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Our Mission
The Greater Philadelphia Christian Writers Fellowship
exists to help you respond to God's call to write. We want to come alongside to encourage and equip you to get your work in print. We are a Christ-centered fellowship with a strong emphasis
on prayer and Bible study, but also on learning the craft of writing and marketing. We want to help you become an effective communicator of God's truth in both Christian and secular markets.
Together we really can make a difference!
Our History
Marlene Bagnull
founded GPCWF in
1983 with a small group of Christian writers drawn by announcements they
read in the newspaper. Since then we have met monthly (except in the
summer) and sponsored four day-long seminars, six two-day
conferences, and eight three-day conferences. I've often said that if I knew
what God had planned I would have told Him, "I'm not
qualified," and run the other way. But I'm so grateful I didn't. He
really is able to do "exceedingly, abundantly beyond" (Eph. 3:20).
CWF meets monthly on a Thursday
morning from 9:30 to 12:30 at Springton Lake Presbyterian Church
(www.slpca.org). 3090 South Newtown
Street Road, Newtown Square 19073. (For door-to-door directions go to
www.mapquest.com.) The church is at the intersection of Route 252 &
Media Line Road, on the left just past the Springton Lake Reservoir and
Delaware County Community College (if you're going north on 252).
Our 28th year of ministry!
December 15, 2011 - Christmas Brunch Write a
poem, short story (fiction or nonfiction), article, letter to the
editor, devotional, skit, or anything else you can think of focused on
Christmas. In addition, using the resource from our October meeting,
please select three potential markets. (Click
here for the Best Opportunity Markets.) So we have to read
everything, pleases limit the length to 1500 words. We'll give first
priority in our critique time to those who have done the assignment.
We'll look at other manuscripts only if there is time.
Please also bring something to share for our brunch. Contact Pam Halter
at pam.halter@gmail.com.
If you have books or handcrafts to sell, you're
welcome to bring them. Let's support each other by doing some Christmas
shopping at the meeting! Click here to see what I have available in the
Write His Answer bookstore. In addition to over 100 writing how-to
titles, you'll find books for non-writing family, friends, and young
people. If you see something you're interested in, let me know and I'll
bring it (with no obligation to purchase.
January 19, 2012
February 16, 2012
March 15, 2012
April 19, 2012
May 24, 2012 -
(yes this is the 4th Thursday) Karen
Whiting , Developing a Writing Strategy How to develop a
writing strategy that fits your brand (what God's calling you to write),
personality, time schedule, and includes a vision for the future with
steps to reach writing goals. Karen has
hundreds of articles and twelve published books. Within three months of
attending her first writer's conference Karen began to get published.
She had something accepted for over 100 straight months and then became
a columnist. Karen's best-selling book series, God's Girls, has
had eleven printings already and still sells over thousands yearly nine
years after publication. She writes for women, families, and children.
June 21, 20132 - picnic & conference work meeting at
Marlene's Lansdale home
Lansdale Christian Writers Fellowship
Women Only
God has blessed us with a
wonderful new home and plenty of parking. Whether you're a
not-yet-published writer or you're publishing regularly, the Lansdale
Christian Writers Fellowship in my home is the place to come for
encouragement and critiquing. Bring a manuscript! We meet from 7:30 -
10:00 pm. Upcoming
meetings
December 15, 2011 January 12, 2012 January 26,
2012 February 9, 2012 February 23, 2012 March 8, 2012 More
dates to be posted
Directions: Take 476 N to the PA Turnpike and get off at
the first exit, exit 31, Lansdale. Turn left at the light onto PA 63 E (Sumneytown
Pike) towards Lansdale. Go about two miles to the light at PA 363, Valley
Forge Road. Turn right. Go 0.6 miles to Anders Road. Turn left. Anders
Road bends to the right. Look for rancher on the left with two lampposts
at the end of the driveway. Better still, get door-to-door directions from
www.mapquest.com.
Join
Our Yahoo Group
For news about writing opportunities and CWF
meetings, answers to your writing questions, prayer requests, and
fellowship with other writers, please join our Yahoo group moderated by
Michele Scott. For more info and instructions on how to join
click here.
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