Grace Church Womens

Retreat at St. Marys College

HOW TO LIVE LIKE

MARY IN A MARTHA
KIND OF WORLD

degree from Lehigh University, an MBA from Duke

University, a Master of Arts in Christian Ministry
from Indiana Christian University and a Master
of Divinity and Ph.D from Garrett-Evangelical
Theological Seminary. But don't let all of her
educational accomplishments scare you off. She
promises that this workshop is designed to have
fun with plenty of time for play, while it addresses
how to handle business and the daily stress of
managing one's life. She often describes herself as a
"Recovering MBA," and wants participants in this
workshop to walk away with better tools for coping
in such a busy world.
Dr. LaBoy's favorite passage of scripture is
Philippians 3:12-14, "I'm not saying that I have
this all together, that I have it made. But I am well
on my way, reaching out for Christ, who has so
wondrously reached out for me. Friends, don't
get me wrong: By no means do I count myself an
expert in all of this, but I've got my eye on the goal,
where God is beckoning us onward to Jesus. I'm off
and running and I'm not turning back!"

with Dr. Felicia LaBoy

October 7-8

n exciting Grace Church event for women

is planned for October 7 and 8. Our
facilitator and workshop leader will be
Dr. Felicia LaBoy, who is an ordained United
Methodist pastor, and an assistant professor at
Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary
where she also serves as Associate Dean of Black
Church Studies. Dr. LaBoy is an experienced
Fortune 100 company leader who had 20 years
of community and professional organizational
leadership experience prior to entering the
ministry, and is the recipient of many awards
including the Faust/Roop Award for Excellence in
Proclamation; the Quentin Nolte Prize for Promise
in Ministry and the Myrtle Saylor Speer Award
for Outstanding Women in Ministry. A published
author, Dr. LaBoy holds a Bachelor of Science

The retreat will begin at 6:00 pm on Friday, October

7 and conclude at 4:00 on October 8. It will take
place at The Inn at Saint Mary's, which is next to
the Hilton Garden Inn and Gillespie Center on the
campus of Saint Mary's College. You do not need
to stay overnight for this event, but for those who
do wish to spend the evening a block of rooms has
been reserved at the special price of $99 a night.
Room reservations can be made by calling The Inn
at Saint Mary's at 232-4000. To get the special price
the room must be reserved prior to September 16.
Hor D'oeuvres will be served on Friday night.
Saturday begins with a Continental Breakfast at
8:00. Lunch and afternoon snacks will be provided.
The cost for this event is $25 and pre-registration
is required by September 30. You can register
by emailing Jennifer at communications@
gracemethodist.org or by calling the church office
at 288-4789. Hope you will join us!