Women's Retreat Information

 

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Game Night

Game Night this Friday 6:30-9:30 in the SLM area. Bring a snack to share and your own drink. Last month we had a great time meeting new ladies and playing while visiting. It's a great way to get to know other ladies. Just a relaxing time to get away from the family. Please join us. 

Get ready ladies! Save the date! Next Sunday is our Secret Sister reveal! Time to find out who has been being so sweet and thoughtful to you all Fall & Winter!

• 1:30 pm @ the home of Pam Ellis (directions to follow)
• Bring a covered dish to share AND one final gift for your Secret Sister
• 105 Gabriel Dr. El Reno (I 40 West to Exit 125, Turn right.  Go North 1 mile to a stop sign. Go 1 more block North past the cemetery and turn Left on Oak and an immediate right on Gabriele. Pam!s house is the second house)
• You can carpool with Dot. She will leave the church at 1:00.

We hope to see you all there for lots of fun, food , and fellowship! 

-Kelly

Change To Sunday Bible Study Start Date

The 2 new Bible studies for spring will now begin on Sunday January 27th @ 4:30pm.  The date was changed from the 20 th because of the conflict with Vision Night. So that books can be ordered, please stop by the bookstore and sign up and pay.

Taste of the Holidays

I will praise God's name in song and glorify him with Thanksgiving!

Psalm 69:30

 

Saturday November 3rd

10 a.m. to Noon

SLM Area

 

 

It's that time of year! Time to celebrate the holidays! We will be having a Taste of the Holidays this year. For those of you not familiar, this is a time for Trinity ladies to share their favorite mouth watering recipe with other ladies.  The turkey is already provided by Darise Taylor (Thank you Darise!), so get out those family recipe books...thumb through, and pick out your favorite holiday dish. Simply bring that dish, along with 10 copies of your recipe to the Taste of the Holidays event and enjoy! 

 

We will be compiling all your recipes into a small recipe book for you to take home with you, so here's what you need to do: PRIOR TO THE EVENT...ACTUALLY, AS SOON AS YOU CAN, EMAIL YOUR RECIPE TO LYNLY GRIDER AT   lynlygrider@me.com

We will need all recipes as quickly as possible, especially if you want it included in the cookbook.

 

The sign up sheet will be at the W2W table this Sunday, so stop by and sign up. Feel free to invite a friend or neighbor to this event. It's an awesome time of fellowship.  Also on the sign up sheet, you'll see a block for "clean up". If you are able, we need a few people to sign up and stay after to clean up. Simply helping wash a few dishes and pick up and clean up is all we need. Thanks in advance and we look forward to seeing you all there!



Fall 2012 Bible Studies!!!

Beginning the week of September 10th!

Sign up sheets will be available THIS SUNDAY AUGUST 12TH @ the Bookstore.

MONDAY NIGHTS-Childcare available by reservation-Begins September 10th @ 6:30pm

1. Me, Myself & Lies by Jennifer Rothschild/led by Dovie McLerran/Seminar Room 2
2. James-Mercy Triumphs by Beth Moore/led by Sheryl Hazelbaker/ Seminar Room 1
3. Secret Keeper Girls-Six Ways to Keep the "Little" in your Girl by Dannah Gresh /FOR MOTHERS AND DAUGHTERS AGE 9 TO 12/led by Lisa Kretschmer/Seminar Room 3

TUESDAY MORNINGS-Childcare available by reservation-Begins September 11th @ 9am

1. James- Mercy Triumphs by Beth Moore/led by Patsy Anderson & Kasha Foret / Seminar Room 1
2. Acts-The Holy Spirit Released in You by Kay Arthur/led by Elaine Bewley/Seminar Room 2
3. Praying God's Word by Beth Moore/led by Rhonda Kauk/Seminar Room 3

WEDNESDAY NIGHT-Childcare (AWANAS) Available/Begins September 12th @ 6:30pm

1. Called To Be a Keeper by Lori Merrill/led by Darise Taylor/Seminar Room 4 (new room)

THURSDAY MORNINGS-NO CHILDCARE-6am to 7am

BEGINS SEPT 6th

1. The Shelter of God's Promises by Sheila Walsh/led by Linda Costilow/Church Office Conference Room





Will You Be There???

Mark Your Calendar...Come by the W2W Table and RSVP for our Fall EVENT. It's a Birthday Party celebrating WHO you are in CHRIST.

September 7th @ 7pm to 9pm

A Birthday Party to Celebrate YOU!

For Ladies & their daughters age 12 & Up. Feel free to invite friends and family, just make sure you RSVP for them so we have enough food.

Activities Room

RSVP will be required because food will be provided.

Sign up beginning this SUNDAY at the W2W Table.

Also, at this event, we will be introducing our SECRET SISTER (Secret Pal) program which will run Sept-Dec. You will have the opportunity to fill out a packet that night, and have your photo taken. You can then pick up your assigned Secret Sister information packet at the W2W table the following Sunday or Wednesday. Your packet will include your Secret Sister information (ssshhhh!) and all you need to know to make the next 4 months fun for her.

March Book Selections!!

Calling all Page Turners...here are your book selections for March: Reclaiming Lily by Patti Lacy, and Jacob's Daughter by Samantha Jillian Bayarr. We will meet in the commons on Wednesday night the 28th of March at 6:30 to discuss. Enjoy and start turning those pages!

GAME NIGHT FEBRUARY 17th!

Okay ladies, you've had the holidays off...now it's time to get your dominoes and cards and such out lets have a game night. We also play Bunco at this game night if we have 12 people who want to play. We have had 2 Bunco's and 2 Mexican trains and a game or two of UNO going at once. If you've never attended a Game Night, it's nothing fancy. Just come as you are; come in your jamies if you want, just come, bring a snack to share and be prepared to meet ladies and laugh. You might also be asked to run around the table...just FYI, so bring your running shoes! :')

• Where? TBC Activities Room
• When? February 17th @ 6:30 til we are done
• (Friday night)

PAGE TURNERS NEW BOOK SELECTIONS

Purchase Link Below:

http://www.christianbook.com/hinds-feet-on-high-places/hannah-hurnard/9780842314299/pd/14296?product_redirect=1&Ntt=14296&item_code=&Ntk=keywords&event=ESRCP

With over 2 million copies sold, Hinds’ Feet on High Places remains Hannah Hurnard’s best known and most beloved book: a timeless allegory dramatizing the yearning of God’s children to be led to new heights of love, joy, and victory. In this moving tale, follow Much-Afraid on her spiritual journey as she overcomes many dangers and mounts at last to the High Places. There she gains a new name and is transformed by her union with the loving Shepherd.

In this powerful story of redemption and love, a prodigal young woman from the hills of Virginia flees the men who had lured her away from a godly upbringing into a life of desperation. Taking on a new identity, Mary Bridget Washburn escapes to the quaint city of Alexandria, Virginia, where he r path crosses that of a widowed minister with three young children and daunting problems of his own. Can Mary Bridget and her tainted past stay hidden long enough for her to bring hope to a family falling apart?

Purchase Link Below:

http://www.christianbook.com/not-a-sparrow-falls-repackaged-edition/linda-nichols/9780764207471/pd/207470?product_redirect=1&Ntt=207470&item_code=&Ntk=keywords&event=ESRCP

Coupon Closet Class/New Info Added

Yay! The Coupon Closet Lady is Coming to Trinity! We tried to get her before and it fell through....so mark your Calendars..she will be with us...FREE OF CHARGE...October 28th (Friday night) at 7pm in the Activities Room. I love couponing and can always use extra tips. Please plan to attend and bring a friend!
Although she is coming free of charge, she does ask that each person attending bring a FULL size toiletry item (shampoo..toothpaste...lotion...etc...) to donate to people in need. So whip out your coupons and get busy! Also, we are suggesting that  you bring a dish/snack to share.

Just a Reminder....

Just a reminder ladies,  that we scrapbook every 3rd Friday night of the month in the Activities Room. 6:30 pm - midnight

Come scrapbook, sort photos, or just chat.

Next crop date,  October 21st.

FALL BIBLE STUDIES

Regardless of how the temperature feels outside...the calendar will soon say FALL...so, it is time to spool up our Fall Bible studies. I have listed all studies, times, places (if known for now), and  leader (if known)..to the right in the margin of the blog. Just scroll down past the blog archive on the far right and you'll see it.  Child care will be provided for all studies. Sign up for Bible Studies started last Sunday. The sign up sheet will remain at the W2W table until the cut off date of August 28th.  I  encourage you to sign up ASAP.  If you signed up last week, please go back to the table and put the ages of your children on the list so that we can plan accordingly for providers. Please pay for your book at sign up. I'm not sure of the cost, likely between $8 & $12. Enjoy these last blazing days of Summer...I'm sure I'm speaking for everyone when I say: WELCOME FALL!

Get The Scoop!

This Friday, July 22nd, 6:30 pm to 9pm...in the Activities Room. We are having another game night, since the last one was so much fun...and so many people couldn't make it. We are doing game night in conjunction with the ice cream social. So, get those homemade ice cream machines churning with your favorite flavor or bring your favorite store bought flavor and a topping. Bunco, Mexican Train, Phase 10...and Ice Cream? What else could a lady need?

Scrapbook Night!

If you're reading this, and it's Saturday, you're probably kicking yourself because you missed the W2W crop last night. Below are some pictures of our event. We had a great time sharing ideas, looking at each others albums and getting to know each other. What better way to get to know someone than flipping through their scrapbook? Congrats to Liz who won the Creative Memories album and pages.

If you would like to join us, this will be a regular thing with our Ministry beginning NOW! Mark your calendars. The 3rd Friday night of each month we will crop in the Activities Room from 6pm to midnight. So schedule your babysitter now for August 19th!

 Rhonda is feeling nostalgic tonight..she's taking a walk...way back walk down memory lane. Go Rhonda...get those pictures out of those sticky NOT acid free albums!

 Priscilla is getting organized...for 6 hours she got organized. She should be very, very organized and ready to actually CROP at the  next event!

"Dovie get back in your seat...we have work to do..." Dovie and I are co-tackling our Disney albums. She and her family went in 2002 and we went in 2007. Both albums are closer to being done after tonight.

Liz is on a roll...getting lots done in her kids album & having fun making cool stuff on my craft cutter. (don't you just love technology?) Remember the days when you used a template to trace and cut letters out? Now all you do is type it in on the laptop and hit "cut". Awesome!

Get Your Game On!

Looking for something fun to do this month? Here's an option. The W2W Activities team has put together and impromptu game night for Thursday, June 23rd. It will take place in the activities room. We will be playing BUNCO, Mexican Train & Phase 10.  We will have all games going at once. The first 12 people to arrive will play BUNCO...and then we'll rotate out,,,,and we can also have more than one BUNCO game going at once depending on how many people show up.

I personally have NEVER finished phase 10 all the way through, so I'd love the chance to do that. This is the perfect opportunity to sit at a table, play a game, meet someone new, have conversation, fellowship and snack, all at the same time.

Games will begin at 6:30 and we will go until 9 pm. Please bring a 2 liter drink to share and a finger/snack type food to share (M&M's, pretzels, chip and dip, peanuts, twizzlers etc...).  A few small prizes will be awarded. Watch the bulletin and handouts for more reminders and followups. So that our childcare providers can participate in our events, there will be no child care for this event.

Kelly

Summer Bible Study Line-Up

Summer Bible Study Fliers will be at the welcome center on May 1st. Grab one for yourself and your neighbor! Don't spend the summer out of God's word, use one of the Bible Studies offered by our W2W Ministry to keep you sharp and on your toes...

The first study is by Kay Arthur. It will be led by Darise Taylor and the cost is $11

 You can read all about it here:

http://www.harvesthousepubl.com/books_nonfictionbook.cfm?productID=6923835

Next study offered is What Happens When Women Pray by Evelyn Christenson.

 Led by Liz Bowers.

You can read about it here:

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6287778-what-happens-when-women-pray

Cost is $11

Last study offered is led by Dot Hill. Cost is $11

You can read about it here:

http://www.lifewaystores.com/lwstore/product.asp?ISBN=1415820880

The time for each Bible Study will be 6:30, and although it hasn't been officially decided yet, I'm thinking they'll be in Seminar Rooms 1, 2, and 3. I will let everyone know as soon as I know. Sign up at the Welcome Center in the W2W corner of the desk. There will be no childcare this summer.



Care Calender Information

Something new that the Women's Ministry is instituting to better minister to our families in need of meals, is the CARE CALENDAR. One challenge Trinity is having, because of our size, is knowing who is preparing meals for who, when there is a need. Is the Seminar class making meals? Is their Bible Study group making meals? How about their Small Group? And how in the world would each of these groups know what the other one was making and when? The Care Calendar brings all of this together into one nifty little spot. It's so SIMPLE and will help us better minister to our families in need.

Anything you ever wanted to know about the Care Calendar can be found here:

http://www.carecalendar.org/

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• A need is identified and the W2W ministry adds that family's need for a meal into the CARE CALENDAR database. If there are food allergies, likes/dislikes, if the family is vegetarian or has other dietary specifications, this is entered also. Their address in entered along with a host of other information.

• IF YOU ARE ON THE CARE CALENDAR MEAL MINISTRY EMAIL LIST, then a mass email will go out at that time to YOU. At this point, you receive the email identifying the need for meal for a family. In this email, you are supplied a login ID for this family ONLY and a LINK to click on that will take you to the CARE CALENDAR.

• If there is a time that you can prepare a meal, you simply go to the website, choose an available date on the CARE CALENDAR and that is your day to provide a meal. You would then enter onto your day on the calendar WHAT you are taking to the family to eat. You would be able to see also, if there are any dietary restrictions, how many people you are providing food for etc... {The nifty part of this is that you can also see what meal was taken to the family the day before and what is being taken the day after you. This option prevents three days of Chicken Spaghetti in a row!}

• You can also receive an email reminder when it is your day to take a meal, and there is a map right there on the Calendar showing you turn by turn how to get to the home. It can't get much easier than that!

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If you want to be a part of the Care Calendar Ministry and we don't know it, it does no one any good. As evidence of the Salad Supper....'yall ladies can cook! What we need is to enter your name and email into the Care Calendar Database...if you want to be notified when there is a need. You can do this by dropping an email to Lisa Kretzschmer. Just click here: mailto:trinitycarecalendar@gmail.com

It does no one any good if you put your name on the list and NEVER check your email! You must check your email, because this church body is huge, the needs are sporadic and many! If you don't regularly check your email and you've put your name on the CARE CALENDAR meal preparation list...you're going to have to tie a string around your finger to remind you...

don't have time to prepare a meal for this family? Well don't! We want you to serve if  you feel led to serve. It would be unrealistic for us to think that  you would prepare a meal every single time there is a need. We are all busy, BUT with a large enough list, there should never be a time that anyone HAS to provide a meal.

Just remember though, when you have nothing for dinner, a "one pot" recipe is great...a bowl of soup and cornbread is awesome! Chicken Spaghetti and rolls is great...families do not expect Thanksgiving preparations! If we all do our small part,  no one should ever feel overwhelmed.

If you have any questions, post a comment here and I'll answer it, email me, leave a comment or email me via  our Facebook page, which you can find here :

 http://www.facebook.com/home.php?ref=home#!/

If I don't know the answer, I'll find out and get the information to you. Thanks ladies, for all you do.

Introducing B.A.B.E.S.

If these are your feet...raise your hand. If  you've looked down and been dismayed at what you've seen on the scale before.....I might have a possible solution for you.

Dovie Mclerran is leading a weight loss class/study beginning Monday at 6pm to 8pm in the Activities Room.  {The cost of the workbook is $15 and the food journal is $10 but it is not required...but you do have to keep track of your food somewhere...I'm sure there is an app. for that!}  It's called B.A.B.E.S.

It originated right here in Oklahoma at Victory Church. You can read about it here:

http://www.victorychurch.tv/babes

BABES stands for Beautiful Accountable BABE Exercising Sensibility. Since 2003, approximately 600 women have lost over 10,000 pounds during their BABES weight-loss journey. Currently, there are BABES programs in other churches, workplaces, and homes across the country. Hundreds of physical illnesses have been alleviated and even resolved through the program, which covers information on healthy food choices, exercise, right thinking, emotional healing, and spiritual wholeness. Freedom is the best word to describe what has happened to women as they have lived a life of accountability through this program.

BABES, the highly successful, 12-week weight-loss accountability challenge, is not your ordinary weight-loss program based on unrealistic expectations and fleeting success. Instead, this plan is centered on achieving lasting weight loss, having accountability with others, and instilling the diligence in you to never give up on attaining the healthy lifestyle you deserve.

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One week a month, the B.A.B.E.S. meeting will cross over with the book club meeting.

Here is what you missed!

For the ladies that were not able to attend our first big W2W event...the Salad Supper, here are a few pictures of the event...just so you can see what you missed!

We were so excited, as the ladies kept lining up at the door, with their salads in hand. We had so much food, that we had to arrange an overflow table for extra salads. Baptists like to eat, and apparently they can cook too. There was every kind of salad imaginable, but not one that required a dressing...my personal favorite was the cornbread salad, and I always love that salad that has the Ramen noodles in it and the vinegar. And wasn't the spinach salad with strawberries good? Mmm... Can I get an instant replay on the food?

Cucumber water? I'd never heard of it. Lisa Slocumb brought it..her own personal favorite, made with those long English Cucumbers  sliced in it, and I have to admit, it was rather tasty.

3 tables loaded with food. I had to remove flower arrangements to make room for the food.

The "Overflow Table".

A place to sit...a survey to fill out. This is how we plan to gather information about what the ladies of Trinity are interested in seeing happen with the W2W ministry AND is will be a great tool to also find out where you are interested in serving.

When the survey was turned in...COMPLETED, it was traded for a raffle ticket. Check out all the raffle gifts that were donated by the community and lots of W2W ladies. Haircuts...manicures...scentsy...Pampered Chef...Creative Memores...Candles...Jewelry....Hats... Photography sessions, you name it, it was on the raffle table.

Lisa Slocumb and Tracy Tadlock did a fabulous job decorating. (Everyone did a great job with their piece of the pie). Aren't these centerepieces cute and springy? Bet you didn't know that the base is a roll of toilet paper did you? Yep, totally recyleable.

The whole Activities Room looked great!

Name tags to match our banner...great idea. You did notice the banner, right? In the first picture?

Total ladies in attendance...approximately 106. Fabulous. It only strengthens what we already knew...there is a huge desire for fellowship among our ladies.

Afterwards, there was an opportunity to sign up for Summer Bible studies, "Babes"..(apparently a weight loss thingy that Dovie Mclerran is doing on Mondays) and the Book Club, as well as our new Care Calender for meals. If you have any questions about any of the things mentioned above, email me or leave a comment and I'll be glad to explain.

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Thanks everyone for attending. We hope you saw a familiar face, made  a new friend, and enjoyed yourself. Now, what to do next time...hmmmmmm.