Whether it's at an annual ladies's retreat or at the regular weekly Thursday Morning 11:00am Ladies Bible Class, you will have plenty of opportunities to get to know your Christian sisters!

These women work together, study together, pray together, and enjoy each others company. What a joy to serve the Lord alongside these inspirational women! CLASS is a great opportunity for sisters in Christ to fellowship, study, service and evangelism. The goals of the CLASS goals are to study God's Word, love and encourage each member of the class,

and to reach out to help the community with monthly projects that will bring glory to God. These loving, generous Christian ladies volunteer to help each other with prayer, meals, and childcare. Clearly, what begins as a weekly Bible study often extends into close friendships and a life of service beside other Christian women.

2005 Church of Christ Ladies Retreat was in Louisville, KY

Pictures from the Ladies Trips to Louisville

2006 Church of Christ Ladies Retreat will be held in Greensboro, North Carolina, April 20-23.

Christian Woman Magazine

Profile: Sister Janice Rogers Brown

Supreme Christian Example on the Supreme Court

She is a descendent of slaves and the daughter of sharecroppers from Alabama.

Six-year-old Janice swept the porch of her grandmother's home in Luverne, Ala.

"Whatever you're going to be in life, you be the best," her grandmother, Beulah Allen, admonished. "If you sweep floors, do it so well that when you finish they'll say that you swept floors the best and cleanest they've ever seen! Ten years later, they'll still be talking about what a good job you did." Resting on a bench, Janice contemplated the lively conversations and debates she heard on that porch. In the 1950s, African-American families in Alabama had a great deal to talk about. Jim Crow was in its heyday, and the Civil Rights movement was underway. Young Janice listened quietly and intently as her parents, aunts, uncles and grandmother discussed the social upheaval around them. They talked about the NAACP Defense Fund and the work of lawyers, such as Fred Gray, who had represented Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King Jr. "Fred Gray was proof positive to my family that you could be a lawyer and also a decent person," Janice says. Janice knew then what floor she wanted to sweep, and she knew the broom that she would use. She would become a lawyer. The time she spent sitting on the bench on her grandmother's porch helped prepare Janice for the bench where she sits today. She is now Justice Janice Rogers Brown, associate justice of the California State Supreme Court.

In March 2003, Janice a member of the Church of Christ was nominated by President Bush to the second-highest court in our country!

For at least four generations, Janice notes that her family has been part of the church of Christ. That long family history of using the Bible as the single, undisputed standard for religious beliefs provided her with the foundations of her faith and fueled her analytical mind as well. Her family, many of them noted teachers and song leaders in their congregations, expected every idea to be backed up with proof from the Word. She says she has always been drawn to the intellectual honesty of biblical study that has been emphasized in the church. Since 1978, Janice has been a member of Cordova Church of Christ in Rancho Cordova, Calif., where she worships with her mother, Doris Holland, and her husband, Dewey Parker, whom she married in 1991. Janice has been active in the women's programs at the congregation, and Dewey helps with children's education programs. Janice pursues a relentless weekly schedule.

She divides her time between Sacramento and San Francisco. The California Supreme Court receives 7,000 petitions a year, as many as the U.S. Supreme Court, and each must be carefully reviewed. Her time is also filled with numerous speaking and teaching engagements and public obligations. In her spare time she enjoys reading anything with an intellectual challenge. Usually reserved and very private, Janice finds coping with her high-profile position the most difficult part of her job. She attributes an active prayer life to helping her endure the scrutiny and pressures of being in the public spotlight. Janice says Dewey's gregarious personality is a good complement to her nature. A professional musician, he provides her with the perspective of someone outside the legal profession. "He keeps me anchored," she says. Last year, Janice accepted a position on the Pepperdine University Board of Regents. She addressed the 1999 Pepperdine Bible Lectureship on the topic, "Beyond the Abyss: Restoring Religion on the Public Square," urging Christians to use their First Amendment rights to make their voices heard in public matters.

Chris Goldman, minister of the Cordova congregation, has compared Janice to Deborah, the woman judge of the Bible. "Serving as a judge in a day when evil seems to be prevalent and growing, Janice restores faith to the Supreme Court in the same fashion Deborah restored faith in her day." Janice is more modest in her assessment of her influences. "I am just one of seven on the Court. What's really important," she explains, "is the influence that every individual has in everyday life." Janice concludes, "Everyone has the opportunity to change society for the better in all things. People can see integrity and decency in someone else who is making choices between right and wrong. If enough people would exert their influence for good, then there would be fewer problems in our society."

Lord willing, Janice Rogers Brown may be appointed to the U.S. Court of Appeals, in the District of Columbia. Since 1978, Janice has been a member of Cordova Church of Christ in Rancho Cordova, California..." We are encouraging members of the Lord's Church to pray regarding this matter, but specifically for our Sister Janice Rogers Brown.

Please forward this information to every member of the church that you know! Her family, many of them noted teachers and song leaders in their congregations, expected every idea to be backed up with proof from the Word. She says she has always been drawn to the intellectual honesty of Biblical study that has been emphasized in the church.

Many are striving to block Justice Brown's nomination to the Second highest court in our country. They do not want a Christian holding such a high judicial position. Sis. Brown, may even be one of the president's prospects for the Supreme Court. They realize that abortion rights may be abolished, homosexual marriage may be stopped in its tracks, and prayer could once again be allowed in our schools! For these same reasons, we must pray!

God answered our prayers! Sis. Brown was confirmed

On June 8, 2005: The Senate confirms Janice Rogers Brown for Appeals Court after 2-year battle. The Senate votes 56 to 43 to confirm California Judge Janice Rogers Brown to the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia. All Republicans in the Senate supported Brown, while all but one Democrat opposed her nomination.