Ladies Conference

[brainisengaged]

Had a free moment or two....tuned in to check out the Ladies' Conference going on this moment. Loretta Walker was speaking that we need a "God Loves Me" sign, and a journal to keep 'sightings' in. She sells the journals, too, for just $5!

Now Belinda Gaona is leading in the singing of silly songs.

Have to go back to work in a bit, can't check it out anymore.

 

[BALAAM]

Had a free moment or two....tuned in to check out the Ladies' Conference going on this moment. Loretta Walker was speaking that we need a "God Loves Me" sign, and a journal to keep 'sightings' in. She sells the journals, too, for just $5!

Now Belinda Gaona is leading in the singing of silly songs.

Have to go back to work in a bit, can't check it out anymore.

You are so lucky!!

 

[RAIDER]

Had a free moment or two....tuned in to check out the Ladies' Conference going on this moment. Loretta Walker was speaking that we need a "God Loves Me" sign, and a journal to keep 'sightings' in. She sells the journals, too, for just $5!

Now Belinda Gaona is leading in the singing of silly songs.

Have to go back to work in a bit, can't check it out anymore.

Heard Schaap preach about 3 or 4 years ago.  He said that finding a penny was his "God loves me" sign.  He told a story about the FBCH staff putting pennys on the ground from his parking place at church all the way to his office.  Wonder who started this concept?

 

[patriotic]

Had a free moment or two....tuned in to check out the Ladies' Conference going on this moment. Loretta Walker was speaking that we need a "God Loves Me" sign, and a journal to keep 'sightings' in. She sells the journals, too, for just $5!

Now Belinda Gaona is leading in the singing of silly songs.

Have to go back to work in a bit, can't check it out anymore.

Heard Schaap preach about 3 or 4 years ago.  He said that finding a penny was his "God loves me" sign.  He told a story about the FBCH staff putting pennys on the ground from his parking place at church all the way to his office.  Wonder who started this concept?

I don't know, but if I were to choose a "sign", I would have picked a $100 bill before telling "my" people about it. 

Seriously, while I don't have a problem necessarily with people who have a "sign", why can't God's Word be enough for them.  John 3:16; I John 4:8; I John 4:16.  I guess I'm just simple enough to believe He loves me because He says so and furthermore, He proved it ultimately on Calvary. 

I see His love for me personally in storm clouds, in sunshine, in a smile from a friend or stranger, in trials, in the seemingly ever-increasing creaking of my bones when I arise each morning, with every breath I take. 

 

[brainisengaged]

You'll be excited to learn that if you can hightail it over to the FBC Bookstore, they are having a big special on all of Jaclynn Weber's books...

 

[Still There]

Had a free moment or two....tuned in to check out the Ladies' Conference going on this moment. Loretta Walker was speaking that we need a "God Loves Me" sign, and a journal to keep 'sightings' in. She sells the journals, too, for just $5!

Now Belinda Gaona is leading in the singing of silly songs.

Have to go back to work in a bit, can't check it out anymore.

Loretta Walker - was she wearing her cowboy hat and was her daughter singing yee haw songs?  And Belinda, I went to one conference with her and she was singing those silly songs back then.  She hasn't changed much.  (roll eyes)

 

[brainisengaged]

Yes, very "yee-haw". And my husband watched a little of Belinda Gaona leading in more silly songs on Saturday morning (I work on Saturdays and chose to keep to my work schedule). First he had to do a double-take -- "Are they singing to little kids?" No, I said. Adult ladies. And then he couldn't listen for more than a few shriek, shrill moments.

Perhaps my biggest gripe. The adults women are treated as little more than simple children.

 

[16KJV11]

Had a free moment or two....tuned in to check out the Ladies' Conference going on this moment. Loretta Walker was speaking that we need a "God Loves Me" sign, and a journal to keep 'sightings' in. She sells the journals, too, for just $5!

Now Belinda Gaona is leading in the singing of silly songs.

Have to go back to work in a bit, can't check it out anymore.

Loretta Walker - was she wearing her cowboy hat and was her daughter singing yee haw songs?  And Belinda, I went to one conference with her and she was singing those silly songs back then.  She hasn't changed much.  (roll eyes)

Would you rather she preach?  Heard she can shuck the corn!

 

[prophet]

Had a free moment or two....tuned in to check out the Ladies' Conference going on this moment. Loretta Walker was speaking that we need a "God Loves Me" sign, and a journal to keep 'sightings' in. She sells the journals, too, for just $5!

Now Belinda Gaona is leading in the singing of silly songs.

Have to go back to work in a bit, can't check it out anymore.

Loretta Walker - was she wearing her cowboy hat and was her daughter singing yee haw songs?  And Belinda, I went to one conference with her and she was singing those silly songs back then.  She hasn't changed much.  (roll eyes)

Would you rather she preach?  Heard she can shuck the corn!

Maybe she can teach on how to keep a husband.

Anishinaabe

 

[Smellin Coffee]

You'll be excited to learn that if you can hightail it over to the FBC Bookstore, they are having a big special on all of Jaclynn Weber's books...

Time to browse the Internet for Binaca coupons and make it a great day of savings!

 

[Still There]

Had a free moment or two....tuned in to check out the Ladies' Conference going on this moment. Loretta Walker was speaking that we need a "God Loves Me" sign, and a journal to keep 'sightings' in. She sells the journals, too, for just $5!

Now Belinda Gaona is leading in the singing of silly songs.

Have to go back to work in a bit, can't check it out anymore.

Loretta Walker - was she wearing her cowboy hat and was her daughter singing yee haw songs?  And Belinda, I went to one conference with her and she was singing those silly songs back then.  She hasn't changed much.  (roll eyes)

Would you rather she preach?  Heard she can shuck the corn!

Maybe she can teach on how to keep a husband.

Anishinaabe
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Does she still have a Mr. Geona or did she run that one off too?  I see her with her one friend all the time, so I have to wonder????

This is what I dislike about the ladies conferences, they treat the women like a bunch of little kids.  Let's sing silly songs.  Whoo Hoo isn't this fun???  Grow up!

 

[prophet]

Had a free moment or two....tuned in to check out the Ladies' Conference going on this moment. Loretta Walker was speaking that we need a "God Loves Me" sign, and a journal to keep 'sightings' in. She sells the journals, too, for just $5!

Now Belinda Gaona is leading in the singing of silly songs.

Have to go back to work in a bit, can't check it out anymore.

Loretta Walker - was she wearing her cowboy hat and was her daughter singing yee haw songs?  And Belinda, I went to one conference with her and she was singing those silly songs back then.  She hasn't changed much.  (roll eyes)

Would you rather she preach?  Heard she can shuck the corn!

Maybe she can teach on how to keep a husband.

Anishinaabe
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Does she still have a Mr. Geona or did she run that one off too?  I see her with her one friend all the time, so I have to wonder????

This is what I dislike about the ladies conferences, they treat the women like a bunch of little kids.  Let's sing silly songs.  Whoo Hoo isn't this fun???  Grow up!

Ulzana says yes, that she's on FB.

I had to take a class with her, in 8th grade, English.  I never knew she had a husband.  She was called Miss Belinda, and she seemed to dislike men.  One day, at the end of the year, some City Baptist Kids  came to the classroom, asking for a "Brother Roger".  I had never heard this name before.  These kids obviously worshipped the ground he walked on, but 'Miss Belinda' treated it like he was ho-hum.  "I don't know where he is", "you'll see him when you do", etc.
I remember asking if he was her brother, and being told, as if I was stupid, that he was her husband.
I then said, "I never heard of him from her, not once."
This was the only teacher I ever had like this.

Anishinaabe

 

[tobytyler]

In the mid 80's, Roger and Belinda lived at Baptist City in the old dormitories.  One afternoon, a couple of her students walked to her home/apartment and knocked on the door.  Roger answered the door and then he went to the bedroom to get her to come to the door and she screamed, "GET OUT OF MY ROOM!"  The students at the door were shocked in that "awkward" moment.    I think that she called all the shots in that home.

 

[brainisengaged]

I don't know all these little "ditties" that get sung. There was one where Belinda got everyone doing all these motions, flapping their arms like wings, stomping....it was a little disappointing to see Mrs. Wilkerson up there on the platform doing all those things. Then there was one about the jungle and Belinda had all the ladies grunting and making monkey sounds ... when Mrs. Wilkerson decided to have a ladies' conference, she could have ushered in a new era. But instead, she got every person that had been involved in CW Spectaculars and rehashed the exact same format. Then on WMBI, I hear Nancy Leigh Demoss (sp?) advertising her "True Woman" conference, and there are short excerpts of her speaking, then Janet Parshall, then Joni Erickson Tada and somehow, I just can't imagine that they are going to break out in a song about the jungle and make ape sounds & motions...

 

[BALAAM]

I don't know all these little "ditties" that get sung. There was one where Belinda got everyone doing all these motions, flapping their arms like wings, stomping....it was a little disappointing to see Mrs. Wilkerson up there on the platform doing all those things. Then there was one about the jungle and Belinda had all the ladies grunting and making monkey sounds ... when Mrs. Wilkerson decided to have a ladies' conference, she could have ushered in a new era. But instead, she got every person that had been involved in CW Spectaculars and rehashed the exact same format. Then on WMBI, I hear Nancy Leigh Demoss (sp?) advertising her "True Woman" conference, and there are short excerpts of her speaking, then Janet Parshall, then Joni Erickson Tada and somehow, I just can't imagine that they are going to break out in a song about the jungle and make ape sounds & motions...

If you ever want to listen to a lady speak at a function it would be Joni Earackson Tada.

 

[kaba]

At a ladies conference I do not go to be entertained but to learn something. This past fall our church had their first ladies conference, I really enjoyed it. We sung grown up songs but did have a couple skits (which my girls participated in), it was a one day affair and quite enjoyable!

 

[RAIDER]

My wife use to go to Ladies Conferences put on by the gals from FBCH.  I started noticing that she would dread going.  When I questioned her about it she said, "I get so tired of the ladies acting like the only way to do something is the way they do it." 

A speaker would say, "Every Thursday I go to where my husband works and we eat lunch at a picnic table across the street.  If you ladies don't want to loose your marriage you need to do this."  While my wife thought it was a wonderful idea, she felt as if they act like anyone who doesn't do things EXACTLY like they do in their marriage or in rearing their kids is a flop.

 

[brainisengaged]

Yes! Raider, your wife is insightful. They give these little ultimatums that come across like guilt trips. Once we moved here, I went to my first few Spectaculars, expecting something...well, spectacular. I would learn all the things I "should" be doing in order to have a great marriage. I would try them. My husband would not respond or would not notice or would not like what I was doing. I would explain in frustration that I was told to do these things. He would gently and wisely explain, "They are not married to me. You are. I don't need those things, I need you." Or something equally wonderfully freeing if not those exact words.

To be fair, I only checked in on the conference at a few points. Of course there was good teaching. The Vogel girls taught on how to open up your closet and make cute outfits out of clothes you already own. Mrs. Mutchler taught on how ladies ought to be encouraging to others.  You know, that kind of stuff that is really more meaty than the Myron & Cactus skits and Belinda ditties!

p.s. I remember a lady teaching once that in order to be a good wife, you have to be reliable. She made certain she was sitting in the same chair every time her husband came home from being away, so he would always find her in the exact same place whenever he came home. I used to listen to things like that and literally think, "Wow, this is a woman who really knows the innermost secrets to the Christian life!" Then I mentioned it to my husband, who gave me a quizzical look, and said something like, "I think I will know where to find you when I get home if I just look around a little and find what you are doing." To be fair, since a lot of men are kind of weird around here...(sorry guys but it is true), a lot of women have to adapt to their weirdness and then they pass it off as Christian principled methods of relationship building. Or something like that...Like the way they teach us gals to be cheerleaders for our husbands. My husband (I am telling on him a lot here) actually scorns a man who is so needy he needs a cheerleader. I am not kidding, at the men's softball leagues, there are some who have their wives and daughters cheering them on and it is encouraged that the good wife will come and cheer her husband on. My husband expressly told me to spend my Saturday doing whatever I wanted or needed to do and he is secure enough in his ability / manhood to not need to be cheered on. (Which reminds me, Belinda also led the ladies at the conference in cheering for their churches...oy!)

 

[Bruh]

The best marriage advice I ever received, "If you and your wife try to out give each other you will be fine." 

 

[BALAAM]

Yes! Raider, your wife is insightful. They give these little ultimatums that come across like guilt trips. Once we moved here, I went to my first few Spectaculars, expecting something...well, spectacular. I would learn all the things I "should" be doing in order to have a great marriage. I would try them. My husband would not respond or would not notice or would not like what I was doing. I would explain in frustration that I was told to do these things. He would gently and wisely explain, "They are not married to me. You are. I don't need those things, I need you." Or something equally wonderfully freeing if not those exact words.

To be fair, I only checked in on the conference at a few points. Of course there was good teaching. The Vogel girls taught on how to open up your closet and make cute outfits out of clothes you already own. Mrs. Mutchler taught on how ladies ought to be encouraging to others.  You know, that kind of stuff that is really more meaty than the Myron & Cactus skits and Belinda ditties!

p.s. I remember a lady teaching once that in order to be a good wife, you have to be reliable. She made certain she was sitting in the same chair every time her husband came home from being away, so he would always find her in the exact same place whenever he came home. I used to listen to things like that and literally think, "Wow, this is a woman who really knows the innermost secrets to the Christian life!" Then I mentioned it to my husband, who gave me a quizzical look, and said something like, "I think I will know where to find you when I get home if I just look around a little and find what you are doing." To be fair, since a lot of men are kind of weird around here...(sorry guys but it is true), a lot of women have to adapt to their weirdness and then they pass it off as Christian principled methods of relationship building. Or something like that...Like the way they teach us gals to be cheerleaders for our husbands. My husband (I am telling on him a lot here) actually scorns a man who is so needy he needs a cheerleader. I am not kidding, at the men's softball leagues, there are some who have their wives and daughters cheering them on and it is encouraged that the good wife will come and cheer her husband on. My husband expressly told me to spend my Saturday doing whatever I wanted or needed to do and he is secure enough in his ability / manhood to not need to be cheered on. (Which reminds me, Belinda also led the ladies at the conference in cheering for their churches...oy!)

Wierd... Hmmmm.....! You mean it's not wierd to go home and find my wife putting the canned goods in alphabetical order??? This is true!  (lol)