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In This Issue
Our Charis Family
Laura
Hale
Charis Cuisine
Grammy Ethel’s Delicious Cranberry Relish
Letters to the Editor
Comments from our readers
About Babies
Dr. Sears Addresses Recent Co-Sleeping Concerns
Charis Around the World
Tidbits From Ebony
Childbirth in Kenya
Life in the Caribbean
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Mark Your
Calendars
Charis
“Teaching Birth” Workshop
Saturday, February 25, 2012
9 a.m. – 6 p.m.
at
Birthways Family Birth Center
in Sarasota,
Florida
For childbirth educators, doulas, midwives, or anyone
who would like to improve their ability to communicate
with and educate expectant families.
At our workshops, learning is interactive, hands-on,
fun, and interesting. All Charis workshops are
taught from a Christian perspective, giving God the
glory for His marvelous creation and how He so
wonderfully created women to bear children.
You will spend the day making new friends and becoming
more skilled in preparing effective introductions,
asking powerful questions, creating a learner-friendly
environment, capturing the attention of learners,
helping clients embrace their responsibility of making
informed decisions, and so much more.
In addition to the valuable skills acquired at the
workshop, you will also take home with you an assortment
of visual aids and other valuable teaching tools to
enhance your future students’ learning experience.
A delicious lunch will be provided for all the workshop
attendees to enjoy as you get to know each other better
during a midday break.
The cost is $200 for Charis members and $230 for
non-members (includes one-year Charis membership).
To register, complete the
Registration Form
and mail it, along with payment, to:
Charis Childbirth
P.O. Box 6900
North Port, FL 34290
Childbirth
Preparation Classes
Virginia Beach, Virginia
Presented by: Birth InSight
Christi Jones (CCE, CD) and Aimee Roberts (CCE, CD)
Seven Week Series
January 5th – February 16th
February 22nd - April 4th
May 2nd - June 13th
(cost $250 per couple)
Weekend Series
February 24th-25th
May 11th-12th
(cost: $250 per couple)
For more information and to register visit our website:
http://www.birthinsightva.com
or call
757-270-0437
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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
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Our
Director's Heart
Joy, Kristin, Todd, Rose, Joel and Eric Schuchmann
Merry
Christmas, Charis Family!
Christmas time is probably my favorite time of the year. I
love the lights, decorations, and family traditions. More than
that, however, is how wonderful it is to celebrate the coming of
Jesus our Messiah and the hope and peace we have because he came.
I find myself this year thinking ahead to Easter and pondering the
fact that Christmas would have no power or significance if it wasn’t
for the fact that, 33 years after Jesus’s birth, He was resurrected
from the dead. So, this Christmas, I am also celebrating
Jesus’s resurrection and the promise of eternal life that God has
made to those who, by faith, receive that gift. There is truly
nothing more exciting to celebrate! I pray that each of you
receives from God a fresh revelation of what an amazing gift He gave
when He came to earth as a baby, lived as an example for all of us
to follow, submitted to the awful death on the cross, and then
triumphantly rose from the grave so that we could live eternally
with Him! That gift, my friends, is what fuels the passion of
my life and is why I do what I do! Thank you, Jesus!
Blessings,
Kristin Schuchmann
Executive Director, Charis Childbirth, Inc.
Exciting announcement from Kristin:
During 2011, Charis hit a record number of both midwifery and ce/doula
students. As the number of Charis students continues to
increase, the need for more administrative and coaching staff grows.
 I am giddy excited to announce to the world that the beloved
Rachel
Thompson, Charis certified childbirth educator & doula, is our
newest Charis Coach! Those of you who know Rachel are probably
just as excited as I am about this. As you are all probably
aware, Charis is interested in only hiring the best of the best to
serve our students; and we believe Rachel, with her commitment to
excellence, great skills as a CE & doula, heart to teach and train
others, and genuine love for people, is the perfect addition to our
team. On behalf of the Charis staff and board, I welcome
Rachel Thompson to the wonderful world of Charis Coaching! I
am confident that you will find great joy in passing along the
treasures God has placed inside you as you coach the up and coming
Charis certified childbirth educators/doulas.
Kristin Schuchmann
Executive Director, Charis Childbirth
Please
join us in congratulating
Corinne Henderson, CCE, CD!
Corinne is the
newest Charis Certified Childbirth Educator/Doula!!! Corinne's
community is blessed to have such a sweet, tenderhearted young woman
to serve them during their childbearing years! What a beautiful
difference she is making in this world! We are enormously proud of
her!
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
Update
Charis Membership
We at Charis are extremely grateful for our wonderful members. This
past year, your dues have made it financially possible for us to
creatively correspond with people in areas of the world where
internet is spotty at best. Having all forms of communication
available for us is essential if we are going to successfully train
birth professionals in the far reaches of the earth. As our
community of members grows, there will be more funds available for
even more world-impacting outreach. Thank you!
Membership is due every December 31
for the coming calendar year. So, if you became a member on or
before December 31, 2009, your dues should be mailed by the middle
of December, 2010, to be sure it is received in time. If you became
a member sometime in 2010, then your membership is not due until
December 31, 2011.
You can send your
membership form and $30 dues to:
Charis Childbirth
P.O. Box 6900
North Port, FL 34290
Our address
Charis Childbirth, Inc.
P.O. Box 6900
North Port, FL 34290
Charis headquarters 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
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