Friendly reminder!!!
Tonight is the November GLAM meeting. We will meet at 6 pm at my (Brooke's) house.
If you need directions, please let Brittany or I know.
Hope to see you there!
Sunday, November 16, 2014
Tuesday, November 11, 2014
GLAM Outreach!
Just a friendly reminder of our outreach coming up!
Clean your closets out before the holidays! GLAM is collecting warm, used apparel to donate to the homeless during the winter months. Any sweatshirts, pants, hats gloves, etc. is appreciated!
Get your closets organized and help keep someone warm at same time!
Please let Brittany or myself know if you have anything to donate.
We will be planning a drop off of donations soon so any last minute items are appreciated!
It's supposed to be another cold winter and we hope to help many homeless keep warm!
Thanks for your help!
Clean your closets out before the holidays! GLAM is collecting warm, used apparel to donate to the homeless during the winter months. Any sweatshirts, pants, hats gloves, etc. is appreciated!
Get your closets organized and help keep someone warm at same time!
Please let Brittany or myself know if you have anything to donate.
We will be planning a drop off of donations soon so any last minute items are appreciated!
It's supposed to be another cold winter and we hope to help many homeless keep warm!
Thanks for your help!
December Volunteer Opportunity
Hello all! I mentioned in the CGI post that we would be partnering with them before the end of the year for a volunteer opportunity. Well we got the date scheduled! I wanted to go ahead and post it, that way everyone interested could get it on their calendars!
Here are the details for the December Volunteer Opportunity.
Who: GLAM group and anyone who is interested!
Where: Center for Global Impact Store, 2650 Fairview Place Suite W, Greenwood.
What: We will be volunteering in the store at the Center Global Impact. We will be helping with pricing and inventory.
When: December 14th from 4-6pm
If you have any questions or need directions, feel free to contact Brittany or myself.
We are excited to volunteer at CGI and look forward to seeing all those who are interested!
Here are the details for the December Volunteer Opportunity.
Who: GLAM group and anyone who is interested!
Where: Center for Global Impact Store, 2650 Fairview Place Suite W, Greenwood.
What: We will be volunteering in the store at the Center Global Impact. We will be helping with pricing and inventory.
When: December 14th from 4-6pm
If you have any questions or need directions, feel free to contact Brittany or myself.
We are excited to volunteer at CGI and look forward to seeing all those who are interested!
Friday, November 7, 2014
November Volunteer Opportunity
Here are the details for the September Volunteer Opportunity.
Who: GLAM group and anyone who is interested!
Where: 50 S Belmont Ave, Indianapolis, IN 46217
What: We will be volunteering at Midwest Food Bank's warehouse.
When: November 22nd from 10am - 12pm
Our next volunteer opportunity will be at Midwest Food Bank. As a faith based organization it is the mission of Midwest Food Bank to alleviate hunger and poverty by gathering and distributing food donations to not-for-profits and disaster sites without cost to the recipients.
They are asking that everyone who volunteers wears sturdy, close-toed shoes like tennis shoes, casual clothing likes jeans and t-shirts, and dresses in layers with jackets or sweatshirts. We will be working in the warehouse or repackaging room and both can get cool in temperature.
There is also a volunteer waiver that each person needs to fill out and bring with them the day we volunteer. I couldn't get the waiver to attach so if you are interested in volunteering let Brittany or myself know and we will email you a copy.
This will be a great opportunity to volunteer while learning how Midwest Food Bank makes a difference!
Hope to see you there!
Who: GLAM group and anyone who is interested!
Where: 50 S Belmont Ave, Indianapolis, IN 46217
What: We will be volunteering at Midwest Food Bank's warehouse.
When: November 22nd from 10am - 12pm
Our next volunteer opportunity will be at Midwest Food Bank. As a faith based organization it is the mission of Midwest Food Bank to alleviate hunger and poverty by gathering and distributing food donations to not-for-profits and disaster sites without cost to the recipients.
They are asking that everyone who volunteers wears sturdy, close-toed shoes like tennis shoes, casual clothing likes jeans and t-shirts, and dresses in layers with jackets or sweatshirts. We will be working in the warehouse or repackaging room and both can get cool in temperature.
There is also a volunteer waiver that each person needs to fill out and bring with them the day we volunteer. I couldn't get the waiver to attach so if you are interested in volunteering let Brittany or myself know and we will email you a copy.
This will be a great opportunity to volunteer while learning how Midwest Food Bank makes a difference!
Hope to see you there!
Thursday, November 6, 2014
Center for Global Impact
Hello! I hope everyone is having a good week. I promised a more in depth post about Center for Global Impact, so I wanted to get that to you all for those who were interested in learning more!
Again, at our last GLAM meeting we had a speaker, Alicia, from Center for Global Impact.
Center for Global Impact, or CGI, is an organization that seeks to bring the Good News of Jesus to those in the grip of poverty and bondage. They do this practically by providing a pathway out of poverty through education, vocational training and business development. Primarily working in Cambodia, many of those they serve are victims of — or vulnerable to — human trafficking.
CGI hopes and prays for a future in which those they serve experience the freedom, dignity and fullness of life that comes when we enter into relationship with Jesus Christ.
Center for Global Impact empowers the poor, protects the vulnerable and shares the gospel.
Alicia went into great detail on how the organization was founded and what they were hoping to achieve. She explained how they came to focus on Cambodia and shared many success stories of their work.
CGI achieves it's mission through different projects that help empower and raise money for people in Cambodia.
One of these projects is the Imprint Program. The Imprint Project is an intensive 18-month life skills program that focuses on spiritual formation, general education and vocational seamstress training.
One of its most successful projects is byTavi. byTavi is a design label named after a woman who sought out CGI for help to better herself and her family. When Tavi came to CGI in 2008, she found herself in a desperate situation. Her husband recently taken by AIDS, she was the sole caregiver of her two young children and an elderly aunt. Being HIV positive, she was weak and had no resources to sufficiently care for herself, let alone her family. Aware of her culture’s common acceptance of trafficking children to make ends meet, she desperately sought a better solution.She approached CGI and requested a sewing machine and seamstress training. Three short years after she began sewing pillow covers, she had inspired over thirty other women in her community to join a sewing team, whose products were to be labeled byTavi.
CGI also has a culinary training program. The Culinary Training Center is an 18-month training program that teaches kitchen and restaurant management skills to at-risk girls. Located in Battambang, Cambodia, the CTC is complemented by two CGI-operated restaurants: The Green Mango Café and Bakery and the Red Chili Mexican Grill. In addition to a culinary education, students gain service experience and employment in these two restaurants. The Red Chili, in particular, is designed to impart upper-level leadership skills to CTC graduates.
The last project Alicia explained, was CGI Kids. CGI kids is really cool because it allows kids to come up with ideas of things they can do and money they can raise here to send over to help in Cambodia. Kids get to choose what they want to do to raise money, and how they want the money spent. So one child, donated his birthday. He had everyone bring money for his CGI project instead of presents and he decided he wanted it to be used as playground equipment at a school in Cambodia.
All of these projects help raise funds and awareness to CGI's goal in Cambodia.
There is also a store here in Greenwood at the CGI location that sells byTavi and Imprint items. Perfect for us women! Alicia had some of the items at our meeting. I bought this gorgeous byTavi scarf.
Alicia's presentation was very informative and eye opening. We can't wait to pair with Center for Global Impact in December, More to come on that volunteer opportunity.
If you'd like to find out more information about CGI, go to centerforglobalimpact.org
Thanks again Alicia for coming and sharing all about the Center for Global Impact!
Again, at our last GLAM meeting we had a speaker, Alicia, from Center for Global Impact.
Center for Global Impact, or CGI, is an organization that seeks to bring the Good News of Jesus to those in the grip of poverty and bondage. They do this practically by providing a pathway out of poverty through education, vocational training and business development. Primarily working in Cambodia, many of those they serve are victims of — or vulnerable to — human trafficking.
CGI hopes and prays for a future in which those they serve experience the freedom, dignity and fullness of life that comes when we enter into relationship with Jesus Christ.
Center for Global Impact empowers the poor, protects the vulnerable and shares the gospel.
Alicia went into great detail on how the organization was founded and what they were hoping to achieve. She explained how they came to focus on Cambodia and shared many success stories of their work.
CGI achieves it's mission through different projects that help empower and raise money for people in Cambodia.
One of these projects is the Imprint Program. The Imprint Project is an intensive 18-month life skills program that focuses on spiritual formation, general education and vocational seamstress training.
One of its most successful projects is byTavi. byTavi is a design label named after a woman who sought out CGI for help to better herself and her family. When Tavi came to CGI in 2008, she found herself in a desperate situation. Her husband recently taken by AIDS, she was the sole caregiver of her two young children and an elderly aunt. Being HIV positive, she was weak and had no resources to sufficiently care for herself, let alone her family. Aware of her culture’s common acceptance of trafficking children to make ends meet, she desperately sought a better solution.She approached CGI and requested a sewing machine and seamstress training. Three short years after she began sewing pillow covers, she had inspired over thirty other women in her community to join a sewing team, whose products were to be labeled byTavi.
Today, the byTavi Workshop serves as much more than a vocational training project. Beyond seamstress training, CGI desires each woman to realize and reach her full potential. With this in mind, they develop promising young leaders through retreats and additional responsibilities in the workshop. In fact, the byTavi Project is fully managed by a team of women previously employed as seamstresses.
CGI also has a culinary training program. The Culinary Training Center is an 18-month training program that teaches kitchen and restaurant management skills to at-risk girls. Located in Battambang, Cambodia, the CTC is complemented by two CGI-operated restaurants: The Green Mango Café and Bakery and the Red Chili Mexican Grill. In addition to a culinary education, students gain service experience and employment in these two restaurants. The Red Chili, in particular, is designed to impart upper-level leadership skills to CTC graduates.
The last project Alicia explained, was CGI Kids. CGI kids is really cool because it allows kids to come up with ideas of things they can do and money they can raise here to send over to help in Cambodia. Kids get to choose what they want to do to raise money, and how they want the money spent. So one child, donated his birthday. He had everyone bring money for his CGI project instead of presents and he decided he wanted it to be used as playground equipment at a school in Cambodia.
All of these projects help raise funds and awareness to CGI's goal in Cambodia.
There is also a store here in Greenwood at the CGI location that sells byTavi and Imprint items. Perfect for us women! Alicia had some of the items at our meeting. I bought this gorgeous byTavi scarf.
Alicia's presentation was very informative and eye opening. We can't wait to pair with Center for Global Impact in December, More to come on that volunteer opportunity.
If you'd like to find out more information about CGI, go to centerforglobalimpact.org
Thanks again Alicia for coming and sharing all about the Center for Global Impact!
Tuesday, November 4, 2014
November GLAM Meeting
Hello all! Hope everyone had a great weekend! I wanted to get the next GLAM meeting info out so everyone can mark their calendars!
Sunday, November 16th at 6:00 PM
Brooke's House (me!)
If you need directions or have any questions, please contact Brittany or myself. We look forward to seeing you all!
Sunday, November 16th at 6:00 PM
Brooke's House (me!)
If you need directions or have any questions, please contact Brittany or myself. We look forward to seeing you all!
Monday, October 27, 2014
October Meeting Notes
Hello all! Hope everyone had a great weekend and enjoyed the nice weather. Our October meeting was on October 19th. I wanted to get the meeting notes out for those of you who were unable to attend.
This meeting was different than others because we didn't have a specific lesson. Instead, we had a speaker and a craft, with more of an open forum. It was fun to switch it up!
Our speaker was Alicia from Center for Global Impact. I will definitely do a more in depth write up on the presentation later this week, but it was very interesting. According to their website, CGI seeks to bring the Good News of Jesus to those in the grip of poverty and bondage. They do this practically by providing a pathway out of poverty through education, vocational training and business development. Primarily working in Cambodia, many of those they serve are victims of — or vulnerable to — human trafficking.
Alicia explained a lot of the different fundraisers and projects they do to obtain this mission. Her presentation brought a lot of awareness to the group. It was neat to hear of all the great things CGI is doing to make a difference. We hope to pair with CGI later this year for our one of our volunteer opportunities.
If you'd like to find out more information, go to centerforglobalimpact.org
Thanks Alicia for coming and sharing all about the Center for Global Impact!
After the speaker, Brittany read us a post from the blog "Girlfriends in God." It was about a choice that changes everything. Basically the story was about a woman who's family was in a waiting period while her husband's company went through a merger. They didn't know if he would keep his job or not. She explains that during that time they had to choose to trust in God no matter how much doubt and worry they had.
The author of the blog compared her story to the book of Ruth. In the book of Ruth, two women, Naomi and Ruth faced difficult circumstances and an uncertain future. Ruth remained loyal to her mother in law Naomi during hard times. God used this faithful friendship to bless the two women. Like Naomi and Ruth's story the blog author had to choose to trust God and stated, "Choosing to trust is essential. When we make the choice to trust God it changes everything."
From this story we learn that we can trust God by deciding in our hearts to remain faithful.
Proverbs 3:5-6 says, "Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all the ways you acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight."
Then we completed a Halloween activity. Since everyone loves pumpkins, Brittany handed out a pumpkin to each person and we were to write things on it that we are thankful for. Brittany said we could put the pumpkin up at work or home, somewhere we could look at it and be reminded of what we are thankful for, especially during trying times. We all have so much to be thankful for, but sometimes it is hard to call it out. Especially the little things. That's why this activity was perfect!
Our GLAM challenge is to read the book of Ruth by our next meeting. It's only 4 chapters!
I will add our next meeting and volunteer opportunities to the blog here soon as well as prayer requests.
This meeting was different than others because we didn't have a specific lesson. Instead, we had a speaker and a craft, with more of an open forum. It was fun to switch it up!
Our speaker was Alicia from Center for Global Impact. I will definitely do a more in depth write up on the presentation later this week, but it was very interesting. According to their website, CGI seeks to bring the Good News of Jesus to those in the grip of poverty and bondage. They do this practically by providing a pathway out of poverty through education, vocational training and business development. Primarily working in Cambodia, many of those they serve are victims of — or vulnerable to — human trafficking.
Alicia explained a lot of the different fundraisers and projects they do to obtain this mission. Her presentation brought a lot of awareness to the group. It was neat to hear of all the great things CGI is doing to make a difference. We hope to pair with CGI later this year for our one of our volunteer opportunities.
If you'd like to find out more information, go to centerforglobalimpact.org
Thanks Alicia for coming and sharing all about the Center for Global Impact!
After the speaker, Brittany read us a post from the blog "Girlfriends in God." It was about a choice that changes everything. Basically the story was about a woman who's family was in a waiting period while her husband's company went through a merger. They didn't know if he would keep his job or not. She explains that during that time they had to choose to trust in God no matter how much doubt and worry they had.
The author of the blog compared her story to the book of Ruth. In the book of Ruth, two women, Naomi and Ruth faced difficult circumstances and an uncertain future. Ruth remained loyal to her mother in law Naomi during hard times. God used this faithful friendship to bless the two women. Like Naomi and Ruth's story the blog author had to choose to trust God and stated, "Choosing to trust is essential. When we make the choice to trust God it changes everything."
From this story we learn that we can trust God by deciding in our hearts to remain faithful.
Proverbs 3:5-6 says, "Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all the ways you acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight."
Then we completed a Halloween activity. Since everyone loves pumpkins, Brittany handed out a pumpkin to each person and we were to write things on it that we are thankful for. Brittany said we could put the pumpkin up at work or home, somewhere we could look at it and be reminded of what we are thankful for, especially during trying times. We all have so much to be thankful for, but sometimes it is hard to call it out. Especially the little things. That's why this activity was perfect!
I will add our next meeting and volunteer opportunities to the blog here soon as well as prayer requests.
Sunday, October 19, 2014
GLAM Meeting Tonight!
Friendly reminder!!!
Tonight is the October GLAM meeting. We will meet at 6 pm at my (Brooke's) house.
If you need directions, please let Brittany or I know.
Hope to see you there!
Wednesday, October 15, 2014
October GLAM Meeting Reminder
Hello all!
Just wanted to remind you all of the next GLAM meeting. It will be this Sunday, 10/19 at 6:00 PM at my (Brooke's) house.
We will be having a speaker from CGI, a group we plan to partner with for future volunteer opportunities. We are very excited to pair with this group and to have the owner speak at our GLAM meeting.
Hopefully we have a lot of people interested and have a great turn out!!!
Let Brittany or I know if you need directions. Hope to see you there!
Just wanted to remind you all of the next GLAM meeting. It will be this Sunday, 10/19 at 6:00 PM at my (Brooke's) house.
We will be having a speaker from CGI, a group we plan to partner with for future volunteer opportunities. We are very excited to pair with this group and to have the owner speak at our GLAM meeting.
Hopefully we have a lot of people interested and have a great turn out!!!
Let Brittany or I know if you need directions. Hope to see you there!
Monday, October 13, 2014
GLAM Outreach!
Hello all! I wanted to make you all aware of an outreach project GLAM is heading up!
Clean your closets out before the holidays! GLAM is collecting warm, used apparel to donate to the homeless during the winter months. Any sweatshirts, pants, hats gloves, etc. is appreciated!
Get your closets organized and help keep someone warm at same time!
Please let Brittany or myself know if you have anything to donate.
We really appreciate any donation. It's supposed to be another cold winter and we hope to help many homeless keep warm!
Thanks for your help!
Clean your closets out before the holidays! GLAM is collecting warm, used apparel to donate to the homeless during the winter months. Any sweatshirts, pants, hats gloves, etc. is appreciated!
Get your closets organized and help keep someone warm at same time!
Please let Brittany or myself know if you have anything to donate.
We really appreciate any donation. It's supposed to be another cold winter and we hope to help many homeless keep warm!
Thanks for your help!
Monday, September 29, 2014
Don't Talk About It, Pray About It
Hello all! Hope everyone had a great weekend. I was looking at my Timehop and things I posted on social media this day but different years and this powerful quote came up. It fits perfectly with our September topic of prayer. I guess I have been working on praying more for awhile. :)
Friday, September 26, 2014
Prayer Requests from September Meeting
Here are the prayer requests we received from our September GLAM meeting. Again, I decided not to use names in case it's a more private issue, but I have included enough information so you are able to pray!
*Please pray for strength and answers for a family in Greenwood. The little girl was recently taken to Riley for seizures. She has been through a lot of testing to try and find out what is going on.
*Please pray for strength and comfort for a Greenwood woman who was diagnosed with ALS.
*Please pray for comfort for Marla's father in law who has had a lot of sickness and trouble managing the pain.
*Please continue to pray for 3 members of my family who are losing their jobs because of their company closing its Indianapolis offices. We have had an answer to prayers because the company has extended the end date to November, giving them all more time to look for new employment.
*Please continue to pray for strength and healing for a former Greenwood teacher who is suffering from cancer.
*Please continue to pray for strength and healing for a workout buddy of Brittany and Lisa's who is also suffering from cancer.
*Please continue to pray for strength and healing for a coworker of Lauren's mom as her cancer has returned.
Let me know if I forgot any or if you have something to add! There is power in prayer!
*Please pray for strength and answers for a family in Greenwood. The little girl was recently taken to Riley for seizures. She has been through a lot of testing to try and find out what is going on.
*Please pray for strength and comfort for a Greenwood woman who was diagnosed with ALS.
*Please pray for comfort for Marla's father in law who has had a lot of sickness and trouble managing the pain.
*Please continue to pray for 3 members of my family who are losing their jobs because of their company closing its Indianapolis offices. We have had an answer to prayers because the company has extended the end date to November, giving them all more time to look for new employment.
*Please continue to pray for strength and healing for a former Greenwood teacher who is suffering from cancer.
*Please continue to pray for strength and healing for a workout buddy of Brittany and Lisa's who is also suffering from cancer.
*Please continue to pray for strength and healing for a coworker of Lauren's mom as her cancer has returned.
Let me know if I forgot any or if you have something to add! There is power in prayer!
Thursday, September 25, 2014
Work Your Schedule Around God
Hello all! I need to get up prayer requests today but I stumbled across this awesome quote from Joyce Meyers and had to get it on the blog for everyone to see. It goes perfectly with our September lesson on Prayer.
“Spending time with God is the key to our strength and success
in all areas of life. Be sure that you never try to work God into your
schedule, but always work your schedule around Him.”
~Joyce Meyer
I have really been trying to work on this since our last meeting. It's hard because we all get so busy and think we can push our time with God to later, and then it eventually gets knocked out of the day or cut short. If instead we work our schedule around God, putting him first, all of the rest of the day will follow and fall right into place.
It's all about changing your thinking. Instead of the to do list leading my day I need to rely on God and make sure I spend quality time with Him.
~Joyce Meyer
I have really been trying to work on this since our last meeting. It's hard because we all get so busy and think we can push our time with God to later, and then it eventually gets knocked out of the day or cut short. If instead we work our schedule around God, putting him first, all of the rest of the day will follow and fall right into place.
It's all about changing your thinking. Instead of the to do list leading my day I need to rely on God and make sure I spend quality time with Him.
Wednesday, September 24, 2014
Choose to Move Event
I wanted to let you all know how the Choose to Move event went this last weekend.
The GLAM members that attended said it was an awesome event. There was a live band, snacks, and good fellowship. There were people of all ages and race skill, and even dogs!
The event was for a great cause. All proceeds went to the Indiana Parkinson's Foundation. There were over 700 participants and over $30,000 dollars was raised for the foundation.
What an amazing turnout!
Below is a picture of some GLAM members and their family before the race.
The GLAM members that attended said it was an awesome event. There was a live band, snacks, and good fellowship. There were people of all ages and race skill, and even dogs!
The event was for a great cause. All proceeds went to the Indiana Parkinson's Foundation. There were over 700 participants and over $30,000 dollars was raised for the foundation.
What an amazing turnout!
Below is a picture of some GLAM members and their family before the race.
Monday, September 22, 2014
Euchre Night at The Hearth
I wanted to fill everyone in on a fun night some of the GLAM members had with The Hearth residents.
We did some volunteering between scheduled GLAM monthly volunteer sessions and decided to play cards with the residents at The Hearth.
It was so much fun! We had 3 tables going between residents and GLAM members. There was a beginners table, a intermediate table, and an advanced table. When I say advanced I mean it!!! We have a family member who actually lives at The Hearth. She was at the advanced table and she was a card shark!
It was a great time to really get to know the residents while enjoying something they love to do. The residents seemed to enjoy themselves and many of them even asked how often we would be back.
I will let you all know when we go again. I definitely recommend coming a long even if you aren't they best card player. We had great teachers!
To advertise to it's residents that there would be a card night The Hearth made fliers. The fliers said Euchre with Lisa. So, Brittany and I decided we needed a picture by the sign for the blog. :)
We did some volunteering between scheduled GLAM monthly volunteer sessions and decided to play cards with the residents at The Hearth.
It was so much fun! We had 3 tables going between residents and GLAM members. There was a beginners table, a intermediate table, and an advanced table. When I say advanced I mean it!!! We have a family member who actually lives at The Hearth. She was at the advanced table and she was a card shark!
It was a great time to really get to know the residents while enjoying something they love to do. The residents seemed to enjoy themselves and many of them even asked how often we would be back.
I will let you all know when we go again. I definitely recommend coming a long even if you aren't they best card player. We had great teachers!
To advertise to it's residents that there would be a card night The Hearth made fliers. The fliers said Euchre with Lisa. So, Brittany and I decided we needed a picture by the sign for the blog. :)
October GLAM Meeting
Hello all! Hope everyone had a great weekend! I wanted to get the next GLAM meeting info out so everyone can mark their calendars!
Sunday, October 19th at 6:00 PM
Brooke's House (me!)
If you need directions or have any questions, please contact Brittany or myself. We look forward to seeing you all!
Sunday, October 19th at 6:00 PM
Brooke's House (me!)
If you need directions or have any questions, please contact Brittany or myself. We look forward to seeing you all!
Wednesday, September 17, 2014
September Volunteer Opportunity
Here are the details for the September Volunteer Opportunity
Who: GLAM group and anyone who is interested!
Where: Saxony in Fishers
What: Choose To Move, which is a race where all proceeds will go to the Indiana Parkinson's Foundation. There is a 10K run, 5K walk/run, and 1 mile walk/run.
When: September 20th at 9 AM
My aunt, and GLAM member Marla is a part of organizing this event. She said you can register all the way up to the event and can find more information at fun-races.com. If you just want to volunteer, come and we are sure there is plenty to do to help, even if it is just cheering on the participants. You can also donate money any time to the Indiana Parkinson's Foundation. You can have your donation registered under her husband's name, South side Climb - Kevin Pace.
This event should be fun! It will be a great way to raise awareness while getting some exercise and enjoying the fall weather. There will be food trucks and activities for children as well.
Hope to see you there!
Who: GLAM group and anyone who is interested!
Where: Saxony in Fishers
What: Choose To Move, which is a race where all proceeds will go to the Indiana Parkinson's Foundation. There is a 10K run, 5K walk/run, and 1 mile walk/run.
When: September 20th at 9 AM
My aunt, and GLAM member Marla is a part of organizing this event. She said you can register all the way up to the event and can find more information at fun-races.com. If you just want to volunteer, come and we are sure there is plenty to do to help, even if it is just cheering on the participants. You can also donate money any time to the Indiana Parkinson's Foundation. You can have your donation registered under her husband's name, South side Climb - Kevin Pace.
This event should be fun! It will be a great way to raise awareness while getting some exercise and enjoying the fall weather. There will be food trucks and activities for children as well.
Hope to see you there!
Tuesday, September 16, 2014
September Meeting Notes
Hello everyone! Hope you all had a great weekend. Our September GLAM meeting on Sunday was really great. We had a lot of good discussion and suggestions on the topic.
I wanted to get the notes out for those of you who were unable to make it and want to follow along.
Our September GLAM meeting topic was: What is Prayer?
Brittany included her definition of prayer. She listed that prayer is simply talking to God, building that relationship with him and speaking to him as a friend or a parent.
1st John 3:1 states, "The Father has loved us so much that we are called children of God. And we really are his children."
Therefore prayer should be just as easy as a conversation between us and our parents. God is our parent. We should feel comfortable and enjoy praying to him.
In the meeting we focused on 3 great truths about prayer.
1st Truth:
It is the nature of God to hear and Answer prayers.
There were two verses Brittany had found to really confirm that God is there for us, to hear us, and answer our prayers.
Psalm 65:2 - "You hear our prayers, all people will come to you."
Hebrews 12:6 - "So we can be sure when we say, 'I will not be afraid, the Lord is my helper.'"
Both are great examples of how God hears us, protects, us, helps us, and answers us.
2nd Truth:
It is impossible to know God or please him without believing and trusting in the fact that he hears and answers prayer.
If we don't believe or trust that God answers prayers then how will we ever really know him or have a relationship with him where we can rely on him to help us?
Isaiah 40:25-28 - "God, the Holy One says, 'Can you compare me to anyone? Is anyone equal to me?' Look up to the skies. Who created all these stars? He leads out the army of heaven one by one and calls all the stars by name. Because he is strong and powerful not one of them is missing."
Genesis 28:15 - "I am with you and will protect you everywhere you go and will bring you back to this land. I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you."
God is so amazing. He has created EVERYTHING and is so powerful. Why would be not believe that he can answer prayers? That last line of the Genesis verse is so powerful. He will not leave us until he has done what he promised. If our prayers don't seem answered yet, he must not be done!
Another great scripture Brittany included for believing in God was Hebrews 11:6.
Hebrews 11:6 - "Without faith no one can please God, Anyone who comes to God must believe that he is real and that he rewards those who truly want to find him."
It is important to believe he will, and he will!
Third Truth:
Every attribute of God is implied in the fact that he hears and answers prayer.
Four man attributes confirming this are:
1. God is a living God
2. Gos is all knowing and omniscient
3. God is all powerful and supernatural
4. He is a God of miracles
It is impossible to know or believe without trust. God is ours for all eternity. We can have a rock solid foundation for a relationship because he never changes. He is always there for us and loves us.
We ended the discussion with a powerful reminder. God is knocking on our heart's door waiting for us to let him in.
September Challenge:
Pray at least once a day to get in the habit of setting time aside for you to speak with God and build on your relationship with him!
After best practices from the group, some of us also decided to add the challenge of starting each day by naming 3 things we are thankful for!
I will add our next meeting and volunteer opportunities to the blog here soon as well as prayer requests.
I wanted to get the notes out for those of you who were unable to make it and want to follow along.
Our September GLAM meeting topic was: What is Prayer?
Brittany included her definition of prayer. She listed that prayer is simply talking to God, building that relationship with him and speaking to him as a friend or a parent.
1st John 3:1 states, "The Father has loved us so much that we are called children of God. And we really are his children."
Therefore prayer should be just as easy as a conversation between us and our parents. God is our parent. We should feel comfortable and enjoy praying to him.
In the meeting we focused on 3 great truths about prayer.
1st Truth:
It is the nature of God to hear and Answer prayers.
There were two verses Brittany had found to really confirm that God is there for us, to hear us, and answer our prayers.
Psalm 65:2 - "You hear our prayers, all people will come to you."
Hebrews 12:6 - "So we can be sure when we say, 'I will not be afraid, the Lord is my helper.'"
Both are great examples of how God hears us, protects, us, helps us, and answers us.
2nd Truth:
It is impossible to know God or please him without believing and trusting in the fact that he hears and answers prayer.
Isaiah 40:25-28 - "God, the Holy One says, 'Can you compare me to anyone? Is anyone equal to me?' Look up to the skies. Who created all these stars? He leads out the army of heaven one by one and calls all the stars by name. Because he is strong and powerful not one of them is missing."
Genesis 28:15 - "I am with you and will protect you everywhere you go and will bring you back to this land. I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you."
God is so amazing. He has created EVERYTHING and is so powerful. Why would be not believe that he can answer prayers? That last line of the Genesis verse is so powerful. He will not leave us until he has done what he promised. If our prayers don't seem answered yet, he must not be done!
Another great scripture Brittany included for believing in God was Hebrews 11:6.
Hebrews 11:6 - "Without faith no one can please God, Anyone who comes to God must believe that he is real and that he rewards those who truly want to find him."
It is important to believe he will, and he will!
Third Truth:
Every attribute of God is implied in the fact that he hears and answers prayer.
Four man attributes confirming this are:
1. God is a living God
2. Gos is all knowing and omniscient
3. God is all powerful and supernatural
4. He is a God of miracles
It is impossible to know or believe without trust. God is ours for all eternity. We can have a rock solid foundation for a relationship because he never changes. He is always there for us and loves us.
We ended the discussion with a powerful reminder. God is knocking on our heart's door waiting for us to let him in.
September Challenge:
Pray at least once a day to get in the habit of setting time aside for you to speak with God and build on your relationship with him!
After best practices from the group, some of us also decided to add the challenge of starting each day by naming 3 things we are thankful for!
I will add our next meeting and volunteer opportunities to the blog here soon as well as prayer requests.
Sunday, September 14, 2014
Meeting Reminder
Friendly reminder!!!
Tonight is the next meeting of GLAM. If you are interested and able to come, meet at 6 PM at Lisa's house.
If you need directions let me or Brittany know.
Can't wait to see you all!
Friday, September 12, 2014
Have You Completed the August GLAM Challenge?
Happy Friday!!! With our September meeting coming up I wanted to see how people are coming on the August GLAM Challenge.
Remember at our first meeting, (or in the notes I posted if you weren't there) Brittany challenged us all to extend an invitation to the next GLAM meeting to someone who might want to check it out.
Now, if you just learned about GLAM, your new person to bring to the meeting could be yourself!
The main goal was to get the word out there about the new group and to help people feel welcome to be a part of GLAM whenever they can!
I have really spread the word about the group and our goal and I have invited women left and right. So, hopefully there are A LOT of new faces.
The meeting is this Sunday and we look forward to seeing everyone who can come!
Remember at our first meeting, (or in the notes I posted if you weren't there) Brittany challenged us all to extend an invitation to the next GLAM meeting to someone who might want to check it out.
Now, if you just learned about GLAM, your new person to bring to the meeting could be yourself!
The main goal was to get the word out there about the new group and to help people feel welcome to be a part of GLAM whenever they can!
I have really spread the word about the group and our goal and I have invited women left and right. So, hopefully there are A LOT of new faces.
The meeting is this Sunday and we look forward to seeing everyone who can come!
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