Women’s Bible Study Schedule Change!

We have had a small schedule change on Friday mornings.  Friday, March 2 will NOT be a Praise and Prayer Day.  We will do the next lesson in the Matthew Study and the James Study.  The Praise and Prayer Day has been rescheduled to Friday, March 23.  This change means that the James study will actually finish Session 8 on March 16.  March 23 will be a Praise and Prayer Day and then on March 30 we will show a bonus dvd for the James study with interviews of Kelly Minter, Beth Moore and her daughter.  The Matthew Study will still finish up on March 30 with their lesson 8. 

Day	Precepts AM Will NOT use DVDs	Video Series	Special Events
Friday	Matthew 14-28	Beth Moore’s James
January 13			Table Leader Training
January 20	Praise/Prayer Day	Praise/Prayer Day	Winter Soup Potluck
January 27	Matthew Intro	Session 1
February 3	Matthew Lesson 1	Session 2
February 10	Matthew Lesson 2	Session 3
February 17	Matthew Lesson 3	Session 4
February 24	Matthew Lesson 4	Session 5
March 2	Matthew Lesson 5	Session 6	March 3 NEWIM meeting in Bakersfield
March 9	Matthew Lesson 6	Session 7
March 16	Matthew Lesson 7	Session 8
March 23	Praise/Prayer Day	Praise/Prayer Day
March 30	Matthew Lesson 8	Bonus Session
April 6	No meeting	No meeting	Easter Week
April 13	No meeting	No meeting
April 20	Jesus on Leadership
April 27	Jesus on Leadership
May 4	Jesus on Leadership
May 11	Jesus on Leadership
May 18	Jesus on Leadership

We’re Invited to the Bear Valley Church Women’s Retreat

Retreat Opportunity 

 We have been invited to join the Bear Valley Church ladies at their retreat in Pacific Palisades (in the Santa Monica area) at Aldersgate Retreat center www.aldersgateretreat.org  

on April 13-15, 2012.  The cost of the retreat is $195 and included all meals. A $50 deposit is due at signup.

 Angi Wiggins will be the guest speaker and the topic will be “Because Jesus Loves Me.’  Angi will be sharing how the gospel transforms our daily lives; Change, becoming more like Christ: Christian Disciplines, denying yourself, taking up your cross and following Jesus and Worshipping in Spirit and in Truth.

 You can sign up on Friday mornings at Bible Study at COBC or in the church office. Contact Angi in the church office at 822-1379 for more info or at angi@countryoaks.org

Upcoming Bible Studies for Women

Join a Women’s Bible Study in the New Year!

Here’s what we have planned for 2012:

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❒ Wednesday Evening Precepts with Amy Walker @ 6:00 pm – Matthew Part 2 starting Wednesday, January 11

❒ Friday Morning Precepts with Jody Irwin @ 9:30 am Matthew Part 2 starting Friday, January 20

❒ Friday Morning Elective – Beth Moore’s James – Mercy Triumphs starting Friday, January 20 @ 9:30 am

New Women’s Studies beginning in January 2012 – The Wednesday Evening study Precepts Matthew 2 with Amy Walker starts January 11 at 6:00pm. (Please have Chapter 1 homework completed for the first class) We will kick off Friday Morning on January 20 at 9:30am with a SOUP POTLUCK. On January 27, we’ll begin offering two electives: Beth Moore’s latest study James-Mercy Triumphs and Matthew 2 Precepts with Jody Irwin. Please sign up by filling in a registration/Covenant card at the table in the Worship Center.  You will need to fill in a Registration/Covenant Card before purchasing your book.  Precepts books are $18 and Beth Moore workbooks are $15. 

We also have a waiting list of ladies who are interested in the next session of “Making Peace with Your Past” class for Women. For more information contact angi@countryoaks.org .

Prayer for the Women of COBC delivered on January 8, 2012

Dearest Lord Jesus I pray for these women.

I pray that in 2012 we would be women who love the Lord our God with all our heart, all our soul, all our mind and all our might. …

I pray that we would be women who love those around us.

I pray that we would be women who worship in Spirit and in Truth.

I pray that we would have a constant awareness of God’s presence in our lives and not divide our lives into secular and spiritual. That we would remember that becoming more like Christ demands that we surrender ALL of ourselves to Him – all our hopes and dreams, our minds, our bodies, our marriages, our husbands, our children and our homes all belong to Him. May we trust You, Lord, to work all things for good because we love you,

Lord. I pray that we would be women who make time for what is important and of eternal value. That we would make time for studying God’s Word every day and then apply what we learn to our daily lives. I pray that we would grasp the fact that the more truth we assimilate, the more the Word will influence our daily lives.

I pray that we would learn to pray about everything and worry about nothing.

I pray that we would not forsake meeting together. That we would commit ourselves to learning in community.

I pray that we would not overlook sin in our lives but would confess it and repent of it, turning away from it. I pray that we would set no worthless thing before our eyes but would redeem the time you have given us.

I pray that we would resist the devil so he will flee from us. That we would stay in the battle against the world, the flesh and the devil, putting on the full armor of God every day.

I pray that we would be different from the world around us and walk in modesty and purity in the way we conduct ourselves and in the way we dress.

I pray that in being different we would be lights to a dark and dying world. And that we may let those lights shine so that others can see our good works and glorify our Father who is in heaven. Thank you Lord that we don’t have to try and do this in our own strength but can accomplish all things through Christ who strengthens us.

Help each woman remember that it is God who is working in you, enabling you both to desire and to work out His good purpose. 14 Do everything without grumbling and complaining, 15 so that you may be blameless and pure, children of God who are faultless in a crooked and perverted generation, among whom you shine like stars in the world.

In Jesus precious name we pray – Amen

Missing Fellowship with Other Women?

Come to the COBC Women’s Christmas Party on December 2 @ 9:30am in the Chapel.

• Come hear the Christmas story
• Enjoy a delicious potluck brunch & enjoy some fellowship with the women of Country Oaks Baptist Church (please bring a dish to share)
• Laugh at the “white elephant” gift exchange (please bring a gift for the exchange)
• Hear from missionary Ellen Bender Brace what has been happening with the Beauty for Ashes ministry.
• SHOP with a Purpose! Get some of your Christmas shopping done as Ellen will have available for sale the beautiful jewelry made by the women she ministers to in Nepal.

The Matthew Precepts Bible Study will meet on Wednesday, November 30 as usual. Ellen will be sharing for the first 20 minutes at @ 6pm. Before and after the Bible Study her jewelry will be for sale.

For more information contact angi@countryoaks.org.