Beauty for Ashes
March 27, 2010

We are excited to welcome you to our annual Spring Conference “Beauty for Ashes.” This conference is designed for women of all ages. Our prayer is that every woman will be strengthened and encouraged as they walk through the things that we call “life.” Through this conference, may “God’s life” flow through each one and allow them to see the beauty that only God can bring from the circumstances that have left ashes along her journey.



Featured speaker - Wendy Blight
Wendy works with the team of speakers from Proverbs 31 Ministries. Her greatest passion is sharing the transforming power of God’s Word. She especially loves to teach Bible study and write corresponding curriculum because it enables her to connect directly to the heart of women.

Just days after her college graduation, She was attacked by a masked man hiding in her apartment. While she physically survived, she lived the next decade in a prison of fear, despair, and hopelessness. God and God alone healed her. Wendy’s story is now an amazing testimony of God’s strength in weakness, His hope in hopelessness, and His healing in brokenness.

She has written a book, Hidden Joy in a Dark Corner: The Transforming Power of God's Story (release date February 1, 2009), that shares her journey of transformation. It offers a step-by-step walk through God’s Word to find physical, spiritual, and emotional healing.

Worship leader
Melissa Milbourne
Melissa, from Proverbs 31 Ministries, is the worship leader at First Christian Church in Marshall, Illinois and works with the praise team “Beyond Limits.” Melissa greatly desires to lead people to the throne of God. “Actually, what I really desire, is for ME, to sit at the feet of Jesus, to be in God's presence... "better is one day in His courts than a thousand elsewhere" and I want YOU there with me.”

Melissa is also a songwriter and has released a worship CD entitled: From My Heart to Your Throne.

Special singing
Pam Hedrick lives in Buckhannon, WV with her husband Bobby and their precious miracle, a four year old son named Daniel. She serves in her local church, The Way of Holiness, as worship leader. Her desire and prayer is “that we all have a true understanding of the Presence of Jesus Christ, to realize that we have been accepted into the beloved Jesus Christ, and that we have Almighty God’s attention as we offer up sacrifices of praise!”

Special Guest
The Jesus Painter -- Jeremy Simons

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Workshops

Rita Robinson
" A Radical Woman of God"

Rita, born and raised in Clarksburg, WV, graduated from Victory High School in 1966 and from Zion Bible College in 1969. She is an ordained pastor of a church in Salem, WV. She has been in the ministry since age 20. Rita has worked at United Hospital Center in Clarksburg for 39 years as a medical transcriptionist.

Rita plays piano and accordion and loves to sing for the Lord. (She could sing her new “political song” for you.) She loves children and has been a children’s pastor for many years as well. She has an all Christian “murder mystery team” called the King James Gang. They do Christian entertainment. Rita was born to entertain and to minister God’s Word.

A Radical Woman of God Workshop: Have you ever whipped a bottle of sticky “anointing oil” out of your over-stuffed handbag and smeared it on someone’s head in Aisle #3 of the supermarket...right between the frozen peas and the sweet midgets? What about grabbing your sister’s hand in front of Victoria’s Secret in the middle of the mall and proceeding to intercede for her son who is on drugs, lost and on his way to hell? Ask Deborah or Rizpah from the Old Testament what radical is all about. Listen as they echo their response from the grave. They will entice their sisters from this generation to wave farewell to status-quo, to mediocrity, and to become a wild, radical woman of God. Grab your purse, wear your Depends, and follow me. We’ll define radical and provide you with steps to becoming a radical woman of God. We’re in for a ride, don’t forget your Dramamine!

Molly Campbell
"Container Hang-Up"

Molly is originally from south central Pennsylvania where she was raised as a 9th generation daughter in a Lutheran Church. After 28 years of religious traditions and hypocrisy, Jesus caught her attention and affection! For the past 14 years she has been blessed to be in passionate love relationship with her Lord and Savior. Molly has moved to Buckhannon four times and has a story to share about overcoming past hurts; receiving deliverance from sins that held her in bondage; and the joy she has in knowing and serving the Lord. Molly currently directs a Mom’s Day Out ministry and Indoor Playground for her church. She is married to Ross Campbell and has three children: Eli (9), Alyna (6), and Carys (3)


Container Hang-Up Workshop: What is your container worth? Many people seem to have hang-ups concerning the containers we call our bodies. The truth is that past experiences, relationships with other people, even Hollywood has dictated the value we place on ourselves and others. We invite you to visit “Container Hang-Up” and learn how we can take the price tag that life and society has placed on our containers and replace it with our God given value and worth.

Sheila Tallman
"Faith Lift"

Sheila, the wife of Rev. Jim Tallman, founding pastor of the Light of Christ Chapel in Belington, WV, serves on her church praise and worship team. She has been blessed with one son, Brent, a wonderful daughter-in-law, Chris, and two delightful granddaughters, Kendra and Camela. Sheila also works fulltime at the Belington Medical Clinic and enjoys spending time with family and friends.

Faith Lift Workshop: Have you struggled with feelings of anxiousness, depression or being overwhelmed? If so, this is the workshop for you. 1 Samuel 30:6 says that “David encouraged himself in the Lord.” Come join me as we explore the Scriptures and learn how to draw from God the strength and courage we need to “keep on keeping on.”

Tiffany Elliott
"Crown of Forgiveness"

Tiffany is an ordained preacher, teacher and singer of the Gospel of Christ. At the age of thirteen she felt the call of God to the five-fold ministry. Growing up as a PK, she is no stranger to the needs within the local church and has served in almost every area of helps ministry at some time in her life. Tiffany ministers with an evangelist anointing, and God is using her to bring sinners to repentance and backsliders back to God with a strong message of reconciliation. She received her Master’s degree in theology from West Virginia Christian University in 2007 and completed her Doctorate of Ministry from Southern Bible Institute and Seminary in May of this year. Dr. Elliott is also the Vice President of West Virginia Christian University and has enjoyed teaching a variety of theology courses for the last 8 years. God blessed Tiffany with a wonderful husband Brian 9 years ago and they were doubly blessed with twin boys Aaron and Austin who are now six years old. They reside in Elkins, West Virginia.

Crown of Forgiveness Workshop: Unforgiveness- What is it good for? Absolutely nothing! Do you feel like there is a war raging within your heart? You have a desire to serve God and be used of Him but something holds you back. So many people allow bitterness and unforgiveness from past hurts to hinder them from fulfilling God’s call on their life. This workshop will uncover the secret of how we can forgive, not just other people, but more importantly, how to forgive ourselves and receive beauty for ashes.

“Grace by Faith” ladies dance team was organized in 2006. The Lord impressed upon these ladies a longing for more freedom in worship and a desire to minister through dance. “Grace by Faith” has become a group of “sisters” unified as a family, holding each other accountable, encouraging, and showing compassion and unconditional love in times of need. They do not only minister to others but also to each other. Their main focus is to glorify the Lord. The Lord has brought them through many bumps in the road but in the process of traveling that road, he has also opened many doors for ministering opportunities throughout our local and surrounding areas. Each dance has been a gift that God has given to “Grace by Faith” in order to reach out and bless you with God’s love and express his desire for us to worship him in freedom. May you be blessed and God be glorified.

The Beauty of Praise Workshop: Dance in Church? Is it Biblical? Many shiver at the thought of it. 2 Samuel 6:14 says, “And David danced before the LORD with all his might.” “Yes, but that was not choreographed dance,” you say. Maybe, although Jewish dances were taught and learned among God’s people. David was in free worship of the Lord. He didn’t have an audience. His only goal was to bless the Lord. Today, we are dancing to bless the Lord, but we also know that the Lord is using us to reach others through our dance. Each dance you see today, as well as the one you will learn in this workshop, has been prayed about. Every song and every move in the dance has been given to one of our members “for such a time as this” (Esther 4:14). We do not “make up” moves. We pray and wait on God to give them to us and each move comes with a meaning…something that it represents… something God wants to say through the dance. Step out of your comfort zone… Join us for a brief biblical teaching on church dance and experience for yourself the freedom of worshiping him through the dance. Bless the Lord and be blessed!

Quick Facts
Registration includes lunch
Childcare will not be provided
Deadline for registration is March 20, 2010
The Way of Holiness church is located on Route 33 between Buckhannon and Weston
 

Registration
Registration fee is $15. Register online, or by mail, and choose your own workshops!

Play video below to see what you can look forward to at this conference!

Menu
CHICKEN SALAD ON CROISSANT
With lettuce and tomato
PICKLE SPEAR
CHIPS
FRUIT SLICES AND CHEESE CUBES
DESSERT - Chocolate Cake, Sugar-free Jell-O
DRINKS - Iced Tea—Sweetened and Splenda Sweetened, Water, and Coffee

Pictures from 2009 Conference

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