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In This Issue
Charis "Labor Support" Workshop
September 26, 2009
Birth Announcement
Eliza Lily Jones
Our Charis Family
Tonya
Lawrence
Charis Cuisine
Tangy Kale Salad
Life in Ukraine
Visiting the United States
Tidbits
from Ebony
Stories About Men
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Update
Our address
Charis Childbirth, Inc.
P.O. Box 6900
North Port, FL 34290
It's
been a year since we
moved to
Florida. If you use our old Virginia Beach address, your mail will
not reach us as the post office is no longer forwarding mail.
Be sure to mail your yearly membership fees to the Florida address!
Look us up
Charis and our
Midwifery Scholarship Fund
Mark Your Calendars
Childbirth
Preparation Classes
Virginia Beach, Virginia
Presented by:
Christi Jones (CCE, CD) and Aimee Roberts (CCE, CD)
Weekend Intensive Childbirth Classes:
Friday,
November 6th, 6:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Saturday, November 7th, 9:00 am - 3:30 pm
Lunch Included
Friday, February 19th 6:30 - 9:30 pm
Saturday, February 20th 9:00 am - 3:30 pm
Lunch
Included
Cost for each weekend session: $150.00
To reserve your space, email us at:
info@birthinsightva.com
phone: (757)270-0437 or (757)575-9363
Maidens By
His Design Workshop
Strasburg, Virginia
One day workshop for Mothers and Daughters
November 14th, 2009
8:30 am - 5:00 pm
Young girls, along with their Mothers, explore a Christian
perspective on their coming-of-age cycle. In this workshop, they
learn together about this beautiful season of life with meaningful
conversation between them about God's design for women.
LOCATION:
Strasburg Presbyterian Church
325 S Holliday St., Strasburg, VA 22657
CONTACT: Doran Richards
Founder of
Blessing God's Way
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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Our
Director's Heart
The
entry into motherhood is such a sweet journey as a baby forms inside
its mother’s womb and then is delivered into the world. The climax
of that journey is the actual birth of the child, but it doesn’t end
with those precious first moments of bonding as mother and baby.
There is a critical time of discovering and embracing her new role
in the weeks and months following her baby’s birth. Until the birth,
her role is mainly an idea. Once she begins to walk it out, it
becomes a reality that must be understood and accepted.
As women, we have the opportunity to come alongside our sisters and
walk with them as they transition into motherhood. But how do we
effectively do that? What do these new moms really need? What may
hinder that process? What can smooth the way for the emergence of a
strong, healthy mother-child relationship? What is our role?
After decades of watching hundreds of women enter motherhood, I have
noticed something. They really don’t need to be told what to do or
how to feel. They don’t need a book or seminar about parenting
methodology. That seems to bring more confusion and fear than
confidence and peace. They need to be surrounded by people who
genuinely care about them, who believe in them, and who trust them.
Rather than being told things, they need people who will ask them
the right questions to draw out the mother that God is birthing in
them.
Here’s to loving, supporting, and believing in new mothers!
~Kristin Schuchmann
Executive Director, Charis Childbirth
Contact Us
Charis Childbirth
P.O. Box 6900
North Port, FL 34290
www.charischildbirth.org
Kristin Schuchmann ~
Executive Director
Cell (941)441-6410
http://happyhealthyliving.wordpress.com/
Susan Oshel ~ Director of Midwifery Studies
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