Women's Ministry Wednesday 1-8-2014

*WOMEN'S MINISTRY ANNUAL RETREAT

 

 "The Woman God Sees"

 Friday March 7 - Sunday March 9 at Smoky Mountain Christian Village in Pigeon Forge

 

Tara Furman of Knowing God Ministries will be our speaker and ISBC native Tammi Rhoton will

be our worship leader.  Cost is non-refundable $85 and includes lodging (3-4 per room), meals, and materials.  Payment plans and limited single/double occupancy rooms are available. 

 

To register or for more information, please contact Jessica Poff at 534-1616 or jessicacpoff@gmail.com.  Registration deadline is Sunday, February 9th.

 

 

 

*LADIES BIBLE STUDY

Priscilla Shirer, a dynamic speaker, will be featured in a two-day DVD Bible study series (GIDEON) to be held at ISBC (SAC) on January 24-25.

Time and Format:       

Friday, January 24   5:30-9:30 pm

                        5:40pm         Pizza

                        6:00- 9:30     DVD messages

                       

Saturday, January 25th   8:30am-12:30pm

                        8:40am           Bagels and Muffins

                        9:00-12:30      DVDs messages.

Sign up in the front lobby of the sanctuary or contact the church office or Susie Toomey by January 22 at:  sktoomey@king.edu

Bring a friend!!

* WINTER BOOK STUDY

Book: Having a Mary Heart in a Matha World by Joanna Weaver

The book is available at Lifeway and Books-a-million.  It is $14.99 paperback.  As usual, if cost is at all a problem PLEASE let me know in confidence and Women's Ministry will purchase the book. Please don't let the cost stop you from the blessings you will get with this study!!)

Where: Martha Rhoton's home- 601 W. Valley View Circle, Kingsport, TN 37664

When: Tuesdays from 6 - 8 from January 28 through February 25.

Why: To grow as Christians, to grow as friends,  and to enjoy literature

Requirements: Purchase a book, read the first two chapters before the first meeting on January 28, and come prepared to be blessed. Please let Martha Rhoton know by Sunday, January 26, if you are planning to attend. Phone: 323-5924/ rhotonm@hotmail.com.

 

~ Submitted by Beth Dishman

ISBC Women's Ministry

Publicity Coordinator

 

 

WMW-November 14th

Women's Ministry Christmas Gathering, December 6th at 6:00 p.m. at the home of Jamie Chadwick.  Please bring an appetizer or dessert to share and your friends!  If you would like to participate in the optional gift exchange, please bring a $10 wrapped gift.  Please RSVP to Jessica Poff (534-1616) or Jamie Chadwick (677-8571)

 

2013 Womens Retreat Are you looking for that perfect Christmas gift for that special woman in your life?  Consider inviting them to our  "Change Happens: A Weekend To Get Real".  This exciting and refreshing weekend will be held March 1-3 at Smoky Mountain Christian Village in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee.  Our speaker is author and speaker Dr. Rhonda Kelley, a professor at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. Her husband is the president of the seminary. Our worship leader for the weekend will be ISBC native, Tammi Rhoton.  Lodging and meals are included and transportation will be provided if needed.  Cost is $75 per person if reservation and non-refundable payment is made by January 20th.  Reservations and payment after that date will be $100 per person.  We have a much larger lodge this time, so there is plenty of room. Scholarships are available as well as single room rates.  For more information, please contact Jessica Poff at 534-1616 or jessicacpoff@gmail.com

WOW! This week's Woman of the Week drives 30 minutes one way to come to church, because she says this is where her family is fed. Find out who she is and read more about her on Friday at http://www.isbcwm.blogspot.com

Winter Session Small Groups It's time to start planning our Small Groups for January/February. If you are interested in leading one of these groups/classes in your home, contact Susie Toomey at sktoomey@king.edu

Jennifer O'Neill Update

Those of you who attended the Ladies Retreat in February remember Jennifer O'Neill. (Even if you didn't attend you will remember her from her Cover Girl model and movie star days) At the retreat, Jen poured her heart out to us through her riveting testimony. She told us of her parents love for each other, and that they have lived with her for many years. She also told us of her concern for their salvation.

Last Monday, August 17th, her dad, Oscar, passed away. He was 92 years old. Jennifer is heartbroken, but her assistant said that they are believing that her dad made the decision somewhere along the way to accept Jesus as his Lord and Saviour.

They have been going through some changes, including moving to another house, her dad's hospitalizations, and numerous other things. As the Holy Spirit prompts you, please remember Jen and her family in your prayers. Specifically, that God will use all of this heartache for His purpose.

Jen has a full speaking engagement schedule for the Fall. Pray for her as she grieves and fulfills these commitments. If you would like to leave her a note of encouragement, you can go to her web site at http://www.jenniferoneill.com/ and contact her from there. I know it would mean the world to her to hear from you.

I pray for you a beautiful day in the Lord!

Reflect on this passage today. There is HOPE in Jesus!

But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, "even as others" which have no hope.

For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.

For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep.

For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: "and the dead in Christ shall rise first:

Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air; and so "shall we ever be with the Lord.

Wherefore comfort one another with these words.

I Thessalonians 4: 13-18.

God Bless,

Pam