How’s your November so far? We have our first “hint” of snow today and since I have no-where to go (and no car at the moment) I’m enjoying it all from the comfort of my home. Those first flutters of snow are so magical, aren’t they? I feel like Lorelai Gilmore smelling the snow coming. ❄️
30 Days of Gratitude
Wow, this is starting off so great, and so many of you wanted the PDF I put together that I had to figure out how to automate my IG so it could send the PDF automatically! I’m so excited to see what everyone does with it, so if you’re going through it let me know and share your pages if you’d like by tagging me on IG @artandfaithcreative. You can watch a quick little YouTube video I did on this November Gratitude Challenge if you’d like below:
I’ll be sharing on a weekly basis either on YouTube or my Instagram.
Scholarship Update:
I was so amazed at how many women applied this year for the Scholarship! We are going to need LOTS of time to read through each one, pray about it and make our decision. So please be praying for us as we go through this process. We’ll have a decision by early January.
In the meantime…
Our Scholarship AUCTION starts THIS Saturday!
Here’s just a little sampling of the art. We had so many wonderful artists donate their art, and I can’t wait to share it all with you soon! I would really LOVE for you to come back here on THIS Saturday to see all the beautiful art we have been sent. AND… This is a great chance to get some original art for someone this Christmas too.
100% of the proceeds will go towards sending someone to our Art & Faith Creative Retreat, and we’d really love YOUR help.
These retreats are truly life-changing, but I know they aren’t available to everyone. So my prayer has been to make it possible for the woman who has poured herself out for everyone else, and longs for a quiet place to be filled again.
Your gift to our scholarship fund can do that. It will send one woman each year to Bellagio, Italy, where she'll rest beside Lake Como, connect her creativity to our Creator, and return home with a heart renewed and a faith grown deeper. You have the power to change one woman's life, and the ripples will reach her family, her community, and everyone she touches. Seeing our very first Scholarship awardee in Bellagio this past summer was such a JOY, and it just motivates me even more to pray that we can continue doing this for many years to come.
So, if you feel lead to help, you can also donate via my website if you’d like to give directly to our Scholarship Fund. 100% of all your donations goes to this fund. It really does make a HUGE difference in someone’s life!
Giveaway Winner:
Last Tuesday I announced the GIVEAWAY of some of the goodies from our retreat in Vermont & Maine! Well, the WINNER is:
🎉🎉 Congratulations @Tiffyjcaldwell
Send me your address and I’ll get those goodies out to you right away!
2027 Art & Faith Creative Retreats
We are on our way to getting all the retreats sold out next year, and if you wanted an opportunity to see a glimpse of what we do at our retreats, I posted a video last Saturday all about the Vermont & Maine retreat! I think it’s the perfect video to see if one of our retreats would be a great fit for YOU. I’d love for you to check it out:
Have a GREAT week everyone!
Hugs to all,
Laura McCollough