Oasis Women's Conference March 29

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Speak your mind. And now, here's today's Truth Talk Live host. And I'm here this afternoon just to talk about several things that have been on my heart and my mind, things that I'm planning, things coming up in the next few weeks that I want you to know about. But I'm just going to start by telling you a little bit of my story. And if you want to call in as we're talking, I'm going to be talking through a lot of different topics that especially pertain to women in our culture, women just across the board, different things that that women are dealing with that they're thinking about.

That they're anxious about, that they have dreams around. And we're just going to talk through those because these are some of the topics that we're going to be addressing at the second annual Oasis Ministries Women's Conference on March 29th. That's in Winston-Salem. I know some of you are not from the area, but if you're anywhere in the near area, we'd love to see you at that conference. And if you're not, we'll have all the recordings of all the speakers posted after the conference.

So you can find those on oasisministriesnc.com. But a little bit about my story. I grew up in a Christian home. I grew up in Concord, which is near Charlotte, North Carolina, and really became a Christian when I was around 20 years old. I had grown up in church.

I would categorize myself as a religious person, really did lots of things with my family in church. But it wasn't until I was about 20 that I realized I was lacking that personal relationship with Christ and that I knew Him more intellectually than at a heart level. And that's where my life really started to change. I started to read God's Word. I started to experience His presence and just started to grow in my faith. I had people who came around me who mentored me and encouraged me and helped me grow, helped me study the Bible and learn how to kind of walk the Christian life and how to follow Jesus. That's really what discipleship is, learning how to follow Jesus and helping others do the same. So in my 20s, my mid-20s, there was a lady in Raleigh who invited several of us to participate in a Bible study that she was teaching.

It was a large study, probably 200 women. And she taught, and we studied through the entire Bible in about five years. And she asked us if we would teach with her. And so she taught us how to read Scripture and interpret and use commentaries and put together how to do presentations. And it was really a very exciting time for me.

Because that was just a tremendous time of growth and just encouragement. And so I guess I say to ladies out there and men, look for the people around you and try to notice what their potential gifts are and then encourage them in those. Call them up.

Call them out. You know, help them walk through maybe some systems or some programs or just some one-on-one mentoring so you can help them develop those gifts. And so I got a deep love for His Word, for His Spirit, for just that relationship with Him, and to extend that to other women, other people. But over those years, I was able to be involved at Calvary Baptist Church.

It's a very large church in our city. And when I was 29, 30ish, the lady who was over women's ministry stepped down and asked if I would step in. And so with much fear and trembling, I did and got to do that for about 15 years.

I really loved those connections. I remember one study in particular, I was probably 35, and the group of women came in. I don't remember exactly what we were studying, but it was probably 15 women and myself. And they were all at least 30 years older than I was. And I remember going home to my husband and saying, JT, I have no idea what is God doing that He would place me as the leader of this group. And I realized over time that they were actually going to teach me and lead me. And really what I saw during that time were these women who had deep faith and tremendous joy, although almost every single one of them had walked through severe suffering and loss. And they really honestly represented all my worst fears.

I won't go into exactly their stories, but every one of them in the group was something that I was fearful of. And so I had to use that season to grow my faith and to just help me know that whatever comes up in life, God is going to be there and He's going to walk me through it. And I can actually come out on the other side with a deeper faith. And so those were just, there were 15 or 20 years that were like that for me, pouring into other women, having them pour into me. And eventually I came to the place of a couple of years ago, I guess it's been four years ago, where I decided to go back to seminary and do whatever I wanted to do.

I went through a residency program through my church and really just kind of lean into ministry. And out of that, God led me to start a ministry called Oasis Ministries. And originally when I prayed through the name, I just felt like, aren't we all looking for an oasis? Just a stream in the desert, a soft place to land in a harsh environment, a place of nourishing and protection and growth. And to me, that's just what an oasis signifies. The first time I ever saw an oasis, we were in Israel and we were in the En-Gedi desert. And there is, well the En-Gedi is an oasis there in the middle of the desert. And it was just like unexpected and beautiful. And I just thought, isn't that what we want?

Isn't that who we would like to be in the lives of other people? And so I started Oasis Ministries as a place for many people to gather around God's Word and be discipled and encouraged and discover their spiritual gifts and use those. And so if you want to check it out, the website is oasisministriesnc.com.

And there's tons of teaching. There's different trainings for leading groups, all kinds of speakers that have been part of Oasis Ministries and a lot of great stuff on there. I've got a whole resources page that has resources broken down by topics.

Some of my favorite resources around marriage and relationships and theology and all kinds of things. So if you want to check out oasisministriesnc.com. But our next big event is this conference on March 29th. It's being hosted by Pinedale Christian Church on Peter's Creek Parkway in Winston-Salem. The registration is $50. We have discounted registrations for single moms, for college students, for high school students, for anybody who has been part of a pregnancy care center as a staff person or a client. Anybody else who needs a scholarship or needs help with that cost. This is not a ministry that is a fundraiser. This is a ministry.

And so we don't want anyone to not be able to attend because of the cost. So when we come back, I'm going to talk through the different topics that we'll be covering at that conference. And if any of these strike you and you want to talk about them, I would love for you to call in 86634 Truth. 86634 Truth.

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And here they come. With the next segment right here, right now. Welcome back to Truth Talk Live. I actually have some VineTastic sitting right here that Stu, Stu left for me before he left the studio. So thanks Stu.

I appreciate you so much. I just love Truth Talk. I love what we get to do here. We get to talk about things that are true, things that are meaningful, things that matter to the listeners. And so just to really truly appreciate all of you for being here.

I really appreciate this opportunity. I want to start with just a few stories of things that God has done in my life, but especially people that God has brought into my life. And probably it's been about 12, 14 years ago, I went to a women's conference. And at that conference, I went down to pray at the end because I had something that was on my heart. And the lady who prayed for me was a woman named Mary K. Rath. And that was the first time I met her. And she went on to become my very best friend, just a mentor, a life mentor, someone who is a prayer warrior in my life.

And we have made lots of memories since that day. And so you just never know who God is going to bring into your life, just on any given day. And so I love to just walk through life and have my eyes open very frequently. I just pray, Lord, give me your eyes to see people around me, give me your heart to love people the way you do. And obviously, I'm a far cry from loving people the way Jesus does. But I think when you're a believer, your heart starts to come into alignment with the heart of God and you start to notice people around you.

And when you do, you get to step into a front row seat to see God work in various people's lives. Over the years, we've had the privilege of having three young ladies live with us. And all three of those ladies were on a journey that they probably did not anticipate, but a journey where God really worked and really redeemed their lives and moved in profound ways. But those journeys were hard. They were messy. But I look back and I look at just those different several years where those three girls lived with us at different times and just the way God grew my heart as I saw them come out of a place of hurt or shame or just some really difficult circumstances and step into who God made them to be.

And I won't say their names right now, but they know who they are if they're listening. And I'm just so proud of the young ladies that each of them have turned into be as God has worked in their lives and redeemed them and shaped them into new creatures. So it's just amazing when God allows you to step into something that He's already doing. That's the sweet spot. And so I hope you're encouraged. I hope you're encouraged to look for people who are around you and take risk for the gospel. Now, a funny story that's definitely taking a risk in a different way.

And this is just to make you laugh, because I just need you to know that I am so goofy and so clumsy. But last, it's probably been a year and a half ago, I went up to the mountains with my husband. And we have a company where we design dams and work on water supplies. And so it was a beautiful, I think it was spring, like March, beautiful spring day, cool. And so we went up to Blowing Rock.

Banner Elk. And he's down meeting with somebody that they're working on some plans for the dam. And I decide that I'm going to go on a walk. And so I hike up around this lake, this sharp, steep path, and I get to the top and I think, you know, I probably should go back down. And so as I'm going down, I don't know if it was the altitude.

Maybe it was just the exhilaration of the cool morning. But I thought, you know, I think I could run down. I think I could run down this mountain. I think I could like just skip over these rocks, kind of like a gazelle.

Like, I literally thought that in my mind. And so I started to run. And I mean, like the first, the first 20 feet were beautiful.

They were, they were amazing. They were graceful. And maybe 20 feet in, I tripped on a rock. And I face planted like Superman slide, head first, on my face, on my belly, you know, slid 10 more feet through the rocks and the dirt.

My phone flew into the bushes, crashed my phone. And I was just laying there. And I thought, okay, first of all looked around to see if anybody saw me. And I was like, okay, I don't think anybody saw me. So I got up and I dusted myself off. And I just started to think, you know, Alicia, you don't run on flat surfaces. You had a brain tumor and you only have one balance nerve.

What in the world were you thinking? But later, as I reflected on that story, it just made me think about what do you do when you're face down in the dirt? When you find yourself somewhere that you didn't expect to be? And how do you stand up and move on and walk in life through faith?

And really, I did a lot of reflecting on that. And just really the fact that God's the one who picks us up and he dusts us off and he carries us down. We don't even, you know, we, we have to have him carry us at times because we're so weak and we're so broken and maybe so wounded. But God is so faithful to meet us in those times of brokenness, those times when we make a poor decision or we get off track or we, you know, do some things that we really regret. But I love that God runs toward us in those moments.

He doesn't run away. And so hopefully that can give you a laugh. If you can just envision me flying through the air. I'm sure I was screaming, landing flat on my face in the dirt and just laying there thinking, did anybody see me?

I sure hope not. But just in that moment, how God speaks to me, how God spoke to me and reminded me that he's always with me and he's there to pick me up and dust me off and help me move forward. So just a little bit of true confessions from a girl who's too clumsy to be running down steep slopes in a pair of jeans and a sweatshirt. So a few things. We were back to the conference. Again, it's March 29th.

That's a Saturday. Doors will open at 815. The conference will start at nine o'clock and go to three o'clock. We're going to have speakers and testimonies, worship. We'll have breakout sessions. And that's what I really wanted to get to talk to you about today is just the various topics that we'll be covering in those sessions. And this is not necessarily just to tell you what topics we're having at the conference, but more to bring up some topics that I know are important to people important, especially to women.

The first topic we're going to have is marriage. And I was talking with the lady. She's a counselor.

She's just amazing. She's going to be leading that session for us. And she was just sharing that she's going to speak on bitterness and resentment in marriage. And I thought, Oh, wow.

Now that's where that's where we really live. And so to have someone speak to us to encourage us in those times where we do get bitter or resentful. You're listening to the Truth Network and truthnetwork.com Welcome back to Truth Talk Live. This is Alicia Grimes. We're talking about the issues that women are facing today. Some of these issues are the very same issues that men are facing. And one topic at our conference is going to be, let me read it exactly, made for more embracing your design and calling.

That's Becca Kenny and Rebecca Breeding. And they're really just going to talk about who are we? What is our primary identity?

And I am so passionate about this topic because I think there's so many people, so many men and women, but my my jam is women. So many women who don't see themselves as gospel partners or kingdom co-workers. They maybe see themselves in one role and that role becomes their identity. But the truth is that when God created us, he created us in his image. That was the first way he defined us. That means we represent and we reflect him to the world. And even though that image of God in us has been marred, he is remaking that in us. And he's calling us, especially when you get to the New Testament, when Jesus gives the Great Commission, he gives that Great Commission to men and women. When he pulls people into his ministry, he pulls in men and women to do ministry with him.

Then when the Holy Spirit comes at Pentecost, that 120, most scholars believe there were women among that 120, who then scattered throughout the Roman Empire to take the message of Christianity throughout the Empire. And so I really want to challenge people to see themselves as more than a role, more than a task they do. And when you have that ultimate identity of image bearer and you have an identity in Christ because you've come to know him, then those roles can take shape underneath that identity. Maybe one of your roles is as a mom or as a wife or a student or a P.A.

or someone who owns a bakery. All those things can be for the glory of God, but they were never intended to be your primary identity. And I think maybe this is a little more I see this a little more often in women when we think, you know, our primary identity is as a wife or mom. Well, that's a great identity, but it's more of a role. And what happens when identity shift?

Then we're devastated. Those roles can reward you and they can also be terribly devastating when they shift underneath your feet. But if you have your life built on the foundation of image of God and identity in Christ and a kingdom co-worker and a partner in the gospel and someone who Jesus has called out and called up to help carry his kingdom forward, that's a life worth living for. That's an identity that you can stand strong on in the storms of life. And so I just really I just really feel passionate about.

So Becca and Rebecca, the two Rebecca Beckas are going to be talking about that. And what does it mean to discover your spiritual gifts and where do you where do you live those out within the context of the church community? And so I'm really looking forward to that. And, you know, I think so often, too, I've got my husband and I, we do a lot of ministry with people who are mid 20s to mid 30s. And I feel like a lot of our young women and our young men, the young women especially, like, where's where's the place for me? And like Jesus says, the place for you is with me, is beside me, carrying out the mission I have to bring the gospel to the ends of the earth, across the street into the ends of the earth. And so I want to call people into a greater vision for their lives and so that they see themselves in the context of this kingdom that Jesus is moving forward through his power in the spirit.

So that's my soapbox for that. But we will have a breakout session on that really for women to discover what are my spiritual gifts? How's God shaped me? You know, my spiritual gifts? What are what am I passionate about? How can God use my personality or my experiences or my abilities?

How can he use those things and then incorporate them into his kingdom? Because I'll tell you, a lot of us get to a certain place in life. I'm 56. And somehow those roles that we built into identities start to morph and change. And then there's a lot of disappointment, a lot of depression that comes with that. But when you live your life in the context of part of what God is doing in this world and that he's calling you, not just someone else, but he's calling you into this bigger plan that's bigger than your own life, that's a really exciting place to be. I also love for women to understand that they're called to ministry. There are so many different roles in the New Testament that we can play. The spiritual gifts are for men and for women.

There are specifications on the older role. But aside from that, women should be called into places of service and ministry alongside our brothers, our spiritual brothers, spiritual sisters, spiritual mothers and spiritual fathers. That also brings me to the topic of mentorship and discipleship.

So we'll have a session on each of those. I'll be teaching a session on spiritual formation, which is what does it mean to grow in Christ? What does a life look like that is progressively growing in love for God and love for people? And then mentorship. How do I invest my life in the life of someone else?

Or how do I find someone else who would like to invest in me and help me grow spiritually? And mentoring is more broad than discipleship. I think discipleship is how do I actually grow in my walk with Christ? Mentoring may be how do I walk in this role of professional female in the workplace and then also mom in the home? Or how do I live out my role as a single person doing ministry inside the church? Or, you know, whatever that may be. Mentorship is more how do I what can I catch from someone else?

Just because they walk there and they've been there and they want to pass along their experience. So mentorship and discipleship, huge issues. If you've got any thoughts on any of these topics, please call in. I think we've got James from Spartanburg with a question from the husband's view. Hey, James, I'm so glad you called. Hey, thank you for having me.

Absolutely. So I was just calling and I was listening and I got little nuggets of something here. And I appreciate you sharing this because I feel like it's something that us men are just, well, completely oblivious to.

Or maybe we just don't know how to word it. Or you mentioned a couple of times you were talking about when you were working with the ladies that had a lot more life experience. That they represented some things that you feared. And then again, here a few minutes ago, you were talking about when your identities change because your roles change, that it can be devastating.

This is the kind of thing that my mom talked about a little bit when I was growing up and I didn't understand much, you know. But now I'm a husband and, you know, possibly a father in the future. And, you know, I love the Lord. I love my wife. And I just want to know what is something that a Christian husband can do to be a good spiritual leader and just empathize and try to understand, you know, what a wife is going through as life goes on in those many changing seasons? Well, James, I really appreciate your call. I actually this brings tears to my eyes because I know that, you know, women were hard to understand and were hard.

You know, I don't think my mom ever really talked a lot about some of the emotions that she felt, you know, when I was younger that maybe I observed, but I didn't really know what was behind that. So, yeah, I appreciate you wanting to be attentive and wanting to lead your family well and your wife. And I'll tell you, the way my husband has treated me, I feel like is exemplary. He has always, you know, I looked at him as our spiritual leader. And along with that, he always values me. I never feel dismissed.

I never feel less than. I feel like, you know, when it comes to our faith, we're partners. We're partners in our family. And he's just always encouraged me. You know, what spiritual dreams do I have? What do I feel like God is calling me to do?

And he's like, whatever I can do to come alongside that, I just feel like he's my biggest champion. And, you know, also, you know, as you as your family grows and you have children, just those seasons of life do change. And I think, you know, one thing that I've been able to do over the years is I stayed home with our kids for part of those years.

I worked some for part of those years. But, you know, this is maybe a little controversial, but I always maintained some things that were kind of outside of our home ministry wise. And I think as our kids got older, that was actually very good for them because they saw me as a multi multi dimensional person that I was absolutely, you know, in love with them and sold out for our family, but that God was using me in other areas. And so I think to to give your wife or to to show her freedom and, you know, being multidimensional and being able to, you know, maybe connect into ministry.

And, you know, sometimes I think women when we're younger and we have young kids were like, well, I can't don't really have any time to grow spiritually because I'm so overwhelmed. But I know in those years, my husband, he was always like, please go to Bible study, please go to your accountability group. And, you know, he was, you know, he was super helpful in the home so that I could, you know, do some things and maintain a little sanity.

So but I don't know. He just allowed me to grow. And, you know, James, one thing I think he has also done beautifully for me and for our daughters who are adults now is that he said, you know, where where do you want to grow to and let me champion you to that place?

And he's done that very practically. If you want to hang on, you can ask me more questions when we come back from the break. But maybe just one more. Hang on.

Absolutely. We'll be right back. You're listening to the Truth Network and Truth Network dot com. Welcome back to Truth Talk Live. James, I don't know if you're still there or not, but if you want to continue with our conversation, I really love the way you teed up so much of what I wanted to talk about. So, yeah, well, I'm glad to do it.

It was. Yeah, I'm still here. OK, great. Great. I had just just one more question.

You were getting into how to as a husband can be supportive and listen. It was actually funny you were talking about that, you know, being a larger identity. I think it was right here on Truth Talk that I learned that perhaps the first ever Christian convert in Europe, in Greece, was Lydia. You're right.

Exactly. And, you know, just, you know, considering that I kind of was reflective of just, you know, the wonderful, godly women in my life in my life that have, you know, been been great like that. The only question I would have now is, is, you know, my wife, she we were both raised in Christian homes. But, you know, my wife has told me about how kind of toward the end, her relationship with her family got kind of rough. And it was over the issue of them, you know, kind of stepping out of the church and stepping out of, you know, just not really, you know, following the things of Christ. And she wanted to get back to that. But, you know, what is what is the best way as someone in her life to lead without being, to help her learn about the things of God that she doesn't know without being, you know, how do I put it, like?

I think I know what you're trying to say. I was talking with a young, my husband has a mentor, a men's mentor group. And a few weeks ago they had me come speak, which was so much fun.

They asked me the questions that night. But one of the young men said, you know, how do I help my fiance? How do I help my fiance grow?

And he's super eager. And I said, well, just because of his personality, I said, make sure that that she doesn't feel like she's a project. You know, just encourage her.

You know, he was trying to like he was trying to monitor her quiet times and just she wasn't doing this and wasn't doing that. And I said, I think I think you'll lead her more effectively just to really encourage her and see where she's growing and build her up and maybe do a devotional together. But just to value her as side by side, taken out of your rib, you know, that we're partners in this and that you want us to grow together.

And, you know, those types of things, they're so it's so easy to convey maybe a superiority or, you know, maybe I am a little ahead of you in my faith. And, you know, just to just to be really careful with that. But, you know, it's the same thing I tell wives. Encourage, encourage the fire out of your husband. You know, just find find the little things that she's doing well and build her up. And, you know, obviously being in church and being part of a community group or, you know, some some of those groups encouraging her to have a smaller group of friends, maybe two or three godly women who can learn together and study together.

You know, I learned earlier on that I couldn't use JT as my everything. And he was probably happy when I made some really godly friends and started having more conversations. I remember going to a Bible study when we were first married and I would come home and I would tell him everything I'd learned.

And he was kind of a deer in the headlights. And so eventually I figured out maybe I could tell my my friend at work who was also in that Bible study. Maybe she and I could talk about it a little bit more.

But just, you know, find the things that she does well. And I'll just grow together. It's a it's a beautiful thing. We've been married almost 33 years. And JT is my soulmate. He's my best friend. We've had ups and downs over the years, but we've, you know, always been we've always known that we would stick together. And he's he's led well and been you know, we we learn a lot about forgiveness.

I'm a big proponent of Dr. Gary Chapman. He was actually over I was under him in ministry for about 20 years. And, you know, his love languages and his, you know, teaching on forgiveness. He says that's the most important quality in a marriage is forgiveness. And I would have thought it was love. So there's just so many things when you're, you know, when you're younger and married and, you know, kind of kind of your selfishness is going to come to the surface and it's going to continue.

That's just part of God sanctifying you through marriage. But just to be loving and forgiving and gracious as people flourish in those environments. That's that's wonderful.

Thirty three years. That's that's inspiring. And, you know, it's, you know, showing the philosophy on that has just been showing her that she is God's original masterpiece. And, you know, like she's she's worth it. But I don't want to I don't want to paint a bad picture of my wife. I won't hog all their time. I just want to say this about her before I go, because I feel like it's a great experience.

Please do. When I knew that she was the one for me was when we had a deep conversation while we were dating and, you know, I was worried that maybe she was one of those girls that was just trying to tell me whatever she thought I wanted to hear. And when I asked her, I was asking about some serious issues, like even doctrinally, you know, like, you know, what does God say about marriage and, you know, abortion, those sorts of things. And she looked at me and she was so confused. And she said, you know, I, I, I can't lie.

Look, she said, I don't know what to think about a lot of these issues. She said, I feel so torn. But then she said, she said, But I do know that whatever God says, whatever his word says, that's what I want to believe. And right then I was in love.

I knew that she had the right stuff. You know, we all just have to be teachable. And there's, there's a point when none of us know any of that. And it's just a matter of knowing the Lord at a level where we trust him and we trust him that his word is true and that he's good. And that, you know, whatever he decrees is best for humanity and it's best for us personally. That's a great place for her to position herself is that, you know, I don't know all the answers, but I do know that I want to trust God and I want to trust his word. So I can see why you fell in love with that.

Because if we're being real, I don't either. And thank you. Thank you so much for taking time to talk to me. Absolutely. Thanks for your call, James.

Take care. What a great caller. That was one of the best callers I've ever had. I'm so glad that he called in and that we could talk about some of those issues. Just some of the other issues we'll be talking about at the conference. And the reason I'm telling you this is if you're local, we want you to attend OasisMinistriesNC.com. Check out the events page.

You can see all the breakout sessions and the registration. But all of these information, all these speakers will be recorded and they'll be available on the Oasis website after the conference. So James and Spartanburg, you might want to pull up some of these and maybe you or your wife could listen to those. But we'll be having some sessions around anxiety, sharing Jesus with grace and authenticity. We've got a phenomenal speaker from this area who I know personally and love. And she's speaking on intentional parenting, like with young children.

She's written some resources around discipling your young children. She'll also be speaking about how to talk with people about difficult cultural issues, cultural topics. Let's see, hope and suffering, passing down faith to generations, navigating technology with kids, single moms. We've got a breakout session for single moms and a lot of other things. But as you can tell, we're really trying to meet women where they are because Jesus meets us where we are. I'm going to be teaching at the conference on the Samaritan woman. And I just so love how Jesus was waiting for her at the well and he met her exactly where she was in her life circumstances alone in the heat of the day.

And rather than move away from her, he moved to her in her brokenness. And so I just love that that's what God does for us and just just the gospel and how that works in our lives. So a few other things. Stu told me to talk about the fact that I am on the radio.

You might hear me periodically doing an Oasis Minute. Typically I'm talking about some kind of theology right now. We're going through who is God and how can I know him? What does it mean that God is Trinity, that he is one, that he is, you know, how did the Father, Son and Spirit operate in their roles?

And how are they the same in their character and likeness and nature, but different in their roles? So lots of conversations around that. So if you hear an Oasis Minute during the day, that is me.

So you can connect some dots. We're always looking for partners to sponsor some of these shows. So if you're interested in helping cover the cost for the airtime for the Oasis Minute or for this show, Truth Talk Live, we would love to have you as a partner, as a gospel partner, as a kingdom partner. I have really enjoyed the opportunity to be part of Truth Network and just part of, you know, putting truth out there to our listeners. You're just incredible listeners and from so many different backgrounds, so many different locations across the United States, so many different stories. We love to hear your stories. We love your input. We love your questions. So we just look forward to continuing to track along with ministry with you.

A few other things. Let's see here. We've got Oasis Minutes.

We've got the conference. We've got a little bit of my story. And so if you want to call in and throw us out a few more questions, we still have a few minutes in this segment.

We're about to wrap it up. But just as a reminder, October, October, March 29th is a Saturday. Doors will open at 815. Maddie Cakes Bakery is a very famous bakery in our area. She will be catering a lot of the food along with sweets, sweets by Allie. And they're going to do breakfast, snacks and lunch. So food is included.

T-shirt is included. Lots of swag, lots of fun door prizes. But really, this conference is about bringing together women from our community, from the greater area where we live around God's word to lift up Jesus, to point people to Christ and to help us understand how to live out our faith in our everyday life. And so this is for women from any church background. What I've loved about the previous conference that we did that there was probably a fifth of the women who attended the conference.

They were not associated with a church. And so our door our our door is open. Our tent is big. So no matter what your church background or faith background, we would love to have you on March 29th.

Peters Creek Parkway for the second annual Oasis Women's Conference. And thanks for listening today. Hope you have a great rest of your day. Take care.