Change, change, change. Don’t you just love it when a good plan comes together? I am so excited about the new things that are coming together for Wellspring 2010!

After the 2009 Wellspring Women’s Conference, I realized that God had given us a wonderful gift. We had tried out a number of new things at the conference and they were all successful. Suddenly we had MOMENTUM! Women left the 2009 conference talking about the 2010 conference. On the evaluations, women wrote all over the margins with enthusiastic and creative suggestions for the next year. I got emails and Facebook messages with response after response expressing eager anticipation about next year. We have even had donations for scholarships for the 2010 conference already! Now that’s MOMENTUM!!

Funny thing about momentum: when you realize you have it, it becomes very important what you are going to do with it! As we sought the Lord about what HE had planned for 2010, He made it clear that He had not quite finished CHANGING things yet. Gradually, His plan has come into focus. THIS YEAR WE ARE GOING TO TAKE WELLSPRING TO THE WOMEN instead of asking the women to travel to Wellspring. Instead of inviting women to travel to the mountains, we are going to hold 3 regional Wellspring events in 3 different locations across North Carolina. Here are the dates and venues for these Wellspring Regional Events:

May 21-22 at Kernersville Community Church, Kernersville, NC

August 6-7 at Valley Community Church, Weldon, NC

October 8-9 at Rockfish Church, Raeford, NC

We are doing everything we can to make each regional event affordable while still keeping the Wellspring flavor. The emphasis on worship and teaching will remain constant. Our trained Ministry Team will be present at each event for prayer ministry. Chrissy Davidson will lead worship again and I will be teaching in each session. Heather Cotten will again organize and oversee The Nest on Saturday afternoon with additional attractions added to the activities. The character and personality of Wellspring will be much like you have come to expect, but the location and some of the scheduling will change.

Each event will start on Friday at 7 pm and end on Saturday by 8:30 pm. This time frame will cut down on our expenses and will also allow attendees to be back in their home churches for Sunday services. Holding 3 events instead of 1 and making those 3 events accessible regionally will enable more women to participate. We actually anticipate tripling the number of women we are able to involve this year!

So mark your calendar for the event you plan to attend — or mark your calendar for all three! We are going to have a blast at the WELLSRPING REGIONAL EVENTS in 2010!!

Oh, and the theme for this year’s events is: PRESENCE! Stay tuned for more updates soon.

Gloria Cotten

Gloria Cotten (aka Mamma G) is Wellspring’s President. Gloria is the author of In the Beginning and she hopes to write two or three more books in the future. Gloria loves the Lord because He Alone has the words of life. If she could give one piece of advice, it would be to let Jesus love you.