Good Evening, my dears..
Welcome to the Blessed Hearth...
Tonight I am finally going to do a post giving you some info on how to have your own Keepers of the Home meetings..
Over the past while I have received many emails from not only our own province but the U. S. and even the U.K. asking me for information on how you can have your own meetings in your own area..
So... I think it would be better if I do a post and that way I can just refer everyone to this link.. smile..
One of the questions that I am asked is..
How did the Keepers of the Home meetings begin?
We began our meeting 4 years ago this May...
One evening on our way home from church I expressed to my husband that the Lord had given me the desire to help the younger married ladies in our church..
I felt that because of the day and age that we were living in that there was a need to get back to the basics of keeping the home...
Titus 2: 3-5
Paul advised the older women to teach the younger ones to love their husbands and children and to be keepers of the home..
With Terry's support I inquired of our pastor if it would be possible to start something of this sort in our own church and with his blessing our meetings began..
The Lord even laid the name of the group on my mind as I was expressing my burden to my husband..
THE KEEPERS OF THE HOME...
How often do we meet?
We try and meet the first Saturday of each month..
Usually, we begin at 9 am in our fellowship hall at our church although we have met at one of the girl's homes occasionally..
We also plan for some outings about 3 or 4 times a year..
What is the order of our meetings?
We begin our Saturday morning meetings with the making of our breakfast.. Everyone helps and I always try to have a new recipe for them.. Sometimes, one or two of the girls will bring us one of their own homemade treats like coffee cake or rice pudding..
An older sister in the church will sometimes bless us by sending a sweet bread with her daughter that we so appreciate.. smile
Then we have sweet fellowship while we eat our breakfast and catch up with Mama things...
We may share the hopes and dreams of our hearts...
and answered prayers or requests..
When the girls start on their second cups of coffee then I give a little life lesson..
These come from my heart.. I read a lot of good books and of course the Lord always knows the need and hopefully I am listening and can be that hand extended to these sweet mamas...
We may then have some type of discussion over future plans and such for the group..
Each time we have some type of activity...
Such as...
learning how to make no knead bread
making pickles or jams
crafting decor for our homes
making candles and such..
herbs and gardening..
learning how to make green cleaners..
soap balls and laundry soap...
or my cousin Val will visit and teach them all a handmade craft..
just home keeping type of things...
If there is a prayer request that is certainly included...
Then that is it for that day.. smile..
What activities do you do outside of the fellowship hall?
Since you girls are readers of this blog then you know we have a cottage in St. Martins.. Well, the girls all come down for an overniter which they love..
We have supper together....
Sit up late and chat and have a little devotional..
Eat snacks and go to the beach for a bonfire..
Then after a late night and little sleep we go out to a local restaurant for breakfast and then they all visit the shop...
Or...
We go for a field trip to Kings Landing (one of our historical villages here in New Brunswick) or we have gone to the Bulk Barn and then visited a dear Keeper's home and made mixes ...
Things like that...
All with the goal to find something to learn or inspire...
To increase our desires for placing God in the centre of our homes...
This Summer we hope to go to a Artisan Bakery and a Herb Farm...
At Christmas, Terry and I host a dinner for the Keepers and their husbands which is always fun..
ALSO...
Right now as you know we are concentrating on
Home... the best place in the world... journals..
I hope that this is inspiring them with their desire to turn their homes into what God has planned for their families...
We all aspire to the Proverbs 31 woman in our reaching out to our community...
We have given luncheon to the elders in our church to show them our love and appreciation and we try to donate Christmas dinners or donations to Women's shelters and such...
Actually, this blog was started with the KEEPERS AT HOME in mind..
I hoped it would help all you ladies that strive to make your home a haven for your sweet families..
My posts are often about things that I think the Keepers would be interested in..
I have usually posted on each of the Keepers meetings ...
Just go to the sidebar and find the search engine..
Type in the word Keepers Meetings and then go back to the top and they will all be listed there for you to click on...
Well, dear hearts I hope I have helped you learn what we are about...
If you have any questions just put them in the comment section on the bottom and I will reply to you there.. OK?
Thank you so much for your sweet visit and as always I look forward to reading your notes to me...
I am heading to Ladies Retreat tomorrow..(Lord willing)
It will be a blessing I am sure...
Our sweet daughter will be there, too.. smile..
Until next time..
God bless...
LINKED TO....A WISE WOMAN BUILDS HER HOME
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