Important Info regarding our FALL 2011 Series!

Our Teaching Series BEGINS on 9-27-11 at Town Center Community Church

Hello Everyone! Welcome to a BRAND NEW fall series at Church 4 Chicks! It's hard to believe it's been 3 years since we first got started, and we're thrilled and honored to be a small part of what our great God is doing in our generation and in our community.

I wanted to give you a little bit of info to help you as you prepare for this next series:

1. Our latest and greatest t-shirts have arrived and will be available for purchase on-site and on-line. You can visit our online store here if you'd like to have the shirt(s) sent to you. Please indicate in the notes what size (all adult sizes at this point--S, M, L, XL) you are ordering. Here's a little shot of what the shirts look like.

I told you they were cute! ;-)

2. Our Fall Series is available to you at NO CHARGE. You do not have to pay a dime to participate in the C4C Teaching Series. But, if you want the full impact of this series, we wanted to give you a head's up that we're providing you an opportunity to purchase the "Chick Notes" workbook which includes the written study that goes along with the teaching series. This workbook also includes pages for you to take notes while you're listening to the teaching segments, as well as hope-filled devotionals, C4C info, and more. You will definitely want to take advantage of this and the cost is only $20.00, which means you can do a good deed (help support your C4C ministry) while doing something to enrich your spiritual journey as well. It's a win-win!!

3. I've been hosting a Hope Blog Party on my blog here that goes along with the series as well. We're surrounded by messages and images of hope. I'd love for you to stop by if you haven't done so already. Leave your comments...you really never know how and who it might impact. 

4. Sit back for a minute, and enjoy this brief video that was made by Raskal Productions just for C4C's fall series: Hope Changes Everything!! (Teaching Series begins 9-27-11)

5. Need more info? Check out our website event page at www.church4chicks.com and if you still need more 411, don't hesitate to contact us at info@church4chicks.com and/or 770.877.0007

Have a blessed day and we'll look forward to seeing YOU and your friends at Church 4 Chicks on 9-27-11 at Town Center Community Church!!

Teaching and Worship begin promptly at 7:00, but come on out a little bit early if you can for "Chick Chat" which begins at 6:15 p.m. Bring your meal and enjoy some time to chat with other chicks before we kick off the evening's main event.

Overcoming with HOPE by Lori Kennedy #BlogParty2011

It is with great pleasure that I get to share with each of you a very dear "IRL" friend of mine: Lori Kennedy! If you aren't yet familiar with Lori and/or with her ministry, trust me, you need to take the time to do so. Lori is an amazing woman and friend. Her love for Jesus and for people is so evident--whether you're just meeting her for the first time or you know her well. I'm elated and delighted and honored to get to walk the journey so close to this incredible person!

Meet Lori Kennedy!

Photo by Amelia Grace Photography

“…rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance, perseverance, character; and character, HOPE.”

Romans 5:3-4 (NIV)

Hope.  The very essence of the word means life.  A life without hope is a life not lived in victory, but a life simply survived.  Deuteronomy 30:19-20 (NIV) states, “…I have set before you life and death, blessings and curses.  Now choose life, so that you and your children may live and that you may love the Lord your God, listen to his voice, and hold fast to him…”  Hope is a choice.  The choice to live!

When I was younger, life felt very bleak.  I was a product of divorce and suffered feelings of abandonment during my childhood.  Then, when I was eight, I was molested by a male babysitter who became the first in a string of sexual predators abusing me throughout my teen years.  I was living in hopelessness and those that seek to kill, steal and destroy can sense your brokenness and prey upon that desperation for acceptance and love.  I could not see past the miserable and pathetic existence that seemed to stretch out endlessly in front of me.  The book The Wounded Heart by Dr. Dan B. Allender states, “The heart aches, and there is no immediate recourse for relief, except the soul-numbing choice to abandon a sense of being alive.  What a terrible choice!  If the victim wants to live free of the pain, then she must choose not to be alive.”  There were many times during my teenage years that I contemplated suicide.  I was living a defeated life; a life without hope.

Christ intersected my life and although some things changed immediately, there were years of wounds, battle scars, and coping mechanisms that drove my lack of trust and self-protectiveness.  I still had to LEARN how to live a life of hope.  I needed to be taught how to live in expectation that God was going to do great things and that I had a life worth living.  I had to trust that God had plans for me.  Jeremiah 29:11 (NIV) speaks to this, “For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you HOPE and a future.” 

In God’s timing, and when my heart was ready, God led me through a healing process that has allowed me to embrace a hopeful life full of victory and expectation; truly believing those are His plans for me!  You see, Romans 5:3-4 (NIV) says, “…rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance, perseverance, character; and character, HOPE.”  I now claim this verse as I have overcome so much to fulfill the destiny that was prepared in advance just for me.  It’s taken years of being molded by the Potter’s Hand to truly trust in His character.  The hardships I endured as a child now bring glory to Him.   Without the agony of my childhood I would not be who I am today; able to specifically give hope to others through the knowledge and conquering of my own wounds and fears.  That, in itself, instills continued hope in me!

A little bit about Lori...

Lori has been married to Danny for over 20 years. God has blessed them with two wonderful sons who love the Lord. Lori now serves and worships at First Baptist Church in Woodstock.  Lori is also involved in the North Georgia Walk to Emmaus where she serves on their board as well as leads group worship regularly at meetings and retreats.  Lori is the Worship Director for the Women's Ministry at First Baptist Church Woodstock as well as Church 4 Chicks.  In addition, Lori also leads music on a regular basis for True Identity retreats. She was the worship leader for the 2010 Awaken conference, led worship for Cruise with a Cause in 2011, and taught a break-out session for Women In Worship at the Unlimited Worship Conference hosted by the New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary.  Most recently her program, "Overcoming - Fulfilling Your God Given Destiny" has reached as far as Romania.  She has been the worship leader at women's retreats and conferences for churches and organizations across the country including Alaska and has been involved in multiple youth events promoting the leadership and purity of our young people. Find Lori and her ministry online at www.lorikennedy.com

You will have the opportunity to hear Lori's story and participate in "Overcoming" on September 13, 2011 at Town Center Community Church, hosted by Church 4 Chicks! For all the details, please click on the picture below:

Don't miss the party!! #BlogParty2011

In Honor of the upcoming fall series, "Hope Changes Everything," I (Shelley) am hosting a Blog Party over at my blog throughout the month of September, leading up to our teaching series which will begin on 9-27-11. Hop on over for a heaping helping of HOPE! 
www.shelleyhendrix.com

A brief message from some of our fab chicks...

Make plans to join us for a Brand New 8 week Series:

"Hope Changes Everything!"

September 27-November 15

On Tuesday evenings

@ Town Center Community Church

Chick Chat begins at 6:15 p.m.

(Bring your dinner and enjoy some time to hang out before...)

Main Event (Worship/Teaching) begins at 7 p.m.

ALSO, our FALL Series KICK OFF 

SEPTEMBER 13 from 6-9 p.m.

featuring

LORI KENNEDY

"Overcoming: Fulfilling Your God-given Destiny"

Potluck dinner, door prizes, and an amazing night filled with Hope!

These events are offered to the community at no charge.

Love offering is taken each week to help off-set costs of ministry.

Got Hope?

Add a little pink to your Fall!