January 20-22 2005
At The Riverfront Character Inn
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A special Gathering for Young Ladies who desire to
have a ministry around their hearth at Home.

Long winter days …they seem to set in and last so long. I like to think of all the good things I want to get done with the hours of time I will be spending inside reading while covering up with one of my Grandma’s warm quilts. Working on my own quilt, stitching around the hearts. I remember long evenings in the living room with my family and Dad’s reading aloud over by the fire…

So as the cold winter winds continue to blow and snow softly falls just outside your window I want to warmly invite you to a Winter Gathering. This is a Gathering for Young Ladies who feel the call of the Lord to prepare for and have a ministry from the home, today and in the future.
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The Gathering will include:
Speaking and testimonies that will encourage you in areas of loving the Lord, your Family and in being a ?keeper at home’ (Titus 2:5).

Topic Ideas :
- Learning to Long for God Alone — Your First Love
- Having a Faith to Pass On - Do You Have Any Convictions?
- What is The Highest Calling?
- Is homemaking important, how important and why?
- Explain Your Calling of “Keeper At Home” To Others Who Ask.
- Good Ideas on How to Minister Through Motherhood.
- How to Begin Your Ministry of “Keeper at Home” Right Now!

“The Craft Circle” -Here my Mother will be giving us good ideas on how she makes her home a warm and welcoming place for her family to gather. She will also be sharing good tips and ideas on how to have a ministry to others from making your own cards of encouragement and love to creating your own gifts for family and friends.
One special evening the Caf駠is reserved just for our Winter Tea…

Special Notes: For reservations and information on Gathering please contact
Holly Pierpont at (810)-239-1234 or send your reservation to
The Riverfront Character Inn Attn. Holly Pierpont

The Riverfront Character Inn
One Riverfront Center West
Flint, MI 48502
Phone (810) 239-1234

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We had so much fun!

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The Christmas Conference 2004
It Was A Beautiful Christmas Evening…

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Wednesday, December 7th 2005
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We just got back Monday from the Christmas Conference in Indianapolis.

We went ice skating Friday night and had so much fun! Then we had an elegant banquet on Saturday night that was beautifully candle lit. We sang as a family on Sunday morning “O Beautiful Star Of Bethlehem”…

All the girls got real pearl necklaces. We had so much fun. And the speaking was very encouraging and inspiring.

God worked in my heart while I was there. He is so faithful to give exactly what my heart needs to hear right when I need to hear it. I am so thankful for that. He is so beautiful.

Mrs. Conway gave her testimony. She has a beautiful story of God’s love in her life. She has been through hard, hard times. From the moment she stepped up to the platform she had the testimony of a beautiful smile in the face of amazingly, devastating circumstances.

Her daughter died at age twenty-five because of a doctor’s mistake and she smiles and says God is faithful and good?

I realize amazingly enough that the people in life who have no reason to smile, do. And the people, who have everything in life to smile about, don’t.

I am working on the Winter Gathering lately and praying that things will go smoothly. I really believe this is God’s will for my life right now and I am thankful to be doing a great work for Him.

He is teaching me so much just through preparations outwardly (on the massages) and inwardly (Spiritual testing). I am thankful He is preparing my heart for a great work.

If you think of this Gathering coming up in January please pray for it. I want God to Gather there with us and reveal Himself to us. He is so beautiful and if we just have one tiny drop of His beauty, His glory, we would become so attractive to our dark world.

I am working on reading through the commands of the Bible in depth.
Today I was thinking and meditating on the command “Follow Me” and “Rejoice”.

I really want to Follow Christ more faithfully and rejoice in all things…

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I was getting ready for the Christmas program at church and I was late. I was running around trying to find the right tights to go with my outfit and make sure I found my shoes. I also needed a hairbrush and there was not one to be found anywhere. I realized I was going to be very late.

I was on the verge of tears the entire time I was trying to get ready. Knowing I was going to be late for the Christmas program I began to be very frustrated.

My family had already gone and I was going to go as soon as I could get ready.
I was all alone in the house. The house was almost completely dark except for the glow of the tree down stairs in the living room.

I was frantically running around and not finding anything. I had a huge lump in my throat I could not seem to swallow. Suddenly I gave in to the tears I had been holding back. I sat down on the bed and cried. I was frustrated and I was very angry and I really didn’t even know why. I had lost my Christmas Spirit.

As I sat on the bed tears pouring down my face, my head in my hands, I heard a sound of singing. I thought that the radio was on. I slowly got up to peak out of the upstairs window. Pulling apart the blinds, I looked down the street.

The snow was softly falling and I could see a group of carolers singing by the light of the street lamp. Their voices rang out loud and clear through the quiet streets of my neighborhood. I watched from the upstairs of my dark house as they sang joyfully to the silhouette that stood in the door, our neighbor man.

My heart immediately was at peace from hearing their songs about “…the little Lord Jesus….”

As I wiped my eyes I had an overwhelming sense that God had sent these carolers. On this cold and silent night I felt that God had sent them to my neighborhood and I was very encouraged.

These young carolers singing out in the cold never knew that I was listening, too. They never knew I was sitting in a dark room in the upstairs of a dark house crying in frustration and anger.

God knew. He knew just what I needed to hear that evening.

I realize how important it is to sing out among the darkness. I want to sing of the beautiful Light of the Baby Jesus through my life. Because I know the One who did bring light to a dark world one evening long ago.

You never know who might be listening for any sounds of peace and joy this Christmas.

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