Katy Christian Women's Connection

June 2010 Luncheon

2010-06-17T19:06:00.007-05:00

Our All About Travel Luncheon:
Michele Dial delighted us with her singing:

Karen Quinn, of Quinn Travel www.quinntravel.com , gave us so much information regarding travel and how to make your trips hassle free:

Sandi Nelson led us in a game of "What is in your purse?":
Deborah Bell spoke to us about Stonecroft and Bible Studies:
And our speaker was Gladys Willard. Very funny and inspiring! We will all be thinking about our outfits when we enter a place that uses black lights.

June 2010 Prayer coffee

2010-06-10T18:59:00.000-05:00

We had a wonderful time at Janet's home and celebrated Deborah's birthday:

Deborah Bell, Janet Collins, Cathie Lobpries, Elizabeth Messina, Betty Fancher, Joanne Dyer, Cheryl Fawvor and Sandi Nelson

Deborah Bell, Janet Collins, Cathie Lobpries, Betty Phillips, Betty Fancher, Joanne Dyer, Cheryl Fawvor and Sandi Nelson

May 2010 Prayer Coffee

2010-05-13T14:52:00.005-05:00

Prayer coffee at Betty's home:

Betty and Sandi:
Jackie and Sharon:
Janet and Nancy:

Joanne, Cathie, and Deborah:Anne and Janice:
Cheryl, Elizabeth, and Cathie:

Flowers in Bloom Luncheon

2010-04-22T19:10:00.001-05:00

Singer Deanna McCarthy opened our luncheon by singing Amazing Grace:

Our feature was Joel Kempfer - horticulture manager at Brookwood with many tips for a beautiful landscaping:

Joel brought some plants from Brookwood:

Betty Phillips accepting the 2010 Honorary Mother of the Year award on behalf of her daughter Jennifer Phillips Lawrence (who lives in South Africa):

Rosemary Petter accepting the 2010 Mother of the Year award:

Rosemary Petter, 2010 Mother of the Year, and her daughter Jennifer Petter:

Speaker Linda Weaver told us how to know you are going the right way:

Bible Study Ladies

2010-04-15T08:24:00.002-05:00

Joanne's Bible Study:

April 2010 Prayer Coffee

2010-04-08T08:19:00.000-05:00

Prayer coffee at Joanne's home:

March 2010 Prayer Coffee

2010-03-11T20:19:00.002-06:00

Prayer coffee at Sandi's home:

Fashion Show Luncheon

2010-02-18T19:27:00.018-06:00

Our February Luncheon featured a Fashion Show by Cato's of Katy (Highland Knolls and Grand Parkway) and speaker Fay Martin told us how Life is More than a Nusery Rhyme.

Sandy Krusemark, Cato's Assistant Manager, supplied all the information about the outfits as the ladies modeled. Debi Ilijev of Highland Salon helped style the model's hair.

The Fashion Show Models:

* Jackie Andersen:

* Carolyn Kitzman:

* Deborah Bell:

*Suzanne Sprayberry:

* Janice Fancher:

All the beautiful models:

Speaker Fay Martin, a.k.a. Mother Goose:

December 2009 Luncheon

2009-12-17T19:08:00.004-06:00

Christine Rothchild, our December speaker, and Cathie Lobpries, our Chair:

Christine talked to us about how to look like a million bucks without spending it:

Singer Lori Etchison delighted us with her talents and led us on a Christmas sing-along:

Some of the luncheon attendees and some of the vendors:

We also had our cider beetles for sale:

Pearls of Grace Conference

2009-10-24T08:36:00.002-05:00

Janell Keith, Chair - Houston SE Women's Connection, Cathie Lobpries, Area Rep - Stonecroft Women of Katy, Diane Diekmann, Area Rep - Sugar Land, TX Christian Women's Connection:

Pearls of Grace - Deana Morgan, Connie Hagan, Lisa Nance, Joy Headley, Marsia Van Wormer:

Singer Lori Etchison:

Sugar Land, TX Christian Women's Connection ladies:

Audio Tech Thomas Lorenz:

Sherry Percival :

Doris Dahse:

B. J. Wilson, Linda Harnist:

Nancy Collins, Janet Collins:

Stained Glass at St. Paul's Lutheran Church:

Cider Beetles and Reindeers

2009-09-10T16:03:00.004-05:00

Today we finished making cider beetles and reindeer to sell at the luncheon next week:

June 2009 luncheon

2009-06-18T15:34:00.004-05:00

This was our first luncheon with vendors and everyone had a fantastic time!

Here is some of the fun:

From left to right: Doris Thompson - Stonecroft Ministries V.P. Field Ministry, Kristen Adkins - Stonecroft Regional Administrator, Geneva Vollrath - Stonecroft President, Jeanne Beckmann - Stonecroft Speaker Coordinator (Texas), Kathy Morgan- Stonecroft Senior Field Director (Texas), Robyn Cochran - Chair Lake Jackson Christian Women's Club

Sandy Scott , Ellie Wiggington (Chair) Sugar Land CWC and Debra Ilijev:

Cathie Lobpries and Deborah Bell:

Lori Etchison sang beautifully, as always:

Our speaker, Rebecca Nix:

The vendors getting ready!Shopping fun:

March 2009 Luncheon

2009-03-26T14:32:00.011-05:00

What a wonderful time we had today at the luncheon!

Debra Hill sang for us. Her voice is truly a gift from God!

Rosemary Nelson, from The Cottage Door in Old Katy, brought a lot of goodies from her store to show us. She had great ideas for gifts for weddings, babies, friends, Mother's Day, Graduates, etc. She carries Brighton, Vera Bradley, Pandora, and many others. http://www.thecottagedoor.com/

Here is Betty looking at some of the items on display.

Dorothy Stall told us why she knows now she can't do it by herself. What an inspiring story!

Here is Cathie, our chair, with Dorothy Stall, our speaker.

March 2009 Prayer Connection

2009-03-12T12:49:00.012-05:00

The Prayer Connection for March was held at Betty's house. After studying about Hanna's story, we made Ebenezer Stones - or help from God stones.

Samuel then took a stone and placed it between Mizpah and Jeshanah; he named it Ebenezer, explaining, "To this point has the Lord helped us." - 1 Samuel 7:12

We had lots of beautiful items to decorate our stones: colorful pebbles, broken mosaics, rocks, marbles, etc.

Ginny Williams and Kyllie Watts choose items for their designs.

Joanne Dyer and Betty Fancher mixing up the concrete.

And here we are working on our stones:

Janice Spain and Ginny Williams.

Marian Smith and Deborah Bell.

Toni Hall and Janice Spain.

Kyllie Watts and Debra Hill.

And here are our beautiful creations and their descriptions:

Joanne: God has helped my family through out the years in many specific ways on many occasions. My Ebenezer stone honors God at this time. My husband and I lived in PA until we finished college. We moved to LA on our first job assignment. We purchased a home there and raised three sons. Each of our sons married and had children in LA.

It was time for us to downsize and move into a smaller and newer home. We knew we should leave LA. Our oldest son found employment in Houston and he moved to Katy. After 35 years in New Orleans, the thought of leaving our home, friends, church, and neighborhood was frightening. It was constantly in my prayers for guidance and discernment in making the decision to relocate. Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans with a vengeance. Flood water never entered our home, but there was extensive roof damage and mold. In a minimal amount of time, all repairs were made, our home was sold, and we purchased a new smaller home in Katy and moved into it. One son and his family also relocated to Katy and the other son's family moved to Phoenix. We are grateful to be here and we thank God for helping us every step of the way. Hence, an Ebenezer Stone which means "God Helps".

I chose stones that are outside and around the base of my new home. I immediately found a beautiful white stone (holy, sin free, purity) with a triangle shape on the stone itself. The triangle represents the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. This stone is in the center. Multi colored small stones surround it representing precious jewels. Around God's stone I have placed a stone for my husband and myself, one stone for each son and his wife and a smaller stone representing each of their children.
"As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord. The Lord is my portion." Psalm 119:57a. To Him be the glory.

Betty: My stone represents a clock without hands. However, there are a number of colored stones in the middle which represents the timing that God will use in answering our prayers just as he did in answering Hannah's prayer. He answers according to his purpose, and certainly we just rest in that assurance not knowing where the hands are pointing.

Debra: The outer circle stones are similar to a clock-God's Timing is perfect and He is the same yesterday, today, and tomorrow. The pottery in the center has vine and leaves because God is the vine , he is life-in Him we move and breath and have our being
The top 2 seashells are me and my husband, Michael. The next seashell down to the right is son, Preston. The blue stone/jewel is his wife, Christy and the green one is our grandbaby Isabella due in May. Her stone is green for new life. The next seashell is for our adopted baby girl, Carina. (We have been foster parents for a few years). The next seashell is daughter, Stephanie. The next seashell is son, Robert. The final seashell to the left of the top is son, Chris and the blue stone/jewel is his wife, Shelbie.
Our family is grafted to the vine and we surround it. God is the source of life and the center of our family. (All of my kids are living for and serving God. Preston & Christy, Robert, and Stephanie all are on praise teams at their churches. Stephanie graduated Bible College and Robert is already an assistant youth pastor.) The fruit of the vine is us...we bear fruit for God our father. I used seashells because they are made by God; they are fruit of the sea. When I had my children I was already in ministry, but I purposed in my heart that my children would be my first fruits and my first mission field. From the beginning I have taught them to love God, his word and his ways. They have been a joy and pleasure to raise. My primary heart's prayer has been that they would always remain close to God and close to my husband and me.

I used colored stones of blues for God's water - cleansing, renewal, being in the flow of His river. (If there had been purple I would have used that). Also, the outer stones represent the body of Christ, family and friends that surround us with love and support-We are not alone. Life is a never ending circle. The answered prayer this represents: Getting my kids raised as I said before, staying close to God and me. There were minimal trials or rebellion or mistakes. Our trials were sickness: Chris was diagnosed with Leukemia and was miraculously healed. Robert was still born and was raised from the dead after 7 minutes...with no brain damage or crippling! He is smart and graduating from A&M. Preston sustained an injury to his 5th lower lumbar vertebra and was healed instead of having surgery to fuse his spine back together. Stephanie has dealt with Tourette's Syndrome and OCD. What a painful trial that has been. She received a substantial healing at Bible College. God waited to heal her on her own faith instead of earlier on our faith. After several foster baby boys, Carina was brought into our lives after she was born with cocaine, alcohol, and nicotine in her system. God enabled us to adopt her and give her a new life and redeem her.

We are a family who worships our God from the bottom of our hearts; he has done so many great things!!! He is faithful, He is just, His promises are yes, and amen!

Elizabeth: I chose a flower to represent the miracle of life. My mother, who had breast cancer and was given 6 months to live, was our miracle from God. She lived another 10 years after receiving the healing power of God.

Jonnie: My story shows family unity with Christ as our center: the pure white cross in the center. The red stones on each side are His blood He shed for us. The large two stones up top are my husband (Joseph) and I. underneath us are two stones that represent our two boys (Ezekiel and Zackary) then below them are two stones the same color, on each side which are our two goddaughters who are identical twins (Krista and Iyana) . All the orange marbles around the out part of the circle of the stone is to show that his love will cover the universe and all that is in it.

Ginny: I can tell you that my stone was of a dogwood tree bloom. I remember back when I was a little girl, visiting my grandparents they had dogwood trees in their front yard. My mother would tell me the story of the dogwood tree blossoms. The ends of the four petals resemble the wounds that Jesus suffered after being nailed to the cross. The white petals represent Jesus being sinless and the center of the flower represents the crown of thorns. Every year, during spring, when they bloom I reflect back to that time in my life and how I was in Ahh over Jesus and how God could make such a prefect flower. I have not seen too many dogwood trees blooming around here but, this stone will remind me of them all year long. Thanks for asking me to share my story.

Jackie: The Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are watching over me and my family. We are blessed.

Marian: In the middle of the stone is a small cross. The white stone in the middle is Jesus, representing purity. The 4 stones around it are my family members, including our dog. The 4 marbles around the cross show that even if we lose our marbles, Jesus is in the center of it all, keeping us together. The blue stars represent the many blessings God has bestowed on us from above. The green stones represent everything we are doing as a community to keep God's planet beautiful by "going green." (We bring our own shopping bags when we go to the store and our neighborhood is petitioning for recycling). The 2 gold square stones represent how God will bless my husband and I (2 squares in their golden years) in our future retirement years, even though we have not saved nearly enough for retirement. The "mirror" stones represent what our earthly eyes see, and the white see-through stones remind us that God looks at the heart inside of us.

Kyllie:
Black Top Stone – my sinful state before salvation
Heart Stone – (found in ocean in Venezuela) God’s love for me as evidenced by Christ’s redemptive work on the cross
Yellow Stones – Christ & the Holy Spirit working in unity
Red Stones – representative of the blood of Christ under which I am sealed
Leaf Pottery – representative of new life as we are transformed into His image
White Stone – Is Me
Blue Stone – My Husband
Green Stones – representative of my extended family and my church family
6 Gold Stones – represent my children (and two in-law children) who have all accepted Christ as their savior
White Stones – the hope we have in eternity

January 15th luncheon

2009-01-15T11:58:00.003-06:00

Our speaker for this luncheon was Rebecca Fox, a Katy resident who is well-known for making women laugh at their daily challenges. Rebecca talked to us about “Life of Adventure...her dreams fulfilled”

Marlene White with Lori Etchison. We had the pleasure to hear Lori sing at this luncheon.

Emily Xu, Sherry Percival and Coleen Meehan.

Sandi Colquette and Vicki Carroll.

Bobbie McGill, Anne Abbot, Mary Culpepper and Ginny Sandy.

Wendy Pennings and Nancy Collins.

Our team, from left to right:
Deborah Bell, Sandi Nelson, Heather Philmon, Cathie Lobpries, Elizabeth Messina, Betty Fancher, and Joanne Dyer.

Fall Festival

2008-10-16T12:32:00.000-05:00

Our speaker at the Fall Festival was Sandi Scott. She inspired us with her talk: "From Fear to Faith".

A great time was had by all with the great items we had for sale. Pictured, shopping our jewelry table, are Nancy Collins and Janet Collins.

Guest Night - September 2008

2008-08-24T12:39:00.002-05:00

Our guests were serenaded by the talented Lori Etchison.

Our speaker for the evening was Mel Ziegenbein. He told us his secret for Success!

July 2008 luncheon

2008-07-17T12:52:00.000-05:00

At this luncheon, we made beautiful flower arrangements to sell at the Fall Festival. Here are some of the ladies with the arrangements each table made:

Our speaker, Nancy Briggs helped us "Search for Happiness".

And Deanna McCarthy colored our day with song with her beautiful voice.

Mother of The Year - May Luncheon 2008

2008-05-15T12:49:00.000-05:00

We had a Style show featuring Coldwater Creek - La Centerra fashions. Models from left to right:
Kyllie Watts, Janet Collins, Carolyn Kitzman, Simone Dyer, and Carol L. Jones.

Cynthia Cherry, left, is pictured with her daughter, Ann Stodart, at our May luncheon. Cynthia was the winner of the “Mother of the Year” contest and received a gift certificate to a local spa.

Trading Our Space Luncheon - September 2007

2007-09-20T13:02:00.000-05:00

This was our first luncheon at the Golf Club at Cinco Ranch.

TV personality and Katy resident Frank Bielec was the special feature this month. He talked to us about Holiday decorating.

Here is Cathie Lobpries, our Chairperson, with this month's speaker Karlin Fedora. Karlin inspired us with her talk : "I hear the music - pass me the Baton"

June 2006 luncheon

2006-06-15T13:09:00.001-05:00

Mother/Daughter Fashion show by JC Penney's. Here are the beautiful models: