Good morning, ladies. I'm headed out the door to the coast in a few minutes, so this will be very short. (Which is the opposite of me!) I just want to remind you of a few things.
The Perk and Common Grounds (our two women's Bible studies) resume NEXT week, Thursday the 10th. Remember that they will both meet on the same day of the week this year. These are very casual studies, meaning there is no book to buy or homework to do, and you can join us at any time. Just bring a Bible and notebook. We'll be working our way through the book of Colossians. The Perk meets from 9:30 AM to 11 AM (childcare provided) and Common Grounds meets from 6:30 PM to 8 PM.
Time is quickly running out to register for the Beth Moore Simulcast. Your last opportunity to sign up for the one being held on Saturday, September 12, at Grace Baptist Church in Newberg, is this Friday, the 4th. Go to this link to get more information about what the day entails:
https://fbcnewberg.radiantwebtools.com/
Until next week,
Sherrie Ashcraft, Women's Ministry Director
sherrieashcraft@gmail.com 971-285-6699
Monday, August 31, 2015
Tuesday, August 25, 2015
Tuesday, August 25, 2015 WOW-Zine
Hello there! If you read last week's WOW-Zine and remember everything you read, you don't need to bother to keep reading! This is basically a rehash (kind of like leftovers!) of last week's information. But if for some reason you never got around to checking out last week's edition, you'll want to be sure to peruse this now.
Both Common Grounds and The Perk, which are our women's Bible study groups, will resume on Thursday, September 10th. Yes, you read that right. Both groups will meet on Thursdays this year. (That frees the youth group to be able to meet in the sanctuary on Wednesday evenings and have the space they need for their activities.) So those of you who used to come on Wednesday nights will need to start programming your brain AND your calendar to come on Thursday nights instead.
This evening is the One Heart: PDX concert for women and teen girls only. Apparently tickets are still available online, as well as at the door. Here's the info:
https://fbcnewberg.radiantwebtools.com/
You can register there online, and the cost is only $25, including snacks and lunch. Last day to register is September 4th. I got my ticket and hope you will too!
I hope you're enjoying the last few days before school starts and life becomes a different kind of busy!
Until next week,
Sherrie Ashcraft, Women's Ministry Director
sherrieashcraft@gmail.com 971-285-6699
Both Common Grounds and The Perk, which are our women's Bible study groups, will resume on Thursday, September 10th. Yes, you read that right. Both groups will meet on Thursdays this year. (That frees the youth group to be able to meet in the sanctuary on Wednesday evenings and have the space they need for their activities.) So those of you who used to come on Wednesday nights will need to start programming your brain AND your calendar to come on Thursday nights instead.
This evening is the One Heart: PDX concert for women and teen girls only. Apparently tickets are still available online, as well as at the door. Here's the info:
One Heart: PDX
August 25 @ 6:00 pm
| $12Event Navigation
ONE HEART: PDX is an all-women’s event where women from around our city are gathering together to have a conversation on unity, friendship and the importance of community AND for a concert and time of worship…TOGETHER!
ONE HEART: PDX is all about…
The Music… The Music…Three unique and influential Portland artists are coming together to provide the music for ONE HEART: PDX. The evening will include original tunes from all three singer/songwriters ranging from soul to indie and folk sounds, as well as classic hymns and worship songs. This will be a fresh collaboration you will not want to miss.
Meet the Artists
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The Speakers…Are some really amazing women who are vibrant, real, authentic and from right here in Portland. They are speakers, teachers, bloggers, writers, ministry leaders and prayer warriors, who are chasing after the heart of Christ.
Meet the Speakers
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The Food…There will be fabulous light bites, tapas and appetizers catered by The Lambs Table starting at 6 pm. Sweet treats will be served during intermission. All included in the ticket price.
The Purpose…How can we stop judging, comparing, and critiquing? Let’s have a conversation on how to encourage, support and build-up.
“As iron sharpens iron, so a friend sharpens a friend.” Proverbs 27:17
Click on the "Get Tickets Now" tab to register.
You can register there online, and the cost is only $25, including snacks and lunch. Last day to register is September 4th. I got my ticket and hope you will too!
I hope you're enjoying the last few days before school starts and life becomes a different kind of busy!
Until next week,
Sherrie Ashcraft, Women's Ministry Director
sherrieashcraft@gmail.com 971-285-6699
Monday, August 17, 2015
Hi,
Hi, ladies! It's been a couple of weeks since I last wrote , but I've got a lot of information to pass on to you today. Please keep this for future reference.
This afternoon from 3-5 is the monthly Craft Party at Carol Gross's house. Bring whatever project you're working on and have a sweet afternoon together. 40080 SW Nelson Dr. (out by Laurelwood.) Her phone number is 503-680-5542.
If you signed up to bring cookies for the Cookie Walk at the Gaston Parade on Friday, please don't forget! Karen is heading it up this year, and she needs more people to work that booth. Activities will not be going on during the actual parade itself, but before and after. If you can help for 30 minutes, give Karen a call at 503-809-1116.
Both Common Grounds and The Perk, which are our women's Bible study groups, will resume on Thursday, September 10th. Yes, you read that right. Both groups will meet on Thursdays this year. (That frees the youth group to be able to meet in the sanctuary on Wednesday evenings and have the space they need for their activities.) So those of you who used to come on Wednesday nights will need to start programming your brain AND your calendar to come on Thursday nights instead.
Anyone want to join me next Tuesday, the 25th for a super fun event? You'll need to buy the tickets on your own, but it would sure be fun to carpool to Portland. (Especially if someone else knows how to get to the Aladdin Theater!) This evening is for women and teen girls only. Please let me know right away if you plan on attending, and we can get rides worked out. Here's the info:
https://fbcnewberg.radiantwebtools.com/
You can register there online, and the cost is only $25, including snacks and lunch. Last day to register is September 4th. I'm definitely going and hope you will too!
Remember our retreat speaker from April 2014, Laurie Sheffield? Here's a recent blog post of hers. Worth the read!
One of my favorite, most romantic gifts ever was covered in cobwebs, rusty and from a garage sale! For someone that’s a bit of a germaphobe this is kind of a funny thing to say… but it was something I really wanted… and on our very tight newly married budget, there was no way we could afford what I’d dreamed of. A tandem bike! I imagined my husband and I taking long bike rides through our neighborhood and to the market to get a few groceries in the cute basket I would put on the front. It all just seemed like something out of a movie. So when we spotted this old rusty tandem Schwinn at the garage sale hidden behind some newer bikes, my heart leapt with love for it and the romantic rides that were going to follow!! The kind man hosting the sale let us have it for practically nothing…warning us it was really old and needed work. “Who doesn’t?” I thought.
Hi, ladies! It's been a couple of weeks since I last wrote , but I've got a lot of information to pass on to you today. Please keep this for future reference.
This afternoon from 3-5 is the monthly Craft Party at Carol Gross's house. Bring whatever project you're working on and have a sweet afternoon together. 40080 SW Nelson Dr. (out by Laurelwood.) Her phone number is 503-680-5542.
If you signed up to bring cookies for the Cookie Walk at the Gaston Parade on Friday, please don't forget! Karen is heading it up this year, and she needs more people to work that booth. Activities will not be going on during the actual parade itself, but before and after. If you can help for 30 minutes, give Karen a call at 503-809-1116.
Both Common Grounds and The Perk, which are our women's Bible study groups, will resume on Thursday, September 10th. Yes, you read that right. Both groups will meet on Thursdays this year. (That frees the youth group to be able to meet in the sanctuary on Wednesday evenings and have the space they need for their activities.) So those of you who used to come on Wednesday nights will need to start programming your brain AND your calendar to come on Thursday nights instead.
Anyone want to join me next Tuesday, the 25th for a super fun event? You'll need to buy the tickets on your own, but it would sure be fun to carpool to Portland. (Especially if someone else knows how to get to the Aladdin Theater!) This evening is for women and teen girls only. Please let me know right away if you plan on attending, and we can get rides worked out. Here's the info:
One Heart: PDX
August 25 @ 6:00 pm
| $12Event Navigation
ONE HEART: PDX is an all-women’s event where women from around our city are gathering together to have a conversation on unity, friendship and the importance of community AND for a concert and time of worship…TOGETHER!
ONE HEART: PDX is all about…
The Music… The Music…Three unique and influential Portland artists are coming together to provide the music for ONE HEART: PDX. The evening will include original tunes from all three singer/songwriters ranging from soul to indie and folk sounds, as well as classic hymns and worship songs. This will be a fresh collaboration you will not want to miss.
Meet the Artists
| | |
The Speakers…Are some really amazing women who are vibrant, real, authentic and from right here in Portland. They are speakers, teachers, bloggers, writers, ministry leaders and prayer warriors, who are chasing after the heart of Christ.
Meet the Speakers
| | | | |
The Food…There will be fabulous light bites, tapas and appetizers catered by The Lambs Table starting at 6 pm. Sweet treats will be served during intermission. All included in the ticket price.
The Purpose…How can we stop judging, comparing, and critiquing? Let’s have a conversation on how to encourage, support and build-up.
“As iron sharpens iron, so a friend sharpens a friend.” Proverbs 27:17
Click on the "Get Tickets Now" tab to register.
You can register there online, and the cost is only $25, including snacks and lunch. Last day to register is September 4th. I'm definitely going and hope you will too!
Remember our retreat speaker from April 2014, Laurie Sheffield? Here's a recent blog post of hers. Worth the read!
We Need Each Other!
One of my favorite, most romantic gifts ever was covered in cobwebs, rusty and from a garage sale! For someone that’s a bit of a germaphobe this is kind of a funny thing to say… but it was something I really wanted… and on our very tight newly married budget, there was no way we could afford what I’d dreamed of. A tandem bike! I imagined my husband and I taking long bike rides through our neighborhood and to the market to get a few groceries in the cute basket I would put on the front. It all just seemed like something out of a movie. So when we spotted this old rusty tandem Schwinn at the garage sale hidden behind some newer bikes, my heart leapt with love for it and the romantic rides that were going to follow!! The kind man hosting the sale let us have it for practically nothing…warning us it was really old and needed work. “Who doesn’t?” I thought.Back seat riders…
We rode that bike EVERYWHERE! We added a basket (just like I’d imagined) to the front and ultimately a baby seat to the back… It was the best. It’s true, itwas really old so we had it tuned up as best as we could, but there wasn’t anything we could do about how heavy it was…just share in the load! I’m certain we put hundreds of miles on that old beater…The more time we spent on the bike the better we got at knowing what we needed from each other… sometimes with just small signals, even in our leans. I had to really trust the front seat driver because I couldn’t really see around him. Sometimes I’d want to quit, but Mike would always remind me how much I wanted this….When Mike took a bug to the face he learned he couldn’t spit sideways…it always flew back at me…I bet you can imagine how this conversation went…(romantic?). And he needed me to pedal harder up hills not just rest and let him carry the load! These may seem like “duhs”…but sometimes I’d just get captivated in the distracting things along the way!! We were a good team and really worked in tandem on the tandem!! As time went on, I loaded the basket up front heavier with more and more groceries making the handles harder to hold steady. Mike never complained.
When our oldest daughter, Erica, was in first grade and my middle daughter was big enough to be in the baby seat I had a great idea!! I was going to take over the captain’s seat, and convert a 30 minute walk with a stroller and a dawdling toddler into a 10 minute bike ride.
I hadn’t realized just how much work being the captain of the ship or the captain of the bike was! I put Erica on my old seat and her backpack in the cute little front grocery basket…WOW! How did Mike hold these handlebars steady with my added groceries every time we went to the store? Would I be able to make the turns?
And my daughter’s little legs weren’t quite long enough for her feet to reach the pedals so I just propped them up on the cross bar. Mike never said a word when I didn’t feel like pedaling and just “rested” mine here for a few minutes! And the weight of that 20 pound two year old in the back!! Were we SURE she only weighed 20 lbs? It felt like she was tipping the scale at 100! It was almost impossible to keep the bike balanced and safe!
I rode all the way to school dropped Erica off and just walked the heavy bike, and my dawdling 20 pound two year old home.
We Need Each Other!
I quickly recognized all of the work my riding partner had been doing and all of the responsibility he had been shouldering when I took his position. If you’re always a backseat rider, you can’t really ever see what’s needed up front. My arms would never get stronger to hold the handle bars straight, and my legs would never be able to pull the weight for two or three of us withoutdoing it! I was not able to balance the bike without someone there who was leaning with me.
Sure, sometimes when you go through life with someone, you’re going to take a bug or two to the face…maybe even wear a little spit. But how else are you going to figure out how to tell each other that this is not the best way to do things if you’re not talking about it and going through it together?? Besides…the bug guts made us such better communicators so quickly! When you rely on each other and talk things through, it makes you better. I wanted to be a good counterbalance, because I saw how spending time together made us both stronger. Doing things together makes you individually better. It makes us better husbands and wives, partners and friends. We NEED each other!
For if they fall, one will lift up another. But woe to him who is alone when he falls and has not another to lift him up!Again, if two lie together, they keep warm, but how can one keep warm alone? And though a man may prevail against one who is alone, two will withstand him – A threefold cord is not quickly broken!Ecclesiastes 4:10-12
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