Fall Guest Speaker - Alana Grotewold

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EXCITING NEWS TODAY:
Our Fall Retreat Speaker was just announced!
Back By Popular Demand - ALANA GROTEWOLD


"Alana is not only a wonderful friend of mine, but one of my favorite role models of Biblical Womanhood. She communicates biblical principles with clarity, passion, humor and grace. It is clearly evident that she loves people and wants to see them walk in spiritual freedom."

Alana’s significance to our Fall Retreat can not be overstated. She proclaims the Word of God. She is the model of what Jesus can do in women’s lives. In a sense, she is the Lord’s representative, speaking on His behalf to woo women into a personal relationship with Jesus Christ and to build up those who already know Him. The speaker sets the tone of our Fall Retreat, making it an inspiring God-glorifying experience!

Alana is very successful in business so people from all across America….seek her financial council. However, her most treasured ministry is in her home where she and her husband Matt are rearing their four children – Mason, Pearla, Gabriella and Lilyana. Alana is passionate about the Word of God and considers it her calling and privilege to teach women how to study the Bible and grow in their knowledge and love of the Lord Jesus Christ.
*We are all blessed that Alana has committed to spend this weekend with us!!!

Are you living in the Land-0f-Exhaustion?

Are you living in the Land-0f-Exhaustion?
Come take a “TIME OUT”…..

Come join our Women's Fall Retreat!!!

Click HERE to see all the exciting details!

http://www.pamriley.org/

Why Go To Church?

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Why Go To Church?

A Church goer wrote a letter to the editor of a newspaper and complained that it made no sense to go to church every Sunday. "I've gone for 30 years now," he wrote, "and in that time I have heard something like 3,000 sermons. But for the life of me, I can't remember a single one of them. So, I think I'm wasting my time and the pastors are wasting theirs by giving sermons at all."

This started a real controversy in the "Letters to the Editor" column, much to the delight of the editor.

It went on for weeks until someone wrote this clincher: "I've been married for 30 years now.. In that time my wife has cooked some 32,000 meals. But, for the life of me, I cannot recall the entire menu for a single one of those meals. But I do know this.. they all nourished me and gave me the strength I needed to do my work. If my wife had not given me these meals, I would be physically dead today. Likewise, if I had not gone to church for nourishment, I would be spiritually dead today!"

When you are DOWN to nothing.... God is UP to something!

Faith sees the invisible, believes the incredible and receives the impossible! Thank God for our physical AND our spiritual nourishment!

Registration for Fall Women's Retreat just started!

Bring your Friend or Family Member (+16 yrs)

Click HERE to see all the exciting details!

http://www.pamriley.org/

Can I feel like a Princess too?

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Can I feel like a Princess too?Like my 3yr old granddaughter, Alisa?

SURE!! I think you can rediscover, at any age, the “little girl” inside! You’ll always be our Heavenly Fathers “little girl” – and He loves to watch YOU dance, celebrate life! You are His princess, so celebrate each day in YOUR castle.....

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But Jesus called them to him, saying, “Let the children come to me, and do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of God." - Luke 18:16

Great Book for Christian Women-

"His Princess: Love Letters from Your King" by Sheri Rose Shepard

Could I be a Redneck?

After I left the Nail Salon, I was feeling like I looked “Mighty-Fine”.
So I stopped off to do a ton of grocery shopping, more than an hour!

Upon arriving home, I glanced down at my FEET!!!!!

I just realized that I never noticed my Nail Tec forgot to take off her rubber toe dividers!-Did anyone at the grocery store notice this disaster?
-Was anyone tempted to ask me why I needed these on at the store?
-Does this define me as a….Redneck?

The story - "Take My Son"

Pam's Page 36 - "Friendship"This is great. Take a moment to read it; it will make your day!
The ending will surprise you......

"Take my Son"


A wealthy man and his son loved to collect rare works of art. They had everything in their collection, from Picasso to Raphael. They would often sit together and admire the great works of art.

When the Vietnam conflict broke out, the son went to war. He was very courageous and died in battle while rescuing another soldier. The father was notified and grieved deeply for his only son.

About a month later, just before Christmas, there was a knock at the door. A young man stood at the door with a large package in his hands.

He said, 'Sir, you don't know me, but I am the soldier for whom your son gave his life. He saved many lives that day, and he was carrying me to safety when a bullet struck him in the heart and he died instantly. He often talked about you, and your love for art.' The young man held out this package. 'I know this isn't much. I'm not really a great artist, but I think your son would have wanted you to have this.'

The father opened the package. It was a portrait of his son, painted by the young man. He stared in awe at the way the soldier had captured the personality of his son in the painting. The father was so drawn to the eyes that his own eyes welled up with tears. He thanked the young man and offered to pay him for the picture. 'Oh, no sir, I could never repay what your son did for me. It's a gift.'

The father hung the portrait over his mantle. Every time visitors came to his home he took them to see the portrait of his son before he showed them any of the other great works he had collected.

The man died a few months later. There was to be a great auction of his paintings. Many influential people gathered, excited over seeing the great paintings and having an opportunity to purchase one for their collection.


On the platform sat the painting of the son. The auctioneer pounded his gavel. 'We will start the bidding with this picture of the son. Who will bid for this picture?'

There was silence.


Then a voice in the back of the room shouted, 'We want to see the famous paintings. Skip this one.'


But the auctioneer persisted. 'Will somebody bid for this painting? Who will start the bidding? $100, $200?'


Another voice angrily. 'We didn't come to see this painting. We came to see the Van Gogh's, the Rembrandts. Get on with the
real bids!'

But still the auctioneer continued. 'The son! The son! Who'll take the son?'
Finally, a voice came from the very back of the room. It was the longtime gardener of the man and his son.. 'I'll give $10 for the painting..' Being a poor man, it was all he could afford.

'We have $10, who will bid $20?'
'Give it to him for $10. Let's see the masters.'

The crowd was becoming angry.. They didn't want the picture of the son.

They wanted the more worthy investments for their collections.
The auctioneer pounded the gavel. 'Going once, twice, SOLD for $10!'

A man sitting on the second row shouted, 'Now let's get on with the collection!'


The auctioneer laid down his gavel. 'I'm sorry, the auction is over.'


'What about the paintings?'

'I am sorry. When I was called to conduct this auction, I was told of a secret stipulation in the will. I was not allowed to reveal that stipulation until this time. Only the painting of the son would be auctioned. Whoever bought that painting would inherit the entire estate, including the paintings.


The man who took the son gets everything!'

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God gave His Son 2,000 years ago to die on the cross. Much like the auctioneer, His message today is:

'The Son, the Son, who'll take the Son?'

Because, you see, whoever takes the Son gets everything.


FOR GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD HE GAVE HIS ONLY BEGOTTEN SON, WHO SO EVER BELIEVETH, SHALL HAVE ETERNAL LIFE...THAT'S LOVE

Chesapeake Bay - family beach fun today....

Today was such a blast at the ocean waters in Chesapeake Bay!

Special family fun with our Daughter (Sheri), our two granddaughters and baby grandson!

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What a blessing to have these memories......