educate her daughters. Girls are often not educated because they are married off at an early age and all that she is and all that she has will belong to the man she is married to or to his family. Part of the morning was spent investigating our values and who we are as individuals. Our speaker reminded us that God wants us to live a life of joy and a life that He has designed especially for each of us. He has given each of us everything that we need to do that. We are created to be in fellowship and we need to get comfortable being uncomfortable. We discussed things and ways that we can take what we have into the world around us for Christ so that our lives will make a difference. Julie Flowers, a North Carolina Cooperative Extension Horticulture Agent (with the perfect name for her job) led a lunch time session on creating an edible spring pot. Each participant received a packet of seed to take home and plant. Rev. Betty Helms from New Hope Moravian Church led the closing devotion “Guard Your Heart” from Proverbs 4:20-27. Through her devotion, we were encouraged to seek a clean heart and be willing to share that heart guarded against the world but willing to be stretched in service to Christ. The women of New Beginnings Moravian Church are to be thanked for spearheading this event. There are already requests to have another one next spring. Watch for it! ■
Julie Flowers of the N.C. Cooperative Extension teaches a session for Moravian women.
Helen Gulledge is a member at The Little Church on the Lane in Charlotte, N.C. Photo above opposite: left to right, Paddy Wigney, Charlotte Snyder, Betty King, Betty Helms, Barbara Garwood, Tamra Thomas, Malissa Bumgardner and Helen Gulledge. April 2013
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