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Childbirth Education Classes
Hillsboro, Ohio
(1 hour east of Cincinnati)
Presented from the heart of a Childbirth Educator and Doula:
Vicki Sink
Come
join in on the fun!
Six Week
Class
January 13, 20, 27 & February 3, 10, 17
Thursdays 6:00-8:00 pm
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Lo,
children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb
is his reward.
Psalms 127:3
Childbirth Education
Series
Virginia Beach, Virginia
Presented by:
Christi Jones (CCE, CD) and Aimee Roberts (CCE, CD)
six week class
January 5th - February 9th
Wednesday nights 7-9pm
Cost
$200.00
For more information and to register visit our website:
http://www.birthinsightva.com
Maidens by His
Design Workshop
Fairfax, Virginia
Friday, January 21, 2011 (6:00-8:30 pm)
Saturday, January 22, 2011 (9:00-5:00 pm)
Young girls today often do not receive a Christian
perspective on their coming-of-age cycle. Mothers
sometimes do not realize how they can place a Christian
view on such an event in a girl's life. In this
workshop, mothers and daughters learn together about
this topic, educating themselves and sparking useful
conversation between them about God's design for women.
To Register or learn more:
Blessings God's Way
Our
Director's Heart
Merry
Christmas, Charis Family!!!
Most years when we celebrate Christmas and the birth of Christ, I
remember Mary and what she went through during her pregnancy and
birth. Most people probably don’t think about all that is
involved in giving birth in a place that is designed to house
animals or what it was like riding a donkey at nine months pregnant,
but I do.
This year, however, I have thought more about what Jesus experienced
as he grew in Mary’s womb, went through labor and birth, took his
first breaths of air, and gazed for the first time into his mother’s
eyes. Even in the first days after conception, when he was
smaller than the period at the end of this sentence, he was still
fully God. All the things we experienced as we grew in our
mother’s womb, he experienced, too. Jesus felt the same tight
contractions as Mary labored that we felt when our mothers labored
with us. He was birthed out of the warm, watery womb into the
cold, unfamiliar world just like we were.
We face nothing in life that Jesus Christ did not also face.
He knows and understands our struggles, temptations, and joys.
He’s been there! From the moment of conception to the very
last breaths, fully God and fully man, He walked this human
road. He has also promised that He will never leave us nor
forsake us. So, not only does he know what it’s like to live
life on earth, He is still, through His Holy Spirit, WITH us.
I am reminded of the verse in Isaiah 43 that says, “When you go
through the waters, I will be with you.” Every time I read
that verse, I think about the waters in the womb and how intimately
involved He is in the forming and birthing of a baby, and how He is
WITH every baby as it passes “through the waters”. And, this
year, for the very first time, it has dawned on me that not only is
He WITH a baby at that time, He KNOWS what it is like to “go through
the waters” of the womb and be birthed into this world.
Jesus is Emmanuel, God WITH us… and he knows and understands because
He has been there.
Blessings to all of you this Christmas season,
~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
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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