10-14-09
Reminders:
Women’s Bonfire
Saturday, October 17 from 7-10pm. This is a wonderful opportunity to meet with other ladies and connect with them in a great atmosphere. We’ve got food, a warm campfire, community and fun. Just bring a lawn chair, blanket, a dish to pass and a friend or two. Contact Kim May (kmay@gingercreek.org) for more information.
Women’s Pre-Christmas Tea Brunch
Saturday, October 31, 10:30 AM – 12:30 PM. This brunch is designed to help the hostesses be prepared to use the Christmas Tea as a relationship builder and connecting point to those around you. Don’t miss this opportunity to get focused on the purpose for the tea. RSVP by Monday 10/26 to Kim May 630-248-5538 or kmay@gingercreek.org.
Home Business Directory
If you and/or your husband have a business and you’d like to be included in a business directory for A Mother’s Heart, please send your information to regan_rhonda@yahoo.com.
Please send Rhonda Regan (regan_rhonda@yahoo.com) any information regarding upcoming events that you feel might be beneficial for announcements weekly to our group.
10-07-09
DVD of Todd Cartmell
The DVD is available to borrow for one week at a time. Contact Jenny Simmons: biggame1133@netscape.net or 630-907-4524.
Common Question:
Women are always curious about joining group and if registration closes? Please pass the message along that Mother’s Heart is an open group and women are welcome to join at any time. You can always direct them to www.gingercreek.org to reference under women’s ministry all of our group’s contact information etc..
Get Real! A Mother/Daughter Conference
Saturday November 7th 2009 held at Evangelical Free Church in Crystal Lake, IL 60014. This conference is a great opportunity to grow the relationship between mothers and daughters! If you know anyone who has teenage daughters or if you know of moms who have younger daughters but want to be prepared for what lies ahead… this is a great opportunity to learn some incredible insight and practical tools of how to navigate the teen years with joy and celebration instead of dread and fear. Registration is easy, go to www.girlsembracingtruth.org for all of the information.
Pre-Christmas Tea Hostess Brunch
October 31, 2009 from 10:30AM to 12:30PM in the gathering room at Ginger Creek Community Church. This brunch is for those who may want to host a table. You will learn about the purpose for the tea, the theme, and about the speaker etc. RSVP by Monday 10/26 to Kim May 630-248-5538 or kmay@gingercreek.org. Pick up a flyer on the information table if this is of interest to you.
Home Business Directory
If you and/or your husband have a business and you’d like to be included in a business directory for A Mother’s Heart, please send your information to regan_rhonda@yahoo.com or 630-499-5639.
Weekend to Remember Marriage Conference
This conference has helped more than one million couples take their marriages from fine to fantastic. Visit FamilyLife.com/Friend or call 1-800-724-5306 to get detailed information regarding places and dates of the conference. You can also see a detailed itinerary of what to expect. If it looks of interest to you, you can take advantage of a special rate of $89/per person for the conference using promotional code FRIEND1 and registering by 12/31/09.
Tidbits:
*Change the date on the label of your book of the Pre-Tea Brunch to October 31.
*A 10 minute bell will ring at 10:50 during group as a heads up that our time is coming to an end.
Please send Rhonda Regan (regan_rhonda@yahoo.com) any information regarding upcoming events that you feel might be beneficial for announcements weekly to our group.
09-30-09
DVD of Todd Cartmell
The DVD is available to borrow for one week at a time. Contact Jenny Simmons: biggame1133@netscape.net or 630-907-4524.
Common Question:
Women are always curious about joining group and if registration closes? Please pass the message along that Mother’s Heart is an open group and women are welcome to join at any time. You can always direct them to www.gingercreek.org to reference under women’s ministry all of our group’s contact information etc..
Get Real! A Mother/Daughter Conference
Saturday November 7th 2009 held at Evangelical Free Church in Crystal Lake, IL 60014. This conference is a great opportunity to grow the relationship between mothers and daughters! If you know anyone who has teenage daughters or if you know of moms who have younger daughters but want to be prepared for what lies ahead… this is a great opportunity to learn some incredible insight and practical tools of how to navigate the teen years with joy and celebration instead of dread and fear. Registration is easy, go to www.girlsembracingtruth.org for all of the information.
09-23-09
Information Regarding Group
Books: Please write your name in your book. Please make sure your books have stickers in the front. Next week those reading Professionalizing Motherhood, are to read chapters 1 and 2.
Elevator: The elevator is extremely sensitive and the alarm will go off if the door is held or if the button inside the elevator is pushed to hold the doors open. Instead, allow the doors to close and then press the open doors button.
Childcare: For those using childcare, please bring finger food snacks. Nothing messy, or anything with peanuts or peanut oil. Good examples are animal crackers, gold fish, teddy grahams etc. work well.
Additional Childcare Workers Needed: We would like to add a few more substitute childcare workers. Please pick up an orange half sheet with all of the details to tell anyone you know who might be able to help occasionally.
Dr. Todd Cartmell information
Office location at 1761 S. Naperville Road, Wheaton IL (630-260-0606). He works exclusively with children, adolescents, and families.
Safety Saturday
Sheriff John E. Zaruba and your Public Safety Community presents Safety Saturday. September 26 from 10-3:00p.m at the DuPage County Fairgrounds in Wheaton, IL. Admission is Free!! There will be police cars, fire trucks, fingerprinting, ambulance, k-9 dogs, bomb squad, SWAT, helicopters, jail and crime lab tours, family DNA kits, etc…Go to www.dupagesheriff.org for more information.
First Baptist Church of Geneva Women’s Ministries
Go to www.fbcg.com to see a line-up of speakers and topics which will be covered throughout the year. Moms Together is a group similar to ours created to affirm and encourage mothers of infants through elementary-age children. The group meets first and third Thursday’s of the month with identical programs. There may be a topic which might speak directly to your heart depending on the circumstances you are facing in your family.
Please send Rhonda Regan (regan_rhonda@yahoo.com) any information regarding upcoming events that you feel might be beneficial for announcements weekly to our group.
We are a mom’s group ministry of Ginger Creek Community Church in Aurora, IL. Our mission is to create a support system for women in the profession of motherhood. To educate and challenge them as wife, mother, and home manager while providing a safe place where they are valued and encouraged through a growing relationship with Christ. We hope this blog will extend some of this ministry to you.
