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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).
Upcoming 2009 Meetings
March 19 - You Are the Light of the World Wide Web 2.0, Part 1 -
Michele Scott
The Internet provides opportunities for no-cost,
no-travel missions trips from your home computer. Learn how to use Web
2.0 technologies such as blogging, vlogging, and social networking to
spread The Good News with your written and spoken words. We will offer
instructions & handouts for beginners as well as those already familiar
with these techniques.
April 16 - You Are the Light of the World Wide Web 2.0, Part 2 - Pierre
Eade
May 21 - Market Yourself Now - Karen Whiting
Whether you already have a book or are just beginning as a writer,
learn the tools to develop your name. It's never too early to start!
Workshop will cover developing a portfolio, business card, brochure, store
events, press kit, bio, web site, and products. This workshop is great
preparation for the August 6-8 Greater Philly Christian Writers
Conference. Karen has published ten books with Christian publishers and
education publishers, has written hundreds of articles for more than
four-dozen publications.
June 18 - Market Yourself Now - Karen Whiting
Whether you already have a book or are just beginning as a writer,
learn the tools to develop your name. It's never too early to start! The
workshop will cover developing a portfolio, business card, brochure, store
events, press kit, bio, Web site, and products. This workshop is great
preparation for the August 6-8 conference.
To receive news of upcoming meetings and writing opportunities, send your
email address to
mbagnull@aol.com and visit again for more info.
We also encourage you to join our Yahoo group at
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/GPCWF/. To join send an email to
GPCWF-subscribe@yahoogroups.com.
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