Showing posts with label annual dinner. Show all posts
Showing posts with label annual dinner. Show all posts

Monday, September 30, 2013

OCTOBER 2013 Letter LIVING WELL

We are having a birthday!!!! 

Come and Celebrate 10 years of Living Well with us!


Celebrate on October 22!

On October 22, we are having a 10-year-old birthday party and you are invited. We want you to celebrate with us. Please call (405-792-2586) or email or go to our event page (or see box on the right column) to RSVP for that night!!

This evening is for you! You are indispensable to us! We host this dinner to thank you for your prayers and support of our ministry. We could not do it without you. Please allow us to thank you during this special evening.

As usual, we will have an outstanding dinner. Our silent auction will include some valuable items - including seven nights at a Wyndham Vacation Resort condo (numerous locations for 2014), with two bedrooms and two baths (will sleep eight people)! We will also briefly highlight the last 10 years of ministry and look at the future for Living Well.

67% of young men and 49% or young women say viewing pornography is an acceptable way to express one’s sexuality. In reality, the women sexualized in marketing, pornography, and sex trafficking are real people … in fact, they are somebody’s daughter.

On October 1st, “She Somebody’s Daughter” will launch a national initiative, starting in Oklahoma City. We will attend the proclamation by Governor Mary Fallin for She Somebody’s Daughter Day. “She’s Somebody’s Daughter” is a movement initiated by concerned parents and groups who are committed to create national dialog about the truth of pornography, and its role in driving the demand for sex-trafficking and violence against women and children.

We see the devastation created by pornography in marriages. We see it over and over and over. Pornography is the norm for many young men in our society today, but it is not reserved only for the young. Porn is not hiding in brown cover magazines or the occasional video, it is displayed everyday on TV and is only as far away as a smartphone or computer on the internet. Porn is now ubiquitous; it knows no boundaries in age or socio-economic status. We have overly sexualized, abused, and degraded females through pornography. We must put the brakes on this destructive obsession! [read more here]

Wisdom Community School has started their new term. They have two (out of three) new teachers. We are still working on getting an adequate, good quality water well for them. They desperately need another classroom building. The two oldest grades (5th and 6th graders) meet in a storage room. Please pray with us for God to provide the water well and a classroom building as soon as possible!

Without your support, we could not keep this school open. You are an important part of the education of these 170 children living in a slum area.


Thank you for your continued support! We could not continue this ministry without you! We love and appreciate you and your support of what God is doing!

Our love in Christ,
Donna and Ed Edwards

Thursday, September 27, 2012

OCTOBER 2012 Letter - LIVING WELL

“Timing is everything.”

Think of the importance of timing in:
Baking a cake …. Selling a house …. Telling a joke …. Talking to your spouse about a problem …. Buying/selling stock …. Going to class …. Traffic signals on a busy street …. Approaching your boss for a raise …. Asking “the one” to marry you …. Being in the right place at the right time.

The wisdom book of Ecclesiastes shows the importance of timing. In chapter 3, it says:
    There is a time for everything,
          and a season for every activity under heaven:

    a time to be born and a time to die,
    a time to plant and a time to uproot,
    a time to kill and a time to heal,
    a time to tear down and a time to build,
    a time to weep and a time to laugh,
    a time to mourn and a time to dance,
    a time to scatter stones and a time to gather them,
    a time to embrace and a time to refrain,
    a time to search and a time to give up,
    a time to keep and a time to throw away,
    a time to tear and a time to mend,
    a time to be silent and a time to speak,
    a time to love and a time to hate,
    a time for war and a time for peace.
    …. He has made everything beautiful in its time.




Our 10th Annual Dinner centers around For Such a Time as This ..... 



Our responses to God’s timing in our lives can make an enormous difference in the outcome. At our dinner, you will see what God’s timing has brought about during the last year at Living Well. We will also share what we believe He has for us in the coming year.

We would love for you to come and share our joy! The dinner is October 16th. We will have dinner and a silent auction from 6-7:30. Yes, Ed is cooking a magnificent meal! You can eat at any time while you are bidding on some outstanding auction items. The ministry presentation will be begin at 7:30.

If you can attend, please RSVP by October 9th. You can call us at 792-2586, or go to this link for more info or to RSVP, or email info@livingwellokc.org.

Please feel free to bring guests who may be interested in hearing about what God is doing! Just let us know who is coming.

The fact that God called us and gave us a passion to see marriages and families restored still amazes us! We thank Him everyday for the opportunity of having such a critical ministry in our world. We thank Him for the work He does in marriages every day in the lives of so many families that we see. The need continues to increase.

The voices speaking against marriage in our culture are gaining volume and strength. The Divine voice does not shout but comes gently, not with lures but with wisdom. Our influence does not increase by yelling louder but by caring more deeply and engaging more personally. Read more about that topic on our blog, Living Well in Marriage, "Me, Marriage, and Culture."

During the pre-election season, we get very focused on which candidate might be best for our country. Many think the country is going to collapse if their candidate doesn’t win. As Americans, we have the responsibility and privilege to vote and participate in the selection of our leaders. But as Christians, we must not lose sight that our hope is not in a candidate or in our government. Our hope is in Christ!

Thank you for your continued prayers and support. Our love in Christ,

Donna and Ed Edwards

Wednesday, October 19, 2011

LIVING WELL ANNUAL DINNER 2011 part 4

The people make all the difference - our guests and those who helped behind the scenes.
Our Pastor Bill Hulse









































LIVING WELL ANNUAL DINNER 2011 part 2

Cafe Evoke catered our specialty coffees, chai tea, hot chocolate, and other cold drinks.
Superb job!!

LIVING WELL ANNUAL DINNER 2011

Our annual dinner is a way we thank the people who support the ministry of Living Well through prayers and donation. We also use this opportunity to share with others about who we are and what God is doing through the ministry.

Ed Edwards, President of Living Well, expresses his love through cooking the entire meal from fresh ingredients.

A glimpse at this year's food.