The Refuge WM's

12/17/2025

11/19/2025

We are thrilled to share our Mission and vision statement with you. A heartfelt thank you to Tanya Lehnert for designing this amazing visual representation, and to our board for their invaluable contributions to crafting this inspiring mission statement. We are committed to creating a space where women feel loved, valued, and seen, empowering them to reach their full potential. God bless.

07/14/2025

Please join us this saturday for food fellowship nd the word, bring a friend we hope to see you there.

03/21/2025

Attention Ladies! The Women's Ministry's will have their monthly gathering Tuesday at 7 PM and if you have never attended, we encourage you to give it a try! We know Mrs. Latoya Merrill will have a good Word and there will be food and fun! We look forward to seeing YOU!

02/15/2025

My Mother-in-Love sent me this that a friend shared, and I wanted to share it with you. Often times we fill we have to defend ourselves against the attacks on our character, but Exodus 14:14 The Lord will fight for you; you need only to be still.” I hope this encourages you today....

This one was hard but so freeing for me
The LET THEM theory…
Have you heard of it?

I have settled in my heart that the only person I can control is me! We can ONLY control the thoughts, feelings and choices we make. LET THEM…

Let them be upset.
Let them judge you.
Let them misunderstand you.
Let them gossip about you,
Let them ignore you.
Let them be "right."
Let them doubt you.
Let them not like you.
Let them not speak to you.
Let them run your name in the ground.
Let them make you out to be the villain.

Whatever it is that people want to say about you, let them!
Kindly step aside and LET THEM.

You don’t need to tell your side of the story.
God already knows.
Let God fight the battle for you.
Let them go.

However here is what they cannot do…

Don’t you dare let them steal your joy.
Don’t you dare let them steal your light.
Don’t you dare let them steal your peace.
You are in control of that.

Hold tight to what you can control and release your grip on what you can’t control.

You still be kind. You still love them. But do it from the distance they created in their words!

My friend let me encourage you…
Let them go.

"Be what they are not" wow Lord let that be my prayer.

~LM

01/31/2025

Psalms 46:5 God is within her, she will not fall;
God will help her at break of day.

The semicolon in this verse represents a pause in a sentence, indicating that the story is not over yet. Ladies God is still writing our story.
~LM~

12/09/2024

"Joy to the World & Peace on earth!"

Looking through the window of a home you see a mom hosting her first Christmas....In her "new" home, besides her 3 children are 2 foster kids, her sisters 3 children and her brother in law.
Familiar, close feelings of being overwhelmed, stressed and unfulfilled expectations have been with her the whole week....

Looking in another window a single mom is sitting at her kitchen table, wrapping a couple of toys while mac n cheese is cooking on the stove. Nagging feelings of tiredness, stress and insecurity are filling her heart...

Another window shows a happy family, sipping hot cocoa and playing games. The fire is lit and music is playing. Mom is smiling through tears, hiding the doctors report that this is her last Christmas...

A King expected, a baby born.
Happy songs, sad emotions.
A brutal crucifixion, a miraculous resurrection.
Hope restored, victories won.
Faith is encouraged!

May the peace and joy of the Father fill your homes this Christmas, no matter what window you sit behind.

Love,
Ms. Becky C.

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11/26/2024

The holidays are one of my favorite times of the year. From Thanksgiving to New Year's it seems most people for a moment are reminded of the things that truly matter; our faith, our family & friends, our lives. The holidays also take a certain level of preparedness. Being prepared to cook a full Thanksgiving meal takes work, and being prepared. In the same way spiritually we are always being prepared...prepared for the day our Savior will return to take us home. Jesus prepared for 30 years for what he would accomplish in only 3. What he accomplished in those 3 rippled into the past and sent a wave into all eternity. Being prepared also means waiting, something I, myself have trouble with. It isn't the preparing that most of us have an issue with, but the waiting that it takes in being prepared. Waiting causes us to fidget, to get antsy and if we aren't careful will cause us to move prior to our/'its' readiness. Waiting can also produce in us an endurance if we allow. An endurance of faith and testing, an endurance to circumstance, an endurance and reliance on God that only the waiting room can produce. Don't be discouraged in the waiting, be encouraged that you are being prepared for what God has prepared for you! When a woman gives birth the waiting room is the step right before delivery, the waiting room isn't a hindrance but a step to the next level. The delivery room has to be sterile and clean, it has a certain order of tools that must be prepared in advance. The waiting room is where a woman goes from being pregnant to the next room where she is holding what she carried for 9 months. There is purpose in the waiting room. Hold on to that prayer, hold on to that vision, hold on to that dream, the delivery room is up next!

Scripture Reference:
1 Corinthians 16:13 "Be on your guard; stand firm in the faith; be courageous; be strong."
Psalm 90:12 "Teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom."
2 Timothy 3:16-17 "All scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting, and training in righteousness, so that the servant of God may be throughly equipped for every good work."

Prayer: Lord, thank you for always being with us. Through the good, the bad, the ugly, you are with us in it all. We thank you for the waiting room. Even though at times it hurts and is hard, Lord we trust you because we know you love us and want what is best for us! Help us to slow down this week and be reminded as we prepare our homes and meals that YOU preparing us all is what matters most. Thank you for continued strength and endurance. Comfort those who are broken, strengthen those who are weary and restore faith in those who have doubted. Remind your daughters today that there is hope and peace in the preparing. There is hope and peace in the waiting. In Jesus name, Amen!
- Peace, Love and Blessings
Danielle R.

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