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WOE Summer Book Groups - Beginning the first week in June

Summer Book Groups start the first week of June!  Please contact the leader of each book group for information on what to expect for the first meeting and exact location.  While in pursuit of relationship with Christ, this becomes one of the best ways to connect with other women at Ecclesia!  Join one today!  

Waking the Dead by John Eldredge

Mondays 7 – 8:30 p.m. for 8 weeks in Midtown area starting June 4th

Contact Linda:   ljstclair@yahoo.com 

Waking the Dead will help us all find the life Christ promised. Jesus said, "I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full." That's the offer of Christianity, from God himself. Just look at what happens when people are touched by Jesus- the blind see, the lame walk, the deaf hear, the dead are raised to life. In other words, to be touched by God is to be restored. To become all God meant you to be. That is what Christianity is supposed to do for you- make you whole, set you free, bring you fully alive. But Jesus also warned that the path to that life is narrow, and few people would find it. Waking the Dead will help you find that life, see the fierce battle over your heart, and embrace all that God has for you. There is so much more. Do you want it?

What's So Amazing About Grace by Philip Yancey

Tuesdays 7 - 8:30 p.m. for 8 weeks in the Montrose area starting June 5th

Contact Diana:  diwisdom@aol.com

In 1987, an IRA bomb buried Gordon Wilson and his twenty-year-old daughter beneath five feet of rubble. Gordon alone survived. And forgave. He said of the bombers, ' I have lost my daughter, but I bear no grudge . . . I shall pray, tonight and every night, that God will forgive them.' His words caught the media's ears -- and out of one man's grief, the world got a glimpse of grace. Grace is the church's great distinctive. It's the one thing the world cannot duplicate, and the one thing it craves above all else -- for only grace can bring hope and transformation to a jaded world. In What's So Amazing About Grace? award-winning author Philip Yancey explores grace at street level. If grace is God's love for the undeserving, he asks, then what does it look like in action? And if Christians are its sole dispensers, then how are we doing at lavishing grace on a world that knows far more of cruelty and unforgiveness than it does of mercy? 

God's Guidance; Finding His Will for Your Life by Elizabeth Elliot

Tuesdays 7 - 8:30 p.m. for 8 weeks in the Heights area starting June 5th

Contact Becca:  rannejordan@gmail.com

Where should one go to find advice and guidance for all of life's difficult questions? "I have found in the Bible plenty of evidence that God has guided people," writes Elisabeth Elliot. "I find, too, assurance that he is willing to guide me. He has been at it for a long time. His hand reaches toward me. I have only to take it." In God's Guidance, acclaimed author Elisabeth Elliot offers insightful thoughts, observations, and biblical insight to show how and why God guides his children. With compassion and sincerity, she invites readers to draw closer to God so they can walk confidently with him.  

The Lineage of Grace Series, by Francine Rivers

Mondays 6:30 - 8:00 p.m. for 6 weeks near Greenway Plaza starting June 4th

Contact Jessica: jessielynnanderson@gmail.com

Unashamed: Rahab (3 weeks)Book 2 in the Lineage of Grace series by best-selling author Francine Rivers. In her trademark style, Francine tells the compelling story of Rahab from the book of Joshua. Readers will gain a fresh understanding of God's work through the life of this unlikely woman in the lineage of Christ.
Unveiled: Tamar (3 weeks)Unveiled is the story of Tamar, one of the women in the lineage of Jesus. Francine brings the story to life in her trademark style, showing the grace of God in the life of Tamar and her father-in-law, Judah. Unveiled is the first in the Lineage of Grace series of five novellas covering the stories of Tamar, Rahab, Ruth, Bathsheba, and Mary.