Tuesday, February 11, 2014

Happy Melting Snow Tuesday, ladies! I'm assuming we all survived the past five days, and that those of you with school-age children were happy to see things get back to normal today. I hope you were all able to take advantage of the situation and create some wonderful memories with your family. I saw on Facebook that some people were dealing with cabin fever, but I didn't experience any of that. After all, with a 2-year-old great granddaughter being introduced to her first snow days, making snow ice cream, lots of sitting around the table playing various card games, eating good comfort food, watching the Olympics, and shoveling our nearly 1/4 mile-long driveway, there wasn't much time to get bored. There was actually something peaceful about not being able to get off the property and just spending my time focused on family. 

However, it's time to enjoy being able to get out and about, and a great way to experience that is by coming to one of the WOW Bible Studies this week. It's time to catch up with your girlfriends!
Common Grounds will be at 6:30 Wednesday night, with Adrienne signed up for snacks. Thursday morning at 9:30 The Perk will meet, with Carol R. bringing the treats, and Anastasia being our MIC.  We'll finish up the last half of the Beth Moore video we started last week, as well as discuss James 5:12-15.

This Saturday is Wapato's Valentine Dinner and Concert, An Evening to Remember. Tickets are still available, but must be reserved by Wednesday. So if you weren't able to purchase yours yet due to church being cancelled last Sunday, be sure to contact Susan at the church office and let her know how many you'd like. Doors open at 6:30 and dinner is served at 7. 

Retreat spots are filling quickly, so be sure to sign up as soon as you can. It's easy to register--simply give me $80 (checks made out to WVC) and select your room. Our speaker, Laurie Sheffield, is really looking forward to spending the weekend of April 11th-13th with us as she speaks on the topic What Not to Wear. At this point registration is only open to women who attend Wapato, but the end of the month it will open to those outside of Wapato who have attended in the past, and then the first part of March, if there are still openings, you'll be free to invite friends. Remember, we're limited to a total of 40 women. Lincoln City, here we come!

There's just a few weeks until our next WOW Movie Night on Saturday, February 28th. We'll meet at Amy's at 7 PM  (bring snacks) and decide which movie we'd like to see. Movie selection will be determined by arm wrestling, crying, pouting, or Rock, Paper, Scissors!

Please pray for me this weekend as I leave Friday morning to speak at a retreat for Gales Creek Church of God over at Twin Rocks. I'm really excited to get to spend the weekend with a new group of women. But that means I won't get to attend the dinner and concert with the rest of you. 

What You Need to Know for the Highs and LowsHolley, 2014-02-11 14:00 This life is full of ups and downs. There are moments when it seems as if you’re touching the hem of heaven because they’re so dazzling. And others when it seems you stand on the brink of hell because they’re so heart wrenching. We can tend to feel far away from God in both. When times are good, we forget how much we need him. When times are hard, we wonder why he has forsaken us. And yet both of those responses are only are humanity talking. Neither height nor depth…will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord. Romans 8:39 God’s affection for us is the same at the highest and lowest moments of our lives. The heights of success and the depths of despair cannot separate us from him. His love is the one constant we can count on no matter what. Take comfort in this, friend: Whether this is your best day on earth or one of your worst, you will never be alone or unloved. Not even for a moment. Until next week, Sherrie Ashcraft, Women's Ministry Director sherrieashcraft@gmail.com    971-285-6699