Sunday, June 20, 2010

You girls are super!


While I'm waiting for the delivery of yummy Mr. Jim's pizza (my husband's favorite), I wanted to send a "shout out" to all our wonderful women at New Hope who stepped in to help usher this morning for both services. You gals rock!

The one morning of the year the Women of Hope steps in to relieve our men of their regular responsibility of ushering, we had 19-20 different women step in to hand out bulletins (which were advertising, by the way, our quarterly luncheon next Sunday after 2nd service), help seat our guests and take up the offering after listening to a great sermon by Doug Fike. If you weren't there, you will want to check out the podcast on http://newhopechristian.org.

Thanks to each of you who stepped in especially when we had 3 women of our leadership team out of commission today! I love how you are willing to be stretched into whatever is needed, whenever--love it!!!

As we remember and/or spend time with our fathers, husbands, friends, let us remember how God is also our heavenly Father who is the best Daddy, ever!

See you next Sunday at 12:30pm! (Childcare is available--if you need it, please let us know!--leave a comment or e-mail me at wendie@teuton.org)

Blessings,

Wendie

Saturday, June 5, 2010

Women of Hope News

Hello my sweet friends!

I hope you all had a great Memorial Day remembering those that risked or lost their lives for our country, for our freedoms. School's out for the summer and Wednesday night KIDS ministry is off for a while and for many, vacation away from home is on the horizon!

For the Women of Hope team, we're still working to bring you some awesome opportunities to invite your lady-friends and neighbors to experience New Hope and hear the gospel as well as Bible studies to grow in your knowledge and stretch your faith. Want to get "plugged-in"? Just let us know what you like to do or that you're willing to try anything. ;)

The Tuesday Bible studies are underway! Return to the Garden met Tuesday night at 7pm at New Hope and The Virtuous Woman will start this Tuesday at 10am because of unforeseen circumstances. If you were thinking about getting in on the morning study, there's still time! Contact Shannon Quick at shannonquick@gmail.com or call 972-762-6696.

One home team that is for women only, led by Cristol Morgan, is going to continue to meet through the summer, if you'd like to meet up on Wednesday nights through the summer with an awesome group of women, call Cristol at 214-766-8587 to find out what's going on!

Revealing Beauty tickets are still on sale. You can see any one of the Women of Hope team (Marge King, Stephanie Bush, Deborah Yates, Shannon Quick, or Wendie Beddingfield) to purchase them or go online to http://revealing-beauty.com and order them online. We are really excited about this event coming up on Saturday, August 28th. It is going to be a fabulous extravaganza just for you and your friends--it's designed to be an outreach event for you to invite friends and neighbors, especially those that are unchurched or aren't walking with the Lord, focused on discovering the beauty that is within because of Christ and dressing our bodies to reveal that beauty on the outside. Not only will each person in attendance receive an individual color and body-type analysis from our guest speaker and her assistant, but we will have high-energy music, dancers from Epiphany Dance Theatre, drama, and guest speaker Shari Braendel, nationally known Christian speaker and author of Good Girls Don't Have to Dress Bad. Shari will not only give us lots of tips and tricks to reveal our beauty in contrast to what the fashion magazines, tv and other media tell us beauty is, but she will be sharing her powerful testimony in discovering a true relationship with Christ and how that's changed her life and the lives of many because what He's done in her. You do not want to miss it! If you'd like to be involved in helping this outreach be the most effective it can be, please contact Wendie Beddingfield at wendie@teuton.org or 469-751-3539.

Sunday, June 13th, is the big summer bash at Avalon Park, and the Women of Hope team is planning to have desserts out for donations to go to help fund Revealing Beauty and future Women of Hope events so that we can continue to offer free admission to the majority of women's events requesting only donations for ministries like the Bridge Community Outreach. If you'd like to donate any baked goods like cookies, brownies, bars, cupcakes, etc, we'd be more than grateful, but if you're not into cooking and would rather support Women of Hope with a donation of cash or a check, that would be equally welcomed. We are continually overwhelmed by the generosity of the women of our body--thank you for your selfless giving!

Sunday, June 20th, the Women of Hope ministry team is volunteering to usher during first and second services to give our men a welcome rest in honor of Father's Day. Won't you join us in ushering one of the services that day?

Sunday, June 27th, we will be gathering in the Zone after 2nd service for a light lunch and a chance to communicate with one another face-to-face. If you'd like to attend but need childcare after we eat, please e-mail Wendie at wendie@teuton.org or call 469-751-3539. If you have questions or concerns or want to get involved in what's coming up or want to purchase tickets for Revealing Beauty--please make plans to stay after 2nd service on the 27th.

For the month of July, our team will be taking a break from working and planning to get rest and replenishing, but as soon as August 1 rolls around, we're jumping right back in where we left off. New Bible study registration is just around the corner in mid-August!

We hope your summer is full of great family and friend time, sharing the love of Christ with all you are around!

Your humble servant,

Wendie

Wednesday, May 26, 2010

Ushers for Fathers' Day













The Women of Hope are volunteering to usher at New Hope on Fathers' Day (June 20th)--would you like to join us to show our New Hope men and fathers our appreciation and give them the day off? If we get plenty of volunteers then everyone will only need to work one of the services.

If you would like to help out on Fathers' Day, please contact Wendie Beddingfield at wendie@teuton.org or 469-751-3539.

Bible Study












Hey ladies! We have a sweet dilemma....
the Bible study for Tuesday nights starting June 1 (Return to the Garden) has more people registered than we currently have room for. Is there anyone out there who has a place to hold 15-20 ladies on Tuesday nights (near Wylie) from 7pm to 9pm for six weeks who would be willing to host this Bible study?

Please contact Mendy Payne at mendy.payne@verizon.net

Thursday, May 13, 2010

Question for YOU!

We are consistently finding that we still need improvement on communication especially as the Women of Hope begins offering multiple opportunities for fellowship, life skills development and study of God's word.

My question to you, for which I do hope you will comment at the bottom of this post, is what do you find the most effective way you hear/see and remember events or activities that interest you? Or.... what's been the most effective way YOU communicate with others?

Thank you for taking time to read and respond. You ladies are the best!

In Christ,
Wendie

Saturday, May 8, 2010

Revealing Beauty Tickets Go On Sale Tomorrow!


To all you special moms out there, I want to wish you an early
Mother's
Day! What a B-E-A-U-T-I-F-U-L day it is today!

I also wanted to send you a quick notice that tickets for the
Revealing Beauty Women's Conference & Fashion Show
go on sale tomorrow between first and second service and
after second in the lobby as well as the registration for two
Bible studies that will be held in June.

For those of you who wondering what
Revealing Beauty is,
read below:

Revealing Beauty is a one-day women's conference featuring
nationally
known author & speaker
Shari Braendel from
Proverbs 31 Ministries
who will share her expertise as an image
consultant on how to dress in
order to reveal our true beauty.
This is a high-energy, fun outreach
event for the women of New
Hope and the women in our community. (Teens
are more than
welcome to attend as well.)


There will also be a fashion show after lunch with women of all ages,
shapes and sizes that provides examples of the practical application
as
well as lots of fun and excitement and the draw for many women
who would
not normally step foot in a church.

Shari speaks to teens and adult women, encouraging them to let
go of
secrets that are bound up inside in order for us to be able
to truly
shine the light of Christ--sharing that we can look so good
on the
outside, but be a complete mess on the inside. So it's not
all about
dressing to look good or feeling all good about ourselves
by covering
ourselves well--she weaves the gospel in her
presentation with complete
truth in an outreach of compassion.

You do not want to miss out on this fabulous event, and you don't
want
to leave your friends out--this is truly the event to invite your
friends to and we promise you won't regret it. The only thing you
will
regret is not inviting your other friends, too!

Check out the Revealing Beauty website
http://revealing-beauty.com here or paste
http://revealing-beauty.com to your browser for more
information on Shari Braendel or purchase tickets online.

Many sweet blessings,

Wendie Beddingfield

Saturday, May 1, 2010

Reflection on Movie Night

Last night, the Women of Hope gathered for Movie Night at New Hope in the auditorium to watch "The Blind Side." Many of us came in our pajamas and slippers with our blankies and pillows, turned some chairs around to stretch out and enjoyed a free movie--the only catch was to bring in any amount of non-perishable food for the Bridge food pantry.

The fellowship before and after was great, the generous giving of the ladies was incredible, and the snacks we smuggled in were delicious! If you didn't make it this time, you missed out! I believe this is something we're going to do more often, so keep an eye out for future announcements. Sometimes you just have to get together to have some fun--thanks to all the ladies who came out--it's no fun without you!

Monday, April 26, 2010

Registration for Summer Bible studies begins this Sunday! Stop by the tables in the lobby to pick up information, register, and purchase your study guide.

Saturday, March 20, 2010

Women's Conference

The Women of Hope leadership team is attending the True Woman Leadership Pre-Session and some will attend the rest of the conference October 14-16. We wanted to share this information in case any of you would like to join us for any part of the conference.



For more details, click here for speaker info: Speakers or for event details and registration: True Woman



TrueWoman10: Now is the time

Thursday, March 18, 2010

New to WoH

Women of Hope
introduces
Life Skills Groups!



2nd Group is Saving Money Through Coupons
Thursday, May 6, 2010
Friday, May 7, 2010 from 10:00-11:30am

If you've never tried couponing, not had much success, need a little motivation or want to help encourage women to make God's dollars go farther, you're invited to join this new group led by Stephanie Bush.
 
Location: New Hope
Please register via e-mail to Stephanie at
beansmommy30@gmail.com
or call 214-629-3254.


3rd Group is Basic Sewing
Saturday, June 12, 2010 at 10am

If you already know how to sew and would like to help teach some very basic techniques, encourage others to learn your craft or if you've never picked up a needle and thread, you are welcome to come try your hand at this timeless skill/craft.

Location: TBD
Please register via e-mail to Marge King at
dandmking@verizon.net
or call 972-475-8093.


More to come!
If you have a skill or hobby you'd like to share/teach or
one you'd really like to learn, please leave your comments after this post.