Diana’s published articles during May:

You can read most of these by click on them.

Deacon Magazine, Summer 09 issue.

 “The Deacon Wife God Wants You to Be” – an article about the importance of relationships.

Rick Warren’s Ministry Toolbox, May 29 issue

“Ten Small Ways to Enliven Worship”

Let’s Worship magazine, Summer 09 issue.

“Love Your Fellow Staff Member as Yourself” – ten ideas to help you love your co-workers in ministry.

On Mission magazine, Spring issue–national magazine for North American Mission Board.  “Open Wide”

Pastors Today website (LifeWay) – TenTiny Tweaks too Enliven Worship

 Statewide Baptist Papers:

The Indiana Baptist

Southern Baptist Texan

Penn-Jersey Baptist

Hawaii-Pacific Baptist

The Illinois Baptist

Minnesota/Wisconsin Baptist

The Baptist Courier  (South Carolina)

The Iowa Baptist

Western Recorder (Kentucky)

Article titles:

The Worthy Lives of Deacon Wives

Stop, Drop & Pray

Blooming  Blessings

Prayer Walking

If you missed my “occasional” newsletter this month, click below:

May 2009 Update Newsletter

I just found out that I’ll be doing a book signing for my new book, Deacon Wives, at the Southern Baptist Convention in Louisville next month. Hope you’ll stop by and visit!

Monday, June 22nd

1:00-2:00 p.m.

Southern Baptist Convention’s LifeWay Book Store

Kentucky Exposition Center, 937 Phillips Lane, Louisville KY

I received my pre-release copy of my new book, Deacon Wives, today! It’s still not released until June, but what a great feeling to have it in hand! Here’s a photo.

Take a look at this month’s Facts & Trends magazine. It has a very nice feature of my new book, Deacon Wives, in it!  Nice.

One of my favorite pastors’ wives says that — Cool Beans! — when something really exciting happens.

I was thrilled to see that the On Mission magazine (pastor’s edition) that arrived yesterday featured my article on the back cover.  What an honor!!

“On Mission” is the magazine of our North American Mission Board (NAMB). Your pastor should have received the Spring issue of the pastor’s edition yesterday.  This is a really great issue because it features daily articles about missions in North America for this week’s Annie Armstrong week of prayer for North American missions. Take a look at the website and read some of these amazing stories.

If you’re in a Southern Baptist Church, take a look at www.namb.net for some wonderful, valuable resources for your church, such as video clips, research statistics–I even found where they’ll provide baptism invitations for emailing.

Pray for God’s continued blessings on our North American Mission Board as they lead the way in sharing the saving love of Jesus with the lost in our country, and take advantage of all the resources NAMB provides for our churches.

Gotta say it one more time. Cool beans!

I thought you might enjoy seeing the entire book cover for the upcoming Deacon Wives book! B&H just designed the back cover, and here’s how the entire jacket will look:

The book is available for pre-order on Amazon, but won’t release at bookstores until June. Pray with me that God will use this to encourage many deacon wives across our nation!

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Published Articles this month:

The Indiana Baptist

The South Carolina Baptist Courier

The Minnesota-Wisconsin Baptist

Deacon Magazine

The Illinois Baptist

The Iowa Baptist

Here’s a note I received about Fresh Ideas for Women’s Ministry book:

Dear Diana – Many thanks for the many ideas in your book on women’s ministry.

I’m so excited to get the women in my church connected in a united effort to bless others in our community and further. A little over a year ago, my husband and I were called to help a good friend and his wife plant a new church. My husband just went full time as the executive pastor and we’re busy with community outreach efforts as well as our first team mission trip to Haiti. My dream for our church is to get small groups of women bonded in their passions to do something for others, and to support each other in the process.

Your book gave me lots of ideas for practical ways to get them involved.Thank you.

Pray for this and other women’s ministries who are adding “ministry” into their “Women’s Ministry!”

Thought you might like reading this “Author/Artist Review” that’s printed in Christianbook.com about the upcoming Deacon Wives book:

(or click here to read it on their website.)

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I thought you might like to see the cover of the upcoming new book for Deacon Wives.  What do you think?

It will be released at bookstores on June 1st! You can pre-order the book now at  Amazon.com and LifeWay.com .

Here’s what I like about the book.  It’s positive and encouraging. It has a six-week study curriculum that can be used by deacon wives in a church.  It’s full of practical, usable tips for ongoing opportunities for deacon wives to make a difference in the church. I take 1 Timothy 3:11 and challenge the deacon wife to love the ministry that God has set aside for her.

As a pastor’s wife, I served alongside deacon wives–in a church with two deacons, forty deacons and a church with one hundred deacons.  It doesn’t matter the size church; the value of deacons and their wives as servants and pacesetters in the church is immense.  I think this book will encourage any deacon’s wife to love her life, her husband, her church and her God even more.

Pray with me that God will use this book to encourage these great leaders.