Thursday, June 07, 2007

Upcoming Carnival Topics . . . Hostess Needed

Here are the upcoming Carnival of Beauty Topics . . .

 

July 6             The Beauty of (free)

July 13            The Beauty of Summer

July 20            The Beauty of Grace

July 27           The Beauty of Play

August 3         The Beauty of (free)

August 10       The Beauty of The Lord's Day

August 17       The Beauty of Prayer

August 24       The Beauty of Change

August 31       The Beauty of Learning

September 7    The Beauty of (free)

September 14  The Beauty of Autumn

September 21  The Beauty of Discipline

September 28  The Beauty of Hope

Did you notice another change?  The first CoB of each month will be free choice.  You can choose to write about the beauty of whatever you want as long as you keep to our purpose of glorying God and reflecting Christ in our writing.  You can choose something mundane and ordinary or something grand and amazing--the choice is yours!

I am now accepting requests for hosting.  Anyone who has had a post included in a previous CoB may host.  If you would like to host, please email me let me know which day(s) would be best for you.  When you email your request, please also include your blog's URL.

Thank you for all the encouragement and support so many of you have offered this week.

(Changes to the google group page and main CoB page won't get done this week, like I originally thought they would . . . maybe Monday??)

Jun 7, 2007 9:18:04 PM | the carnival of beauty

2 Comments

Ashley

Amanda, I'd love to host one of the carnivals. The "Beauty of Change" interests me, but I'm not picky. Since I am going to be gone/busy most weekends in July, I don't think I'll be able to do them. But you can give me any topic after that.

Posted by: Ashley | Thursday, June 07, 2007 at 10:18 PM

Bethany

The Beauty of Learning sounds lovely. Can I have it? I wouldn't mind one of the free topics as well. :D If they are taken, that's okay...

Posted by: Bethany | Wednesday, June 13, 2007 at 11:16 AM

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