"Me With You" Booksigning by author Kristy Dempsey

"Me With You" author Kristy Dempsey will be at LifeSong on Tuesday, August 11th at 11am. Kristy is a missionary from Brazil who will not only be signing copies of her new book (which will be available for purchase), but will also be sharing a special craft with us. Nursery will be provided for infants and toddlers (if needed), but all children ages 2 yrs - 6th grade are welcome to participate in the craft. Parents who are willing to assist younger children are welcome to bring anyone under 2 yrs.

Don't miss this time where Kristy will be reading her book, "Me With You", as well as signing copies to you personally. If you would like to purchase a copy before coming, you can find the book at Fiction Addiction on Woodruff Rd., area Barnes and Noble, Borders, and you can quick ship from Amazon.com. Cost of book varies from $11-$17.

Please invite your friends from the community, but please let Amy Hickman know if anyone will need to put their younger children in the nursery. This is a community wide event, and a great way to start the Back to School season off by giving your child a timeless book to read.

Contact Amy Hickman at aroma@lifesongchurchonline.com if you have any questions.

This Night...A Night of Restoration

It's time for our next "This Night." If you are interested in being a hostess, please contact Amy Hickman at jeffamy111@netzero.net and sign up. If you are new to LifeSong and want to know more about what exactly "This Night" means, well, let me tell you...

You, as a hostess, will put your creative juices to good use and come up with a table setting for eight persons to enjoy a catered meal. For our August "This Night" all hostesses get to choose their own color scheme, theme, centerpieces, etc. You may want to do a "Back to School" theme, "End of Summer," "Garden Theme," or you may just want to stick to a color theme. You be the designer! You must provide a centerpiece, place cards with your guests names on them, and party favors for eight guests.

That's just the exterior stuff regarding "This Night." Our heartbeat is to use this time as an outreach, so as a hostess we encourage you to purchase the ticket for your guests as a way to minister to them. You are NOT required to do this, but it's a great way to be able to say, "Your ticket is paid for, just come!" Your other option is to sell your tickets to your guests, collecting the money in a provided envelope. REMEMBER to leave a ticket out for yourself, and yes, you are responsible to buy a ticket if you are a hostess. All proceeds go to cover meal costs, honorarium for our speaker and worship leaders, as well as toward a specific ministry, albeit in our community or beyond. We try to give to ministries that reflect the heartbeat of our speaker for the evening.

NOW...here's our info for our August "This Night" :
Theme: "This Night...A Night of Restoration"
When: Monday, August 24th, 6:30pm
Where: LifeSong Church Worship Center
Speaker: Kristie Bentley - Kristie's testimony includes a marriage broken, but restored through her own salvation, as well as that of her husband.
Ticket price: TBA

If you are interested in taking part in a life-changing night, we are asking for 15 hostesses. You may host by yourself, or with a co-host. Just please remember to include yourself in the total number tickets for your table!

If you have any questions, contact Amy Hickman at jeffamy111@netzero, or at 439-2577, or even at aroma@lifesongchurchonline.com. The deadline for hostess sign up is August 2nd, and the deadline for ticket sales is August 16th.

Dinner Mix for Six at Six

DINNER MIX FOR SIX

Presented by: Aroma Women's Ministry

What is a dinner mix?

This unique twist on dinner allows you a chance to meet and converse with ladies you may or may not know over a wonderful meal.

How does it work?

You register to attend, you meet at the chosen restaurant at 6pm, you draw a card & that place you with the group you will be dining with. So you never know whom you'll get a chance to meet!

How do you sign up?

Contact Bonnie Moody by email: bonniebmoody@bellsouth.net or by phone: 864-486-0167. You can also contact any member of the Aroma Team. (Amy Hickman, Barbie George, Ashley Kay, Allison Taylor) Just be sure to sign up so arrangements can be made with the restaurant.

The Great Bay Oyster House

109 E. Poinsett Street

Greer, SC 29651

MONDAY, July 20th @ 6pm

Feel Like Royalty This Summer!

“If you've ever felt inadequate, threatened, or pushed into situations that seemed overpowering, this is the study for you. Just as it was tough being a woman in Esther's day, it's tough today. This portion of God's Word contains treasures to aid us in our hurried, harried, and pressured lives.” (pause music before watching trailer)




Hey Ladies! Here's your opportunity to be a part of one of the most exciting, challenging and wonderful Bible studies I've been a part of lately! Here's your opportunity to get to know Queen Esther! This summer, beginning Sunday, June 7 and ending Sunday, August 2, we will be offering Esther by Beth Moore. We have had such a positive response from our Community Bible study, and seen so many lives impacted by this study, it is being made available to those of you that were not able to attend during the day. Even if you have taken it these last six weeks, and you want to take it again, keep your book in tow and come join us!

FREE Childcare will be provided, but you must sign up for it so we know how many kids to expect from week to week. Even if you think that your child/children may only need the childcare once in the duration of the study, we still need to know.

So, here's the details....

What? Esther by Beth Moore
When? Sunday, June 7th-August 2nd
Time? 5:30pm-7:30pm
Cost? $14.95/book
Who? ANY LADIES...invite your friends, family, co-workers (just make sure you sign them up)
Where? LifeSong Worship Center

Sign up Sunday, May 17-Sunday, May 30

Guest Blogger for a Day

Jeff had Aroma visit over at his blog today. Check it out....

Time is Tickin' Away

Well, before you know it, retreat will be here and 41 of us will be headed to Pigeon Forge, TN for some girl time together. The Aroma Team is so ready to host you for a great weekend of worship and time in the Word!

Please remember that your balance for the trip MUST BE paid off this Sunday, April 19th. All of you should have received a reminder notice by email, facebook, or word of mouth in regards to how much you have left to pay. Please make every effort to get this turned into Barbie George on Sunday. She has done a fabulous job making sure we have our payments turned in so we'll have all of this squared away before we go!

If you did not get your retreat letter by hand from Amy, please let her know. This letter contains all the info you need before you pack and you don't want to miss it. You need to already have arranged with your jobs to be able to be off, or leave early, Friday, the 24th because cars and the church van will pull out promptly at 2pm that day to head up to Tennessee.

If you are not attending retreat with us, please make sure you see this opportunity to get together with other women at LifeSong this Sunday, the 19th. We want you to come and be a part of our Tea Party, but you need to sign up so that we know how many to tell the Tea Parlor will be coming.

If you have any questions about retreat, or our day at The Broken Teapot, comment to this post, or ask any Aroma Team member.

It's Tough Being a Woman!

Can I hear an "Amen" to this post's title? I mean, really! Have you ever had a day go by that you haven't thought, "Why can't my life just be easy?" I think that all the time. Why can't the clothes wash themselves? Why can't my husband read my mind? Why, oh why, must I have cramps? Why can't I balance everything? Why does it seem like everyday is like the day before it? Does ANYONE see all that I'm doing? Hey, we could really write a book here, but every situation would lead us back to point "A". It is TOUGH being a woman! And if we're being really honest, it's one of those things that we don't even like to voice that we're feeling because, after all, aren't we supposed to have it all together? There's often a lot of shame that goes along with saying we don't have it all together - that we can't get it all done. Well, we can't get it all done and have make-up and a great outfit on, too. There's not enough time to look good, smell good, eat "good" (pardon my grammar) and do good! So, once again, we're back where we started - feeling like it's tough being a woman. Guess what, though! There's a wonderful thing called HOPE! I find great promise in that, don't you. It's kind of like that really bad day with the kids and your husband comes in and saves the day just by coming home and giving you a break, adult conversation and may even give the kids a bath

...well, unless your husband just doesn't have a clue how hard you have it all day and comes in and props his feet up and watches you manage it all without really paying any attention at all! :)

Scratch that last part of that sentence and hold on to the visual of your husband coming in to save the day. I don't know about you, but I have HOPE for tomorrow when I find relief at the end of a long day. I actually find myself thinking, "Hey, I can do this thing! I can wake up again tomorrow." Don't you love moments like that? Don't you love the hope that getting away for a Girls Night Out gives you? The hope that locking yourself in the bathroom and counting to "10" brings? The cuddle time with your toddler over a really great read? It's in the story of our lives that we live the.... story of our lives. It's the searching for hope that we find it...right in the person of Christ! Let me tell you what I heard in my Bible study yesterday, said by Beth Moore. She pointed out that "God will not fulfill our destiny without us!" That causes me to want to soar, people! What about you? There's no room for giving up here. No room for pulling the "failure card." There's plain, simple, yet gloriously wonderful - HOPE!

Yesterday was the start of a great journey with about 40 ladies from all over our community as we began to dig into the book of Esther. It's a call for hope. It's a call for fulfilling our destinies with Christ. It's a call for allowing Him the honor of writing our life's story.

I know that many of you would like to participate in this Bible study. Well, you can! You can pray for each lady in the morning study. You can pray intentionally that she will find hope in her Maker. You, by doing that, will make a huge investment in her life! You'll give her hope!

My prayer is that this study will be available to you that cannot attend right now, and my hope is that it will be sooner, rather than later. It is already one of those, "you just can't miss this" moments. So, pray with me that we will all be on this journey together - whether it be through actually attending now, or praying for those who are attending now. Either way, you are sure to receive a blessing.
Go live today like you've never lived before! Live like you have HOPE!