Come Worship With Us !

Come Worship With Us !
Calvary is a wonderful loving family and we love to Worship the Lord !

Friday, August 15, 2014

Come Away With Us ! 2014 Retreat

Hi Ladies of Joy,
The annual retreat is approaching.. Right now , I have 25 commitments, 10 pretty sures and about 6 ladies, I have not heard from but expecting to.. that means we will have between 30 and 40 ladies attending this year. Perfect size for our retreat center at Isle of Palms. If you have not paid your deposit or at least given me a verbal commitment, now is the time. I have to commit to rooms and meals earlier than usual. New management has brought a lot more structure to the planning. Please don't miss out, we need everyone there for it to be the best it can be !
 Thanks go out to Emily Beck for volunteering to lead our worship time this year. I am hoping Bekah and a few others will help with that . This is an answer to prayer as I have never liked using a cd for the worship time. Now waiting for the Lord to show me the songs to use to support His message for us.
Fearfully and Wonderfully Made... that is our theme... it encompasses many thoughts about us as humans, women and servants of the Lord. Please be in prayer as I go to Jesus for inspiration . I want to bring His message and trusting that it will meet all of us at a place of need in our lives.
We have a wonderful weekend planned... a great craft for everyone ... great fellowship. Hopefully, we will all know each other better after retreat.
The cost for the retreat is 160.00 per person. This covers 2 nights of lodging ( that is the minimum) all meals.. dinner Friday, breakfast,lunch and dinner Saturday and breakfast Sunday. It also covers your retreat kit. Please make a deposit as soon as possible.
If you have a preferred roommate, I need that info asap. You can email me at Dixie.roberts@hotmail.com 
Please use the next few Sundays to reach out to ladies of Calvary and personally invite them to the retreat. We have some new people and some that we just have never gotten to the retreat before...let's try to get everyone on board. I think a strong sisterhood makes for a strong church family.

Here are the names of those who have committed to attendance so far
Karen Boie   Nancy Beck   Emily Beck   Kathy Nagle  Dixie Roberts    Juliett Collins   Betty Bivens
Shannon  Gregg  Marlene Vatter    Bonnie Brunson   Terry Saunders   Ruth Swindell 
Sue Grant   RoseMarie Sarra  Jackie Grant   Sharon Brown  Cheryl McAnally  Charlene Alford  Sharon Brown Susie Smith Barb Davis Patty Meittzler 


Here are some who have attended in the past... let's encourage them to come
Sue Brinson   Laura Rayle   Bekah Roehle  Grace Duddleston  Mary Teston Gayle Bourne 
Tiffannie Clifford  Patty Tapp  Stacy Prutting   Leslie Moore Jeannett Schutt   Alice Schultz
Karen Leader  Sue Martin Eudora Alford ( lives far away now) Sandra Johannsen Pam Phelps recuperating from surgery) Elizabeth Forrester  

Shannon Weldon will be out of town and her mom Paula is keeping kids so they will not be with us   :.(    and Amy Plott will be nursing a newborn.. Hoping to pry Kelly Reser away from her boys for the weekend. Several new ladies are in the church now...so reach out !

Made this list from memory ( ever failing) so if you have paid or committed verbally and you are not on here ...don't panic..just email me.

You will be receiving more info on the retreat in your boxes...There is a sign up sheet on the bulletin board outside the boxes. Hope to see you there !! October 24-26
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Opportunities for Worship, Praise, Fellowship and Learning

  • on 5th sundays ..praise service at calvary at 6:30
  • Joy Fellowship for Women ...fourth Sunday of each month 5:30 p.m.
  • Wednesday Service 6:30 p.m.
  • Sunday Worship 10:00 a.m.
  • Sunday School 8:45 a.m.

Summer Coming to a Close

Wow ! Summer at the end now ... went by so fast. Hope you enjoyed the July craft fair with us. Thank you to Terry Saunders for all the hard work in planning and executing the craft fair. We were able to make about 1600.00 in 4 hours giving us 160.00 to give to Ronald Mcdonald. Thank you all for coming out to support the effort. We had such beautiful things there !We hope to make this an annual event so start now getting you crafts ready for next year!



August meeting will be on the 28th at 5:30. Bring a dish to share and bring a friend. Bonnie Brunson will be bringing the teaching that night. We will provide beverages and give you information on our upcoming retreat November 4-6.



Be on the lookout for your special 10.00 gift for the Christmas party gift exchange. Make it something really beautiful and special so the chinese auction will be fun !



Cannot believe the year is wrapping up ! It has been wonderful getting to know you all so much better. Thank you for supporting JOY Fellowship !

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About the children...

Hopefully , all of you with children know that we all love children and have no ill intent when we say , no kids at this event. The women's ministry has a goal of allowing the ladies of the church to come together for a time of fellowship and it is a time when all moms need to spend that time with other women and not have the cares of their children for those few hours each month. If your child is 5yrs or older they may enjoy the youth groups that meet during the same time as JOY... Those 5- 6th grade can attend.."Kids for Christ" and those 6th - 12th grade can join our youth group. If your child is younger than 5 ...book a sitter, engage a dad or call me if it is a problem and we will see about a sitter when possible. For those who do not have children and those who do, leaving the children to play elsewhere makes for a real opportunity for everyone to pray together, socialize and get to know each other. Thank you for understanding.