Click this link for the Winter/Spring 2010
Women Connecting with Women schedule of events and additional information to what's provided below.

Prayer Shawl Ministry
Knitting with a Purpose

The Prayer Shawl Ministry meets the first Tuesday of the month from 6:45—8 p.m. and knits shawls for church and community members who are experiencing hardship and need to feel the warmth of God’s love and the prayers of the Franconia Congregation.  Participants commit to praying for the recipient while knitting the shawl. The Prayer Shawl Ministry is open to anyone who knits or wants to learn to knit.


Sewing Circle
Helping the Community through Sewing

The women of the Sewing Circle Ministry meet the second Tuesday of the month from 8 a.m.  - 3 p.m. in the sewing building located to the right of our main building. They knot comforters for  Mennonite Central Committee and each year they quilt for the Penn View Christian School, Quakertown Christian School, and Gospel Express benefit auctions. Throughout the year, women also make bags for the school and health kits for MCC, sew girls dresses for MCC and piece the comforters.  They also enjoy a time of fellowship over lunch at a local restaurant.  Beginners are welcome, they will teach you to knot comforters and quilt! Feel free to come and go as you need throughout the day.


Morning For Mothers
Even Moms need a Break Sometimes

Morning for Moms welcomes all moms with infant to elementary age children to join them at their once a month gathering  held at the church from 9:30-11:00 a.m. Mothers will enjoy a hot breakfast in a relaxed environment with time to socialize and connect with other moms experiencing similar life stages.  This time is followed by a speaker focusing on a topic pertinent to this stage of motherhood.  Free childcare is provided for infants through children  age 4.  Various additional activities are planned throughout the year and include mom-only activities as well as mom and child(ren) events.  All meetings at the church occur on the second Wednesday of each month with the activities planned for the fourth week of the month. 


Sisterly Love
Be a blessing and receive one as well!

Sisters, do you enjoy getting to know other women of our church, offering a word of encouragement, a hug and a smile? This Winter, we will go in small groups to visit some of our sisters that are not able to attend a Bible Study.


Daniel
Lives of Integrity. Words of Prohpecy.
  by Beth Moore

This study teaches how individuals can live with integrity in today's self-absorbed society. Join Beth in a faith-building study of prophecy and learn how to shine for Christ in our modern culture. Just as the prophet Daniel faced unbelievable pressures to compromise his faith, to live in a hostile culture, and to confront temtations and threats -- today's believers face many of the same trials. 

 
Love Walked Among Us
Learning to Live Like Jesus 
  by Paul Miller

His name is recognized the world over. Christians claim to follow him. Nowhere was the vitality of Jesus more visible than in his love, a love unlike any the world has ever seen. Compassionate, honest, powerful, humble, and sacrificial -- Jesus was love personified, love walking among us. Such an example doesn't just happen. How did he do it? And how can we learn to love like him? In Love Walked Among Us, Paul Miller invites us to get to know Jesus, to observe his life and his love as they unfold in the gospel narratives.


Girls Night Out
Be blessed and encouraged! Laugh and worship!
 
Join us for a "Girls Night Out" Thursday, March 11, at Sandy cove Retreat Center. Take time to relax and laugh with Donna East, a blonde-haired, blue-eyed, all-American girl next door who cam straight out of her hometown, Detroit, and hit the New York City comedy scene big. Her material comes straight out of her Mid-western heart. Her life is her comedy source. From her wacky family, her church work, her recent marriage, to surviving career moves... it all factors in.


Women's Conference
 
Saturday, April 17, 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Spend the day celebrating with sisters in Christ from throughout this region. More information about this event will be coming in February.



For more information about any of these minitries, including information on joining, please contact the Franconia Mennonite Church office at (215) 723-3220.