New Year's Challenge

Hey Ladies...I would like to present you with a challenge, but you have to be completely serious about it if you decide to take it on. Take time to read the LPM blog (Beth Moore's blog) to read all about the challenge that I'd like to pass on to you. I have prayed for years and years for God to send me an accountability partner, and last night I received an email from a very dear friend of mine in another state. She had decided she wanted to participate in this challenge and wanted to know if I would be her accountability partner. I still long for someone that I live nearby to be accountable with in life, but I cannot tell you how excited I am to begin this journey with my dear friend - a journey that will take us on a ride together for an entire year! I had read the challenge posted on Beth's blog, but just hadn't taken the time to give it much thought, so I am so thankful that God sent my friend to tell me about it and used her to encourage me to do it.

If you decide to sign up on Beth's blog, I would love to know about it so that I can be praying for you this year. Just post a comment here and let me know if you are participating.

May your New Year be one that you stick to the new commitments you make. Most of all, may you see God take you places you have only ever dreamed of going with Him.

Take Note

Well, sometimes little snafus happen, but I can now report that after I tell you about this newest change, no more snafus! Please, if you have already signed up for retreat in April, take note that we have our final date change. The new dates for retreat are April 24-26. If you are no longer able to attend on those dates, please remove your name from the sign-up sheet. If you still haven't signed up, please do so very soon. Spaces are limited and your first deposit of $25 will be due mid-January. The total cost for the trip is $100, so we have adjusted it so you can have a payment plan of $25 a month and make your final payment in April before we go.
If you have any questions, please feel free to grab one of us and we will answer your questions as best we can....Barbie George, Amy Hickman, Ashley Kay, Bonnie Moody or Allison Taylor.

ATTENTION THIS NIGHT HOSTESSES!!!!!!!! Please meet up front in the Worship Center this Sunday, December 21st, to receive your ticket packets for This Night. If you are unable to be there, please let me know by email jeffamy111@netzero.net or just post a comment to this blog, and we will get your packet to you before Christmas so you can sell or distribute tickets to those attending your table.

Updates Volume II

Thanks to all of you wonderful ladies that signed up to hostess a table for This Night. We now have all the hostesses we needed. For those of you who signed up to be hostesses, please meet with the Aroma team after church on Sunday, December 21st to pick up the tickets for your table. You will need to have these tickets sold and money collected for them by Sunday, January 4th. Begin now to invite your friends. Our menu for the night is:
Italian Salad
Bacon and Chicken Fettucine Alfredo
Broccoli
Bread
Cheesecake with Raspberry Sauce

If you have anymore questions, let us know!

Updates

Just a quick minute to update you on some things going on.....

We still need about 5 more hostesses for This Night. If your name is not on the sign up sheet, but you want to host a table, please sign your name there so that we can keep a record of who will be hosting. You may have told me, but please don't count on me remembering. I NEED it in writing! ;)

Note: There's been a change in retreat dates for this year. Many of you heard the original dates in March, but due to a decrease in price for our cabin if we switch to April, the new dates are now Friday, April 17th-Sunday, April 19th. We have limited availability, so as soon as you see a sign up sheet and you know for sure, for sure that you can go, please sign up. If, for some reason, you have to back out, you are responsible for filling your slot or paying your fee.
Our theme for this year's retreat is The Chocolate Boutique. 'Nuff said, right? :) Come and take this weekend out of your crazy lives and soak in what God's word has for you to take back to your family, friends and community. A very special friend of mine, Elizabeth Johnson, has written and taught this study that deals with Aroma's very mission statement of being "an aroma leading to life" in a world that, well, stinks! Begin to pray now that you come back from this time changed!

As always, if you have any questions, contact one of the Aroma team members. We're here to serve you. We love you!