New in 2012, 101 is a place for women at Grace to take a first step of connecting and learning around a variety of practical topics. Each event will begin with a brief large group time and then offer three to four breakouts to choose from around a central theme. You’ll hear from different women each session* as they share their God-given gifts and areas of life-focus with you, helping you grow in Christ in the ways you need it most.

Women 101 is held on the dates below at 7pm in the Reading Room/Media Center at Edgewater.

TYPICAL EVENING SCHEDULE

7 – 7:15pm Welcome/Overview
7:20 – 8:05 Breakout Choice #1
8:05 – 8:15 Transition
8:15 – 9:00 Breakout Choice #2
9:00 – 9:30 Open for Connection/Community Time (Optional)

BREAKOUTS FOR THE NEXT 101 — FAMILY — on MAY 10th

DON’T WASTE A SINGLE MOMENT with Angela Buchanan

Does being single ever feel like a place of purgatory? How do you find contentment when your expectations and reality don’t match? What does God want for you as a single woman? These questions and others will be discussed as Angela shares personal and practical principles she discovered while working through 38 years of singleness.

• Angela Buchanan has spent most of her life in ministry, most recently serving on staff at a church in Nashville where she mentored and discipled women. Now a resident Floridian, she is the Director of Communications for a local international ministry. Angela is a voracious reader, a lifetime learner and lover of the New York Jets. She and her husband, Jeff, live in Longwood.

HONORING YOUR FATHER, MOTHER, AND MORE: Reaching Out to Your Extended Family as a Grown Up with Monica Taffinder & Dawna Prostak

By definition, extended family often causes you to stretch. Sometimes beyond what’s comfortable. Sometimes until it hurts. It’s easy to feel like some of the branches on your family tree are just too far out and too painful to reach. Come hear how to love your relatives and how stretching toward them will bring you closer.

• Monica Taffinder is is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (M.A. in Counseling and Biblical Studies from Reformed Theological Seminary), who enjoys working with people on issues of depression, anxiety, sexual abuse recovery, trauma, femininity and gender identity, dissociative disorders, and strengthening core relationships. Monica enjoys traveling, gardening, writing, and being with her friends and family.
• Dawna Prostak is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor and graduate of the University of Central Florida (M.A. in Mental Health Counseling) who enjoys working with couples in marriage counseling, and adoption and infertility issues. Dawna also specializes in issues surrounding femininity, sexual abuse recovery, and anxiety disorders. Married with two daughters and a son, Dawna enjoys spending time with family and friends, camping, traveling, and scrapbooking.

PARENTING WITH GRACE with Christie Garrett

Everyone wants their children to behave, but is being “good” really what it’s all about? Is following the rules enough? We all want a guaranteed formula for success, but does one even exist? Find out how the gospel radically changes the way you parent and how God’s grace is enough to transform you and your kids.

• Christie Garrett is the wife of Rick Garrett, Pastor of Grace Conway. She holds a degree in Biblical Studies from Brewton-Parker College, serves the church in communications and women’s ministry and is the mother to Hannah-Kate, 4 and Trey, 1.

HOW TO BE A HELPMATE: Partnering with Your Husband for Strong Marriage with Kelly Adkins

If you’re married or planning to be, what does being a helpmate mean? What does it not mean? And how do you do it well, for the glory of God and for the strength and purpose of your relationship? Learn practical, day-to-day steps and thoughts to change your heart for your relationship and become more of the woman God created you to be.

• Kelly Adkins is the grateful wife to the pastor of Grace Orlando and mom to three kids ages 16, 9, and 4. She spends most of her time writing and designing for Grace, loving her kids, and serving Pastor Mike, who she’s been married to for 18 years. She has a couple of degrees, but thinks experience has been her best teacher. She blogs to encourage Grace women at kellyadkins.com.

UPCOMING 101 EVENTS

May 10th: Family 101
Living out the gospel through marriage, parenting, singleness and more.

August 2nd: Prayer and Peace 101
A night of renewal and refreshment to get you geared up for fall.

Sept 20th: Pitfalls 101
Sessions on the sins that most often trap women.

Nov 15th: Hospitality 101
Entering the holiday season with tips, tricks and the true Biblical meaning of hospitality.

HAVE A BREAKOUT IDEA?

*Interested in teaching a breakout in 2012 in your area of interest? Fill out an application form.

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