“Diversities of Gifts for The Dove’s Nest Fundraiser”

“When a woman feels a sense of hopelessness or is hurting, it affects her family, her community and those around her. When you heal her spiritually, mentally, emotionally and physically, you heal her family, as well as a community.”

– Kym Gordon Moore

Often, it is difficult for someone to understand where a person is going if they do not understand where that person has been. If at some point in your life, you never walked in the shoes of trials, disappointments and tribulations it’s hard to comprehend how uncomfortable those shoes feel and the difficult journey they endured.

Kym Gordon Moore, author of the book “Diversities of Gifts: Same Spirit” and recipient of the General Mills’ Feeding Dreams Community Service Award, is announcing “Diversities of Gifts for The Dove’s Nest Fundraiser”, kicking off on Saturday September 19, 2009 from 2:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. The event will be held at the elegant and historic Duke Mansion located at 400 Hermitage Road in Charlotte, North Carolina.

This capital campaign fundraiser will benefit expansion facilities for The Dove’s Nest, a women-specific recovery program that provides a loving, highly-structured Christian environment to help women understand and deal with the core issues of their alcohol and/or drug addiction. In conjunction with the Favorite Things for a CAUSE mission, our goal is to raise at least $25,000 from this event, to support efforts that will help to increase the program’s bed capacity from 12 to 90.

If you would like to receive more information on our upcoming fundraiser and how you can get involved with the expansion project of this sanctuary for homeless women, please send an email to diversitiesofgifts@kymgmoore.com. Include your name, email address and any contact information in the body of your email. In the subject line of your email, include: “Diversities of Gifts for the Dove’s Nest”. Albeit this event is for a worthy cause, it will surely be educational, enlightening and entertaining. We are so excited about this opportunity to help so many women in need and look forward to seeing many of you at The Duke Mansion in September! This is one benefit that you don’t want to miss!

The Dove’s Nest - http://charlotterescuemission.org/category/outreaches/dovesnest
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Diversities of Gifts for The Dove's Nest

Kym Gordon Moore, author of the book “Diversities of Gifts: Same Spirit” was recently named as one of the recipients of General Mills’ Feeding Dreams Community Service Award, for her volunteer work with The Dove’s Nest, a subsidiary of The Charlotte Rescue Mission, located in Charlotte, NC. The Dove’s Nest is a women-specific recovery program that provides a loving, highly-structured Christian environment to help women understand and deal with the core issues of their alcohol and/or drug addiction.

She will soon announce an end-of-the-summer project to benefit The Dove’s Nest that she is collaborating with Francene Marie Morris, her co-founder with Favorite Things for a CAUSE. Stay tuned for the exciting details yet to come announcing this worthy project that will help so many women successfully navigate through their recovery process at the Dove’s Nest.

http://www.charlotterescuemission.org/dovesnest.php
http://www.kymgmoore.com/
http://www.francenemarie.com/

Outskirts Press announces Diversities of Gifts from Indian Trail, NC author Kym Gordon Moore

Outskirts Press, Inc. has published Diversities of Gifts: Same Spirit by Kym Gordon Moore, which is the author's most recent book to date

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
PRLog (Press Release) – Jun 28, 2009 – Denver, CO

http://www.prlog.org/10269002-outskirts-press-announces-diversities-of-gifts-from-indian-trail-nc-author-kym-gordon-moore.html

Barnes & Noble – http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/results.asp?ATH=Kym+Gordon+Moore

Amazon.com – http://www.amazon.com/Diversities-Gifts-Kym-Gordon-Moore/dp/1432730428/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1246509821&sr=1-1

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The Fruit of Patience

Can you write down three things that you find it hard to wait on? What does it mean to be patient? Do you find that you can hardly wait for school to get out at the end of the day? Is it hard to wait for Christmas or your birthday to arrive? Do you find it hard to wait when preparing to go on vacation?

We live in a world where almost everything is done in fast motion. Many people have a problem being patient. Oftentimes, their impatience lead to making serious mistakes that can cause major problems affecting the lives of a lot of people.

Being patient is not always an easy thing to do. Patience is steadfast, able or willing to endure under difficult circumstances. To be patient is to understand that a process requires you to wait for a result. It does not mean that you are to tolerate something that you know is wrong or foolish. To be patient is not to be lazy or a pushover. Patience requires living by faith. Patience requires understanding and can strengthen you. I went to undergrad college with a young man named Carl who had cerebral palsy. Cerebral Palsy is a disorder of the nervous system affecting body movement, muscle coordination and speech. It is caused by abnormalities in parts of the brain that control muscle movement. Carl was very kind and maintained an independent attitude. He didn’t want pity simply because of his uniqueness, but hoped for opportunity and fair treatment. He knew that he walked, talked and responded differently from the rest of us, but that did not destroy his determination to be the very best student, individual and friend that he could be. The way Carl walked was in a clumsy manner due to his cerebral palsy. Although his speech was a little slurred and not always audible, this didn’t stop him from trying to communicate with people.

We were very compassionate and patient with Carl, as well as with other students who shared similar disabilities on campus. If Carl dropped his books, someone picked them up unless he wanted to do it himself. We never made fun of him. If Carl wanted to walk with us, we walked slower so that he could keep up. And despite it all, if we had a party on campus, Carl came and he danced and danced and danced. Now that is a true testament of the gift of life. Keep smiling and keep dancing, even when your heart is breaking. Why? Because we are celebrating life and trouble does not last always! If I were in Carl’s position or as some of the other students in wheel chairs trying to get to class, I would hope and pray that someone would be patient with me. It is so easy to turn your head and look the other way just to ignore those who have physical challenges. Remember that you can be what most consider normal right now and the next minute find yourself in the same predicament as other individuals facing the adversity of unexpected disabilities.

Have you thought about what it would be like if God was impatient with us? What if he was impatient every time we did or said something wrong or insensitive? What if he was impatient with us if we didn’t grow or learn fast enough? The one thing that tries God’s patience is when we are disobedient to his Word. God expects us to be forgiving and patient with others, just as He is with us.

Impatience has consequences. It can lead to missed opportunities, making poor choices and decisions that you may regret later. Don’t be so anxious to get something done so quickly, unless it’s a life or death situation. Are you a patient person? If not, how can you practice being patient? Pray for God to show you how, why and when to be patient.

“Therefore, as God's chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience.”
Colossians 3:12 (NIV)

Celebrating the 4th of July

I would like to wish everyone a safe and Happy 4th of July. Please be certain to exercise caution if you’re traveling on the highway and for God’s sake, don’t drink and drive. Remember that we are blessed with the awesome gift of freedom in this country. Let's take a moment to remember everyone who risked and sacrificed their lives for the rest of us to enjoy our land of the free. Be sure to celebrate responsibly!

Diversities of Gifts: Same Spirit Is Here!!!

God has such an amazing and incredible way of gently letting you know that for your faithfulness, it’s your time. Today was such an incredible day! As I am blessed to wake up and experience a day that I never experienced before, I am simply in awe of the great things that continue to unfold through the lessons of creation that surround me with divine love. As I received so many birthday wishes, celebrating my 51st birthday today, I am almost overwhelmed by the pleasant surprises that God is placing on the table he prepared for me.

A year ago, I hoped to be here today, but who knows what tomorrow brings? Thus, I celebrate today, I cherish the memories of yesterday and I let God take care of tomorrow. I cherish my true and dear friendships, my family and my faith. I embrace the divine strength that The Lord imparted in me. I learned to let go of the trivial, the complacent, the spiritual leeches and the nonsensical. In addition, although I embrace the fruit of the spirit (love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness and temperance), I also realize that adversity is waiting to strike in the shadows; yet I fear no evil.

While celebrating my gift of life, I received a package today, delivered by UPS. I expected my package this week and hoped it would be here by my birthday, but I was uncertain about the estimated time of arrival for it. I opened the box and behold was a surreal sight that literally brought me to tears. Copies of my new book, “Diversities of Gifts: Same Spirit” was like the cherry on top of a hot fudge sundae that took this birthday to a completely new level. If it came yesterday or arrived tomorrow, I know that the excitement would still be there, but the significance of it arriving on this day, was more momentous than I expected. I don’t know what God has up his sleeve as I move forward on my journey, but I’ve buckled my seat belt because I feel that it is something big! “Big, really big,” as Barney Fife on The Andy Griffith Show used to say.

So I am excited to present to you, the debut of my new book, “Diversities of Gifts: Same Spirit.” It is available on Barnes & Noble.com and Amazon.com. More information is forthcoming of events and additional availability sectors embodying the message and ministry of this Christian Inspirational Book. Thank you for allowing me the time to share this update with you.

God Bless!
Kym Gordon Moore
http://www.kymgmoore.com/