Garden Party

What a beautiful night! It was humid, hot, sticky, but it was awesome to be outside in God's beautiful creation with beautiful women that He created, too! The weather had been calling for rain, but once again God provided sunshine and a slight breeze for the garden party.
A very special thank you to Linda and Felicia for doing the decorating and most of the refreshments. Also thanks to Heather H. and Mary H. for bringing food as well. I think it is safe to say that it was a great evening for everyone!

The above pictures are of the 3 tables that were decorated in a citrus theme. The colors were bright and bold and there were lemons, limes, or oranges under glasses with candles. It was very fitting for a warm summer evening.
Welcome to the Garden Party...a patio transformed for a festive, fun evening.

We started with "speed interviewing" which was taken from the idea of "speed dating". There were sets of questions that were being asked with a time limit of 1 minute (this was dropped to 45 seconds later). When time was up. The lady being asked the questions got up and moved to someone new with a new set of question. Questions like...what is your favorite color? What is your most over-used word (ask Mary M. and Linda this question!)? What is your favorite restaurant? What would you do if you ha 1 hour to do anything? There was a lot of laughter and a lot of information gained in a short amount of time.
Next, Bonnie led us in our devotional on "The Honor of Working at Home." This is a wonderful chapter for all ladies! It stressed the importance of taking care of the home that God had provided for you and balancing all the work! Whether you are a stay-at-home mom or a career mom, or even single it is still a command to care for your home and make it a place where God is the focus. Bonnie also shared some scriptures from Proverbs 31...that woman did it all:) Sometimes it seems hard to fathom all the work she did, but she did it to bless her home and to honor God.






Finally, we had a time of fellowship and FOOD! There was food to fit the theme, orange, green, and yellow. Pimento cheese sandwiches, Crab salad sandwiches, bright fruit salad, cucumber sandwiches, key lime pie, and citrus splash and pink lemonade to drink.

One of my favorite parts of the evening is the fellowship time when we can just sit in a relaxed setting and get to know the other ladies of our church. These are precious ladies! I hope you can take the time to get to know each one on a personal level. Every woman in our church has something special to share...find out what it is!


Our next PEARLS will be Tuesday, September 7th and will be held at the church. We will be using the time to prepare for the move into the temporary facility and to get ready for our 10 year celebration. Hope you can make it! Also, don't forget to mark your calendars....Oct 22-23 is our Beauty Mark Retreat!