the complete woman

At church we are getting together a group to go to the Northern Women's Convention 2010. It looks like it will be a superb conference.The publicity says this:

The pressure is on. Women in today's world can be expected to be successful in the workplace, manage a home and family, look beautiful, workout and cook like Nigella Lawson! As Christian women we are often able to reject the stereotypes we hear from the media but instead we replace them with spiritual pressures. We want to become the perfect Christian woman: a woman of prayer, a godly wife and mother, offering hospitality, being salt in our community, reaching out with the gospel, generous to others, serving in church and a diligent bible student but when we look at ourselves we see constant failure. We feel far from being 'the complete woman'. 

This year at the Northern Women's Convention Lizzy Smallwood will take us through the book of Colossians in which we will discover what it truly means to be a complete woman. We have a variety of seminars which will help us to look at areas in which we frequently struggle, from managing the pressures on our time to learning contentment, rejoicing in grace and truly forgiving others. We also have the opportunity to consider how to reach out with the gospel to people we often neglect. We are thrilled to welcome international speaker and writer Dr. Helen Roseavere who will run one of our seminars as well as talking to us all about her missionary work. 

For those who would benefit from an opportunity to meditate further on the truths that we will hear we will have a session this year of praise and singing led by Kat Buckley and the band. It looks as though this will be a day which will inspire us in the truths of the gospel as well as challenge and equip us.