All monthly meetings are held at Strathmoor Presbyterian Church, 2201 Hawthorne Avenue, corner of Bardstown Road. Across from Assumption High School, 1/2 mile north of the Watterson Expressway (I-264).

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Next meeting is at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, May 22 at Strathmoor Presbyterian Church. Karen Elise Brumley will share a program about bagpiping. She is an extraordinary piper. You will want to hear her play the pipes!

* Welcome new members Dean and Marianne Martin and Heather Hamilton!

MEMBERS! RENEWAL MEMBER PACKETS WERE MAILED THE WEEK OF APRIL 22ND! CONTACT THE MEMBERSHIP CHAIR IF YOU DO NOT RECEIVE THIS PACKET BY FRIDAY, MAY4TH.

 

Liz Curtis Higgs has been telling tales since she attempted her first novel—handwritten in a marble notebook—at the tender age of ten. Award-winning careers in radio broadcasting, public speaking, nonfiction writing, and children’s books honed Liz’s storytelling talents, bringing her back to her first love, writing fiction.

She has graciously accepted our invitation to speak at our June 26 regular meeting. She will talk about her new book inspired by Scotland "My Heart's in the Lowlands".

She is the author of 28 books, with more than 3 million copies in print. Her fiction includes two contemporary novels, one novella, and six historical novels. 

Her children'’s Parable Series received a 1998 ECPA Gold Medallion for Excellence, her nonfiction book Embrace Grace won a 2007 Retailers Choice Award, and her novel Whence Came a Prince received a 2006 Christy Award for Best Historical Novel. Here Burns My Candle was named 2010 Best Inspirational Romance by RT Book Reviews, and her 2011 novel, Mine Is the Night, was a New York Times bestseller. Liz was also an award-winning columnist for Today’s Christian Woman for ten years. Articles by Liz have appeared in Faith & Friends in Canada, Woman Alive in Great Britain, and Enhance in Australia. More than 4,500 churches nationwide are using her video Bible study series, Loved by God.

A gifted professional speaker, Liz has presented more than 1,600 inspirational programs for audiences in all fifty United States and thirteen foreign countries, including Thailand, Portugal, and Indonesia. When the National Speakers Association honored her with the Council of Peers Award for Excellence, Liz became one of only thirty-five women in the world named to their CPAE-Speaker Hall of Fame. Her alma mater, Bellarmine University, presented her with a Distinguished Alumni Award in 2005, and she received an Honorary Doctorate from Georgetown College in 2010.

Feature articles about Liz have appeared in more than 250 major newspapers and magazines, as well as on Salon.com, Beliefnet.com, Spirituality.com, HopeforWomenMag.com, Kyria.com, and many other web sites. She has been interviewed on more than 600 radio and television stations, including guest appearances on PBS, A&E, MS•NBC, NPR, TBN, CBC Canada, BBC Radio Scotland, Shine TV New Zealand, Radio Pulpit South Africa, Focus on the Family, Life Today, 100 Huntley Street, Midday Connection, and Janet Parshall’s America.

On the personal side, Liz is married to Bill Higgs, Ph.D., who serves as Director of Operations for her speaking and writing office. Liz and Bill enjoy their old Kentucky home, a nineteenth-century farmhouse in Louisville, and are the proud (and relieved!) parents of two college grads, Matthew and Lillian. Visit Liz’s Web site: www.LizCurtisHiggs.com.

 

Society Members Bruce and Pat Somerville invite you on a cruise, May 19-26, 2012!

Bruce and Pat Somerville are inviting friends to join them on board the MS Westerdam, crusing the inside passage of Alaska via Glacier Bay. The ship sails from Seattle on May 19 and returns on May 26. Please contact Bruce for more information and pricing by email!