

Upcoming Events:
• We will be rescheduling the Backyard BBQ at Tobby and Cheryl Ford’s home for a later
time, due to family illness.
• We will take the month of July off for VBS.
June Birthdays
Heather May—June 7
Peggy Meherg—June 24
Don’t forget your Secret Pal.
Remember her in your prayers!
Look for Secret Pal forms to be in the rear foyer soon. We will have our Secret Pal reveal at
Subway in August. We will draw for new Secret Pals then. Encourage other ladies in the
church to get involved!
“Checking-In”
Now that Anna Beth is mobile, walking and crawling anywhere she pleases, she’s getting a
little more independent on where she wants to go. Gone are the days where she stays right
next to me, just content to be in my presence; now she’s on the go! She wants to explore
everything and every place she can.
Even though Anna Beth’s journey’s take her further away from her comfort zone right next to
me, she uses a technique that I compare to that of bats using echolocation. Bats make
sounds as they fly through the dark to find out exactly where they are. Anna Beth uses the
word “hi” (said over and over) to let me know where she is and to find out exactly where I am. If
I don’t answer her “hi” check-in right away, she cries and lets it be known how unhappy that
makes her.
God desires for us to check-in with Him in that same kind of way. Our prayer relationship with
Him should be constant, always letting Him know what is on our minds and where we are with
Him. It’s not that He doesn’t know how or where we stand, but He wants us to keep those
lines of communication open with Him.
1st Thessalonians 5:17 tells us to “Pray without ceasing.” God wants more than just a check-
in of “hi” from us. He wants a real relationship that we maintain because we want to be close
to Him, to feel His love and to let Him know the desires of our hearts. He is always near, just
waiting for us to check-in with Him.
God Bless You!--Lianne
Hearts in Harmony--Women's Ministry
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Harmony Grove Baptist Church Winfield, Alabama
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