HOW TO GO
What: Extreme Makeover: Heart Edition, a women's conference
Where: Fairhaven Church, 637 E. Whipp Road, Centerville
When: 7 to 9 p.m. Friday, Nov. 2, and 8:30 a.m. to noon Saturday, Nov. 3
Cost: $20 (register by Monday, Oct.29)
More info: (937) 434-8627 or www.fairhavenchurch.org
Women: Are You Radiant from the Inside Out?
How many times have we heard it? “Beauty comes from within.” This idea can never be stressed enough, especially in today’s materialistic, image-obsessed world. Centerville speaker and Bible study teacher Lisa Meiners of Deeper Still Ministries will present a conference for women, Extreme Makeover: Heart Edition, at Fairhaven Church on Friday and next Saturday, Nov. 2-3.
We talked with Meiners:
Q: Why is this conference extreme?
A: “Any time we start to think about changing our routine or changing things about ourselves, it’s going to feel like an extreme change. This event will challenge women to think about themselves in a new way.”
Q: Did you attend Sunday school growing up?
Q: “I can’t ever remember not going to church. The most memorable part was just being with my family. It was a regular event Sunday morning, Sunday night and Wednesday night. It was a bonding experience for the whole family.”
Q: What do you feel is women’s biggest challenge in today’s world?
A: “Just busy-ness and being overrun by the families’ schedules; feeling like they don’t have the right or the opportunity to take care of themselves. And when they do, they feel guilty about it.”
The conference
At the conference, women will enjoy red-carpet treatment while discovering how to be radiant from the inside out. The three sessions will explore making over your heart’s wardrobe, reflecting the inner beauty to the world and allowing God to order your steps. The two-day conference will center around the following segments:
What Not to Wear: Imagine an entire wardrobe custom-made for you with all name-brand labels. Meiners will display God’s spiritual wardrobe from Colossians, created just for you with His label on each piece. She will show you how to clothe yourself for success and always be in style God’s way.
God’s Day Spa: Meiners will go over three steps for inner beauty. God promises His girls a beautiful heart, a dazzling mind, and a stunning soul. As clients, we will spend time in Deuteronomy to learn how to reflect our new inner beauty to the world.
Order My Steps: How do you select what gets done day after day? Do you wish someone would make the plans for you? Meiners share how she has learned to walk in the promises of God’s word, as a woman created and called by him one step at a time.
Meiners’ background
Meiners began Deeper Still Ministries so women could go deeper still into God’s word. She believes that when the truths of God’s word are known, applied and lived out, we will begin to see our faith transformed. One of her favorite Bible verses is Colossians 2:6-7 NLT:
“Let our roots grown down into Him and draw up nourishment
from Him, so we will grow in faith, strong and vigorous in the
truth we were taught.”
Meiners grew up in Lima, Ohio, and received a degree in elementary education from Nyack College in New York. She’s married to Dennis (same last name?) and they have three children: Rachel, Kevin and Erik. The family has lived in Centerville for the past 14 years.
Last day to register online is Monday. Three ways to register: in person at the Fairhaven atrium kiosk today and Sunday; register online at www.myhaven.org, or print and fill out the form online and mail it in with payment.
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