. (By the way, during the summer you'll need to bring your own drinks with you, except for this Wednesday.) We're not doing an official sign-up for treats, but you can bring something if you'd like to.
For the rest of June, this is what our schedule looks like:
Common Grounds meets on the 13th and 20th
The Perk meets on the 14th and 21st
We won't have any study during the week of VBS (June 26-29). But our WOW hot tub party will be at Ashberry Lane at 7 PM Wednesday, June 27th. That's always a fun time to bring your cellulite, spider veins, and poochy tummy to join a bunch of other women that deal with the same problems, and enjoy a relaxing evening together. Oh, and bring some goodies too!
In my ever-present quest to help you in various areas of your life, I'm here to tell you about our new exercise class that will begin next week. Yes, I'm talking about Holy Sweat, which will meet most Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays at 8 AM at the church. We've done Zumba for the past year, and now it's time to move on to some other options. I spent some of my birthday money to buy four exercise CD's--Jillian Michaels: No More Trouble Zones; Denise Austin: Sculpt and Burn Body Blitz; Jackie Warner: One on One Training; and Julianne Hough;, Cardio Ballroom Dancing. I think that's a good enough variety to find something for everyone.
So next Monday, the 18th, at 8 AM, please join me at the church for a fun physical start to your summer! Bring a water bottle, light weights if you have them (2-5 lbs). We'll have floor work for some of these CD's, so if you have a mat, you could bring that too. Or just a blanket like the one you take to the beach. Wear comfortable clothes, and don't bother with hair or makeup! Just come "enjoy" some Holy Sweat!
Sherrie Ashcraft, Women's Ministry Director
sherrieashcraft@yahoo.com 971-285-6699
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