Central’s 27th annual Ladies Day set Saturday
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Along with their traditional roles in child-rearing and domestic management, women are assuming responsible and challenging duties in business, the learned professions and skilled vocations, as well as politics and government.
With increasing demands on their time, attention and energy, women are confronted daily, often minute-by-minute, with difficult choices. The firm needs me to stay over a couple of hours to finish an urgent report, but there’s the tee-ball game, with piano lesson following close-on.
For the devoted wife and loving mother who’s on the upward track at her company, these and countless other dilemmas are unavoidable. But the situation, however demanding, is far from impossible. God-given wisdom and the Christian life offer guidance and direction in cutting through the confusion and fitting the pieces together.
That’s part of the message in Saturday’s Ladies Day program at Central Church of Christ. “Balancing Your Life” is the theme for the lecture by noted speaker and prison ministry volunteer Foye Watkins of Lewisburg.
Mrs Watkins, a native of Georgia, has been married to widely-acclaimed Church of Christ evangelist James W Watkins since 1948. The couple raised four children, all of whom are successful in their respective vocations.
Central’s 27th annual Ladies Day opens with registration, 9:30 to 10 a.m., at the church auditorium on Morford Street just north of the courthouse. Ample parking on Central’s Spring Street lot will be reserved for those attending the event, and a complimentary lunch will be served for all guests. For children ages 2 to 6, a fun-filled slate of activities is planned by church volunteers.
Free transportation is available by calling the church office today at 473-6537.
“Ladies Day has been one of our most important teaching and outreach efforts for the past several years,” said Steve McGregor, one of the elders at Central, which dates its origins to open-air gospel meetings near the present building site in the 1830s. “We strongly encourage all the women of our community to attend this event Saturday. We think they’ll profit from the Bible-based lessons, and they’ll enjoy the fellowship and hospitality,” he added.
The program and the luncheon are entirely free, and no guest should feel any obligation whatsoever, McGregor emphasized.
“It is our sincere hope, however, that guests will seriously consider Foye Watkins’ lessons from the Bible,” he continued, “and will find how God’s perfect word can work in our lives today.”