SPEAKING
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Marcia Norwood, AMERICA'S STORYTELLER
Pearls4Girls
Females Linked Through Faith and Friendship
The purpose of PEARLS4GIRLS is to connect with women all over
the world for encouragement, education, fun, inspiration,
prayer, and service in Jesus' name.
Pearls represent the best that is within us when God transforms
our trials into something beautiful!
Marcia shares inspirational and hilarious stories and photographs
of women from several generations who have inspired her.
Suggested Theme/Decorations for Banquets/Retreats/Seminars:
Tea Party, Pearls, Shells, Sand, Fashions/Dresses/Jewelry
from Several Generations, Treasured Family Photographs
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The
Butterfly Effect
How significant is your life?
Do you make a difference?
Do you really matter?
Marcia shares through personal and historical stories and
photographs how every move we make and every action we take,
matters not just for us, but for all of us…and for all
time.
Inspired by Any Andrews book: "The Butterfly Effect"
(How Your Life Matters).
Suggested Theme/Decorations for Banquets/Retreats/Seminars:
Butterflies!
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The
Teacher is Quiet During the Test
The teacher is quiet during a test. A classroom teacher has
plenty to say before the test when lessons are taught, and
after the test when lessons are reviewed.
Marcia: "I discovered The Master Teacher is quiet during
a test...but He is always present. Sometimes God has been
so close to me - I can almost feel His breath on the back
of my neck. There have been times, though, God was so silent
that I wondered if He was there at all. God was not testing
our sacrifice. He provided Jesus as our sacrifice. He was
testing our hearing."
Marcia shares through her real life stories and photographs
how she found hope and "water-from-the-rock provision"
in the midst of monumental trials and loss eerily similar
to the loss of health, family and finances that Job experienced
as told in the Book of Job in the Holy Bible.
Hear how God resurrected unfulfilled dreams (once thought
to be destroyed) but were only dormant during trials.
Be inspired to give your mess to God and allow Him to make
your mess - your message to a hurting world.
Suggested Theme/Decorations for Banquets/Retreats/Seminars:
School Books, Tests, Grade Cards, Pencils, Notebooks
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How
Do You Get Into A Family?
Marcia asked children and adults: "How do you get into
a family?"
An American 4-year old said: "Ummm. God kind of puts
you on a big box and floats you into your mama's tummy."
Every year 12 million children become orphans and wait for
their Forever Family. There are 2 billion Christians in the
world, and if only 7% of the Christians in the world would
show hope to one single orphan - too look after a child in
their distress - there would effectively be no more orphans.
Marcia shares incredible stories of how adoption changed her
family forever, and other mother-child connections from around
the world...including: Xinran's "Pebble-Leaf Connection,
Going Home Barbie, Fu Ju's Song (Orphans throughout China
sing this song), and KFC Party at Changsha Orphanage in China.
Suggested Theme/Decorations for Banquets/Retreats/Seminars:
Family Photographs, Pebbles/Stones & Leaf/Leaves, Special
Edition "Going Home Barbie"
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Unlocking
A Child's Life Story
# 1 Adult Workshop for Adoptive Parents, Foster Parents, Social
Workers, Adoption Professionals
# 2 Children's Hands-On Workshop (JOURNEY JEWELRY) for Children
With At Least One Parent Present
Marcia: "Parents hold the KEY to unlock a child's Life
Story. What we don't talk about can be scarier than what is
said. Our silence says: "This must be so bad-it's unspeakable."
This informative and inspirational workshop will help adults
feel more comfortable telling the positive and negative elements
of their child's story.
Key Points: Parents, Practice, Props, Perspective, Process
OPTIONAL PRODUCTS AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE:
JOURNEY JEWELRY Workbook: A proactive tool Marcia developed
to honor every minute of a child's life. Life Stories unfold
as a chronological narrative, and create a verbal and visual
record of a child's story. Words create pictures where none
are available. Learn how to create a comforting ritual with
your child.
JOURNEY JEWELRY Bracelet: Marcia first created the
silk cord bracelet with quality handmade glass beads and silvertone
charms for her chosen children from China: Sarah Zheng-Kang
and Faith Fu Ju. JOURNEY JEWELRY made its public debut in
2004, when Marcia was invited by Dick Fischer, editor of Adoption
Today, to teach a class for adoptive parents at Chinese Heritage
Camp in Denver, Colorado.
Responses From Adoptive Parents:
"Marcia showed me how to start a conversation with my
daughter that I didn't know how to start. I didn't know what
to say about her birth family - because I didn't want to hurt
her any more than she had already been hurt."
"I didn't think I would ever need something like this
(JOURNEY JEWELRY Workshop), because my children were adopted
as toddlers. When my kids hit puberty - all kinds of emotions
and questions surfaced about their birth family. This workshop
helped me learn how to talk to my kids about their entire
Life Story."
"JOURNEY JEWELRY is something I can do with my
children. It just makes sense."
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Journey
to Christmas
# 1 Marcia shares inspiring and hilarious stories and photographs
of Christas traditions she has collected over the years.
Marcia: "God has given each of us unique life experiences
- stories to share with others that reveal how He is at work
in our everyday lives. If your Christmas Past has not been
joyful - it's not too late for you to get past your heartache
and make beautiful new memories."
# 2 Marcia also teaches a workshop: "How To Create A
Christmas Advent or Devotional Booklet."
Suggested Theme/Decorations for Banquets/Retreats/Seminars:
Christmas Decorations, Childhood Dolls and Toys
