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In This Issue
Pregnancy and Birth
Staying
Home To Give Birth
Birth Announcements
Linnaea Pixel Hope McNulty
Joshua Douglas Hamm
Our Charis Family
Our Friends - Our Family
Charis Cuisine
Energy Soup
Life in Ukraine
Charis Around the World in Ukraine
Tidbits from Ebony
Charis Around the World in Ebony
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Update
Our new address
Charis Childbirth, Inc.
P.O. Box 6900
North Port, FL 34290
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Charis and our
Midwifery Scholarship Fund
Mark Your Calendars
3-D Midwives:
Devoted to God,
Destined to Serve,
Dedicated to Education
5th Annual
Christian Midwives International Conference
April 22 - 25, 2009 - Pigeon Forge, TN
Registration is
online:
www.ChristianMidwives.org
Attention Aspiring Midwives!
You will love the flexible, thorough,
distance academics course offered through Charis Childbirth!
Check
it out!
Want to serve childbearing families as a Certified Doula or
Childbirth Educator?
Become trained and certified through Charis Childbirth!
Take a look
at our unique certification process!
If you seek a school that offers the convenience of
self-paced distance learning, personal mentors for each student, a
commitment to the highest excellence in education, a family-like
network of students and birth professionals, and education from a
Christian perspective, Charis may be just the right fit for you!
For more information
Visit
the Charis Web site
for course description and outline.
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Exciting
Announcement!!!
It is time for Charis to begin translating our materials into other
languages!!!
So far, all of our students have been fluent in English, but we knew
eventually we would have students who need the books and materials
in other languages.
So the first language translation will be …(((drum roll)))…
Russian! There are currently two Ukrainian ladies who want to go
through the Charis doula training, so it is time to translate! That
takes time and money.
If you are excited that we have the opportunity to take the Charis
ministry into Russian-speaking countries, please help us out! Send
your donations to Charis Childbirth at P.O. Box 6900, North Port, FL
34290. Please write on a separate note
(not on your check) that your donation is for the Russian
translation project.
THANK YOU!!!!!
Contact Us
Charis Childbirth
P.O. Box 6900
North Port, FL 34290
www.charischildbirth.org
Kristin Schuchmann ~
International Director
Cell (941)441-6410
http://happyhealthyliving.wordpress.com/
Susan Oshel ~ Director of Midwifery Studies
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Our
Director's Heart
Kristin
Schuchmann, our Executive Director, sends her love and blessings;
but this month we will hear from the heart of our Director of
Midwifery Studies, Susan Oshel:
Dear
Charis Family,
Have you ever thought you trained so completely for something that you
probably don't need to pay for more education in
that area? Have you been at a place where, although you know
learning never ends and it might be nice to attend another workshop, you think you would rather focus on areas where you haven't
tread before?
And then you decide to join a group of lovely younger ladies to
participate anyhow? That's exactly what I did.
My eyes were opened wider and my heart deeper as I spent the day at
the Charis “Teaching Birth” Workshop on February 21, 2009!
I suspect others there might have felt the same way; but like
me, they left more enriched, enlightened and grounded yet deeper in
the skills in which we may have thought we were already proficient.
What did I learn that I thought I already knew?
1. How to listen, even more effectively.
2. How to really teach.
3. How to more effectively present a topic so that my clients easily
receive and embrace what I am offering.
4. How to "build" (teach and lead) a group so the group is
comfortable and receptive.
5. How I could grow even more in all those areas so that I will be
the best communicator and educator I can possibly be.
Susan, Hallie, Marsha, Kathryn, and Kate are working on composing
creative "hooks" and "introductions" to use in the future as they
teach birthing families.
It was a
lovely day communing, learning from and role-playing with the lovely
ladies who shared the “Teaching Birth” Workshop at Breath of Life
Birth Center in Largo, Florida. I am very appreciative of Kristin's
teaching abilities and heart to help others rise to their greatest
potential. I think I might attend all the other Charis workshops “I
think I don't need” in the future! (And invite my midwife sisters to
join me even if they think they're already trained in those areas,
too.) There is so much yet to learn!
Blessings and Love,
Susan Oshel, CPM
Charis Director of Midwifery Studies
Hallie Dedrick (kneeling), Marsha Laycox, Kate McKinney, Kathryn
Joseph, Susan Oshel, and workshop facilitator Kristin Schuchmann
after enjoying a delicious meal and wonderful fellowship.
Prayer Points
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Grants
and other funding for the expansion of the Charis ministry
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For
the Charis Childbirth Educator, Doula, and Midwifery students:
sharp minds to learn, opportunities for lots of hands-on learning
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For
the Charis CE’s, doulas, and midwives: rest, peace, protection,
wisdom, discernment
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For
the Charis missionaries and humanitarian workers: protection,
peace, divine guidance, financial provision
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For
our directors and administration: Wisdom, guidance, energy, and
provision from God as Charis enters this season of growth
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