2014 Recap

March 14, 2014 marked our first PATT Conference to be held in Charleston, SC.  We were at the Inn Place Hotel on Goer Drive of North Charleston, SC.  It was amazing.  It seems like we plan the conference and put it together, but the mood and the environment is all God’s doing.  Each time we have these conferences God just shows up in such wonderful ways.  Our theme last year was Dealing With Women’s Issues.  You know we have issues, but there is not one of them that God cannot help us handle or resolve.
 
We started off our welcome reception in a cozy little room set aside just for us to talk and to share.  After all the introductions, Deb de Poet shared one of her awesome poems, “Whose Shoes?”,  Lorraine Frasier and Vanetta Webb sung for us, and our founder O’Violet J. Oree gave a welcome speech.  By the time we got up Saturday morning, we were ready for a day of workshops and spiritual food.  Mrs. Oree started us off with the top twenty women issues survey and it was interesting to hear the results that were shared.  Deborah Dawson talked about sister to sister relationships and we learned that God can hook a sister up.  Lorrie Lawrence showed us how to deal with the issues we have and that means we can stay in character as we do so.  Dr. Yvonne Commadore talked about the family and emotional traumas that we experience.  It was an eye opener because we have practiced so many things incorrectly for years and it seems like we are straining when we try to break free.  Mrs. Oree shared lessons learned from women being in ministry.  There were many emotional break through moments for us that day.  Who would have thought that all of this information spoke directly to some of the things we were facing?  That’s why I said God takes over after we do the planning.
 
The Saturday night banquet put the icing on the cake.  Deb de Poet and company performed a play called “Ms. Millie”.  Vanetta Webb sung from her heart.  The food was good, especially the red velvet cake.  But we weren’t prepared for the thunder from heaven, as our speaker Co-Pastor Angela Washington, of Jehovah Gireh Family Worship Center, let the Lord cut loose in her.  It just seemed like all of the worships from that day came to a head.  What we missed during the day session was restored that night.  We just want to thank all of you that came, thank all our presenters and our speaker, and thanks so much to those who helped plan and who helped to implement.  Tell others to not miss another conference.  See you 2015!