From the President's Heart

Hello! I wanted to take a few minutes to introduce myself and the new Central Region executive board.

My name is Kristin Hathaway, and I was recently selected to be the president of the central region. Currently, my family is stationed at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. I have great passion for women's ministry, and PWOC is the best women's ministry I have seen. It has challenged me to grow in my relationship with the Lord, and has taught me to appreciate how God reveals a bit of himself in each one of us.

Your vice president/conference coordinator is Kesha Coleman, currently stationed at Fort Hood. Your administrative coordinator is Krista Kalvaitis, also at Fort Hood.

In the next few months, we will tell you more about ourselves and where we see the Lord taking this region for the next two years.

I am so excited to serve this region! God has big plans for us and it is going to be fun to watch what He does. I'm going to share my vision with you soon, so keep checking the blog for updates.

With great anticipation,
Kristin

Welcome to the Sanctuary!!

Each of the registered 18 groups have arrived at Windermere. The opening session was a marvelous time of praise as we entered the Sanctuary. Lucia Rossman, PWOC International 1st Vice President, shared her moving testimony and revealed the location of the 2010 Conference. (Ask your ladies when they get home and start planning for next year!)

Tomorrow morning, attendees will be blessed to hear Shellie Kelly our Theme Speaker for the first time this weekend. I will try to post some photos so that everyone can enjoy the smiling faces and PWOC moments being experienced here.

Your Fort Hood sisters appreciate your continued prayers.

Reporting from the 09 Central Region Conference...

Diane Porter

Central Region Leadership Selection

Our conference date is just a week away!  And the deadline for submitting requests for consideration for executive board positions for the Central Region are just as close! 

If you are feeling God's call to submit your name for leadership on the executive board for the Central Region, please contact Deb Easterling at CentralLeadership@pwoc.org.    You may also complete a request for consideration form and send it to her at the same email address.  (Requests are available on the right side bar of this blog site.)

Executive board positions include:  President, Vice President/Conference Coordinator, and Administrative Coordinator.  (All other positions on the board are appointed by the President and executive board.)

Please see the PWOCI Women's Ministry Manual for qualifications for the positions and job descriptions (it can also be viewed from this blog site). Regional information begins on page 25.

Trusting His Plans,
Deb

Looking for updates??

If you want to view or print a copy of Conference Information distributed through POCs to local installations, use the links provided here and on the main conference page.
September Update
October Update
Conference & Workshop Schedules

Packing for Conference!!

Packing list for individuals

• Bible, pen, notebook
• Money for designated offering
• Money for The Edge ($13) or MiniGolf ($1)
• Comfortable clothing (check the weather!!)
• Medications
• Jeans & Jewels for the Banquet
• Cellular phones (reception is limited)
• List of all cell numbers in your group
• Shoes with traction
• Coat, hat and umbrella
• Items for your own group’s fellowship time (snacks and games)
• Items for your own group’s resource box (personal and first aid items)

Packing List for Groups

• Emergency information for all attendees
• List of all attendee cell numbers
• Rooming list
• Group Resource Box
• Banner
• Roll Call lyrics

Conference Prayer Calendar --ASK

ASK

Thursday, October 22 – Wednesday, October 28

This week we will bring our petitions before the Lord. There are some requests listed below, along with Scripture, but feel free to pray more specifically as the Lord leads.

Thursday, October 22 – Ask for peace and confidence for Diane Porter and the Conference Planning team as preparations are finalized

Isaiah 26:3

You will keep him in perfect peace, Whose mind is stayed on You, Because he trusts in You.

Friday, October 23 – Ask for protection for all attendees and the staff as they travel to and around Windermere Conference Center

Psalm 91:11-12

For He shall give His angels charge over you, To keep you in all your ways. In their hands they shall bear you up, Lest you dash your foot against a stone.

Saturday, October 24 – Ask God to anoint Shellie Kelly, conference speaker, and the worship team, Rochelle & Ashlee Wheeler, Christina Pittman and Cindy Stumme, with His message

Isaiah 30:21

Whether you turn to the right or the left, your ears will hear a voice behind you, saying “this is the way; walk in it.” 

Sunday, October 25 – Ask God to give each attendee receptive hearts to hear what He has to say during the conference

James 1:5

If any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him.

Monday, October 26 – Ask for the saving grace of the Lord Jesus Christ to touch every soul attending the conference

Romans 6:23

For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus or Lord.

Tuesday, October 27 – Ask God to give clarity to the Leadership Selection Team and the ladies considering positions on the 2009-2011 PWOC-Central Region Board

2 Timothy 2:2

And the things that you have heard from me among many witnesses, commit these to faithful men who will be able to teach others also.

Wednesday, October 28 – Ask that each woman would come away from the conference changed for God’s glory

Jeremiah 32:17

Ah, Sovereign LORD, you have made the heavens and the earth by your great power and outstretched arm. Nothing is too hard for you.

Conference Prayer Calendar REPENT

REPENT

Thursday, October 15 – Wednesday, October 21

This week we will ask God to show us anything that might be standing in the way of full surrender to Him. If we want to hear Him clearly, we must repent of anything that is standing in the way of complete fellowship with Him. Use the selected Scriptures to help you get started.

Thursday, October 15 – Repent of idolatry

Ezekiel 14:6

Therefore say to the house of Israel, Thus says the Lord GOD: Repent, turn away from your idols, and turn your faces away from all your abominations.

Friday, October 16 – Repent of worry

Luke 12:28

If then God so clothes the grass, which today is in the field and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, how much more will He clothe you, O you of little faith?

Saturday, October 17 – Repent of fear

Luke 12:32

Do not fear, little flock, for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom.

Sunday, October 18 – Repent of unforgiveness

Ephesians 4:32

And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God in Christ forgave you.

Monday, October 19 – Repent of any unclean speech

Ephesians 5:4

…neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor coarse jesting, which are not fitting, but rather giving of thanks.

Tuesday, October 20 – Repent of any place where your heart has been hardened toward the things of God

Isaiah 57:15

For thus says the High and Lofty One Who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: I dwell in the high and holy place, With him who has a contrite and humble spirit, To revive the spirit of the humble, And to revive the heart of the contrite ones.

Wednesday, October 21 – Repent of any other unconfessed sin (Ask the Lord to bring it to mind)

1 John 1:9

If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 

Conference Prayer Calendar --PRAISE

From the Conference Prayer Calendar for this week of Praise

Sunday, October 11 – Praise God for Jesus
Colossians 1:15-16
He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him.

Monday, October 12 – Praise God for guiding us to salvation 
Psalm 25:8
Good and upright is the LORD; Therefore He teaches sinners in the way.

Tuesday, October 13 – Praise God for His provision
Psalm 36:5-9
Your mercy, O LORD, is in the heavens; Your faithfulness reaches to the clouds. Your righteousness is like the great mountains; Your judgments are a great deep; O LORD, You preserve man and beast. How precious is Your lovingkindness, O God! Therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of Your wings. They are abundantly satisfied with the fullness of Your house, And You give them drink from the river of Your pleasures. For with You is the fountain of life; In Your light we see light.

Wednesday, October 14 – Praise God for his goodness
Psalm 34:8
Oh, taste and see that the LORD is good; Blessed is the man who trusts in Him!