Women of Hope Blog » February 2010

Mark your Calendars!

nedia — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 01:03:03 +0000

Ladies, let’s get together for some fun ‘n games while the men are at their Convention!

=> WOH Game Night! <=

When: Saturday, March 27^th

Time: 5:00-7:30pm

Place: Cafe Hope @ Central Assembly

570 Appian Way, El Sobrante, CA

More details to come!

FYI, if you need babysitting that nite,

we can arrange it! Just email

Nedia at: nedia@restoringhope.com

Coming Soon! Women’s Retreat!

nedia — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 00:45:10 +0000

Ladies, we have been invited by the women from Church on the Hill (in Vallejo), to join them on their annual women’s retreat! Our very own, Ginger Hohm will be speaking at this retreat! She got us the hook up. Lol Thanks Ginger!

The retreat will be held at:

Zephyr Point in South Lake Tahoe! You can see what the area looks like at zephyrpoint.org. The dates are July 23-25, 2010.

It is $160 to attend the retreat. This includes food & lodging for the weekend. Once you see the place, you’d agree that that’s a good price!

We understand that $160 as one lump sum can seem intimating, but we have a system where you can start putting away money now, little by little, to save for the retreat. So along with your offering, each week you can give like $10 (or whatever you want) towards your trip. On the offering envelope, you can note the amount & that it’s for the women’s retreat.

If you don’t attend our church, you can mail a check to us at: Central Assembly, 570 Appian Way, El Sobrante, CA 94803. Make the check out to “Central Assembly,” and write “Women’s Retreat” in the “memo” section of your check.

We’ll announce more details as we get ‘em!

Women of Hope~Renewal was amazing!

nedia — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 02:42:13 +0000

Women of Hope~Renewal was amazing! We had a great turn out! The atmosphere was filled with joy, comfort, laughter, and definitely was filled with the Lord’s presence! The brunch was an awesome smorgasbord of food. We had a good variety of: a fruit mix, cookies, coffee cake, sausage, bacon, breakfast casserole, chicken smothered in gravy with rice….and a few other goodies! We’ll have to remember to take a picture of the food next time. Lol We had a raffle and gave away some great gifts to the ladies!

Worship was lead by Mrs. Tanya Sturm. She is the wife of Pastor Russell Sturm and leads worship at their church, New Hope Community Church, in Rodeo. This young lady was powerful and I know I definitely felt the Lord’s presence during worship!

Our speaker, Mrs. Ginger Hohm, gave an awesome message! She spoke on the “Woman at the Well,” and related it “Defining Moments.”

A “Defining Moment” is when you are confronted with a new truth or a forgotten truth and you have to make a decision to either embrace this truth and deal with the discomfort it brings, or reject it without making any changes and living your life in a very comfortable state. Defining Moments are always uncomfortable at first, like walking out of a dark room and into the bright sunlight. However, if you allow your eyes to adjust, you will gradually become comfortable with your new surroundings.

She asked a couple of women to share their “defining moment” and they were amazing! Ginger’s message was powerful and right on time! I could see that the women were all touched by what she was saying.

Thank you Mrs. Emilie Williams for the delicious brunch! It was great! We are so blessed to have you!

Thank you Tanya for leading us into worship! We were all touched by your beautiful voice and your love for the Lord!

And last but not least, thank you Ginger for your message! I had a “defining moment” as I was listening to your message & during your prayer! I know some of the other women did too.

Thank you to all the women that attended, I pray that the Lord blessed you with just what you needed on Saturday! Thank you for sharing this Kick Off event of 2010 with Women of Hope. We enjoy hosting these events and bringing women together in the name of Jesus! Of course we enjoyed the food & fellowship, too!

Current Prayer List

nedia — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 00:55:32 +0000

We ask that you pray along with us for the following requests:

Dreama Cole – Her mother passed away yesterday (2.16.10), please pray for strength, peace & comfort for her & her family at this time.

Garie Williams – Pray for healing in her body.

Janice Sheley – Pray for strength as she has ongoing chemo for stomach cancer. Pray for healing in her body.

If you have a prayer request you’d like to submit, please send it to nedia@restoringhope.com.

Movie Night was Awesome!

nedia — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 06:26:41 +0000

WOH Movie Night at the Hohm’s was a hit! 19 women packed into their living….it was awesome! Wish we could have taken a picture of the table of “goodies”! Lol Tons of popcorn, a massive veggie tray, cheese, crakers, spreads, almonds (smokehouse & plain), chex mix, sun chips, pretzel hugs, newman cookies, cupcakes, chocolate covered raisins, and TONS of boxes of candy! Yeah, “good times, good times!” lol

The movie was great! A tear jerker……but we held ourselves together. lol We had a mini discussion after the movie. It was good to hear the different views of how the movie touched everyone. One of the big things was reminding us to be “patient.” That’s huge! As women, we get tested with patience all the time…everyday! lol

Thank you to all the ladies that attended! I pray that each one of you were blessed by the fellowship, goodies (lol) & movie! For those that couldn’t make it, don’t miss the next one! Stay tuned for the upcoming date!