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CELEBRATING ALL GIRLFRIENDS • SPRING/SUMMER 2018
welcome
4 g-welcome
by Pastor Debbie Pratt
on the cover
6 Chonda Pierce:
Getting Back to Funny
trust
8 Enough!
by Pastor Debbie Pratt
love
10 Put More YOU
Into Your Wedding Day
photo courtesy of Getty Images
11 Now, What Do I Do?
by Maryestelle Bishop
hope
12 The NAME Center:
Hope, Healing, Renewal for Couples
13 NAME Testimonials of Hope
13 10 Encouraging Scriptures
for Your Marriage
courage
14 Do You Have the Courage to Look Within
by Joanna Weaver
16 Deborah the Daring
by Susie Purkey
comfort
18 The Rescuers:
Love Knows No Bounds
by Connie Whatley, Candi Bridges and Debbie Pratt
recipes
21 Summer. Fun. Watermelon!
Four mouth-WATER-ing recipes
22 • Summer Watermelon Bowls
• Watermelon Slice Pops
23 • Sweet Watermelon Pizza
• Superfood Smoothie
optimism
24 On the Struggle Bus
by Sarah Everitt
28 The Beatitudes
Matthew 5:1-12
family fun
30 Sweet Tweets Word Search
by Laura Clevenger
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