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November Meeting: Lee Yarlet

Hey everybody! Tonight is going to be so amazing. Our featured speaker is Lee Yarlet. Come out to the CCC auditorium at 7 PM!

May Review: Mary Miller

Mary Miller is a wonderful woman of God. She came to spend Saturday, May 7, with us. She works as a counselor in the Restoration Ministry. She stresses that it is vitally important for us to be involved in community with each other. This helps us grow and mature and not have to stand alone. Her message was supposed to be on boundaries but Holy Spirit changed that before she began. The Lord wants to give you hope in dreams. All of us have unspoken dreams. God is a God of Hope! Don’t let go of your dreams!

Mary’s dream was to be a teacher of special needs children. She attended catholic school. She shared how she got chosen in high school to work in a public classroom with special needs children. She knew in her heart that is what she wanted to do. In college, she applied to get into a special education program. She was assigned a child for her practicum. She did all the tests and the only thing she found that was diagnosable was the child had a low reading level. She helped her read. She met with the board and the board told her since she didn’t have a child with severe needs they could not evaluate whether she would be a good candidate for their program. The board declined her entrance into her dream. She did everything right, but it was someone else’s choice that affected her dream. She lost vision and drive. Not only that but she lost so much more. When you lose your dreams, you really lose your hope. She came to Pennsylvania and became a kindergarten teacher as well as a director of a daycare. One day she got a prophetic word about her having dreams as a child. God knew those dreams weren’t lost. She wondered to herself, “Why don’t I have dreams?” God started moving in motion what He desired for her. He asked Mary to lay her job down. It took her longer to listen to His command and she got hurt from it all; however, she was obedient. He wanted her to be available.

She met a woman that knew she was meant to lead their group of hurting women. Mary didn’t know what she was getting into, but God knew. It was a group she lead called Women of Faith. Later on, the door opened for her to come on staff at Christ Community as a restoration counselor. She was right where God wanted her teaching His special needs children.

DON’T GIVE UP ON YOUR DREAMS!!! It might not even look like what you thought it was supposed to be!

When the Lord says, “Will you give me your dreams?” Do it!!! Let Him hold onto your dreams and you listen to His Voice on where He wants you to take the next step.

Written by Dawn. Dawn is a member of the CCC Single Parent Ministry, a mother of one amazing son and will be graduating the CCC School of Ministry this month. We appreciate her talent and her heart. 

Join us for our next meeting June 4th at 9:30 AM. 

April Meeting Review: Pastor Steve

Pastor Steve came as a father and shared his heart with the single parents. He stressed the importance that you lack for nothing. God, your Father, provides for all your needs. Your children also do not lack for anything. You must be the parent God called you to be. You cannot step in the place of the absentee parent. Let God be God! He shared his own life’s examples of being a parent and confessed that he has faults and is not perfect. He has not done everything right but he said, “I am growing as Jesus leads me.” 

He continued talking about the Lord’s Heritage being your children. You need to live life together and live in practical ways that allows your children to see who God is in your lives. Your children need to know your homes are a safe place to be and you do this by demonstrating it to your children. Let them see you crying out to the Lord. Let them see you in your quiet moments with the Lord. Spend time fellowshipping with them whether it is a daily devotion or other ways of living for God. This will draw them closer to you and to God. It is imperative that you teach them boundaries and have them respect your quiet time. He read from Deuteronomy 6 and explained the importance of cultivating your relationship with Father God. Covet a deep connection with the Lord and do not allow anything else distract or take time away from spending time with Him. You can allow everything else in your life to fall apart but you cannot afford separation from the Lord. When you do that, you tend to snap at your children. Your children know when you spend time with the Lord. Lead by example.  

Written by Dawn

Join us May 7th for our next meeting!

Snow

Sometimes, plans change. This is a difficult concept for a planner, like me, to embrace, but, last Saturday, when I ventured out in the snowy weather to get bagels for our meeting and my car began to slide, I knew that it was time to embrace a change of plans. :) Thankfully, our speaker, Pastor Steve Blayer, was sweet enough to reschedule for our April meeting. That's good news for all of you that could not be at the meeting last week and were saddened at the idea of missing Steve.

This Sunday will be our last Breaking Free class with Zory Klinger. She will be leading us in a time of prayer. Even if you have not come to any of the classes before, you are welcome to attend this Sunday. It will be a powerful time.

January 30th will kick off a new series of teachings given by Mary Miller. Mary will be teaching us about Boundaries.  Mary will also be our speaker for the next meeting in February.

January 8: Pastor Steve Blayer

Happy New Year!! I'm thrilled that this Saturday at 9:30 we are kicking off the new year our a very dear friend, Pastor Steve Blayer. He will be speaking to us about parenting and about whatever else the Lord puts on his heart. He is a down-to-earth lover of the Lord who is easy to talk to, so please bring any questions that you ma have. He and his wife have five wonderful children so, chances are, he's dealt with whatever parenting issue you may have. Childcare is provided for this event.

Also, Our Inside Out group is starting up again this Sunday, January 9th. Childcare is also provided.

I'm looking forward to growing with you and seeing where the Lord is leading us this year.