This is going to be a busy and exciting year for all of us. The Women’s Ministry Program is really gearing up for a wonderful and fruit-filled year. Some of you have not been present during my wonderful and inspiring rants/speeches/sermons, so I wanted to take the opportunity and let you know what we want to do with this program. Seriously, the leadership team and I are all very excited about the possibilities that lie ahead with the Women’s Ministry at Grace. There are so many new ideas and programs that I am sure many of you may be feeling excited and a little overwhelmed. I haven’t talked to anyone who is not receptive to all these ideas, but I wanted to answer the question, “Why?”. Just exactly why are so many things changing, especially at this very challenging time in the history of our church? Well, here goes… The reason there are so many opportunities to be together either through fellowship, service, or Bible Study is simply that we need each other. We need to know each other. We need to be so familiar with each other that it strips away the layers of surface relationships, and creates real and meaningful relationships. You can be loving with out really loving someone, but you can’t REALLY love someone until you really know them. The more we know each other, the more we will be connected in such a way that when non-Christians see us they will know “we are Christian’s by our love.” I believe that if we strip down these layers of surface relationships we can create a truly caring , “healing community” as author Larry Crabb puts it. A healing community is a place in the church where you basically are as exposed as you are in your own family, and loved more for it. It is a community that is aware of your struggles both internal and circumstantial . It is a group of people who participate in your life. It becomes a support system. Grace is a very friendly church. That’s because the people here are great. We can worship along beside each other once or twice a week and be exceptionally kind and loving. Yet, some may leave feeling lonely and unknown, yearning for something more from these relationships. God calls us, as women, to be a part of each others lives, to connect. (Titus 2) The church is described as a body, connected together with each part being necessary to the other. So, that’s it. Let’s be necessary to each other. Let’s talk to each other. Let’s open up. Let’s be real. Let’s share what is going on in our families and lives. Let’s cry together. Let’s lift each other up. Let’s believe in each other . Let’s help each other through life’s major struggles. Let’s pray for each other and with each other. Let’s confront each other with truth and love. Let’s confess our imperfections without fear. Let’s accept each other. Let’s serve each other. Let’s laugh together. Let’s worship together. Let’s grow in Christ together. Have I left anything out. Then...Let’s GO! Are you interested?
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