Fall Bible Study--Jesus, the One and Only

Hey Girlfriends, want to give you a heads up so you can make your plans for the fall. If you have never been in a small group Bible study you don't know what you are missing. It adds a dimension to your spiritual growth that is incredibly valuable.

Come along with Beth Moore on a life-changing journey which will lead you through the hills of Galilee with the Teacher, across the lake with the Master, and, finally, on the road with the Savior--His face set toward the cross. Filmed on location in Israel.

BEGINS: Monday, September 13th (11-week, in-depth study)
TIMES: Daytime Class: 10a.m.-12 Evening Class: 7-9p.m.
WHERE: MountainView Community Church, 1335 Hwy. 64 West
Murphy, North Carolina 28906
FACILITATORS: Community Bible Study Fellowship: Cindy Bradshaw, Debby Intemann, Carol Lackland, Theresa Noland, Lori McClure, Cheryl Miller, Karen Pope, Lauren Steadham

TO REGISTER & ORDER WORKBOOK CALL: 828-837-7971

So Long, Insecurity Conference

On April 24th MountainView Community Church

1335 Hwy 64 West

Murphy, North Carolina 28906

phone:828-835-8100

will be hosting the Beth Moore So Long, Insecurity Conference live via satellite.

In preparing for that event we ask you to join us for an inspiring heart-to-heart hour with Beth Moore via satellite on February 2nd at 7:30 pm at Mt.View. Beth will share her vision for the life-changing event coming on April 24th. We are asking you to attend this pre-simulcast event so you can get a clear picture of the April Conference. We can place promotional materials in your hands so together we can make an impact on the women in our area. You can help us by taking promotional materials to your church or workplace.

Let's kiss our insecurities good-by and discover the joy of living with confidence! Today's women young and old churched and unchurched, are suffering from such deeply embedded wounds that most don't even know how to identify them, and beyond that they can't imagine living without them.

Let's work together to effectively get the word out to women in our area.
Let me hear back from you if you can come on Feb. 2nd for the Preparing our Heart simulcast. We want to get you fired up and equipped to spread the word.

Esther, The Whole Megillah

Just finishing up leading Beth Moore's Esther study tonight. I decided to review the whole study for the women and ending up writing it in poem form. Not great art...just great fun for me and hopefully a walk down memory lane for my fellow study mates. Here it is, don't cringe just go with it.

The story of Esther begins with a mess
A queen shuns her king in front of his guests.
He sends her away but to his great dismay
He begins to remember they had some good days.

His closest companions see his deep melancholy
put their heads together and came up with this folly.
We'll hold a contest throughout this great land
and base it on looks…could even God use this plan?

The one chosen queen is of God’s ancient seed
Mordecai stands watch....an unbending reed.
Haman likes people to bow and to scrape
but he finds that this Jew he can’t intimidate.

He delivers a plan that Xerxes approved
A time is set for Jews to be removed.
We learn there is a history behind this meanness
an ancient feud fuels this evil genius.

Mourning and terror grip the land
Mordecai steps forward to urge a plan
upon the queen who is uncertain of favor
who sees herself as an unlikely savior.

With fear and trembling fasting and prayer
Esther steps forward to see does he care?
She is resigned that one way or another
this is the pathway there is no other.

In the midst of the Jew’s desperate pleading
a king cannot sleep, he needs some dull reading.
He soon learns he’s an ungrateful lout
and sends out a call for who is walking about.

Haman’s hatred is boiling and building
a scaffold to impale a man who needs killing.
Instead he describes for the king the high honor
he wants for himself, but gets nothing but horror.

Parading through town surely he’s dreaming
Praising a Jew what could be more demeaning?
The handwriting is beginning to show on the wall
It seems that this Haman is starting to fall.

Three are sitting at a table or is there four
Is this human wrestling or is there more?
Esther appeals as Haman unravels
to his own scaffold he soon will travel.

Another edict is put into place
It flies through the land at a quickening pace.
Stand up and defend your home and your kin
If you need more days then the time we’ll extend.

So here we are at the end of this trail
King Xerxes, Queen Esther and Mordecai’s tale.
For those who have hearts taught by this story
The real King’s unveiled and reigning in glory.

It has been a wonderful study. Much better than this poem. If you get a chance to take it..I highly recommend it!

Blessings,

Esther Bible Study-it's tough being a woman by Beth Moore

An in-depth and very personal examination of the great story of threat and deliverance. Beth peels back the layers of history and shows how very contemporary and applicable the story of Esther is to us. This protion of God's Word contains treasures to aid us in our hurried, harried, and pressured lives.

Begins: Monday, September 14th at 7pm

Class is currently full,