Saturday, June 2, 2007

PURSONALLY YOURS!

You can throw the whole weight of your anxiety upon Him,
for you are His personal concern.
I Peter 5:7 JBP

We respelled the PERSONAL, and when it became PURS-ONAL we knew we had an idea for a Retreat. Such fun exploring purses… Messages on PURSON-ality PLUS, UP CLOSE and PURSONAL, THE PURSONAL TOUCH….well, you see how it could be worked out.

Weighing purses, purse scavenger hunts, purse fashion show with flair, one church had each woman bring a good used purse and all were given to a halfway house for women.
Trinity Bible Church had a good friend who was a baker par excellent, and she baked a giant purse cake, replete with change purse, credit cards, lipstick and mirror.

Check out THE PURSE DRIVEN LIFE, by Anita Renfroe, (Navpress)
Here are a couple of quotes

Traditional wisdom states, “You are what you eat,” and, “Clothes make the (wo)man.” But any chick worth her Premarin knows that the truer truism is “You are your purse.” We know this because we we have felt overwhelming panic at the thought that we may have lost our purse. This feeling is normally reserved for the possibility that we may have misplaced a passport or a child. In death, you can’t take it with you when you go, but in life you can take it with you as you go.
Anita Renfroe
The Purse Driven Life


Our purses are a combination of form, function, and fashion. Sometimes it takes years of searching for just the right one that is roomy enough for our necessities without being too big, has just the right number of compartments, transmits just the right message about our classiness/funkiness, and looks good on us when we carry it. This is a distinctly female phenomenon. We ‘try on’ purses. This is why there are mirrors in the handbag department. A purse must look good on us. Notice that there are no mirrors in the guy’s wallet or backpack department.
Anita Renfroe
The Purse Driven Life



Also, Donna Partow’s book A WOMAN’S GUIDE TO PERSONALITY TYPES (Bethany House) is another great resource.



Daisy Schedule 2007

Schedule – please handle with prayer (contact Daisy with questions)

Summer months spent in travel to family, and enjoying our Spice of Life SIP’n Sees here at Boulder Ridge. (See further along for the explanation!)

We expect to have at least one WOMEN’S MINISTRIES COACHING CLASS in August.

September
6 Spice of Life at Boulder Ridge
7 Glendale, AZ., Evangelical Free Church Women’s Kickoff
12 Women’s Connection – Stonecroft Ministries, Scottsdale
15 American Lutheran Church, Ladies Day, Prescott, AZ
20 Spice of Life Fall Reunion

October
4and 5 LIFT – Leaders in Fellowship Together, Phoenix
5-7 Desert Springs Bible Church Women’s Retreat – Williams, AZ
12-13 Glendale Ev. Free Church Women’s Retreat, Glendale, AZ
25 Evangelical Pres. Church Women, Sun City, AZ
26-28 N. Phoenix Baptist Church Retreat, at Bison Ranch, AZ

November
8 Morning Break in San Francisco, CA
9-10 Impact Community Church Women’s Retreat, Sacramento, Ca.
16-18 Pine Valley, California, Women’s Leadership Retreat

December

1 Gateway Fellowship Christmas Brunch, Mesa, AZ
5 Christ Church Lutheran, Phoenix
7 Christmas Evening, Sun Village Church, Sun City, AZ

8 Immanuel Bible Church, Scottsdale - Christmas Tea
11 Calvary Community Church Pastor's Wives Dinner
12 Scottsdale Bible Church Hearty Souls
15 Annual SPICE OF LIFE CHRISTMAS TEA Boulder Ridge


THANK YOU for your prayers…..

“May God bless you all.
Yes, I pray that God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ will
give each of you His fullest blessings, and His peace in your
hearts and lives.” Philippians 1:2