The Garden Post
is designed to share news, connections and information specifically for women, offer
spiritual encouragement and insight, and provide resources 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
lkrodgers@comcast.net
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W i s i n g U p . . .
wherever life happens
Join us for 3 weeks in May, for an inspiring teaching from Proverbs on living wisely, choosing wisdom, wise friends, and wise speech.
This is a teaching study by Beth Moore (no homework). It is FREE, but we need you to register so we can plan seating. [Limited childcare available for $10/child/study]
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S p r i n g
C o n n e c t i o n s
Spring Celebration & Sharing Days ... Tuesday Evening April 28th, 7-9pm for lite fare; Wednesday Morning April 29th, 9:15-11:15am for brunch; Thursday Morning April 30th, 9:15-11:15am for brunch; ALL women are invited. Mothers & Others...
May 8th, 7:00pmWhen Wallflowers Dance - Stepping into the arms of God's Embrace with guest speaker Angela Thomas. TICKETS NOW AVAILABLE for reserved seating. Homeschool Support... "Web Resources"
Monday, April 20th, 7-8pm at the home of Jen Jeffries, 5 Caswallen Drive, WC Contact Amy for questions, 610.701.9568
Wising Up - wherever life happens
Spring study begins week of May 10th. Join us for this FREE 3-week teaching study (No homework) by Beth Moore.
Knit Together ... first Wednesday or each month Scrapbook Connection ... second Wednesday of each month, Contact Marna for questions, Body & Soul ...2 classes: Cardio and Strength Strength and Flexibility Tue & Fri mornings 9:30am CLICK HERE for web site for calendar and details... |
T h e D a f f o d i l
P r i n c i p l e
This profound story of springtime, renewal and growth is inspiring and worth the read.
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Greetings!
Spring
brings such a refreshment in the air - you can smell it and you can feel it.
Spring is a precious, spectacular time filled with bold colors, vibrant winds, and amazing growth. Spring awakens in us a new vision of hope
and renewal. I pray your spirits are feeling that same refreshment as we listen for God's
stirring each day. Pondering and praying about this new season brings some
excitement too ... anticipation for all God is doing and what He will continue to
do!  "Ask the LORD for rain in the springtime; it is the LORD who makes the storm clouds. He gives showers of rain to men, and plants of the field to everyone."- Zechariah 10:1
"The seasons are what a symphony ought to be: four perfect movements in harmony with each other."
- unknown author
"That God once loved a garden we learn in Holy writ.
And seeing gardens in the Spring I well can credit it."
- Winifred Mary Letts
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W h e n W a l l f l o w e r s D a n c e . . .
 We are delighted to welcome
Angela Thomas, nationally acclaimed author and speaker, tothis year's Mothers & Others
Friday, May 8th
at 7:00pm. This
annual spring evening is an intergenerational event, designed for all
ladies...from young teens to the wisest among us. Come and enjoy
desserts, music, friendship, gifts and encouragement. Angela Thomas is the author of Living Your Life as a Fragrant Offering, When Wallflowers Dance, Single MOM, and others. Angela is insightful, dynamic, witty, inspiring and relevant as she communicates God's Truth to women. Tickets will be available Sunday, April 5th, and then following Easter during Bible Study and on Sundays in the Main Lobby. $12 for reserved seating. Questions? call 610.431.0300x109 or email women@rootedtogrow.com |
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A t t h e f o o t o f t h e c r o s s . . .
p o n d e r i n g E a s t e r
 In the breezes of early spring we stand at the foot
of
the cross. We stand at the foot of the cross and
stand
before God. The dust of the cross catches our eyes
but the blood of the cross covers us... fully covers us.
Our complete covering. Radical. Astonishing.
Profound.
Linger in the quiet moments that God calls you to during this holy week. I am reminded of one of my grandmother's favorite hymns, that speaks to the drawing of God's heart to ours, I come to the garden alone,while the dew is still on the roses.And the voice I hear falling on my ear,The Son of God discloses.And He walks with me and He talks with me,and He tells me I am His own,And the Joy we share as we tarry there, None other has ever known.
Tarry a bit. Tarry and ponder and pray. Don't let school schedules, demands of family and your own personal travels take you away from quiet reflection of the profound truth: ...that the God of creation sent His only Son to die for us, so that we, undeserving, might be saved and have eternal life. (Jn 3:16)
Come and join us as we worship and
celebrate the joy
and meaning of this Holy Week,
- Maundy Thursday Service: April 9, 7:00pm
- Good Friday Service: April 10, 7:00pm
- KidzRock Eggstravaganza! April 11, 9:30-11:00am
- Easter Sunday: Worship 8:00-9:30-11:00am
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T h e W o m e n o f E a s t e r
We as American
women enjoy privileges as a part of today's society that the women of Easter
could only dream of. Yet, as we study those biblical women we see a strength
that we can learn from today.
[read more...]
"On the first day of the week, very early in the morning, the women took the spices they had prepared and went to the tomb." Luke 24:1
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S p i r i t t o S p i r i t. . . i n P r a i s e !
B r i n g i n g i t w i t h y o u
encouragement by Linda Slavin
"From the rising of the sun to its going down the
LORD'S name
is to be praised."
Psalm 113
How do I say thank you?
By Rejoicing! I rejoice in
the Lord and the power of His might. We give you all the glory, the honor,
the highest praise. Rejoice in the Lord with everything that is within me.
Sing to the Lord a New Song, for He is worthy who has done great things.
Come into His presence WITH thanksgiving. Bring it with you. Don't come
into His presence by thanksgiving but WITH it.
Psalm 100:4 tells us, "Enter
his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise; give
thanks to him and praise his name."
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Joy is a fruit, not a feeling...
it's roots are in choice, not emotion.
Joy is a fruit, not a decoration...
it is to be shared, not observed.
Joy is a fruit, not a fance...
it endures, it is not fleeting.
Joy is a fruit, not a gift...
it costs us effort, it is not free.
Joy is a fruit... the work of God's Spirit
a sweetener for our souls, and a celebration of God in our lives!
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