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Fall Bible studies begin soon!

Tuesday mornings 9:30am to 11:30am, beginning 9/20

(Childcare & Preschool Class provided)

Wednesday nights 7:00pm to 8:30pm, beginning 9/21

(Word of Life program for your children)

Saturday mornings 9:00am to 11:00am, beginning 9/17

This fall we have three choices!

Join us as we study Beth Moore's 11 week series,

Living Beyond Yourself-Exploring the Fruit of the Spirit. We will be encouraged as we see what it looks like to live each day

empowered by His Spirit. The book cost is $15.

Facilitators: Tues AM: Sharon Walker
Weds PM: Tammy Ellis

“Moms with a Purpose”This is a group for moms of all ages. In book club format we will  be reading and discussing “The Ministry of Motherhood”, which

encourages moms in discipling their children. In addition we will

work on “mom’s” spiritual disciplines. There will be time to share successes and growth opportunities as we focus on specific challenges facing our families. Join us for encouragement in your daily walk with God and encouragement in discipling your children. Whether  you have a two year old or a teen you will find purpose in this moms group! Cost for the book $10.00.

Facilitators: Barb Hult & Gretchen Jaynes

Wising Up: FREE Godly Wisdom A Women’s Study of Proverbs

Beth Moore's 12 week study on the book of Proverbs is for all women.

Each week we'll focus on a different topic relevant for women, so if you

have to miss a few weeks, you won't feel behind in our study. Please join

us when you can, in the church cafe as we encourage one another in God's

Word. There is no homework and no cost, except your well invested time.

Facilitator: Rose Hartman

Register for Fall Retreat!

TRUE BEAUTY
Speaker: Lori Goering, Great Commisssion Ministries
from Hurth, Germany

Brown County State Park
Abe Martin Lodge
September 9-10, 2011

Registrations due by July 31st
Cost ranges from $65-140 based on number of roommates (select your own, or we'll find you one)

Summer 2011 Bible Study

Starting Tuesday, June 14th from 7-8:30pm, all women are invited to participate in a summer Bible study, Jonah: Navigating a Life Interrupted. You may purchase an optional workbook for $14. Childcare will not be available, but older children and nursing infants are welcome to attend.

Frugal Fair Revisited

On April 30, 2011 the Women at Grace had a fun day with a variety of "frugal" activities. The day began with a Fashion Show, with women wearing outfits purchased at thrift shops, consignment stores and garage sales. There were two awards presented for People's Choice and Judges' Choice. The winners are pictured above.

The WINGS Boutique was a popular activity. Everyone received five tickets to select "free clothing" which was attractively organized. Some women were even seen wearing their "new" clothing to church the next day!

Kudos go to our kitchen crew. The Fair Food selections included mini-corn dogs, pretzels with cheese, walking tacos, and caramel corn.

The Booth Displays shared the expertise of our Grace Women. There was much to learn about frugal living, and everyone left with new ideas to try. Listed below are the booths. Several of the handouts are available online.

•Baby Bargains & Websites for Moms

•Baking and Cooking with Beans
Recommended Bean Recipes- Barbara
Recommended Bean Recipes- Karen

•Breadmaking

•Financial Peace University

•Frugal Fitness - Effective Exercise at Home

•Gardening - Maintaining a Vegetable Garden

Homemade Household Cleaning Products

•How To’s for shopping Thrift Stores

•Menu Planning Tips

•Recycling

•Using Soap Nuts (all natural soap substitute)

We also had a short devotion with Scripture and questions to help us consider a biblical view of frugalness.

April 30th: Frugal Fair!

Saturday, April 30 (10am-1pm)

Ladies! Save this date for a fun morning of money saving tips including…

• “Second Hand” Fashion Show
• Display “booths” with cost saving ideas
• Women’s Clothing Exchange
• “Fair Food” snacks

Please sign up at church on the bulletin board if you plan to attend!

Frugal Fashion Show  (extended deadline to 4/20!)
This will be a contest that showcases fashions worn by Grace Women from second-hand sources (garage sales, thrift and consignment stores). Don’t be shy: we know you’re out there! Casual, formal, workplace or maternity are all acceptable.
     RULES: 

1. No more than $25.00 may be spent on your entire ensemble (excluding shoes).
2. Submit a picture of your ensemble by Wednesday April 20th, along with a brief description of items and costs.
3. There will be a prize awarded based on audience vote and our amateur judges.

Contact: Kelly Schutt, 490-1494, kelly_schutt@comcast.net

Swap and Shop at the WINGS Boutique
Bring your gently used (clean and ready to wear) adult women’s clothes to swap! If possible, bring them on hangers. Accessories, jewelry, shoes, purses and belts are also acceptable.

Collection will be Sunday, April 24th-Wednesday, April 27th. We are gathering items in advance so our “shopping area” will be attractive and well-organized. Items may be left at church on/near the coat rack across from the kitchen.  Please sign in and indicated number of donated items.

Tickets for items: On Saturday, a ticket will be handed out for each clothing item, pair of shoes or accessory you brought. Each person attending the clothing swap will also get 5 free tickets. Additional tickets will be available for $0.50 each with donations going to Wheeler Mission.

Contact: Libby Davis, ldavis@uindy.edu; Cami Wright, rcwright88@msn.com

NOTE: Any item in the Boutique not selected will be donated to Wheeler’s Thrift Store OR you may take yours home at the end of the Fair on Saturday.

Booth Displays
Our in-house experts will share money saving tips for your household. Topics include:

• Baby Bargains & Websites for Moms
• Baking and Cooking with Beans
• Breadmaking
• Financial Peace University
• Frugal Fitness - Effective Exercise at Home
• Gardening - Maintaining a Vegetable Garden
• Homemade Household Cleaning Products
• How To’s for shopping Thrift Stores
• Menu Planning Tips
• Recycling
• Using Soap Nuts (all natural soap substitute)

Contact: Gretchen Jaynes, 496-2547, gjaynes26@hotmail.com; Barbara Hult 780-1354, mrshult@yahoo.com

Agenda
10:15am Fashion Show
10:30-1 pm View Booths and shop at WINGS Boutique
11:30  Fashion Show Results/Devotion

Fair Food will be available throughout the morning!

At 1pm, anyone interested may carpool to Wheeler’s Thrift Store for a group shopping event.

March 19, 2011: Ladies Spring Luncheon

Saturday, March 19th
11:00am-1:00pm
Grace Evangelical Church
"Growing in Grace"

Our guest speaker at the lunch will be Barbara Metzelaars, the wife of former NFL player and current Indianapolis Colts Offensive Line Coach Pete Metzelaars. Pete and Barbara have been married since they were in their teens and have two grown sons. You will not want to miss Barbara share their journey of faith and how they have grown in grace, watching as God brought them from a tragic situation to glory in Him.

~ Sign up on the Women's Ministry bulletin board by March 14th.
~ Let Libby Davis know if you would like to be a table hostess for this event.

~ Please bring a salad for a pitch-in lunch and an item to donate to Life Centers (crisis pregnancy center).

Donation Suggestions for Life Centers
Any baby or maternity items are welcome, but especially:

• Diapers (all sizes, but particularly: newborn, 4, 5, and 6)
• Wipes
• Bottles
• 0-3 month size girl and boy clothing
• 24 month size girl and boy clothing
• Bassinets
• Any furniture items (car seats and cribs are only accepted if they are new in the box, everything else can be gently used)

Women's Annual Christmas Brunch, December 4th

Join the women of Grace for a time of fellowship and to hear an update on Wheeler Mission's Hebron Ministry.

Date: Saturday, December 4th

Time: 9:30-11:20am

Place: Home of Pastor and Barbara Hult

Brunch will be provided

For our service project, we ask that you buy a gift for the families of the men in Wheeler Mission Ministries' addiction recovery program. Everyone from church (not just women) is invited to participate. We have almost 200 gift requests!

• Please stop by the WINGS bulletin board and pick an ornament off the "tree."
• Purchase a gift that is appropriate for the age/gender of the person on the ornament and bring the wrapped gift to the Christmas Brunch.
• If you are unable to attend the brunch but still would like to purchase a gift, please return your gifts to the Wheeler box by the WINGS bulletin board by Sunday, December 12.
• Be sure to attach the paper ornament to the gift so it can be matched to the assigned family.

Sign up on the bulletin board at church.

Mini-Retreat Reminder!

Don't forget about the WINGS mini-retreat this Saturday! If you didn't register, it's not too late to come join the fun. Consider inviting a friend who would enjoy a refreshing and relaxing day. Read more about it here.

Also, please note a date change for an upcoming Titus 2 event. The "Simple Home Repair" night is now scheduled for October 28th (was the 26th).

Mini-Retreat: October 9th, 2010

Renew, Refresh and Relax...in the Lord!

Women’s Mini-Retreat
Grace Evangelical Church
Saturday, October 9th, 2010, 8:30am-1:00pm

Why a Retreat?
As women fulfilling many roles in our busy lives, we often feel the need to renew, refresh and relax. Join the Women of Grace as we take a morning to seek physical and spiritual refreshment!

What’s in store?
During this mini-retreat we will have some “in house experts” share on the topics of food, nutrition, health, exercise and wellness. They will also give advice on being refreshed as a young mom, and how to maintain intimacy in your marriage.

It will be a fun morning!  After lunch, if you want to stay, we will be wrapping shoe boxes for Samaritan’s Purse.  These boxes will be available to the rest of the congregation for our annual collection.

Mini-Retreat Schedule
8:30am    Continental Breakfast
9:00am    Personal Pampering
9:45am    Breakout Session One
10:45am    Breakout Session Two
11:45am    General Session: Encouragement for Personal Spiritual Renewal
12:15pm    Lunch*
1-2:00pm    Service Project (optional): Wrapping Shoe Boxes for Samaritan’s Purse

*Lunch will be provided and included in the cost of registration ($5.00)

Childcare is not provided for this event

Please return registration by Sunday October 3

Breakout Sessions
Choose two! (scheduling will be determined based on interest)

Cooking for Fun, while Watching Your Weight
“Weight Watchers and Paula Deen combined” Shelli Engle and Cindy Gregory

Wellness and Exercise - A healthy life worth living, and fun, too!
“Run a 5K with my husband, you bet!” Ann Bumb

Keeping Refreshed as a Young Mom, through Pregnancy and the Early Years
“Knowledge is power when making confident decisions regarding your health and your child.”  Join R.N.s who work in NICU, labor and delivery and pediatrics - Leigh Hopper, Sandra Randall and Anita Stevens

Sitting at His Feet--Renewing Your Mind Daily
“Devotions as a spiritual oasis in the middle of a desert” Becky Gluff

Relaxing Massage
“How can massage benefit me?” Terry Stigdon

Intimacy - Renew your thoughts in God’s View of Sex
“Whose idea was this? Yes, God’s!” Barbara Hult

Titus 2: Event Canceled

Please note the Unfinished Projects/Sewing Night this week (Aug 12th) has been canceled.

Hope to see you Friday, August 20th at 6:30pm for the Supper Sampler!

Click here for more upcoming events.

Titus 2: What to do with Zucchini and Tomatoes

Please join us for a Titus 2 night, Tuesday, July 27th at 6:30 at the cafe. We will be sharing recipes for all of those zucchinis and tomatoes that you have in your garden or that you might pick up at your local farmer's market. Donna Huff will be demonstrating two recipes and we will all get to taste them! Please come and fellowship and if you have any recipes to share please bring those along!

Titus 2: Upcoming Events!

Take a look at what's coming up this summer and fall!

July
27th - What to do with Zucchini and Tomatoes (Donna Huff and Gretchen Jaynes)
Come for recipes and samples to try

August
12th - Unfinished Projects Night + Baby Blocks
Bring your projects that need finishing! Also, Laura Vollmer will be leading a baby block sewing project for those interested.

20th - Supper Sampler Night
Make and bring your favorite recipe and taste other favorite recipes as well. It will be a time to fellowship and gather new recipes!

September
9th - Unfinished Projects Night + How to read a pattern
Learn to read a sewing pattern or just bring your project that needs finishing

28th - Emergency Preparedness (Cristi DeHoff)

October
28th - Simple Home Repair (Nicole Georgen and others)

November
11th - Holiday Enjoyment
Enjoy the busy holidays! Learn more about make ahead meals, how to wrap gifts, etc.

Mom's Connect: July 15 REMINDER

Don't forget about this week's Mom's Connect at the playground!

Thursday, July 15
10:00 am
Southport Presbyterian Church playground (map)
(Rain? Cristi DeHoff's home)

Contact Michele McGill or Nicole Georgen for more information on our bi-monthly get togethers.

Lessons from My Garden

God's Purpose for Gardens

Beauty (pleasing to the sight)
Nutrition (good for food)
Life (tree of the knowledge of good and evil)
Genesis 2:8-9 8. And the LORD God planted a garden toward the east, in Eden; and there He placed the man whom He had formed. 9. And out of the ground the LORD God caused to grow every tree that is pleasing to the sight and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
Lessons from My Garden-


1. Look at what grows well in others’ gardens
Who do you look up to spiritually? What are the spiritual disciplines they practice to bring stability and glory to God in their lives?
2 Timothy 2:2, Psalm 119:165, 1 Corinthians 10:31

2. Ask a friend or stranger- most are willing to share their gardeneing successes and failures
Who is your Paul or Timothy?
Philippians 4:9 The things you have learned and received and heard and seen in me, practice these things; and the God of peace shall be with you.

3. Plan for growth
What is your plan to grow in Christ? How are you sharing what you know about God? Matthew 28:20; Proverbs 29:18 Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy is he.

4. Be patient- it may take a season or two for growth, but you must keep up the maintenance!
Psalm 1:1-3, Delight in the law of the Lord, day and night, and your leaf shall not wither!
Galatians 6:9 And let us not lose heart in doing good, for in due time we shall reap, if we do not grow weary.

And always remember... Isaiah 40:8 The grass withers, the flower fades, But the word of our God stands forever.

Titus 2: Basic Sewing, Part 2 REMINDER

This Thursday, July 8th 6:30-8:15pm will be the next basic sewing class. It is designed for beginners, but anyone may attend. We will be measuring, marking, cutting and sewing a reversible table runner for your table.

If you would like to make your own table runner, remember to measure the longest side of your table and bring following items (many items can be borrowed if you don't have them).

• Sewing machine
• Two yards of two different (but complimentary) fabrics at least 44" wide (depending on the size of runner you want). Cotton or cotton/polyester is preferred for beginners.
• Spool of thread to match fabrics
  
• Any desired embellishments (ribbon, tassels, rick rack, etc.)
• Straight pins, pin cushion
• Fabric scissors
• Tape measure
• Marking pencil/chalk

Feel free to attend to just observe or assist if you have some experience.

See the original post here.

Summer Salad Luncheon, July 10th

Looking for something to do this Saturday?
How about a glass of lemonade under a shade tree?
Would you like to meet a new friend or catch up with an old one?
Do you have a gardening tip or "growing experience" to share?
Would you enjoy a leisurely stroll through a woodland garden?

Come enjoy lunch and gardens at the Hults' house this Saturday, July 10th from 11am-1pm.

We will be making a "pitch in" taco salad, so please bring an ingredient for the salad or bring a dessert. Wear comfortable shoes if you would like to enjoy a garden tour.

If you forgot to sign up at church, please still feel free to come!

Tomorrow Night - Titus 2: Emergency Preparedness

Join the ladies of Grace at the Titus 2 event tomorrow evening at 6:30pm. It will be a great time to learn more about the importance of being prepared and how you can better prepare yourself, your home and your family!

Check out the original post here.

Titus 2: Sewing, Part 2

The Titus 2 first beginning sewing class went exceptionally well. We had a handful of ladies with their sewing machines and owner's manuals attend. Everyone learned something new -- even me! Who would have thought that space age technology would have been used on the humble gears of a sewing machine? Of course, it WAS European. Ahem.

The next sewing class is still for beginners, but anyone may attend. We will be measuring, marking, cutting and sewing a reversible table runner for your table.

What to bring...
To prepare for it, attendees must do a little homework. First, measure the longest side of your dining table (or the table you want to sew for). For round tables, just measure the diameter (how long it is across the middle). Keep that measurement in mind for the class. Then purchase (or find in your stash of unused fabric) two yards each of two different (but complimentary) fabrics that are on a bolt at least 44" wide. They ought to be cotton or cotton/polyester. If you are more adventurous, check the home decorator fabrics and look for flannel-backed vinyl, or something brocade. These bolts are usually 56" wide and will afford you more extra fabric for placemats or other items you wish to make.

Also bring a spool of thread that matches the fabric, and bring it to class. If you'd like to add embellishments (such as ribbon or tassels or rick-rack) select those things and bring them along. Straight pins in a pin cushion will also be helpful, as will fabric scissors (these would be the sharpest scissors in your house that you diligently protect from use on such things as plastic blister packs or flower stems), a tape measure and a marking pencil or chalk. Don't worry if you don't have all these things -- there will be some on hand at class as well. Once you know how to make your table runner, you can use leftover fabric to make matching place mats -- the steps are the same; just the shape is different.

And don't forget your sewing machine and owners manual! We could also use a couple ironing boards and irons.

At the class...
Due to the fact that there will be variations in the amount of time each person may take to accomplish each step in class, early birds may begin as soon as they arrive, and although the class will be addressed step by step as a group, individual progress will be assisted. The Lord provided helpers at the last meeting who were gracious and good company, and I trust He will watch over our efforts in our next class as well. Even better than a make-it and take-it sewing class, these events are a place where the love of Christ is exhibited and friendships can flourish. Please attend, even if you don't have a machine. To tell you the truth, I never got to sew until I was out of my mother's house -- she made the things I selected, pinned, marked and cut -- the preparation for the machine! So see you there!

Thursday, July 8th, 6:30-8:15pm, join Laura Vollmer for the 2nd Basic Sewing class as she helps you use your sewing machine to make a table runner. Experienced sewers are welcome to come and help the novices.

TItus 2: Emergency Preparedness

Being prepared in a world that isn’t...

As women, wives, and mothers, we spend a lot of our time preparing. There's dinner, laundry, telling the kids not to talk to strangers, getting ready for church, getting ready for the storm, preparing for the baby, the graduation, the wedding.

A lot of us have prepared for eternity by accepting Christ as our Savior. Is there really more to get ready for?! Yes.

I am surrounded by Disney and Veggie Tales most of every day, so my exposure to the news and current events is limited at best. However, even I know there are things going on that will scare almost anyone.

My husband has been trying to get me and has finally won. Well, he already has me, but my desire to prepare my house and family for a reality that may be in our future. While trying to maintain a God-like perspective while still on earth, we have been working to save and stock our house for a worst of the worst case scenarios.

I will try to convey the urgency about this preparedness as we should have about telling others about the Gospel. As well as giving some ideas and how-to plans I will also have some recipes for you to take home, and a few items that may make your life easier now!

Tuesday, June 22nd, 6:30 pm, join Cristi Dehoff to learn more about preparing yourself, your home and your family for emergencies and worst case scenarios.