Dear Sister:
Welcome to the 2009 Calvary Community Church Women's Bible Study and Small Groups.
I am so excited that you have decided to be part of what God has in store for us this year. The study will focus on the Book of Matthew, and will be entitled, "It's All About Jesus!" My prayer is that you will open your heart and mind to all that God has for you; that He will bless you and you will be drawn into an even deeper love relationship with Jesus Christ.
If the Women's Bible Study team can be of assistance in any way, please be sure to ask.
God bless you,
Leslie Martin
It’s All About Jesus!”
Tuesday Morning Classes
Parenting for ALL Ages! Room 204
Susan Cottrell, mother of five and mentor of other assorted teens, has been teaching from her book: The Heart-Connected Life .for Parents, about parenting teens. Moms in Susan's class have been saying, “I just wish I knew this stuff when my kids were younger!" Now YOU get the opportunity! This fall, her class is no longer just for parents of teens! She is delighted to expand her class to welcome parents of kids of all ages. Join us this fall. You'll be glad you did!
Book: The Heart-Connected Life for Parents, by Susan Cottrell
Leader: Susan Cottrell
Cost: $10.00
The Politically Incorrect Wife Room 209
What is a Politically Incorrect Wife, you may ask? She is a woman who is married to her husband, not to popular culture. If you are experiencing strife or frustration or just a lack of luster in your marriage, maybe you need to be come a little more politically incorrect.
Book: Politically Incorrect Wife, by Nancy Cobb & Connie Grigsby
Leader: Kara Pena
Cost: $9.00
Know Why You Believe Room 105
“…but sanctify Christ as Lord in your hearts, always being ready to make a defense to everyone who asks you to give an account for the hope that is in you, yet with gentleness and reverence.” (1 Peter 3:15)
Strengthen your faith and defend it! This area of study is so exciting because we have the opportunity to show that our beliefs involve logic and reason. There is much evidence (scientific, empirical, archaeological, and historical) available for us to learn and share with people who have questions about Christianity. Come join us as we learn together the absolute truths that the world so desperately needs to know.
Book: Know Why You Believe-Connecting Faith and Reason, by Paul E. Little
Leader: Debi Ganem
Cost: $9.00
Women Serving Women Room 202
Come learn how to serve and comfort your hurting Christian sisters – lessons to strengthen your confidence as we deliver baskets, or anything the Lord directs us to do for those struggling through difficult times.
Book: Class notebook & Principles of Leadership for Women, by Gail Mays
Leader: Laury Cloud
Cost: $10.00
Walking in God’s Grace Room 107
People may look on the outside, but God looks at your heart. Galatians teaches that God loves and accepts us for the person we are and not based on our performance. We’ll learn together what God has done for us in Christ and how he has enabled us to live for Him in the power of the Holy Spirit.
Book: Galatians: Walking in God’s Grace, by Bruce Bickel & Stan Jantz
Leader: Barb Christensen
Cost: $6.00
Living Beyond Yourself Room 109
Living Beyond Yourself is an in depth study of the fruitages of the Spirit. It is living proof that God dwells in us. The study guide will use the book of Galatians, emphasizing Galatians 5:22-23. This is a great study that takes us out of our own comfort zones.
Book: Living Beyond Yourself, by Beth Moore
Leader: Pat Drake
Cost: $17.00
Evangelism Explosion Room 301
Learn how to share your faith in a very natural, loving presentation of the Gospel. You will need to be available for two hours on five weekday evenings or Saturday mornings to satisfy the on-the-job-training portion of the class. (There would not be childcare available for this OJT).
Book: Evangelism Explosion, by Evangelism Explosion International
Leader: Brenda Pinch
Cost: $39.50
Basic Hebrew Room 207
Learn Hebrew the easy and fun way. This class is designed for the student who has not had any previous instruction. You will learn the ALEPH BET and basic vocabulary used both in the Bible and in Modern Hebrew. You will learn the blessing for bread and wine that can be used when taking the Lord’s Supper. A mechanical pencil and a 3-ring binder are recommended. Homework is required and will take fifteen to twenty minutes per day.
Book: Hebrew – A Language Course Primer, by Lois Burnblum (and others)
Leader: Martha Garcia
Cost: $10.00
Hebrew 201/301 (Must have already taken ‘Basic Hebrew’) Room 200
We are thrilled when we hear Pastor Mark say, “…and in the Hebrew it says…” We will be building on the elements learned in the Basic Hebrew class to translate portions of Scripture from different books of the Old Testament in the original language.
Book: First Hebrew Primer, Third Edition, by Simon R. Motzkin
Leader: Judith Barker
Cost: Online Purchase
S.A.L.T. (Seven Areas of Life Training) Room 201
Grow in your dependence upon God as we study the following areas of life: Spiritual – my relationship with God; Psychological – my mind, will and emotions; Social – My relationships with others; Physical – My Body; Financial – My money; Marital – My spousal relationship; and Parental – My relationship with my children. Solid biblical truth is taught in each lesson with a challenge to apply that truth to your life.
Book: S.A.L.T., by Victorious Christian Living International
Leader: Mary Kennedy & Brandi Schamadan
Cost: $30
Lose It for Life Room 206
Lose it for life was developed by best-selling author Stephen Arterburn who lost sixty pounds twenty years ago and has been able to keep it off. Lose it for Life is not about dieting or exercise, although these things play a part. Instead, it is about changing how you think, feel and act. It is about creating a lifestyle that emphasizes the whole you: your mind, body, emotions, relationships, and especially your spirit. So, if you are tired of the yo-yo and are ready to do what it takes to achieve permanent results, come join us as we Lose It for Life! Please do not purchase the book the first week. Come directly to class. The class will be closed after the third week.
Book: Lose it for Life, by Townsend & Arterburn
Leader: Kitty Hendrickson
Cost: $21.00
Rest in His Love Room 208
Come and personally experience the amazing love and grace of God on the effects of guilt, shame and denial after an abortion. Through this bible study we will experience God's infinite forgiveness and gentle healing touch. As we draw near to Him His touch will be as a soothing balm on an open wound. God's desire is to restore a sweet and intimate fellowship with you His beloved.
Book: Rest in His Love, by Inseong Kim
Leader: Inseong Kim
Cost: $9.00
Satisfy My Thirsty Soul Room 203
True worship is both a specific act and a lifestyle. As you learn what it means to bow your knee (the act of worship), you will gain a renewed intimacy with God. And as you learn to bow your thoughts, words, work, attitudes, will, and even pain (the lifestyle of worship), you’ll be drawn into God’s holy & life-giving presence – the place where God will truly satisfy your thirsty soul.
Book: Satisfy My Thirsty Soul, by Linda Dillow
Leader: Robin Davis
Cost: $11.00
It’s All About Jesus – Studies in Matthew Fellowship Hall
Matthew’s gospel focuses on the kingship of Christ, the fact that Jesus is Lord of Lords, the Messiah, and the One promised by the prophets of old. While the Jews were looking for a Savior to save them from Roman oppression, God sent them and the rest of the world a different type of Savior. Highlighting significant cultural and historical aspects that arise in Matthew’s gospel, Dr. Wiersbe paints a clearer picture of the gloriously unexpected, but all-satisfying King of Kings.
Book: Be Loyal: Following the King of Kings, by Dr. Warren Wiersbe
Leader: Cindy Silvers
Stephanie Fletcher
Cost: $9.00
“It’s All About Jesus!”
Tuesday Evening Classes
Developing a Servant’s Heart Room 6
Learn how to nurture a servant’s heart. Receive a clear understanding of why God saved you and what He expects of you. By choosing to serve God in everything you do, you make your life count on earth as well as in heaven. You were saved for this very reason: That others might see His love through your servant-hood.
Book: Developing a Servant’s Heart, by Charles Stanley
Leader: Carol Schepemacher
Cost: $7.00
S.A.L.T. (Seven Areas of Life Training) Natalie – Green Room
Crystal – Parents Room
Grow in your dependence upon God as we study the following areas of life: Spiritual – my relationship with God; Psychological – my mind, will and emotions; Social – My relationships with others; Social – My relationships with others; Physical – My Body; Financial – My money; Marital – My spousal relationship; and Parental – My relationship with my children. Solid biblical truth is taught in each lesson with a challenge to apply that truth to your life.
Book: S.A.L.T., by Victorious Christian Living International
Leader: Natalie Peters – Spiritual, Psychological & Social
Crystal Hughes – Physical, Marital & Parental
Cost: $30
Lose It For Life Prayer Room
Lose it for life was developed by best-selling author Stephen Arterburn who lost sixty pounds, twenty years ago and has been able to keep it off. Lose it for Life is not about dieting or exercise, although these things play a part. Instead, it is about changing how you think, feel and act. It is about creating a lifestyle that emphasizes the whole you: your mind, body, emotions, relationships, and especially your spirit. So, if you are tired of the yo-yo and are ready to do what it takes to achieve
permanent results, come join us as we Lose It for Life! Please do not purchase the book the first week. Come directly to class. The class will be closed after the third week.
Book: Lose it for Life, by Townsend & Arterburn
Leader: Denice Flippo
Cost: $21.00
Lies Women Believe Room 13
We are like Eve. We all have experienced defeat and failure, trouble and turmoil. We all have experienced a selfish heart, a shrewish spirit, anger, envy and bitterness. We ache to do things over, to have lives or harmony and peace. Lies Women Believe exposes those areas of deception most commonly believed by Christian women such as lies about God, about ourselves, our husbands, our children, lies about sin, our priorities, our emotions, and our circumstances. Nancy DeMoss sheds light on how we can be delivered from bondage and set free to walk in God’s grace, forgiveness and abundant life. This study offers the most effective weapon to counter and overcome Satan’s deceptions: God’s Truth.
Book: Lies Women Believe and the Truth that Sets them Free, by Nancy DeMoss
Leader: Emjay Luby
Cost: $11.00
He is My All – Living in the Truth Sanctuary
As Women, we are created with an innate desire for unconditional love. This study is a ten-week journey in which you will encounter a God who adores you. It explores the hope, healing and life-changing power found in His perfect love.
Book: He Is My All, by Debbie Alsdorf
Leader: Gina Ramsdell and Barb Hiltz
Cost: $9.00
Study of First Peter Room 16
“Smiles through Trials” may be a theme for this study through 1st Peter but the Women’s Study Bible describes this book the following way: “1st Peter has been characterized as a letter of suffering and persecution, of suffering and glory, of hope and courage. No other New Testament book so reflects the real nature and effect of God’s love in Jesus Christ.” Come and be encouraged.
Book: Joyful Life Series – 1st Peter, by Kay Smith
Leader: Carol Tramontana
Cost: $5.00
The Pursuit of Holiness Room 13
“Be Holy, for I am Holy,” commands God to His people. But, what is holiness? In this book, the author helps to clear up those things that we rely on God for and those things for which we accept responsibility. “Run in such a way as to get the prize.” (1 Cor. 9:24)
Book: The Pursuit of Holiness, by Jerry Bridges
Leader: Kelly Gustafson
Cost: $9.00
Living With an Unbeliever Room 9
A support group for us gals who are married to husbands who do not share our faith. This class is for women who find themselves in a difficult and often hurtful circumstance and will provide each of us with encouragement and a definite strategy for improving our marriages. The book we will be using will help us to learn the biblical truths for an unequally yoked wife and how to apply these truths to our own individual marriages. My prayer is that God will bring healing, hope, restoration and a renewed sense of wonder at the majesty of His grace and love towards each of us as we meet together.
Book: Unbelieving Husbands – The Neglected Harvest, by Ann M. Velia
Leader: Lisa Zupancic
Cost: $9.00
God in the Marketplace Room 12
As Christian businesswomen, we live in a corporate pressure cooker. Yet we want our life to affect more than the company’s bottom line. We want to use our business skills to strengthen our church. Explore how the Holy Spirit’s presence in our life can affect how we work, manage, and lead within our companies. As we go through the selected chapters within “God in the Marketplace,” be prepared for God to speak to you. Knowing what He intends for your life will affect how you approach your business.
Book: God in the Marketplace, by Henry Blackaby
Leader: Carol Tait
Cost: $12.00
For Women Only (HS/College Age) Room 18
This book is about the things we just don’t get about the inner lives of guys. Author Shaunti Feldhahn’s research will open women’s eyes to what the men in their lives – boyfriends, brothers, husbands, and sons – are really thinking and feeling. Men want to be understood, but they’re afraid to “freak out” the women they love by confessing what is happening inside their heads. This book will guide women in how to provide the loving support that modern men want and need. Grounded in biblical hope, you will discover how to love them for who they really are, not who you think they are.
Book: For Women Only by Shaunti Feldhahn
Leaders: Ellie Martin and Kazandra Pena
Cost: $11.00
It’s All About Jesus – Studies in Matthew See Below
Matthew’s gospel focuses on the kingship of Christ, the fact that Jesus is Lord of Lords, the Messiah, and the One promised by the prophets of old. While the Jews were looking for a Savior to save them from Roman oppression, God sent them and the rest of the world a different type of Savior. Highlighting significant cultural and historical aspects that arise in Matthew’s gospel, Dr. Wiersbe paints a clearer picture of the gloriously unexpected, but all-satisfying King of Kings.
Book: Be Loyal: Following the King of Kings, by Dr. Warren Wiersbe
Leader: Carleen Rowen Room 14
Shannon Painter Room 15
Pauline McKinney Room 17
Cost: $9.00
“It’s All About Jesus!”
Sunday Morning Classes
These classes will be held after Leslie teaches
At 9 a.m. in the Fellowship Hall
Lies Women Believe Fellowship Hall
Lies Women Believe and the Truth that Sets Them Free compares societal beliefs with biblical truths. It discusses what we as women are conditioned to believe in society and how this negatively affects who God says we are. During this study, we will be looking at lies about God, ourselves, sin, priorities, marriage, children, emotions, and circumstances. Through the discussion of these topics, we can overcome these societal beliefs and learn to rest in God’s promises.
Book: Lies Women Believe, by Nancy Leigh DeMoss
Leader: Kristen Ongstad
Cost: $11.00
New Start for Single Moms Fellowship Hall
Author Diane Strack wants single moms to understand that they are not alone and that they can be successful in raising their children and overcoming past obstacles. Come and learn how to meet daily challenges, build peaceful homes, accomplish dreams and explore potential. There is healing from the past, help for the present, and hope for a confident future.
Book: New Start for Single Moms, by Diane Strack
Leader: Cindy Crane & Tammy Cullum
Cost: $7.00
Focus on Jesus Fellowship Hall
This book leads us into intimacy with the Lord (prayer), getting to know who He is, trusting the Lord in all things, understanding who He is in our lives, and walking it out in our own lives (believing it). We will learn to have confidence and assurance, not in ourselves, but in who Christ is in us. We will also learn to appreciate the importance of praying over each other using the Word of God.
Book: Praying the Names of Jesus, by Ann Spangler
Leader: Kathy Lane
Cost: $12.00
It’s All About Jesus – Studies in Matthew Fellowship Hall
Matthew’s gospel focuses on the kingship of Christ, the fact that Jesus is Lord of Lords, the Messiah, and the One promised by the prophets of old. While the Jews were looking for a Savior to save them from Roman oppression, God sent them and the rest of the world a different type of Savior. Highlighting significant cultural and historical aspects that arise in Matthew’s gospel, Dr. Wiersbe paints a clearer picture of the gloriously unexpected, but all-satisfying King of Kings.
Book: Be Loyal: Following the King of Kings, by Dr. Warren Wiersbe
Leader: Rose Naujukaitis
Marilu Miller
Susan Alling
Deborah Doerr
Cost: $9.00