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Tell Your Story with Photos.
Have you been scrapbooking for years, just starting out, or don't know where to begin? Do you create traditional scrapbooks or are you totally digital, or maybe wondering which might be the best fit for you? Join us two Wednesday nights a month during the summer to find out how to begin, what to do, finish a project, or just share your pictures and stories. We will meet at Westminster Chapel on Wednesday evenings twice a month. Check the web for specific dates.
Hiking.
Join other women for some exercise and fellowship. Hikes are currently organized for Thursday mornings at 9:30 beginning June 4th .
Book Club
Enjoy some summer reading and discuss your insights and questions with other women. Meets Tuesday mornings twice a month.
Gardening
Gather together to share gardening tips, ask questions, and learn from each other.
MOMS Park Days
Meet together with other moms of young children. Meet at a different park every Tuesday from 10am to noon. Check the website for the weekly location.
Parenting Discussion
A group especially for busy mothers of elementary-aged children to discuss the book “Instructing a Child's Heart” by Tedd and Margy Tripp. Women will need to buy the book or borrow it from their local library.
Meets 2 times during the summer: Thursdays, June 25th and July 30th, 7-8:30 pm at Panera Bread in Redmond, 17262 Redmond Way
Knitting, Sewing or Crafting
Practice your skill or learn a new one. The possibilities are endless!
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Biking
See the area from a new perspective and share the road with new friend. Rides will vary in length.
Tennis
Need a partner? See you on the courts!
Dinner Groups for Couples
Meet at a restaurant or rotate between houses.
Walk Your Dog
Not only exercise for you and your dog but you both can make new friends.
Card Stamping
Do it the old fashioned way and bless someone with “snail” mail and a hand-made card
Coffee and Connecting
Both morning and evening meeting times. A great way to check out some local coffee stops and meet up with some friends.
Summer Bible Study Offerings
Wednesday mornings
From June 24th thru August 26th, meet weekly from 9:30-11:30 to study 1 Thessalonians.
Wednesday evenings
From June 3rd thru August 19th, meet weekly from 7-8:30pm to discuss Rick Warren’s book Twelve Ways You Can Unlock God's Word.
Thursday mornings
From June 25th thru August 20th, meet weekly from 9:30-11:30 for Believing God by Beth Moore.
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Saturday, May 23, 2009
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
Dandelion's and Tea Cups by Jeanne Warme
Last week I talked about how much I love spring and watching beautiful flowers burst forth. This week, I got a little NW reality check with the rain! It’s appropriate, because today I’m going to share a spiritual reality check. I’ve titled my comments: Dandelions and Tea Cups.
My son whose favorite color is yellow can’t understand why I don’t like them, and he does occasionally bring me bouquets of those lovely yellow flowers. The best thing I’ve discovered to do with them is to flick the heads off and make dandelion boats in the stream. These are prolific weeds that frankly have to be dealt with aggressively and consistently. I am constantly amazed at the fact that I can clear my yard and flower beds of the little fellas and feel pretty good about it and the next day a whole batch of new ones greet me with yellow blooms. There are several ways of dealing with them – all with some consequences. There are various tools to help you dig them out and this is a lot of work. There are chemicals and the accompanying issues. And there is even the possibility of ignoring them. The problem with that is though they appear to eventually go away, they spread their seeds which will lie dormant for a season and then bring an even bigger harvest next year.
My fleshly nature feels a bit like dandelions at times. It can be dormant for a season as I live under the power, influence and control of the Holy Spirit and then sometimes out of the blue my sin nature will rear its ugly head and I will think, saw or do something that I know does not honor God.
Just such a thing happened recently at Fred Meyer. It was a Tuesday afternoon after a great morning at Bible study (go figure). I took the boys for a quick stop for groceries. I honestly don’t know all of the details that ran together, but let me just say the cashier and I were a tad testy with one another and I was frankly inappropriate and rude. When I stepped back from it, I kept thinking “Where did that come from?”
And here is where the tea cup comes in. Consider a tea cup – a container made of various shapes, sizes and decoration. When that tea cup is tipped, whatever comes out of it is what was in it. Whatever tipped it does not influence what was in it. What comes out of it is only a result of what’s inside. It could be sweet soothing tea or hot tea that burns and scalds. This tea cup is your life. Scripture tells us that “out of the mouth, the heart speaks.” When our tea cup gets tipped, that is a great barometer of our spiritual health.
So where did my response come from? It came out of a root of selfishness, impatience, and probably self righteousness. Have I addressed these before – absolutely. But just like when I am digging up the dandelions, if I just take the flower off, another soon will follow. But even if I have dug down further, if I leave a small piece of the root, another plant will grow.
Our fleshly nature is very much a part of us, and it will be until the day we are in Heaven, yet still we are responsible to get out our weeding tools and get to work!
I leave you to ponder these questions: How is your spiritual yard looking? And what is in your tea cup?
Footnote: I made a special trip back the Fred Meyers the next day and apologized to the cashier. She thanked me for stopping in
My son whose favorite color is yellow can’t understand why I don’t like them, and he does occasionally bring me bouquets of those lovely yellow flowers. The best thing I’ve discovered to do with them is to flick the heads off and make dandelion boats in the stream. These are prolific weeds that frankly have to be dealt with aggressively and consistently. I am constantly amazed at the fact that I can clear my yard and flower beds of the little fellas and feel pretty good about it and the next day a whole batch of new ones greet me with yellow blooms. There are several ways of dealing with them – all with some consequences. There are various tools to help you dig them out and this is a lot of work. There are chemicals and the accompanying issues. And there is even the possibility of ignoring them. The problem with that is though they appear to eventually go away, they spread their seeds which will lie dormant for a season and then bring an even bigger harvest next year.
My fleshly nature feels a bit like dandelions at times. It can be dormant for a season as I live under the power, influence and control of the Holy Spirit and then sometimes out of the blue my sin nature will rear its ugly head and I will think, saw or do something that I know does not honor God.
Just such a thing happened recently at Fred Meyer. It was a Tuesday afternoon after a great morning at Bible study (go figure). I took the boys for a quick stop for groceries. I honestly don’t know all of the details that ran together, but let me just say the cashier and I were a tad testy with one another and I was frankly inappropriate and rude. When I stepped back from it, I kept thinking “Where did that come from?”
And here is where the tea cup comes in. Consider a tea cup – a container made of various shapes, sizes and decoration. When that tea cup is tipped, whatever comes out of it is what was in it. Whatever tipped it does not influence what was in it. What comes out of it is only a result of what’s inside. It could be sweet soothing tea or hot tea that burns and scalds. This tea cup is your life. Scripture tells us that “out of the mouth, the heart speaks.” When our tea cup gets tipped, that is a great barometer of our spiritual health.
So where did my response come from? It came out of a root of selfishness, impatience, and probably self righteousness. Have I addressed these before – absolutely. But just like when I am digging up the dandelions, if I just take the flower off, another soon will follow. But even if I have dug down further, if I leave a small piece of the root, another plant will grow.
Our fleshly nature is very much a part of us, and it will be until the day we are in Heaven, yet still we are responsible to get out our weeding tools and get to work!
I leave you to ponder these questions: How is your spiritual yard looking? And what is in your tea cup?
Footnote: I made a special trip back the Fred Meyers the next day and apologized to the cashier. She thanked me for stopping in
Friday, May 1, 2009
A Lesson from a Flower by Jeanne Warme
I love spring - especially watching the earth wake up from its hibernation and literally spring forth with abundance and color. In our backyard right now are trees with gorgeous big white flowers on them. From a distance they look like white fluffy snowballs perched on each branch of the tree. In an effort to capture the moment, I thought it would be fun to dry some flowers and make pretty cards. To my disappointment, what I discovered on closer inspection is that each “large” flower is actually made up of many small white flowers. Separated out they didn’t have nearly the striking impact as when they were all together.
Each one of us can be like a flower in bloom – offering beauty and joy to those around us. Even isolated we can affect those around us. But just imagine the impact we can have in the world if we come alongside one another in community and bloom together! What a dramatic statement we, the body of Christ, can make to the world.
Each one of us can be like a flower in bloom – offering beauty and joy to those around us. Even isolated we can affect those around us. But just imagine the impact we can have in the world if we come alongside one another in community and bloom together! What a dramatic statement we, the body of Christ, can make to the world.
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