Our ladies’ retreat entitled Patriots In Petticoats, was held Saturday, May 20, 2013 from 9-3.  Mrs. Elizabeth Ogdie with Galatians 6:2 ministries was our guest speaker.  Mrs. Ogdie and her husband, Karl, have been in the ministry for 34 years, first in Wills Point, TX and later at Lakeland Street Baptist Church in Ft. Worth.  Her churches have hosted retreats and seminars for 20 years, and she brought with her a wealth of knowledge and encouragement to our ladies and guests.

Morningside ladies presented a moving and thought-provoking play entitled “The Final Call”, adapted from the play “Once To Die”.  In it, characters were on a plane which crashed, leaving all on board immediately at the judgment seat of Christ.  Those who had received Christ as their Savior were ushered into the presence of the Lord, while those who had not made that profession were doomed to spend eternity in hell.  A wake-up call to both: to the unsaved to change that outcome in their own life by accepting Christ, and to the saved to take seriously the Great Commission to go and tell.  If  YOU were to die today, do you know where YOU would spend eternity?  You can know!  Contact our pastor or a church member to assure your home in Heaven!

The theme was chosen to emphasize how very important it is to return to our patriotic roots, our Christian roots, and put God back in our homes and schools and communities.  We pray that message was received and heeded.  For the ladies at Morningside, it was a privilege and honor to present it.  A heartfelt thanks goes out to all those who worked so hard and made it a resounding success!