Grace Point | Women

grace point women

Our Women’s Ministry exists to encourage spiritual growth through the study of the Scriptures, to equip women to serve Christ and others,

to develop and strengthen intimate friendships with other women and promote biblical womanhood so that we might know God fully and experience the freedom to fulfill God's purposes for our lives. Our Women's Ministry offerings are available to women of all ages and seasons of life. We offer lots of opportunities to get involved and connect with other women at Grace Point, such as Bible studies,

Women's Outreach and Fellowship, mentoring, praying for our children and families, our quilters, our annual retreat weekends at

Harvey Cedars Bible Conference at the Jersey Shore, our Christmas Tea and more! We've got something just for you!

We invite you to participate in the various expressions of this vital ministry.

Contact our Director of Women's Ministry, Sharon Sloan, any time at: women@gracepointpa.org.

To sign up to receive the Women's Ministry monthly email newsletter, select "Women's Ministry" HERE.

bible Studies

Life change happens when we gather in biblical community and connect with others. We do this in groups where we can know and care for each other, encourage each other to grow spiritually, and invite others to join us. Women’s Bible Studies are one way that you can connect with others at Grace Point. Bible Studies are a great way to meet amazing women who love God and want to study His Word together.

Questions? women.studies@gracepointpa.org

CURRENT BIBLE STUDIES:

A Summer of Psalms - Online Bible Study

Join us for A Summer of Psalms five-session online Bible study by the Bible Study leaders of Grace Point and our sister church, Restoration in Levittown. As we study Psalms together, we will be refreshed and encouraged in God's Word. We will meet online on Thursday evenings at 7:30 p.m. on June 4, 11, 18, 25 and July 2. REGISTER NOW! (Registration is free but necessary so we can send you the details and the online link.) It is our prayer that we will be encouraged through time spent connecting as women through friendship, worship and the study of God's Word during a time when we are physically apart. Pour yourself a glass of lemonade or iced tea, and open your Bible to the Psalms. This will be a time of refreshing!

Estudiemos La Biblia

Thursdays, 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.

Please call church for location. (215.968.2354)

Leader: Ana Maria Wall

Contact: spanish.women@gracepointpa.org

Come study the Bible in Spanish and enjoy Spanish hospitality! Join us Thursdays for time in God's Word, prayer and fellowship.

Wednesday Morning Bible Study

Wednesday Morning, 10:00 - 11:15 a.m.

Room 302 - The Conference Room

Leaders: Sheryl Vasso and Sue Weber

[Will resume in September 2020.]

Please check back for Autumn 2020 Bible study information.

Moms Together

Wednesday Morning, 9:45 - 11:15 a.m.

The Heritage Room

Leader: Denise Nichols

[Will resume in September 2020.]

Please check back for Autumn 2020 Bible study information.

Armor of God (Priscilla Shirer)

Postponed due to COVID-19 quarantine. More information when possible.

Wednesday evening, 6:30 - 7:45 p.m.

Room 302 (Conference Room)

Leader: Sharon Leuz

[Will resume in September 2020.]

Cost of Materials: $15 (pay leader directly)

The Armor of God, more than merely a biblical description of the believer's inventory, is an action plan for putting it on and developing a personalized strategy to secure victory. This is a seven-session women's Bible study with video teachings from Priscilla Shirer.

Friday Morning Bible Study

Friday Morning, 10:00 - 11:30 a.m.

The Heritage Room

Leaders: Joan Zeberlein and Traci Whatley

[Will resume in September 2020.]

Please check back for Autumn 2020 Bible study information.

Friday Evening Bible Study

Friday Evenings (1st and 3rd Fridays monthly), 7:00 – 8:30 p.m.

The Heritage Room

Leader: Sharon Sloan

Please check back for Autumn 2020 Bible study information.

“…so that in everything they may adorn the doctrine of God our Savior.” (Titus 2:10)

Sunday Morning Bible Study

In-person Bible study suspended due to COVID-19.

Sunday Mornings, 10:30 - 11:30 a.m.

The Heritage Room

Leader: Ana Maria Wall

Materials: Missing Pieces (Jennifer Rothschild)

Cost of Materials: $14 (pay leader directly)

Does God care? Is He fair? Is He even there? Although you may know all the right answers, they don’t always feel right. This Bible study explores these and other questions of faith. God’s ways don’t always make sense, but He is trustworthy. Come close to Him. Trust Him. God will reveal Himself and fill in your missing pieces.

Participants who take this study will:

-Experience unexpected peace in spite of unexpected heartache

-Hang on to God’s answers when you feel you are at the end of your rope

-Move forward when you feel stuck in your circumstances

-Have a greater sense of peace through every storm you face

-Strengthen your faith when you feel beat down by life

-Survive unexpected storms knowing God is in your boat

-Experience stability when tidal waves of emotion hit

-Trust God more than your feelings

Please join us on Sunday mornings during 2nd service as we learn to trust God more than our feelings.

WOMEN'S OUTREACH AND FELLOWSHIP

TEMPORARILY SUSPENDED DUE TO COVID-19.

If you enjoy keeping your hands busy while sharing in sweet fellowship, then this group is for you. We share the Gospel by supporting missionaries and local ministries. We create, collect, and donate tangible items to assist them in reaching others for Christ.

We gather monthly on the third Wednesday from September to June from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm in Room 403 - The Clubhouse. (We do not meet in December.) Bring lunch for yourself. Dessert and beverages will be served. Childcare is provided until 11:45 a.m.

We would love to have you join us! We have women of all ages and all skill levels of crafting. There are a variety of projects we work on together each month.

If you would like to connect with Lori Wilson, our Women's Outreach & Fellowship coordinator, you can reach her at women.fellowship@gracepointpa.org. You may also call the church office at 215.968.2354, and we will connect Lori with you.

We look forward to meeting you!

CURRENT LIST OF DONATION REQUESTS

Complimentary/travel-sized soaps, shampoos, etc.
Gently used costume jewelry
Small gifts for women
Gently used toys, books, puzzles (for all ages of children)
Men’s NEW white tube socks
Remnants of NEW cotton fabric and flannel
Leftover NEW Christmas wrapping paper
Leftover NEW Christmas curling ribbon
Medium sizes of shaving cream, deodorants, lotion, shampoo, toothbrush, toothpaste
Knitted or crocheted baby blankets, shoulder wraps, slipper socks, preemie hats and booties

mentoring

Mentoring is God’s idea – and God’s idea for us. We believe that God wants us to be in each other’s lives for the purpose of growing deeper in our relationships with Jesus. This can occur in casual, informal friendships, or in a formal mentoring relationship.

“Spiritual mentoring is walking alongside of another person in his or her spiritual journey with the focus on Jesus... (It’s) an invitation…freely declared to all growing followers of Jesus as a fact, rather than an option. Spiritual mentoring helps us all transform together in Jesus!” (Ele Parrott in Transforming Together, pp 47-48.)

The GP Women’s Mentoring Ministry seeks to provide opportunities for women to connect with one another so that they can grow in relationships to encourage each other, while coming alongside one another in humility and love to partner in life’s journey together with God.

To help in this process, the Mentoring Ministry offers the following:

Mentoring Series (M&Ms) each winter – where women grow in their relationships with one another as they dig deeper into God’s Word. Teaching for this 8-week study is specifically from Titus 2. At the conclusion of the series, the women are paired in mentoring relationships (by way of their personal input) for 10 months.
No Mentor Left Behind (NMLB) - is designed to ensure that each mentor feels supported and has the best opportunity to develop a strong and healthy relationship with her mentee. For the first year of any formal mentoring relationship, each mentor will have available to her a Team Member of NMLB who will offer encouragement through regular contact and prayer. This Team Member can provide resources or study suggestions and offer support to the mentor about any concerns or barriers in connecting with her mentee. A Team Member will pray with the mentor and for the mentor.

Interested? Contact Barb Brown if you are interested in the M&M Series or have any questions. We will help you with the next steps! You can also complete our Mentoring Profile form online.

We recommend that all women interested in mentoring read Transforming Together by Ele Parrott. You can borrow this book from the church library, or you might want to purchase your own copy. There are a lot of great, little nuggets you'll want to underline and refer back to from time to time.

For a list of suggestions (both studies or books to use in mentoring relationships) review our Mentoring Resources List.

We love you so much, we are delighted to share with you not only the gospel of God, but our lives as well. (adapted from 1 Thessalonians 2:8)

Have a Mentor. Be a Mentor.

Our Mentoring Ministry Leadership Team ~ Barb Brown (Coordinator), Marlene Bollman, Denise Nichols, Michelle Piccioni, Denise O'Brien, Sandy Schnittjer and Joan Zeberlein.

GP QUILTERS

Do you like working with fabric, sewing or quilting? Or would you like to LEARN how to quilt? Join us on selected Saturdays from 10:00 am - 2:00 pm to make quilts together. Bring your lunch and your sewing machine, if you have one. (We do have extra sewing machines here at church.)

Our quilters meet to make quilts to bring love and comfort to seriously ill or children in need in our area. We donate the quilts we make together to various organizations (such as Quilts for Kids and Esperanza Health Center), who then deliver the quilts to pediatric hospitals and foster care ministries.

Autumn 2020 - Spring 2021 Dates:

September 19, 2020
October 17, 2020
November 21, 2020
December 19, 2020
January 16, 2021
February 20, 2021
March 20, 2021
April 17, 2021
May 15, 2021
June 19, 2021

We are sew hoping to see you! ~ Barb Lewis

You can reach Barb Lewis at quilters@gracepointpa.org.