Calling all MOMS and Daughters...

If you have a daughter ages 6-12, you're invited to a great weekend in Clarkesville, Georgia,

Friday, Sept. 10 - Saturday, Sept. 11th for the

Join us from 7:00 - 9:00 p.m. for this mother daughter event. Secret Keeper Girls' Event offers moms proven tools to coach their 6 - 12 year old girls into meaningful friendships, true beauty, biblical modesty, and vibrant purity!

Sorry, no childcare is available for this event.

Registration Fees:

Group Advance Registration (10 or more) - $8 per person

Individual Advance Registration - $10 per person

At the door - $12 per person

For more information on Secret Keeper Girl, visit their site

We would like to take a group. If you are interested, sign up at aroma@lifesongchurchonline.com. A sign up sheet will be provided at church in the cafe on Sunday. If you have any questions, contact Amy Hickman at 439-2577 or at aroma@lifesongchurchonline.com

Summer Fun

Aroma women's ministry is heating up for summer! Here's a list of some fun stuff to look forward to this summer. We hope to see you there! Check back for updates activities that we have planned so you can hang out with other ladies, and form new relationships with new friends!


Friday, June 18th, 7pm-9pm - SPA Night - Look for sign up sheets on Sundays, and choose your favorite Spa treatment. Manicures, Pedicures, Facials and Massages will be offered. Once a slot fills up, you will need to make another choice. Treatments have been reduced for you to $15, and we greatly encourage you to bring money to tip those providing the services. Snacks and drinks will be provided. Dinner should be eaten before you come. Childcare is NOT provided.
Questions can be directed to aroma@lifesongchurchonline.com







Saturday, June 26, 10am=12pm - Coupon Class with Courtney Walters. This event is for MEN and WOMEN. Come find out how to save on your grocery bill so that you can free up resources to become debt free, take a vacation, buy a new pair of shoes, etc! ;) This is a FREE event and you are encouraged to sign up on Sundays so we know how much material to print for you.
Childcare is NOT provided. Snacks and Drinks will be offered. Questions can be directed to aroma@lifesongchurchonline.com

BOOK CLUB - Kim Adam is interested in starting a book club. She will be choosing date, location and book in the coming weeks. If you are interested in participating, shoot Kim an email at kimberlyadam@charter.net

Check back soon for some fun events we have for you this summer!

Retreat Letter

Retreat attendees...You should have received the following letter by email yesterday, but we wanted to post it and link you to our new location for retreat!

Hello Ladies!
We are so excited that you have chosen to take part in our annual Ladies' Retreat in
April.  We are anticipating a LOT of fun, fellowship and a great time of teaching.

We wanted to take this time to update you on a change we had to make in our location.  We
will NO LONGER be traveling to Emerald Pointe Resort at Lake Lanier in Georgia.  Due to
some inconsistencies in price, we had to come to the decision that this was NOT our best
option.  We have moved our location to Atlanta, Georgia to the Hilton Garden Inn.
Absolutely NOTHING has changed in regard to the price you were given when you were asked
to do early registration.  The absolute ONLY thing that has changed is you will be
sleeping in a different place!  Our lodging, food, and meeting room will all be included
in the same $140 price.  The opportunities for your free time afternoon in Atlanta are
endless!  You will have a wide variety of restaurants, shopping centers (you will find me
at IKEA!), movie theaters, etc., to visit!  We apologize for the change, but it was very
important to us to offer you a place that could bring a quality and memorable experience.

We got off track a little due to weather w/ collecting your first deposit, so if you
have not paid that, please do so Sunday, and if at all possible, you can pay your second
deposit at the same time.  We break these up for you to take off any financial strain,
but feel free to pay the total amount at any time.  The last deposit will be collected
upon your arrival in Atlanta.  Barbie George has been doing a fantastic job keeping track
of your payments in a receipt book, so make sure you see her with your payment so that
she can issue you a receipt.  Your first deposit MUST be paid ASAP to hold your spot.  We
can only take 70 women with us (as of Saturday, we have 67 signed up), so if you are
unable to go, we ask that you come to one of us to remove your name from the list so that
others may sign up.  We will not be taking new registrations after mid-March.  In the
event that you have paid, and you can no longer attend, you are required to find your own
replacement. No money will be refunded

If you have any questions, feel free to contact us at aroma@lifesongchurchonline.com, or
find one of us on the Aroma Ministry team and we will do our best to answer any questions
that you have.  Very shortly, you will be receiving a brochure where we will ask you to
list your roommate choices and provide you with all additional info you will need before
traveling in April.

We look forward to a great time together and forming many, many new friendships with each
of you.
Much Love,
 The Aroma Team (Amy Hickman, Bonnie Moody, Barbie George, Allison Taylor, Ashley
Kay)

Girlfriends

Ladies, in a New Year, there's new opportunity. Sometimes that would haunt me as a New Year would approach. For this "I'm a failure" mentality that I battle everyday, New Year translated, "Oh, great, another opportunity to not complete my goals." In all honesty, I don't look at it that way anymore. Part of the reason is choosing to surround myself with people, most of whom are women, that allow me to be me. We share the good, the bad, the joy, the junk of life and it's A-OK! There's more to life than being on the surface in all of your relationships. God's words shows us over and over to go deep and be REAL with people. There will be some that you come across in life that will put the STOP sign up to you being real and honest with them, but there are those rare finds that say, "Come on and tell me what's really in that heart and head of yours!" Many years ago...college, I think...we talked about the pat "Fine" answer to the "How are you?" You know, maybe that conversation was just a time passer, but for me, it rang true. Most people don't give a flip how you are. They ask, but please don't tell 'em how you really are because they are too busy, have problems of their own, think you are only supposed to put the happy face Christian on, and some can't take the burden of knowing how you really are. Today I read this devotional that I would love to see us ladies take to heart for the year 2010. You gotta start somewhere to show the world that we Christians can indeed be different...that if we are offering to get our hands dirty with the world's mess, we ought to be able to gets our hands dirty with our friend's mess. No one is asking you to go deep with every relationship you have, but be the friend to those in your life that doesn't attack their character when they are going through a rough time, or when they just need someone to listen to the junk they might face, or even to jump up and down in excitement and TRUE joy over someone's successes (rather than fume in jealousy). God has put you in the lives of people for a reason. Don't blow it. Now, read this and be the friend that you desire for others to be for you. What are you waiting for? Put yourself out there!