Fall 2024

 

Refresh: Before You Share Your Faith

 

Women’s Ministry kicks off the 2024-2025 season with a day retreat where we will enjoy food, friends, and nature while exploring the topic of sharing our faith. We hope you will join us as we address motivation, fears, hard questions, love, the heart of the gospel, creative sharing, and more. Using the book Before You Share Your Faith by Matt Smethurst and other resources, we will come away more evangelism ready and be refreshed in the process.

 

  • Saturday, September 14, 9:00 a.m.-3:30 p.m.

  • Coffee, snacks, lunch, and handouts provided

  • Everett Hall, Hopkins Demonstration Forest, 16750 S Brockway Rd, Oregon City, OR 97045

  • Register online, $25, by September 8

  • Bring a Bible, your Side by Side notebook if desired, and dress comfortably and appropriately for the weather

 

Registration for Refresh 2024 is open on the church website. Cost is $25 which can be paid online or by cash or check to New Life Church and designated “West Linn Women’s Retreat.” Please contact the Women’s Ministry leadership team if you would like assistance to cover the cost.

 

Here is a schedule for the day and a Spotify playlist to help you prepare!

 

Titus & Philemon

Will you join us in reading the books of Titus and Philemon in September? Resources will be available online, in the church foyer, and at the retreat. They include a plan for reading the books personally on your own, as well as a set of questions (Side by Side Bible Reading) to read and discuss a portion each week with a friend.

Ask someone to partner with you for Side by Side Bible Reading. It is easy, relational, beneficial, adaptable to your own schedule, and only a month-by-month commitment.

 

Scripture Memory

Would you like a simple plan to memorize scripture? New Life Women offers just that, and this year we are memorizing 1 Peter. We can do it in a year by simply working on a few verses each week. Pick up resources at the retreat or find the file online. Make your scripture memory booklet using the handouts and instructions provided.

Then simply learn and review a little each day! If you want to go slower, feel free to go at your own pace. If you get a late start, no problem.

Do it with a friend. Carry your booklet and memorize while you walk. Even if you don’t get it perfectly, the process will be good for your soul.

 

1st Thursday Connect

Our regular monthly women’s gathering, 1st Thursday Connect, resumes October 3. Each month stands alone, so if you miss a month, join us the next time!

The theme of the evening for October is Inside Out. If you haven’t seen the movies, you might enjoy them. Either way, we will have some fun with this theme throughout the evening.

Dinner is provided at 6:00 p.m. and will be followed by teaching from Titus, fun activities, and resources for reading the Bible Side by Side.

 
 

Links

Below are links to articles, books, podcasts, and music that might be of interest or help on various topics. Resources are curated but may not always reflect the views of New Life Church. Enjoy!

 
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