Monday, March 16, 2009

Free to be Me Bloggers retreat

To the very first Northwest Florida Bloggers Retreat!The Sisters of Faith is thrilled to offer an opportunity to hear an awesome speaker, Mary Snyder~as well as some eLboW ruBbiNg with our dear sisters of Blogville, USA --- We have got goosebumps we are so excited!We have hardly been able to keep quiet about this! Denise of Shortybears Place has been kind enough to tease you all a bit with some "questions" for about 2 weeks now!Looky-looky! A button crafted by my very own sweet friend, "Maddie" of "Sweet Designs by Me!" (be sure and visit these sweet friends with a big hug and thank you for helping!)


FREE TO BE ME! 2009 BLOGGERS RETREAT!
The conference is set for October 23-24, 2009 in Sneads Florida near beautiful Lake Seminole! We are currently working on prices of hotel accommodations for you! To further tempt you with this retreat...here's a bite of what you will find on the menu! (chomp-chomp!)
Mary Snyder! Friday night
Worship Services lead by
Becky Knight
Saturday morning classes by
Lynn Donovan of
Spiritually Unequal Marriage
Marsha Harwood of Marsha's Musings
and two surprise guest speakers! (Waiting on confirmation :) )Some of the topics will include:
~ How to lead an online Bible Study - meeting their needs, touching their hearts, growing up in Grace.
~ Being a Follower of Jesus and not falling into the Follower Button trap
~ Developing your blog into a women's ministry
~ Using personal video chats to reach out and minister in new ways.
~ How to write a compelling story, meaningful devotional.... hooking/captivating your audience.
~ How to market your blog/should you 'market' your blog?
~ Finding your niche - your special corner of blogworld - blogging your passion.
~ How to handle blog addiction - finding the balance between your personal relationships and your blogging relationships.
~ Copyrighting information.
GRAB the BUTTON and help us spread the word! We will be having a giveaway of one free registration! (details on that coming UP!)More class details forthcoming! So---save the date! Get the babysitter! Make plans now---most importantly---pray--pray--pray!

2 comments:

Marsha said...

Thank you so much for putting a button up and promoting this retreat! I'm praying you will be able to find a way to come. The way it stands right now, "Shortybear" is riding down with me! Whoa-Whoo! What a great time we're gonna have.

Denise said...

Looks like fun to me, but I think it is a bit too far for me to go... maybe one day we will have one around here........ That would be too much fun........ Maybe I will give that some thought!

Older women likewise teach the younger women...

• how to love their husbands
• how to love their children
• how to be self-controlled
• how to be pure
• how to be keepers at home
• how to be kind and submissive (not subservient) to their own husbands. (See Titus 2:3-5)

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