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There are many different types of "hope chests" in
our world today in which to store our treasures
(money). With nothing being fail-safe, what
should one do if the bottom falls out of their hope
chest?
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Sisters In Business.Net Newsletter
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3rd Anniversary-Black History Edition
February 2009
"Celebrating History, Hope, Purpose, and
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Dear Friend,
Happy 3rd Year Anniversary!
February
2009 marks
the 3rd Anniversary of Sisters In Business
(SIB)! Much has been, and is still,
going on behind the scenes with SIB still
having a #1 page ranking in the search
engines. We are delighted to be a
premiere place to showcase business owners and
professionals needing a visible and viable
venue of internet traffic, to network,
advertise, market and empower, in local,
regional, national, and global markets.
Click here
learn about our advertising solutions
and very affordable prices.
And speaking of behind the scenes, please allow us to introduce
to you this year our parent company
For Your Information
(FYI).
FYI is the
creative
and technical force that designs and develops
solutions for
the Sisters In Business and AYES operations.
Since 1995, FYI has provided education and
information technology solutions to
businesses, academia, individual professionals
and homes across the state of Tennessee.
Click here
to learn more about FYI.
Lastly, we wish to thank our existing
subscribers, and the many interested individuals
who have contacted us about our services.
Please pardon our delay in responding, if any,
as we work to increase resources to accommodate
a growing demand--a really good problem to have.
In the meantime, please take advantage of our
fast and convenient services offered online at
www.sistersinbusiness.net.
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Tekelia
C. Kelly,
Founder CEO, Publisher,
Sisters In Business.Net |
Sincerely,
Tekelia C. Kelly
Sisters In Business.Net
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Corporate Partners
Best Buy and
Walgreens Gunbarrrel Locations
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Wendell Norman,
Manager
Best Buy, Chattanooga, TN
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Sisters In Business.Net wishes to express
its sincere appreciation to its corporate
partners Best Buy- manager Wendell Morgan; and
Walgreens Pharmacy- manager Patricia Arnold,
both located at Gunbarrel Road in Chattanooga,
TN. Best Buy and Walgreens partnered with
SIB in offering the AYES Youth In Business
program as summer workshops at Chattanooga
State, as well as individualized coaching
sessions for youth needing 1-on-1 education
and/or employment coaching. AYES was also
covered in Best Buy's Black Employee Network
(BEN) newsletter, which highlights the community
service and goodwill projects and activities
involving Best Buy employees.
If you would like to support the
private education and employment coaching
services of AYES YIB, for youth in high school,
trade, college, pre-professional, and entrepreneurial
areas, please
contact Tekelia C. Kelly at 423.421.5646. or
email
tekeliakelly@sistersinbusiness.net. Or
you may make your tax deductible donation
in honor of
the AYES program by
clicking here.
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Celebrating
African-American/Black History, and the Timeline of
Hope
We
celebrate African-American Black History, and
the legacy of hope that has been woven
throughout the fabric of mankind in our country
via many platforms of leadership. It
has been said that "inside of history is "His
Story". For your enlightenment, you are
invited to explore movie s
Our Hero Lives
and
Black History
Month Tribute,
and the commemorative button "Legacy of Hope"
by clicking the related mages and links below.
Inside of History is "His Story"
Philippians 4:10-14 KJV 10 But I rejoiced in the
Lord greatly, that now at the last your care of
me hath flourished again; wherein ye were also
careful, but ye lacked opportunity. 11 Not that
I speak in respect of want: for I have learned,
in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be
content. 12 I know both how to be abased, and I
know how to abound: every where and in all
things I am instructed both to be full and to be
hungry, both to abound and to suffer need. 13 I
can do all things through Christ which
strengtheneth me.
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To She Who Overcomes
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Patricia Graham,
Desktop Publisher |
Part
of our mission at Sisters In Business.Net is
to offer a platform for women in business to
encourage and empower each other. One
special individual who selected our service to
market her business is Patricia Graham. Pat
is a desktop publisher whose creations include
greeting cards and stationery for weddings.
Pat is originally from New York, but has
relocated to Chattanooga. Her personal
journey has been one of hard reality, only to
prove how one's loving support strengthens us to
overcome.
My
Story
by Patricia Graham
My
bother, sister and I were raised in
Pennsylvania by my aunt, uncle, and
grandmother. I was just two when I moved to
Pennsylvania from Albany New York, while my
sister was six and my bother was four.
When I started school, I had a hard time
keeping up with the other kids. The teacher
had a meeting with my aunt Mildred, and told
her that I was a little slow and that she
should take me to see a specialist. That is
when my aunt found out that I was a slower
learner. The next thing I knew I was put
in Special Ed. I was in Special Ed
throughout school.
I
did take some classes outside of Special Ed,
like Typing 2, Business Math, and History.
School was harder for me than it was for my
bother and sister, because I also had to deal
with name calling and fighting.
The
students would call me names like the 'n'
word, chicken George, and other mean names.
The students made me feel like I was a big
dummy, and ugly. I wanted to drop out of
school. but that was a big no- no in my aunt’s
eyes. So, needless to say, school was a
big battle for me every day, up until the day
I finished.
My
aunt Mildred would not let me give up on my
self. She pushed me to be more than I can be.
She told me that I can do any thing that I
wanted to, all I had to do was just try.
I
went on and became a nurse's aide. I did that
until I had back problems, which caused me to
change my carriage. I then went on to a
business school and learned how to be an
office assistant. Wile I was doing all
that, I was fighting the state for my
independence, a hard thing to do. But I was
not going to let the state take over my money.
When I left home I thought I was independent.
But I found out I was still leaning on my aunt
for help. I would call her and ask what
do you think I should do about this and that.
That was not being independent at all.
So,
I stopped and went on to fighting with the
state to keep my independence. I didn’t
need, nor did I want , a payee to ask for
money to buy whatever I wanted. That was
not my cup of tea. I was not about to
let the state take my independence away. I had
come too far to let something like that happen
to me. Needless to say, I won that
battle.
I
then went on to see if I could go to
college. I thought "Can I do it?
Can I get an associate degree to be a an
administrative assistant?" It was a long
and hard road, but I did it.
So,
to all the people who have a disability, don’t
think you can’t do something because you have
a disability. Never let your disability
hold you back. And don't let any thing
or any one hold you back, for that matter.
You can do it. You just need a little
faith and someone to have your back; someone
to tell you that "you can do it...just try".
I
had my aunt Mildred, who is no longer with me.
She passed away. But I still have
someone who has my back. She never lets
me give up on myself, and I love her for that.
I
have now started my own business creating
wedding stationary and greeting cards.
I've come a long way, and I thank the Lord
everyday for what I have.
Ye are of God, little children, and have
overcome them: because greater is He that is
in you, than He that is in the world.1 John
4:4
To him (her) that overcometh will I give to
eat of the tree of life. Revelation 2:7b
~Congratulations Patricia on your new
business venture! ~
For more information about acquiring
Patricia's services, please contact
Patricia Graham
Desktop Publishing Creations
prinkpg@live.com . (423) 698-0150
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A True Hope Chest
by Tekelia C.
Kelly
Have you ever had a
"hope chest"? A
hope chest was/is a specially made trunk or
storage box, that typically a young woman
would use to save and collect her
valuable items or precious possessions; in
anticipation of getting married.
In
our
world today, I guess some examples of a "hope
chest", would be
stocks, bonds, bank accounts,
portfolios, IRA's, scholarships, loans, the
lottery, cash advances, business ventures,
jobs, social security, and more.
These are the types of safekeeping resources
we look to secure our treasures (money).
As has been seen in the news,
and heard by testimonies of numerous
individuals' across the country, unfortunately
there are no guarantees, or fail-safe plans
with any of the above type hope chests.
It cannot be said, with any great degree of
certainty, that the money you are counting on
will be there when you need it.
So what does one do when a hope
chest is not fail-safe, or the bottom falls
out? You definitely DO NOT give up
hope! Just continue to do the best you
can to work, earn, and save. Then,
beyond that, you must firm up your hope.
"Hope is frail, but hard kill". The
effectiveness of hope lies in what, or who,
you hope in.
I'm reminded of a woman in the Bible, who had
a very special alabaster box. It was
like her personal treasure.
Her story can be found in Luke
7:36-50, Matthew 26:7-13, and John 12:1-3,
Mark 14:3-9.
If I may tell her story this
way...
The woman's alabaster box was
like a hope chest. She had stored inside
of it her most valuable possession, a very
costly perfume (ointment). The perfume
was a thing of value owned by the woman.
It was worth, wealth, and a treasure.
In the town where she lived,
some people, who thought they knew her, said
she was a sinner, said she had a
reputation, and thought she was not worthy of
respect. But soon the woman would meet a
man who knew her beyond position and
possession, and had the power to bless her
abundantly.
The woman was waiting for the
right opportunity. The right opportunity
came.
Seeking a real solution and
acting on purpose she attended a meeting,
where she knew a mighty counselor would be.
She was not invited to the meeting, but she
came anyway. She was focused on getting
to
the solution, not getting an invitation, or to
network with the people.
She had already
put in perspective everything in her life. She
was clear about what was important and
what wasn't. She had been there, done
that, and taken advantage of all the special
incentives the world had to offer. All
that was over.
She knew the man at the meeting
named Jesus Christ was a subject matter expert
on every thing. He could work miracles
given any situation. Determined to have
her own 1-on1 personal encounter with Him, she
prepared her alabaster box to render a service
to the Lord. Her purpose was clear.
Moving towards Jesus, she
brought her alabaster box. She broke
it, and poured from it the perfume on
Jesus' head. Standing at His feet behind
him, weeping, she began to wash his feet with
her tears. She wiped them with the hairs
of her head, kissed his feet, and anointed
them with the ointment as well.
While some in the room criticized her for what
they called a waste, as they felt the perfume
could have been sold for money.
Jesus made it clear to all that this woman's
actions were purposeful. He
blessed her, and made a
memorial to her.
Like this woman, we too, can
realize an amazing return on investment (ROI).
God wants us to have life, and that more
abundantly. When we resolve that the
best place for all we have, and all we are, is
in the trust fund of Jesus, then we can rest
in knowing we have a true hope chest.
The thief cometh not, but for
to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am
come that they might have life, and that they
might have it more abundantly.
John 10:10
And He humbled you and let you
be hungry, and fed you with manna which you
did not know, nor did your fathers know, that
He might make you understand that man does not
live by bread alone, but man lives by
everything that proceeds out of the mouth of
the Lord. Deuteronomy 8:3
May the God of hope fill you with all joy and
peace in believing, that ye may abound in
hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.
Romans 15:13
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Songs
That Have Kept Us Strong
Amazing Grace History (A Must See!!!)
Hold
to God's Unchanging Hand
- Time is filled with
swift transition,
Naught of earth unmoved can stand,
Build your hopes on things eternal,
Hold to God’s unchanging hand.
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Refrain:
Hold to God’s unchanging hand,
Hold to God’s unchanging hand;
Build your hopes on things eternal,
Hold to God’s unchanging hand.
- Trust in Him who will not leave you,
Whatsoever years may bring,
If by earthly friends forsaken
Still more closely to Him cling.
- Covet not this world’s vain riches
That so rapidly decay,
Seek to gain the heav’nly treasures,
They will never pass away.
- When your journey is completed,
If to God you have been true,
Fair and bright the home in glory
Your enraptured soul will view.
My Hope Is Built On
Nothing Less
1.
My hope is built on nothing less
than Jesus' blood and righteousness.
I dare not trust the sweetest frame,
but wholly lean on Jesus' name.
Refrain:
On Christ the solid rock I stand,
all other ground is sinking sand;
all other ground is sinking sand.
2. When Darkness veils his lovely face,
I rest on his unchanging grace.
In every high and stormy gale,
my anchor holds within the veil.
(Refrain)
3. His oath, his covenant, his blood
supports me in the whelming flood.
When all around my soul gives way,
he then is all my hope and stay.
(Refrain)
4. When he shall come with trumpet sound,
O may I then in him be found!
Dressed in his righteousness alone,
faultless to stand before the throne!
(Refrain)
I Will Trust in the Lord
Verse
1 I will trust in
the Lord.
I
will trust in the Lord.
I
will trust in the Lord until I die—
I
will trust in the Lord.
I
will trust in the Lord.
I
will trust in the Lord until I die.
Verse
2 I’m goin’ to treat
everybody right.
I’m
goin’ to treat everybody right.
I’m
goin’ to treat everybody right until I die—
I’m
goin’ to treat everybody right.
I’m
goin’ to treat everybody right.
I’m
goin’ to treat everybody right until I die.
Verse
3 I’m goin’ to stay
on the battlefield.
(optional) I’m goin’ to
stay on the battlefield.
I’m
goin’ to stay on the battlefield until I die—
I’m
goin’ to stay on the battlefield.
I’m
goin’ to stay on the battlefield.
I’m
goin’ to stay on the battlefield until I die.
Verse
4 I’m goin’ to stay
on (a/my) bended knee.
(optional) I’m goin’ to
stay on (a/my) bended knee.
I’m
goin’ to stay on (a/my) bended knee until I die—
I’m
goin’ to stay on (a/my) bended knee.
I’m
goin’ to stay on (a/my) bended knee.
I’m
goin’ to stay on (a/my) bended knee until I die.
Verse
5 I’m goin’ to
watch, fight and pray.
I’m
goin’ to watch, fight and pray.
I’m
goin’ to watch, fight and pray until I die—
I’m
goin’ to watch, fight and pray.
I’m
goin’ to watch, fight and pray.
I’m
goin’ to watch, fight and pray until I die.
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February 2009 marks the 3rd Anniversary of
Sisters In Business.Net (SIB)! We are also
celebrating African-American Black History,
our new, 44th, and 1st African-American
president-President Barack Obama, and SIB's
new AYES partners Best Buy and
Walgreens-Chattanooga Gunbarrel Road
locations.
In this month's
issue of the Sisters In Business.Net
Newsletter you will find inspirational
stories about how one woman learned to
overcome, and how another woman made the
best investment in her life. Find out what
songs have kept us strong throughout the
years, and more! Click
here
to go to the full version of the SIB
newsletter.
We are grateful to God for another year of
being in business, and for three years of
offering SIB and AYES services! To every
client, customer, partner, friend, viewer,
subscriber, and the community at large,
"thank you" for your support and interest!
Visit us online at
www.sistersinbusiness.net,
or email us at
sistersinbusiness@comcast.net,
Tekelia Kelly
Sisters In Business.Net
P.O. Box 25548
Chattanooga, Tennessee 37422-5548
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