August 26th

**UPDATED INFO**
I changed our blog background to something that shows a place we may go on our retreat in about 6 months. Motivation!
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Okay, right out the door as the new "moderator" of the group, I blew it! (Big surprise, huh?) I started the sign-up list with September 2, forgetting that we actually had one more date left in August, on the 26th. (Has August felt a year long to anyone else like it has for me?)

So, on August 26th, we will meet at Jamie's house and finish our discussion on the book "90 Minutes in Heaven." Come whether you have read the book or not, it will be a general discussion of things on our minds prompted by the book.

For those of you who weren't able to make it to the planning meeting this week, here are the results of our discussion:

Schedule thru December, 2008: We have a sign-up sheet mostly filled out. We still need someone to host Bunco for 2 nights in October. The person hosting will be responsible for the dessert and prizes for the month as we decided that one person should do the Bunco nights for the whole month and supply those items to make it easier and more consistent. The nights we still need to fill are October 14th and 28th. We also need someone to host the night of December 9th. If you choose that night, you can host it at your home, make it a movie night, or a restaurant night, etc., and you can pick your activity (i.e., Bible discussion, craft item, etc.)

Collection for House of Hope: Our next collection is two-fold. The Women's Group is collecting t-shirts and shorts that have ties (athletic-type, sweatshirty type material) in sizes LG and X-LG for victims of rape that have to surrender their clothing for evidence. We are asking Bridge Church members to partner with us by donating new towels, hand towels and washcloths. Our collection dates will be from now thru September 30th.

Women's Retreat: We all agreed to have a 2-night Women's Retreat in March, 2009 (the exact week-end TBA). We are looking into getting more info on a few places: Ft. Bragg, Trinidad, Tahoe & Lake Almanor. Once I get the info, I will put together a few proposals to look at and we can make a definite decision. Leslie B. will be looking into getting a Beth Moore video for the retreat for our spiritual renewal. Other than that, we will just sleep in, eat, and pamper ourselves. And all without children or husbands!

Women's Group Blog v. Email: We will be relying on the Women's Group blog for most of our communication in the future. I will be diligent on keeping it current so you can go to the blog if you want to know where our next meeting is being held, what we're collecting for House of Hope, etc. We won't be sending weekly emails out anymore on this info, but I will email if there is something that can't be put on the blog, or if a change happens at the last minute.

Prayer Requests: We will (of course) still be doing our weekly prayer requests and prayer time. We need someone who is willing to weekly write down our prayer requests and then is willing to send them out to the group on an email weekly as I don't want to post them on the blog (privacy reasons). Is there someone who would be willing to take that on? (I'm assuming that Jamie, Jenn & Leslie prefer not to do this as the children's ministry is heating up for the more now. If I'm wrong, let me know!)