F r i e n d s h i p
Our Spring Celebrations this week reminded us of those God has given us to join us on the journey.
Friends and sisters in Christ, rubbing shoulders and sharing in the laughter, holding us up through tears, and mostly pointing us to God.
This song from Watermark expresses this so well...
You've been more than a friend to me, You fight off my enemies.
Because you've spoken Truth over my life and you'll never know what it means to me just to know you've been on your knees for me.
Oh, you have blessed my life more than you'll ever know!
[Watermark]
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FREE 3-Week Spring Study
Begins Week of May 10th
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 u m m e r
B o o k C l u b
Join us for some great reading and some great conversation this summer!
Summer Discussion Nights:
- June 18th -
- July 21st -
- August 19th -
7:00pm in the main lobby, discussions will start promptly at 7:15pm
Download [PDF] our Readers Review and Discussion Schedule
Questions? Contact Eve Kramp, 610.518.0446 |
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C o n n e c t i o n & L i n k s
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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
Louann Rodgers
lkrodgers@comcast.net
www.RootedToGrow.com |
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When April steps aside for May
Like diamonds all the rain drops glisten;
Fresh violets open every day,
To some new bird each hour we listen.
-Lucy Larcom
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Gifts Mom Gave Us
Mother's Day is next weekend.
We all have reflections. This one is mine.
This winter we said goodbye to mom. On a cold February
night, we received the call that told us she was going home to eternity sooner
that we expected. Still walking through our grief from losing dad last
Christmas, this year had been hard and filled with difficult decisions. 
Following dad's passing we had made the decision to move my mother here to West Chester. She was young, beautiful and strong... she carried
only the frailty of mind that Alzheimers had brought her to. Despite the shock of the sudden loss, we were thankful my mom's last months
were here, filled with
laughter and happiness for her.
In the long goodbye and quietness of her
illness, we found simple treasures. Her decline in Alzheimers brought her to a
peaceful state of innocent, childlike joy... and so we shared lots of music,
old movies, silly dances, and precious, endless, fiercely-tight child-like
hugs.
My mom married her childhood sweetheart and was by his side for
more than 50 years, so it seemed only appropriate that mom would be spending her
first moments in eternity on Valentines Day... with dad, worshipping together
the God they loved. It was my dad who brought my mother to The Lord when they
first met, sharing the ultimate perfect love of our Savior, Jesus Christ. And
while the grief of loosing them both is still fresh, I'm thankful to have had
the blessing of two amazing parents who gave my sisters and I the gifts of
faith, family and fabulous fun. I pray that we can extend their legacy to our
children.
Dad was such a big personality, always with unforgettabl e humor, playfulness
and so full of life.
Mom, reserved and refined, was as quiet and private in
personality as dad was exuberant and passionate. Mom always made her
presence known, but in a way that never really spoke... her presence was, most notably,
through her actions. When mom did speak, her words were simple, yet
significant and full of purpose.
To this day, my sisters and I can recite some of mom's most famous words, now priceless quotes of wisdom. We were three
girls growing up like little women, and mom taught us strictly, but well.
I am
reminded of the passage in Titus Chapter 2, "...the older women
should be reverent in the way they live... to teach what is good. Then they can
train the younger women to love their husbands and children, to be
self-controlled and pure, to be busy at home, to be kind... so that no one will malign the word of God."
My mother gave me so much. She was a proper woman of purpose. When I think
of all my memories, I think of three distinct things that she gave me, gifts
that only a mother can give.
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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 Evening,
May 8th
at 7:00pm
DOORS OPEN AT 6:45pm
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. Tickets are still available for our overflow seating ($5).
We have a live feed to two large screens in the chapel. Special gifts have been set aside for our chapel guests as well as a personal visit from Angela Thomas.
Questions? call 610.431.0300x109 or email women@rootedtogrow.com |
S p i r i t t o S p i r i t. . . S e l a h
H o l y H u s h
encouragement by Linda Slavin
"Stand in awe, and sin not:
Commune
with your own heart upon your bed,
and be still. Selah" Psalm 4:4
PAUSE FOR A
MOMENT. What do you hear?
Can you hear a pin drop? or is your mind
racing
with a million thoughts all over the place.
Now listen with
your HEART. Can you hear Him?
God speaks to us through our heart and as
we
commit to him, and let the Word of Christ dwell in us richly
our
thoughts become established.
As we quiet ourselves on the inside and begin
listening
to what our heart is saying the Holy Spirit will minister
the
truth of Gods Word to us.
Lay your cares and worries aside FOR HIM. Pace
yourself
with Him. Allow an overflowing heart to penetrate your mind with
understanding.
Experience that perfect peace
that
only comes from Him. Selah.
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