Photos from the Women's Christmas Social!

The Women's Christmas Social on December 9th was great fun and a huge success! It was so wonderful to see so many new faces as many ladies from SSEFC brought friends and neighbors. The theme was "Unique as a Snowflake" and the evening truly was unique, warm and dazzling. The array of food was unbelievable and the snowflake candle craft was lovely and easy to do! The devotional so effectively reflected on our God-given uniqueness and His amazing and unfailing love for us! Thank you to everyone who attended and much appreciation goes out to those who helped planned this festive event!

Love in a Box

Here's the group of six that went to the Operation Christmas Child warehouse and helped pack and ship off hundreds and hundreds of shoe boxes with gifts to children ALL over the world! What a privilege to serve the Lord this way! At this Bloomington warehouse, it was an awesome and overwhelming site to see SO many colorfully wrapped shoe boxes ready to be sent off! We found out during the initial orientation that a study was done in India and out of every three boxes given, one child comes to accept Jesus! That was amazing and encouraging news! Please consider joining in on this effort next year as we plan to assemble an even larger group to go!

Think Spring! Can you help with the Spring Brunch?

If you enjoyed food and mingling at the Women's Christmas Social, well, Think Spring!!!

Ladies, planning will begin soon for the Women's Spring Brunch held on Saturday, April 25, 2009. Our speaker will be Vicki Tiede sharing "Sweet Blessings: Lessons I've Learned from My Friends and Chocolate". This is a great outreach event so please make plans now to invite non-churched friends and neighbors and fill a table!

To make this a successful brunch, many hands are needed. Not only helpers, but women who would like to oversee various areas: Here are some of them:

• "Save the Date" hand-out
• Ticket Sales/Registration/Seating
• Kitchen/Caterer Liaison
• Decorations
• Music or Special Feature
• Set-up/Clean-up

If you think you would like to assist in some capacity, either as a coordinator or helper, please contact Evie C for further information.

P.S. Photos from the Women's Christmas Social will be posted soon!!

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SSEFC Women's Ministries is excited to use this blog as an additional way to communicate. The purpose of this blog (as stated above in the title) is to share photos and details from past events and to highlight what's ahead. Sharing this site with your friends is a great way for them to actually see what we are up to and to encourage them to join in on the fun.

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Flip Flop Fleet a Success!

SSEFC has collected a total of 342 pairs for shoes for children living in Haiti! We exceeded our goal of 300!! Thank you for your joyous and eager participation in this service project. May those receiving these shoes be blessed and may Jesus be glorified.

Women's Bible Study Opportunities

The Tuesday morning women's Bible study will be starting a new session January 6th. You are invited! Join us as we go through Calm My Anxious Heart by Linda Dillow. This study meets Tuesday mornings from 9:20 to 11 am at SSEFC. It's a wonderful time of worship, food, fellowship and Biblical study. Childcare is available.

The Monday evening women's Bible study will continue going through the book Women of the Bible. This study meets every 1st and 3rd Monday of the month from 6:30 to 8:15 pm at SSEFC. No childcare is available. Anyone is welcome to join this study at anytime!

Both studies run through April 2009. Please see the SSEFC website for more info on either of these studies and/or to register.

SSEFC is part of the Flip Flop Fleet!

The Tuesday morning ladies Bible Study decided to participate in a service project. We got involved with the Flip Flop Fleet ministry which seeks to provide shoes for children living in the poorest parts of the world. The goal was to collect 50 pairs of flip flops, sandals and other light shoes for children living in orphanages and surrounding villages in Haiti. What started out as a small Bible study service project ended up turning into a church-wide project with a goal of collecting 300 pairs by Nov. 30th. So far SSEFC has collected 263 pairs and there is still over a week to go! We CAN make it to 300! TO GOD BE THE GLORY! The photo above shows just some of the Tuesday morning ladies that started the flip flop collection!