Friday, October 2, 2009

Ladies Fellowship Meal – September 17, 2009

We had a great time at the Ladies' Fellowship Meal. The pictures that follow are showing a great time had by our ladies. It seems as though each month there are new ladies that we are getting to know on a real and personal basis. This is what it is all about. We spend time in fellowship with ladies that we don’t normally get to know by just going to church together.

This time, we had a wonderful speaker, Sherrie Pourron. She shared how God took her and her family through a very difficult year. She quoted 2 Corinthians 12:9-10 that says, But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me. That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.

This Scripture has been brought to my own attention time and again, reaffirming to me that things do not always turn out like we want, but I know God’s grace is sufficient for me.

A special thanks to each and every one of our ladies who work so hard to make this event come together. There are many helping hands and I praise God for the women of our church who serve Him by helping others.














Posted by Betsy V.

Friday, September 4, 2009

Simulcast Re-Cap

For those of you who were not able to join us at the Living Proof Live simulcast please know that we missed you greatly! For those of you who were there, I hope the LORD spoke to you through his awesome Word.

Beth talked from Psalm 37 - "Coming Home to Heart of Your Desires". I have heard that passage preached several times, but she did bring a freshness to it for me. For those of you who missed it... the message will be available on her website in the next few weeks at Living Proof.

I have been reading Desiring God: Meditations of a Christian Hedonist by John Piper. I wanted to share an excerpt that he wrote.. I love how God works. This totally goes along with what Beth was talking about this weekend (the desires of our hearts) He wrote this poem to his wife on their 25th wedding anniversary on what it is to be a Christian Hedonist. The poem is really long, so I won't post it all (click here to read it in its entirety), but I loved this excerpt (especially the part in bold)...

Call this whatever name you may, It is the truth.
Shall God display His great all-satisfying grace
In joyless souls? And shall he trace
The outlines of his majesty
In hearts that neither taste nor see
Enough in him to comprehend
That here their quest is at an end?
No, God has made another way
To put his glory on display.

His goodness shines with brightest rays
When we delight in all his ways.
His glory overflows its rim
When we are satisfied in him.
His radiance will fill the earth
When people revel in his worth.
The beauty of God's holy fire
Burns brightest in the heart's desire.

I really loved that!

P.S. If you love to cook.. here is a recipe that Beth shared with us..
Here's the recipe from the simulcast.
Beth's Texas Sheet Cake

Grease a 9 x 13 sheet cake pan.
Sift:
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 cups sugar

Bring to a boil:
2 sticks butter
1 cup water
4 tbsp. cocoa

Pour over dry mixture and mix in:
2 eggs
1/2 cup buttermilk
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. cinnamon
1 tsp. vanilla

Bake at 400 degrees, 20-25 minutes.

IcingHeat:
1 stick butter
4 tbsp. cocoa
6 tbsp. milk

Add anywhere from 1/2 to 1 box of powdered sugar to achieve desired consistency (Beth prefers close to 1 box) and 1 cup pecans. Spread on cake while it's hot.

posted by Nicole A.

Thursday, August 27, 2009

Beth Moore Simulcast - this weekend!!

Our women have been busy around Hocutt getting ready for the Living Proof Live simulcast featuring Beth Moore and Travis Cottrell. National speaker and author, Beth Moore, will be teaching from Psalm 37 in a message entitled, "Coming Home to the Heart of Your Desires".

We are so excited about this event and the women in our church and community who will be in attendance. Today is the last day to register online. You will be able to register at the door.

Refreshments and breakfast are included along with some other goodies.

Below is the event schedule.. we hope to see you there!!

Event Schedule:
Friday, August 28th
7:00pm - Doors Open
8:00pm - Event Begins
10:30 pm- Event Ends

Saturday, August 29th
8:30am - Doors Open
9:30am - Event Begins
11:30am - Invitation / Break
1:00pm - Event Ends

In Him,
Hocutt Women's Ministry

posted by: Nicole A.