Welcome to BHBC’s Women’s Ministry!

Our Ministry is designed for every woman no matter her age or stage in life. Our special events, Bible studies and ministries are planned with you in mind. We want to encourage you to become involved in the programs and studies available at Burnt Hickory Baptist Church. Participation will not only enhance and increase your friendships, but your life will be enriched by learning to apply God’s Word in your everyday life.

Likewise, explore our Ministry and Mission opportunities to fulfill the application of God’s teaching in your life. We support and encourage you to use your gifts and talents in serving Christ in your home, our church and the community. There are varying levels of commitment to meet each person’s availability.

We hope that you will find this website to be a useful tool in planning your year with our ministries in mind. We invite you to browse the site to see where God is working and moving. We would love to have you come along on the journey. God has already directed us down some new paths and we are excited about what lies ahead.

We ask you for your continued prayer support for Women’s Ministry as we seek God’s will for our lives, our church, our community and beyond.

Serving Him Together,
Jill, Glenna, Betty, Glenda and Suzanne

Weekly Devotions by the Women of Burnt Hickory Baptist Church

from Mercies New Every Morning, Volume 2

“A joyful heart makes a cheerful face. But when the heart is sad, the spirit is broken.”
Proverbs 15:13

Attitude Adjustment

A new baby in the family usually brings lots of changes in the lives of the parents. Most of these changes totally disrupt the parents’ daily routine. Meals are not always at the same time and the sleep pattern becomes different as well. When my daughter was born, she definitely changed our schedules. Everything centered around her. However, she changed much more than our daily and nightly schedule. She changed my attitude.

My parents had divorced when I was a child, and I had grown up living with my father. In my mind, there was only one reason that would explain why I lived with my father and not my mother. My mother did not love me or want me. I never thought there was any other reason. I spent a lot of time building a wall between my mother and me. I would go to buy her a Mother’s Day card and leave the store empty handed. It seemed like the messages were all the same. My mother had not been there for me all those years. She had given me away. I felt that she did not deserve a card that said how wonderful she was. I did not hate my mother. I just pretended that it did not matter. I would put on a mask so no one would know that I was hurting. When we would have contact with each other, it was not an emotional experience on my part. I never thought about my mother’s feelings.

Becoming a mother for the first time was truly a blessing. I treasured each moment that I spent with my daughter. As I cared for Jana and watched her grow and show her love for me, I began to think about my own mother more and more. I started thinking about how I would feel if my daughter were not a part of my life. I thought about how alone and hurt I would feel.

My mother had made some bad decisions that caused a lot of pain to many people. But I was wrong when I had passed judgment on her. While I still did not completely understand or agree with her actions, I knew that I had to forgive her and tear down the wall between us. This was a very scary step on my part. I began to realize that even though I tried to be the best mother I could be to my daughter, there would be times that she would not understand me or agree with me. Even though we might disagree, I did not want to be shut out of her life and that was exactly what I had done to my own mother.

I could not go back and recapture all the years of my childhood, but I could make sure that no more time was lost. As I watched my daughter climb into her grandmother’s lap and the two of them hug, I felt a tremendous burden lifted.

Wanda Crane (February 2002)