So I have to ask myself this question as I post for the first time in almost8 MONTHS..... Am I a/an?Slacker? Avoider? or Unqualified? In the past 8 months, much has change in my life. We sold our house. We bought a new house. We moved into said house. We have gone on 5 trips across the country. I started school for my...
The Journey Begins... This week, I sat down and had a meeting with our youth pastor to discuss the potential of kicking off a formal girls ministry at our church. Some of you may chuckle because I literally scheduled a meeting with my husband, but I wanted to treat this ministry meeting just like any other. He did a great job listening and...
So I was trying to be such a good blogger and always blog on Thursday.... but then life happens and here I sit on a Tuesday and am giving you the latest addition. Balance is a life skill I am still refining. My husband is currently the youth pastor as our church in the lovely Dardenne Prairie, MO and he is a great...
One week ago I asked this question...
"Me? Blog? Why?"
I had no idea what would be in store for me as I left for Nashville the next morning at 9 a.m.....
We packed up our stuff with 15 young ladies out on a first time adventure to attend our first Lifeway Girls Conference.
One carsick girl, one big snow & ice storm, one flat tire, and one being renovated hotel later.....we arrived. Satan was definitely trying to keep us from something there, but he wouldn't win.
When I decided to go on this trip, I was thinking about how much the girls would get out of it and how amazing it would be to bond together. After I left, I not only saw that but something I didn't expect...a calling I knew I had on my life but just needed some clarity.
So here I am typing in my blog again and realizing that this blog is here for me to share my journey as a volunteer girls minister at our church. I attended so many things at the conference that pointed me directly to it. I am so humbled what God has called me to do.
Now, I don't have it all figured out so hopefully we can go along this journey together. I want to share ideas, books, websites, etc. of things that we tried, things that worked or did not work.
So I started with these two websites that I cannot stop reading...
A great blog put on by Amy-Jo Girardier whom I had the pleasure of meeting and having lunch with at the conference. We share a special bond as we both have the same alma mater, Southwest Baptist University- GO BEARCATS. Be prepared to spend a few hours reading and viewing all of the post here. Whether you are starting out in girls ministry, or just need some renewal, she has some great stuff here.
This was just launched at the conference but already so many great resources and readings. I have already ordered several resources which I will be posting about in the future.
So here we go...a blog about my journey in girls ministry.
Enjoy!
Me? Blog? Why?
After many years of thinking "Maybe I should blog?," I finally jumped in to give it a try for a while. With some encouragement from one of my small group girls from church, I am now here sitting here typing. What should I write about? What's my expertise? I can't really pinpoint it down...but I feel like this stepped into my life and I am going to give it a whirl. I may post about music....or maybe photography....or maybe being a mom....or maybe about some amazing organization system I found...or maybe just talking about life.
Blog Day 1: "Throwback Thursday: Lent Edition"
I am heading out on a journey tomorrow with 14 other girls & ladies from our church to hang out for the weekend at a girls conference in Nashville. While there, I hope to meet up with an old college friend of mine. I haven't her since I was pregnant with my daughter almost 5 years ago. I ran across this photos of us below while looking for that awesome throwback thursday photo to post:
My friend, Whitney is on the left. I am in the middle and my friend, Elissa, is on the right. This photos is so goofy but has so much meaning now because of being so far away from my friend Whitney. I also am praying daily from my friend, Elissa, who recently found out she has a brain tumor. Life can change so quickly and I want to cherish even the goofiest of times.
"We didn't realize we were making memories....we just thought we were having fun!"
"So what are you giving up for Lent?" This questions always gets asked to me a million times this time of year from just about everyone I meet. It's a trendy thing I guess...
I am not giving UP anything this year (not that I ever did). I am focusing on how I can give BACK to others. I am focusing on making memories... goofy memories.
I forget sometimes to remember that the goofy times will be some of the greatest times I cherish in the future. I hope to take some silly photos this weekend with the girls just like the above on so that someday they may start a blog and remember that silly time in Nashville with their friends.
Cherish the goofy...that is what I will focus on this season of Lent:)