February "Dinner for 50" - Date Change to Feb. 21st

Ladies, once again we have a marvelous opportunity to demonstrate our love for the families of Network Tacoma! Each month these families come together for training and learning activities. They bring their children. And the [small] staff at Network Tacoma feeds them ALL dinner.

As part of our local service project, our chapter has volunteered to serve this dinner on:

Monday, February 21st

Soma Building, downtown Tacoma

2320 Pacific Avenue

The dinner takes place from 6-7pm,

with prep and cleanup time before and after.

We try to interact with the families as much as possible, during the course of our service, so that we are feeding bodies and spirits!

We will prepare and serve "Costco-style" lasagna, french bread, and salad. We still need a few volunteers the night of the event. You do not neccessarily need to stay the whole time; you can volunteer to prep, serve and/or clean up. We also need someone each month to volunteer to pick up and bring the lasagna, or, pre-cook at home and bring hot. Email wovsouthpugetsound@gmail.com to volunteer.

Let's show these families we care! Times are tough for everyone, but especially for formerly homeless families now trying to make ends meet in a transitional housing setting.

If you cannot volunteer, but would like to donate toward the meal, you can donate to our projects here. Thank you and God bless.

You are invited to join "Women of Vision on The City"

The January 2010 edition of WOVen is now available at this link.

South Puget Sound ladies:  please see the first article by our national director Cindy Breilh, and take special note of The City. All of our friends and partners are now invited to join The City.

When you join The City, you will first want to become a member of the Women of Vision group. But your first order of business after that should be to join the South Puget Sound group. While we will still have our own chapter website and blog, we will be using The City more often and will point virtually all of our national information links back to the public area of The City, on "the Plaza".

Also - please note that Women of Vision national is offering training on how to use The City. We will request a training session for south sound ladies and let you know when that is to occur. But you will need to be a member of Women of Vision on The City, and of South Puget Sound Chapter to receive this training invitation.

Welcome to the electronic communication age, ladies!
Blessings to you this week,
Lynn
Website / Communications Mgr. for SPS Women of Vision

Heart of the Matter Study Groups - Forming for Winter/Spring

Have you taken part in The Heart of the Matter study part 1, and are now ready for part 2?

We have two groups starting up shortly to share in the "Heart of the Matter Module 2".

Preview the study here:

Module 2: "Communities Transformed with Change that Lasts" (6 sessions)

Study guides will be available on the first night of each study group (suggested donation is $10.00), or you can download and print at the above links for free, or order your own DVD of the study there.

Please bring your Bible to the study.

Email the group host to sign up, and to get directions:

1. Federal Way - Six Sessions from February 28th - April 11th (excluding April 4th) - email ktm60@gmail.com

2. Gig Harbor - Early Spring start date TBD - email pnwannie@yahoo.com

Education Meeting on Cambodia: Hope for Exploited Children - Jan. 24th

Please join us for this free event, where we will hear from Sue Hanna, of Hagar International in Cambodia.

International Education Session

Cambodia: Hope for Exploited Children

Monday, January 24

6:30-7:30 p.m.

Location: World Vision, 34834 Weyerhaeuser Way S., Federal Way

This will be an international education gathering focusing on Cambodia and the work being done by various organizations through the IMPACTS project to help exploited children

About our speaker:

In a dirty, run-down hospital in Cambodia, Sue sat with a 16 year old girl dying of AIDS. At age 11, the girl had been sold by her mother to a brothel. The absolute waste of this young girl’s life would never leave Sue. Her heart was broken to the point of action, and she left her banking career to fulfill her passion of helping young women.

Sue spent 10 fulfilling years with World Vision New Zealand where she combined her passion for the poor and oppressed with a natural skill of public speaking. Since March 2005, Sue has been with HAGAR Cambodia, first setting up a home for girls aged 4-14 from Sexually Exploitative Situations, then co-managing the Children’s Department of eight projects and over 400 children. Currently, Sue serves as Residential Operations Manager of five Recovery Shelters for women and children from backgrounds of trafficking for sex , labor, or domestic violence situations.

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January Devotional

Resolute

All of us at one time or another have made resolutions. January is characteristically the time of year when we try to redefine ourselves. Our local gyms see an increase in memberships, Costco places closet organizer and garage shelving on the display floor and athletic trainers’ client lists increase. Have you set a New Year’s Resolution for 2011?

The great news for us as Christians is that we don’t have to wait 365 days to recreate ourselves. “If any man be in Christ, He is a new creation” and Jesus’ unconditional love is “new every morning”. Once Jesus is our Savior, we simply ask Him to forgive us or show us the way that He would have us go or ask Him about what we need to refine or change. He is faithful to answer our prayers and tell us what we need to change and then He empowers us to make those changes to our spirit, mind or body that flow out into our daily lives.

What goals have we set for this next year? This is a good month to reflect on purpose, plan and production. Our purpose is to "love the Lord our God with all our heart and soul and mind" and "seek first His kingdom and His righteousness". Every decision we make and every moment we live should reflect that purpose. He has a "plan for our life for good and not for calamity to give us a future and a hope". All of our plans should be in alignment with His plan for our life. Our production involves laboring in the fields for the harvest of souls into the Kingdom. How many souls have we ushered into the Throne Room?

As we begin 2011 it is fun to talk with friends about the usual goals of reorganizing our garage or our closets or renewing that gym membership so we can begin or increase our workout times and get into shape with a trainer. In addition, let’s begin in 2011 by praying about and pondering our purpose, God’s plan and Kingdom production. Every one of us is created by God "for His good pleasure" and like Jesus, our Perfect Example, we need to be about our Father’s business. Let us be resolute about it.

Dinner for 50: Volunteers Needed! Monday evening, January 10th

Ladies, once again we have a marvelous opportunity to demonstrate our love for the families of Network Tacoma!

Each month these families come together for training and learning activities. They bring their children. And the [small] staff at Network Tacoma feeds them ALL dinner.

Our chapter has volunteered to serve this dinner on:

Monday, January 10th

Soma Building, downtown Tacoma

2320 Pacific Avenue

The dinner takes place from 6-7pm,
with prep and cleanup time before and after.
We try to interact with the families as much as possible, during the course of our service, so that we are feeding bodies and spirits!



We will prepare and serve "Costco-style" lasagna, french bread, and salad. We still need a few volunteers the night of the event. Email wovsouthpugetsound@gmail.com asap to volunteer!

Let's show these families we care! Times are tough for everyone, but especially for formerly homeless families now trying to make ends meet in a transitional housing setting.

If you cannot volunteer, but would like to donate toward the meal, you can donate to our projects here. Thank you and God bless.

Washington Anti-Trafficking Engagement Day - January 13th

This Women of Vision chapter is committed to lending its voice and other resources to advocacy activities that will empower and protect women and children both here in the U.S. and internationally. Therefore we have opted to take a strong role in the upcoming Washington Anti-Trafficking Engagement Day, to be held at our state capitol in Olympia, on the afternoon of January 13th. Volunteer activites for the engagement day portion of the afternoon begin at 2pm.

This is an event where you can use YOUR voice. Even if you cannot volunteer, we invite you to come -- all friends and partners are encouraged to attend - this is a Public Event with media coverage!

DETAILS HERE

Event time at the capitol: 3:30-5pm

PLUS: We believe so strongly in this effort that we are also dedicating volunteer hours and chapter funds to host a luncheon for legislators on this day. While guests for this luncheon are by invitation only, we do need chapter leaders and partners to volunteer for set up and service during the luncheon.

The speaker will be Bradley Myles, CEO of the Polaris Project.

If you are a chapter partner or leader and can help with the luncheon (or with the engagement afternoon volunteer activities), please email wovsouthpugetsound@gmail.com as soon as possible, and we will give you a job to do! Arrival time for luncheon volunteers is 11am. Location is United Churches, 110 11th Ave SE, Olympia.