Good morning to all of you! I started my morning off by having to drive over Bald Peak to meet my daughter at the Cruise In Diner parking lot to get my purse (phone and wallet) that I left at her house after the Super Bowl last night. You have no idea how proud I was of myself for not spending the ten minutes right before I left to meet her searching the house for the purse I was going to pick up!
I had a really busy week last week, and a weekend full of wonderful family, but I'm taking the day off today after getting this sent to you. So, it's going to be shorter than usual.
Don't forget about our two Bible study possibilities this week--Common Grounds Wednesday evening at 6:30, and The Perk (childcare provided) on Thursday morning at 9:30. These studies are designed to be able to jump in at any time. In other words, if you've never come before, it's not too late!!This week we'll focus on Luke 10:1-23.
Next Wednesday (Feb. 13th) at noon at Jake's Deli in McMinnville (by Linfield College) the Christian Women's Fellowship will be gathering for their monthly meeting. This is a great time to get together with women from various churches in the area and listen to a speaker while enjoying a no-host lunch. And I can promise you this month's speaker will be well-worth hearing, as it's my daughter, Christina Tarabochia! Those of you who already know her will anticipate the fun spirit, humor, and wisdom she will bring as she speaks on Who's Your Daddy?--Finding Your Way to the Father's Love. It would be great to carpool together, so please let me know if you'd like to do that. I know as a speaker that it's really nice to look out in the audience and find a lot of familiar, supportive faces!
If you read this following paragraph this week, you don't need to read it again. However, if you didn't get a chance to read last week's WOW-Zine, you need to be aware that our annual women's retreat will be at Lincoln City the weekend of April 12th-14th. YOU DO NOT WANT TO MISS THIS! Our theme this year is Doing the Impossible, led by myself and my daughter, Christina, and based on the book of Nehemiah. There are times in our lives when God asks us to trust Him and simply obey, even though the situation looks impossible. How to do that? Come and find out. Cost is only $80 for the weekend, and you can check out our accommodations by following this link:
http://www.vrbo.com/309670.
Because of the interest already being generated among you gals, I'm going to open registration up a few weeks early. Remember, you must pay in full to be considered registered.
And when you give me that money, I'll be able to point you to the room
reservation notebook that Amy is making up, like she did last year.We
have one room for those who like to go to bed relatively early, and
another room for those who like to stay up much of the night talking
and/or playing games. And then we have lots of rooms for those who fall
somewhere in between! So when Amy completes the Book of Rooms, I'll open registration for those who attend Wapato. Checks should be made out to Wapato Valley Church, with "retreat" in the memo section. But please give them to me so I can keep up on who is going.
I told you I was keeping the WOW-Zine short this week, as I've got places to go and people to see in order to relax on my day off! If you'd like to check out last week's issue, just go to www.womenofwapato.blogspot.com to read about the up-coming Valentine's gala, as well as the Beth Moore conference the end of April in Eugene that several of us are going to.
I hope you all have a blessed week and take the time to see the hand of God working in the details of your life. I'll see you at one of the Bible studies!
Sherrie Ashcraft, Women's Ministry Director
sherrieashcraft@yahoo.com 971-285-6699
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