We’ve had a lot of fun focusing our July blog posts on celebrating! From Hannah Hanzel’s Third Culture Kid perspective on America to Makenzie Magnus’ fresh and thought-provoking takes on Celebrate Your Geekness and Happy Pandemonium Day, we definitely enjoyed celebrating some holidays!
Tammy Jensen helped us relish the rest and relaxation gifts of Summer, while Heather McAnear reminded us of the season’s opportunities to encourage others. We’ve marveled at the Oklahoma Sunsets God so stunningly creates and the husband and wife duo of David and Sarah Sutton who turned our eyes towards them.
Our last three blog posts have included Heather McAnear’s podcast interview with Lauren Green, showing us a beautiful example of how to celebrate your one life well even when it doesn’t look like the one you planned, and two posts from Casey Yates—a Book Review on the path to Christian joy and some lovely insights into the gift of friendship.
But wait...we’re not finished celebrating. We’d like to end this month by inviting you to a very special Fall Launch Dinner Party!
It’s hard to believe, but it’s been a full year since we relaunched the Council Road Women’s Ministry. We want to share and celebrate some truly amazing things God has done through our ministry already—cool connections made between our women, faith being strengthened, women being cared for, surrounding schools and community being blessed, personal stories being redeemed, and gifts encouraged!
We also want you to get the inside scoop on some very exciting new ministries and events we’ll be offering this year. You will NOT want to miss this fun evening!
We are expecting a full capacity crowd, so PLEASE do REGISTER NOW to secure your seat (it would greatly help us with planning too!) And share the invite with a friend. We’ve got a lot more to celebrate together!
Fall Launch Party
Monday, August 27, 2018
Dinner at 7PM | $10
July Blog Posts
Meet the Author!
Bible teacher, author, inspirational speaker and disciple-maker, Vickey Banks is passionate about helping women connect the dots between God’s Word and their everyday lives. She loves serving as Women’s Ministry Director at Council Road, celebrating her people, playing with her puppy and getting lost in a good story.
Last year, I had the privilege of contributing to an Advent devotional book called Advent: Preparing for the Arrival of the Savior. My contribution included Christmas and Advent hymns from church history, with a peek into the theology and history of the hymns. For our blog post today, I have included the introduction that I wrote for that devotional. I hope it encourages you in your own Advent studies this year. May the hymns you sing during Advent encourage and strengthen your faith as you worship the birth of our Savior!