From the Book: One Minute of Praise. On December 22, 2003, we received a
phone all that my daughter had gone into labor. Our grandson, Chase, was born (
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Heart Thoughts NOVEMBER 2006
VOL. 12, NO. 4
Praise Never Backs Down By Darlene McCarty From the Book: One Minute of Praise On December 22, 2003, we received a phone all that my daughter had gone into labor. Our grandson, Chase, was born (3) months premature. He only weighed two pounds and ten ounces. Of course, you know with a baby that small there are health issues because the lungs and other organs are undeveloped. We arrived at the hospital and along with our daughter, we went into the intensive care room to see our grandson. There was this tiny naked body lying there—just bones with a little bit of flesh on them and almost no muscle tissue whatsoever. He looked so lifeless. We pushed my daughter up to the side of his bed. The nurse looked at her and said, “Honey, it’s okay. You can touch him and you can kiss him goodbye.” The fear was intense. Fear so gripped my heart that I began to cry out, “God, please don’t let him die. Please don’t let him die.” Have you ever been in a situation where you can’t think of anything to say? You just begin to begin to scream and beg and try to think of the right words to break through to heaven. Suddenly, Satan said to me, “Remember, standing over your dad’s body at fourteen when you walked into the bedroom and he’d had a massive heart attack? You’re saying the same words now that you prayed over your daddy’s body then and what happened to him? He died. What makes you think this prayer is going to be any different than the prayer you prayed when you were fourteen?” Then the Lord spoke to me and said, “You have not time because time is of the essence here. You have no time to get on the phone and call for backup. You must make your choice this very minute – whether you choose fear or you choose faith – whatever you choose will be the difference between life and death.” Thank God I had enough word in me to choose faith, and Chase lived. Some of you reading this will have to make a similar choice before this day is over. It’s going to make the difference between life and death in a marriage, in a relationship, in your finances, in a job, or regarding your addictions or bad habits. There is a war going on with your spirit between fear and faith, life and death. Every time that Satan comes and reminds you of your past, you remind him of all that God has done in you since then. On December twenty second, we had a mountain. We had a choice. That mountain could overtake us, or we could come against that mountain and use the Word that had been put in us to command it to come down. On that day that mountain was defeated by the Word of God. To get your own copy of ONE MINUTE OF PRAISE please visit www.darlenemccarty.com.
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Christmas giving opportunity!
very year Art from the Heart holds a very special Christmas performance event at Edgewood Children’s Ranch in Orlando. As part of the outreach, we provide a $10 gift card from Wal-Mart or
Target for each child who lives there. In addition, we give $100 gift cards to Wal-Mart or Target to the house leaders. We are asking for everyone’s help with these donations as it is our heart to provide each child and house leader with a gift card for Christmas. This is a very important event to AFTH and we hope that everyone will be able to participate! A list of the names of the children who are currently in residence at Edgewood, and the house leaders’ names, for whom you can purchase a gift card will be available at the studio this month. Please prayerfully consider how the Lord would have you help make the holidays a little more special for these children. More information on how to make a donation will be available soon!
Christmas Performances All AFTH classes are currently working on Christmas dances for December! During the month of December, each class will have at least one performance at a nursing home, or children’s home to share the love of Jesus during the holiday season. Please make it a priority to come to all your classes on time! Everyone will be working very hard to learn their dances and be ready for their performances. Be sure to look carefully through the Christmas schedule available this month regarding performance dates, times and locations!
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rt from the Heart is currently confirming performance bookings for their student companies. If your school church, or other venue would be interested in bringing the AFTH Performing Companies to your event, please contact the Office at 407-858-0807, or email us at:
[email protected].
BELLA’S BOUTIQUE REMINDER: All Retail Orders are shipped to you once the AFTH office has received your order / payment. We typically place orders once every two weeks. Once ordered, retail is generally shipped to AFTH and on its way to you in about 1 week to 10
NOVEMBER BIRTHDAYS Hannah Cory, Autumn Toney, Danae Badman, Megan Richards, Jessica Schadow, Madison Colpitts, Taliah Rodriguez, Rebekah Schwenk, Danielle Derringer, Emily Haag, Kendyl Campbell, Olivia Hardway, Breshia Rivera, Katie Wilson, Caitlin Dragon, Erin Lehr
days. AFTH prefers that all Retail Orders are placed via our online store BELLA'S BOUTIQUE. Here you can create an account that will make ordering easy and convenient. You are even notified when your order is on its way to you. You can find a link to Bella's Boutique on our web site.
LATE FEES! Tuition is due on the first class of every month and a $15 late fee will be applied to all unpaid accounts. Late fees will be incurred on the 12th of each month. Please be sure to contact the office before the 12th if you have not made your payment or a late fee will be applied.
DO WE HAVE YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS? AFTH strives to provide you with as much information and with as much advance notice as possible. In fact, AFTH is known for our attention to details and our communication to our AFTH Families. This season, the great majority of our communications will be via email and on our website. As such, ple ase be sure that we have your email on file. As you registered, we placed your email in our "email blast" list so you should automat ically recei ve Ne wsle t ters, Reminders, Updates, etc. AFTH will not be providing as much printed information (Monthly Newsletters, Reminders, etc) as we have in the past. Again, we will be doing this via email and posted files on our website.
HELP KEEP THE STUDIO CLEAN & FRESH As you can see, AFTH took the time and money to spruce up the AFTH Studio(s). We ask that each of you do your part to help us keep the studio clean and running efficiently. As such, do your part by: • Picking up any trash • Keeping young children from driving trucks and cars into the wall and base boards • Picking up after yourselves • Putting chairs back when finished • Treating the studio like a friend’s home AFTH has some wonderful people who will clean on a regular basis, but we need each of you to do your part to keep the studio(s) looking great!
RECITAL COSTUME DEPOSIT(s) Recital costume deposit(s) are now past due! A $40 per student / per class Recital costume deposit was due September 1, 2006. AFTH requires this deposit as we have already begun ordering costumes to e nsure they are cre ated, processed and shipped to us in time for our April Picture Week & May Recital. There are only 5 or 6 major costume companies, and all of the thousands of dance studios across the country are making their orders with this handful of dance costume companies. This is the reason orders need to be placed early. AFTH includes all classes in the annual recital. This is important to our curriculum and to our students! A $15 late fee (per student, per month that their deposit is late) will be applied to any unpaid costume deposits. In addition, you run the risk of being lef t off of our order and the distinct possibilit y of not being able to participate in Recital. If you have recently registered at AFTH, and have not spoken with anyone regarding your costume deposit(s), please contact the office to set a due date for your deposit payment.
A LOOK AHEAD NOVEMBER 2006 • Christmas Performances Schedule available • Studio closed November 23-26 for Thanksgiving Holiday DECEMBER 2006 • Various Christmas performances • Studio closed December 17th-January 3rd for Christmas & New Year’s JANUARY 2007 • Studio re-opens Thursday, January 4, 2007 • Recital Costume Balances Due FEBRUARY 2007 • Begin Recital dances
TUITION REMINDER
MARCH 2007 • AFTH picture week (Date TBD)
Tuition is based on a full dance term (10 months) and is divided into equal monthly payments for your convenience. ALL TUITION IS PAYABLE IN ADVANCE AND IS DUE BY THE FIRST CLASS OF EACH MONTH. If paying by auto credit card or PayPal, your tuition will automatically be processed on the 24th of the preceding month. If a tuition payment is not received by the first class of the month, a $15 LATE FEE IS INCURRED. ALL UNPAID LATE FEES WILL BE ADDED TO YOUR COSTUME BALANCE AT THE END OF THE YEAR. There are no refunds for registration fees, missed lessons, costume payments or ticket purchases.
APRIL 2007 • Recital fee due; $10 per student
WITHDRAWING AFTH must be given a written notice 30 days prior to a student withdrawing from a class. Tuition must be paid in full until the 30-day notice is completed and fulfilled.
MAY 2007 AFTH dress rehearsal and recital May 11-12
— STAFF — Jennifer Kroger, Noelle Romanacce, Aimee Bennett, Kendall Dupree, Ashley Boss, Eva Young, Ali Kroger, Merry Glee Dupree
— AFTH OFFICE HOURS — Tuesday-Friday: 10:00am - 2:00pm Phone: 407-858-0807 Fax: 321-251-5334 Email:
[email protected] Web site: artfromtheheartstudio.com
