March Meeting

March is a busy month, not only does Daylight Saving time begin, but Easter is early this year.  Spring starts on March 20th and many children will be out of school for spring break.  With all everyone has going this month I hope that you will make some time for our March WOSJ meeting.

This month we are so pleased to have as our guest speaker Joe Carson.  He will be sharing with us about good nutrition and excercise.  Usually this is the type of teaching and information you would expect to hear in January when we make those New Year resolutions to try harder to lose those extra pounds and shape up for our health.  I say it is never to late to start.  Of course, the sooner the better.

Joe is a high-energy, very personable 34-year old with a compelling story and multiple professional certifications.  His own success story is nothing short of remarkable.  He believes in the life-changing power of good health, proper nutrition and fitness.  Joe is Barbara Hood’s personal trainer and we all can see how well she has improved her health by taking off those extra pounds and has strengthened her body with good nutritional habits. 

Joe has promised to keep the information simple and short.  He will be both interesting and informative.  You won’t want to miss this meeting!

Since the meeting is not a must for women’s interest only, we have opened the meeting to include men and youth.

Please sign up at the WOSJ’s table located in the foyer starting March 2nd after the second service .

Remember your Secret Sis and continue to shower her with cards of encouragement.

I pray that you all will have a blessed Easter, starting with Holy Week!  You are blessed to be a blessing.

AND NOW:

The Lord bless you and watch, guard, and keep you;

 The Lord make His face to shine upon and enlighten you and be gracious (kind, merciful, and giving favor) to you;

 The Lord lift up His [approving] countenance upon you and give you peace (tranquility of heart and life continually).

Numbers 6:24-27 (Amplified Bible)

March Meeting

Our MARCH MEETING will be held as usual in the dining room on March  18th, at 6:30 pm.   More to come about our March speaker.  Be sure to keep checking the website.  Place it as a link on your desktop.  If you don’t know how to do this email me.

Remember to bless your secret sister with lots of love, cards, notes of encouragement and gifts (when the occasion calls for gifts).  The gold box in the foyer below the information center is a place to put your gifts and cards to you secret sister.   Don’t let anyone of our secret sisters be disappointed, remember our theme is “Blessed To Be a Blessing” so let’s bless our secret sisters.  Be sure to sign up for a free email account at yahoo or hotmail to send e-cards to your secret sister in christ.  Email me about how to do this.  wosj07@yahoo.com

 

JANUARY 29TH MEETING

What a blessing!   Two meetings in one month.  We had a great time on the January 8th with Marie Rawlings as our speaker.  Now on the 29th we have a double blessing to have Duane and Sue Kershner speaking to us about Roca Blanca.  

 To read more about this exciting mission that St. James is very active in go to their website  http://www.rocablanca.org/.    AND come to our WOSJ meeting on Tuesday January 29th, to hear Duane and Sue go into depth of what God is doing in the lives of the Mixteco, Chatino, and Zapateco people!. 

The dinner meeting will be in the dining hall starting at 6:30 pm, and of course Chris is catering.  The menu is Tortilla soup, mexican salad of a sort, chips, dessert, with a Mexican theme throughout.

This is an excerpt from their website….”Located in the state of Oaxaca in Southern Mexico, Roca Blanca is a multifaceted mission base where God is at work daily. With 155 different language groups, and 40 “unreached” people groups, Oaxaca offers you the unique opportunity to minister in the area with the highest concentration of “unreached” people groups in the Western hemisphere.    Along with being a base established to reach out to the people of Oaxaca, Roca Blanca also contains a bible school, a music school, a trade school, a medical clinic, a high school, and a prayer house. People from all over the U.S. and Mexico have come to serve the Lord in this Pacific Coast paradise.”

Tickets will be available in  the Nartex on Sunday morning.  Be sure to reserve your space for dinner.  If you are unable to come for dinner you can arrive around 7:15  for the speaker’s presentation. 

EXTRAORDINARY WOMEN CONFERENCE

http://www.ewomen.net/conferences/tulsa-ok/

Schedule of Events

Friday, March 14 s
• Praise & Worship – Charles Billingsley & Michael O’Brien
• Chonda Pierce
  Concert: Richie McDonald

Saturday, March 15

• Praise & Worship – Charles Billingsley & Michael O’Brien
• Mini Concert: Mark Schultz
• Speaker: Lisa Whelchel
• Speaker: Carol Kent 
• Speaker: Thelma Wells
• Speaker: Gloria Gaither

Women of St. James….HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Tuesday Jan. 8th 2008 is our dinner/meeting with our speaker Marie Rawlings.

If you signed up in December for the dinner which was postponed because of the ice storm, your ticket is still valid.

Anyone that wants to make dinner reservations for the meeting may purchase your ticket  in the foyer between the services.   Or if you want to forgo the dinner and arrive for the speaker’s presentation please be here at approxiately 7:15 pm.

Jan. 29th we will have our Jan. meeting with our speaker being Sue and Duane Kershner.  More info on that dinner meeting coming up. Watch the Sunday bulletin.

As usual, dinner is 7.50 and reservations for dinner and child care (if needed) must be made in advance. Or come at 7:15 pm for the meeting/fellowship only.
Come and join the SJ Women’s fellowship.

Come be blessed and be a blessing!
Hope to see YOU there.

BIG ICE STORM !

Due to the BIG ice storm that hit,  WOSJ had to postpone the December meeting with Marie Rawlings until a later date.  The new date is January 8th, 2008.  We will have more information later, so be sure to keep checking the website for updates. 

We still have the Secret Sis ministry ongoing.  You can bring your gifts and cards this Sunday or drop them off to the church office during the week .  Be sure to have the name on the gift in plain sight And attached securely.  Last year some name tags fell off and gifts did not get to where they belonged in time. 

If you have cards by themselves you can place them in the Christmas baskets with the other cards. 

A great big thank you ALL  for participating in the Secret Sis ministry and loving on your secret sis with cards and notes all year.

Remember the activities at the church, the  Christmas eve candlelight with special music, and the watch-night prayer service  to  praise God for all the blessings  in  the year 2007 and to bring the 2008 New Year in with prayer. 

And finally, everyone have a very Blessed Christmas and Happy New Year.

DECEMBER MEETING INFORMATION

We hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving with family and friends celebrating and giving thanks for how loving and giving our Lord is.

 And now, we are getting ready to celebrate our Saviour’s birth…..something we should be celebrating everyday of our lives. He is wonderful, all the time!

December 11th will be the next WOSJ dinner/meeting. As usual, it will start at 6:30, so come early to reserve your seat. Reservations are required for both dinner and if you need child care for your child.         

We are featuring this month, our own, Marie Rawlings. She has told me how much she wants to share with the women of St. James how God showed His love through the “going home preparation” of her husband Ralph, . If you think you have not experienced God’s love, you won’t want to miss Marie sharing how she experienced God’s love. You won’t want to miss it anyway!   Watch for more information in the Sunday bulletin’s to come.         

December will be our first meeting with everyone that has a Secret Sis, so please do not forget to bring your Secret Sis a little special something for Christmas. Love on her and show her she is special. And, keep the cards and notes going to her, several times a month.  Gifts only at the special  times, like Christmas, birthdays, and anniversary. It is the thought that counts, not the gift giving. Let’s make this a successful year for the Secret Sis, not just for us as the receiver, but also, so many others will want to join the  next year.         

Watch the Sunday bulletin and check out our webpage http://wosj.wordpress.comfor information and/or changes that might come up regarding the WOSJ.  

Thank you all for participating and supporting this ministry. It would not “be” without you. I appreciate all that willingly help and serve. My committee is wonderful and I thank each of you for your service for the Lord.         

I pray you have a Blessed Christmas, with joy in the Lord, unspeakable joy that only He can bring to your heart. Show love to one another, not just by gifts, but by our actions. Support your church through this love in HIM.

Sandy Fingerlin, 252-2694

Website blog…www.wosj.wordpress.com

1 Samuel 2:1-10 …Hannah’s Prayer

1 Samuel 2:1-10  …Hannah’s Prayer

 1 Then Hannah prayed and said:
       “My heart rejoices in the LORD;
       in the LORD my horn (strength) is lifted high.
       My mouth boasts over my enemies,
       for I delight in your deliverance.

2 “There is no one holy  like the LORD;
       there is no one besides you;
       there is no Rock like our God.

 3 “Do not keep talking so proudly
       or let your mouth speak such arrogance,
       for the LORD is a God who knows,
       and by him deeds are weighed.

 4 “The bows of the warriors are broken,
       but those who stumbled are armed with strength.

 5 Those who were full hire themselves out for food,
       but those who were hungry hunger no more.
       She who was barren has borne seven children,
       but she who has had many sons pines away.

 6 “The LORD brings death and makes alive;
       he brings down to the grave  and raises up.

 7 The LORD sends poverty and wealth;
       he humbles and he exalts.

 8 He raises the poor from the dust
       and lifts the needy from the ash heap;
       he seats them with princes
       and has them inherit a throne of honor.
       “For the foundations of the earth are the LORD’s;
       upon them he has set the world.

 9 He will guard the feet of his saints,
       but the wicked will be silenced in darkness.
       “It is not by strength that one prevails;

 10 those who oppose the LORD will be shattered.
       He will thunder against them from heaven;
       the LORD will judge the ends of the earth.
       “He will give strength to his king
       and exalt the horn of his anointed.”

Message from our President :)

 SECRET SIS PROGRAM

I am writing (some have already signed up) to find out if you are interested in participating in the WOSJ Secret Sis program this year starting in November. If you would like to sign up and fill out a registration form, please let me know.   You can email me at  wosj07@yahoo.com

We want this MINISTRY to be a success for all. Even if you may not have had the best experience last time, you can be a blessing for your Secret Sis. I hope you will consider joining in this time of showing your friendship to others.

I appreciate each one of you that attend the meetings, that is very supportive to me, but most of all you are missed if you are not there and your friendship is needed in the body of Christ’s women.

With love and appreciation,
Sandy

HOUSEHOLD TIPS AND SHORTCUTS

 

Ladies,  listed are some household tips I thought would be helpful.  If you try any of these and they work or even if they don’t, please let us know.  You can email us at wosj07@yahoo.com

 

1. Reheat Pizza …Heat up leftover pizza in a non-stick skillet on top of the stove, set heat to med-low and heat till warm. This keeps the crust crispy.  No soggy micro pizza. I saw this on the cooking channel and it really works.

2. Easy Deviled Eggs …Put cooked egg yolks in a zip lock bag. Seal, mash till they are all broken up. Add remainder of ingredients, reseal, keep mashing it up and mixing thoroughly, cut the tip of the baggy, squeeze mixture into egg. Just throw bag away when done.  Easy clean up.

3. Expanding Frosting …When you buy a container of cake frosting from the store, whip it with your mixer for a few minutes. You can double it in size. You get to frost more cake/cupcakes with the same amount. You also eat less sugar/calories per serving.

4. Reheating refrigerated bread …To warm biscuits, pancakes, or muffins that were refrigerated, place them in a microwave with a cup of water. The increased moisture will keep the food moist and help it reheat faster.

5. Newspaper weeds away …Start putting in your plants, work the nutrients in your soil.  Wet some newspapers and put layers around the plants, overlapping as you go Cover with mulch and forget about weeds. Weeds will get through some gardening plastic, but they will not get through wet newspapers.

6. Broken Glass …Use a dry cotton ball to pick up little broken glass pieces of Glass.  The fibers catch ones you can’t see!

7. Squirrel Away! …To keep squirrels from eating your plants, sprinkle your plants with Cayenne pepper. The cayenne pepper doesn’t hurt the plant and the squirrels won’t come near it.

8. MINE!!!!!  …..If you purchase a new bike for your child, place their picture inside the handle bar before placing the grips on. If the bike is stolen and later recovered, remove the grip, and there is your proof who owns the bike.

9. Flexible vacuum ….To get something out of a heat register or under the fridge add an empty paper towel roll or empty gift wrap roll to your vacuum. It can be bent or flattened to get in narrow openings.

10. Reducing Static Cling …Pin a small safety pin to the seam of your slip and you will not have a clingy skirt or dress. Same thing works with slacks that cling when wearing panty hose. Place a pin in the seam of slacks and “Voila” – static is gone.

10. Measuring Cups …Before you pour sticky substances into a measuring cup, fill it with Hot water. Dump out the hot water, but don’t dry the cup. Next, add your ingredient, such as peanut butter, and watch how easily it comes right out.

11. Foggy Windshield?…Hate foggy windshields? Buy a chalkboard eraser and keep it in the glovebox of your car. When the windows fog, rub with the eraser!  Works better than a cloth!

12. Reopening envelope …If you seal an envelope and then realize you forgot to include something inside, just place your sealed envelope in the freezer for an hour or two. Voila! It unseals easily.

13. Conditioner …Use your hair conditioner to shave your legs. It’s a lot cheaper than shaving cream and leaves your legs really smooth. It’s also a great way to use up the conditioner you bought but didn’t like when you tried it in your hair.

14. Goodbye Fruit Flies …To get rid of pesky fruit flies, take a small glass fill it 1/2″ with Apple Cider Vinegar and 2 drops of dishwashing liquid, mix well. You will find those flies drawn to the cup and gone forever!

15. Get Rid of Ants …Put small piles of cornmeal where you see ants. They eat it, take it “home” & can’t digest it so it kills them. It may take a week or so, esp. if it rains, but it works & you don’t have the worry about pets or small children being harmed!

16. To Leave Sand at the Beach take baby powder to the beach and keep a small bottle in your beach bag.  When you’re ready to leave the beach sprinkle yourself and kids with the powder and the sand will slide right off your skin.

17. Keep Rolling…If the wheels on the rolling “things” outside your home (grilles, lawn chairs, small carts, etc) are frozen every spring, consider a good lube job with peanut butter (use creamy only).  Peanut oil is a great lubricant, inexpensive, and readily available. 

Email us at:    wosj07@yahoo.com