W E L C O M E
The Garden Post is designed to share news and information specifically for women, offer spiritual encouragement and insight, and provide resources and connections for wise living.
I welcome the opportunity to connect with you and want to hear from you. Stop by my BLOG periodically or give me a call. Email me any time with a question or suggestion.
I'm thankful for the gifts of friendship and want to share them. Do you think about the unique role you have as a woman in your home, your community? Do you have a question about your faith? About God?
Let's connect today... Louann
Louann Rodgers
lkrodgers@comcast.net
www.RootedToGrow.com
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SNOWFLAKE CAFE
February 28th
9am-12noon
Mark your calendar for Snowflake Cafe,
a morning of challenge, pampering, encouragement, stimulating
workshops, sparkling treats, spiritual inspiration, and friendship!
This
year's program of workshops has some new and dynamic topics-something
for everyone...For some classes we have terrific exercise, knitting,
gardening, parenting, finances, and bag making classes. For spiritual
challenge... workshops on studying The Bible, praise, sex in marriage,
wise communication and finding balance in our lives. Plus we have some terrific exercise, pilates & calisthenics classes!
[Download Program HERE]
This is a FREE event, but we will need you to register so we can plan workshop space. Register in the main lobby or email women@visitchristcommunity.com
Come and join us, and be warmed, in body, soul and spirit!
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knit together
Join us the first Wednesday of each month for a time of connection and friendship as we rediscover the art of knitting.
7-9pm at the home of Rebecca Swayne, 861 Shelton Road, West Chester, 484.887.8110.
"...a cord of three strands is not quickly broken."
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s c r a p b o o k
c o n n e c t i o n
second Wednesdays
Do you have a project you are working on and just need to get to it? Need some space to spread out and make some pages?
Join us in the Main Lobby
Second Wednesday of each month, 7-9pm.
Questions? Contact Marna, 610.430.8815 or Ruth, 610.696.0669.
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b o d y and s o u l
'where faith and fitness meet'
Body and Soul is a cardio and strength training
program set to contemporary Christian music, for women of all fitness levels. Wear comfortable clothes and shoes and bring a mat or towel.
Stength & Flexibility
(NEW!) Class
Room 201
Strength & Cardio
MPR Room
Tuesday & Friday Mornings, 9:30am
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Prayer for a new day...
"I don't want to be the main character. I want my
character to fade off the page until the only thing left is the magnificent
Presence of the Author, Jesus Christ---my Savoir, Creator God of the universe
and all that dwells therein."
- prayer by Kathy Bley,
January 25, 2009
Dear
Heavenly Father,
What a sweet thing to be awakened---on
a new day--- by the God of the universe!
How many blessings have I missed by ignoring Your morning call over the years?
You are beginning a new page; indeed, You began it while I was sleeping! And
now You say to me, " Come on! Look! See what I have begun and stay with Me now
as I finish this page. Join Me in the adventure! I know what happens but I
want you to be with Me as it does. We can climb to the mountaintop together! We
can stand together amazed at what lies before us! If we go down to the depths
we will cry together and My comfort will be yours. I will help you over the
bumps in the road, pick you up when you stumble, and bring you back when you
run away. This is your story, written by Me, the "author and perfecter" of your
faith. I know the beginning from the end. I know
the end. And it is good!"
O,
Lord, I am overwhelmed. I put my hand in Yours. Take me where You want me to go---today,
and everyday. I am humbled. Even those chapters I find dull and boring, or that
make me mad at the "main character"---me--- because I don't like what she's
doing, are written by You, giving me free reign even though You are the One in
control---all along making something beautiful of my life. I don't pretend to
understand how this works, and all analogies fall short in one way or another.
But I know that if anyone else is "reading my book"---looking at my life---I
want each page to reflect You; and each chapter, even the hard ones, to glorify
and honor You alone. Indeed, I don't want to be the main character. I want my
character to fade off the page until the only thing left is the magnificent
Presence of the Author, Jesus Christ---my Savoir, Creator God of the universe
and all that dwells therein. Praise Your Holy Name!!
Amen.
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Caring for our community...
The recent rash of arson in Coatesville has been devasting for our neighbors.
Many have asked how they might help in relief:
Clothing Donations take directly to:
Tabernacle Baptist, 819 Coates Street, Coatesville, PA. 19320
Pastor Randy Harris: 610-384-7445
Food Donations take directly to:
The Coatesville Area Senior Center
22 North 5th St., Coatesville, PA 19320, 610-383-6900
Furniture Donations please contact:
New Community Christian Church
Point Person Pastor Keith Wilburn, 610-716-6999
Housing Assistance please contact:
Life Transforming Ministries
Point Person Bill Shaw, 610-384-5393
Grief Assistance please contact:
New Community Christian Church
Point Person Casey Jones, 484-872-1298
For more detailed and current information visit:
www.coatesvillerelief.blogspot.com
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Wisdom for Marriage...
Over sixty of our women gathered last Wednesday evening on a cold winter night to be warmed by encouragement and wisdom for marriage. Six wise women made up our panel of inspiration.
We were blessed by their authenticity, openness, and transparent encouragement to us. Thank you Pat, Janet, Leah, Pat, Kathy, Lisa, Carol and Janet. We have been touched by your stories and challenged in our marriages!
"Let the older women be reverent in the way they live... to teach the younger to love their husbands and children, and to be pure and self controlled..." Titus 2:3
[CLICK HERE to download the GEMS of Wisdom for Marriage...] |
 PRAYER FOR OUR COUNTRY... Our nation is facing a time of economic turmoil and political transition. We are faced with significant social and ethical decisions. New laws are being written.
Our nation needs the prayers of God's people.
[click here for a moving historical presentation...]
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Spirit to Spirit...Contentment
Encouragement by Linda Slavin
Hidden in your heart...Gentle and Quiet Spirit
"Do not let your adornment be merely outward-arranging the hair, wearing
gold, or putting on fine apparel-rather let it be the hidden person of
the heart, with the incorruptible beauty of a gentle quiet spirit, which
is very precious in the sight of God." 1 Peter 3:3-5
How do we fulfill
and experience the quietness of spirit?
How are we sustained in the
quietness of His Word? By knowing our part.
When we have quietness
of mind and heart we are made secure by being free from all questions
or challenges. We become calm, unmovable and strong. Free of turmoil and
agitation, untroubled, Restful and soothed. Quietness such a wonderful
state of being. A state that is precious in God's sight. Questioning the
possibility of such a tranquility I would hear , " Let me do the
rumbling, the earth shaking, the move of the mighty wind of the Spirit,
that's not your part that's Mine."
How precious I can say He is to
me in knowing the sustaining power of His Word.
The love of God so
powerful. The faith in God knowing I am not asked to have faith
within
myself or in myself, for even that He has given to me so freely. He is always
so
ready to help us, we never have to wait for Him, just quiet ourselves
and experience
the wonders of His great Love and be sustained in
Him.
Psalm 55:22 "Cast your burden on the Lord and He shall sustain
you;He shall
never permit the righteous to be moved."
Cast your
care on Him and allow Him to shake Heaven and
Earth on your behalf!
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Breakaway with us April 17-19th. Women's Spring Retreat.
A retreat is a pause in routine, a breath
that
creates space for rest and reflection. A
retreat gives you time to slow down, to connect with old friends and meet new friends, to hear from God, and to
listen, reflect, and refresh your faith.
This year we are back in Rehoboth, Delaware, at the oceanfront Atantic Sands Hotel. Registration packets will be available February 15th and registration will be March 1st-8th.
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