W3 Readers
I am trying to figure out the best way to invite our readers to our Blog. Originally, we planned to use this in conjunction with our weekly Bible Studies. We had high hopes that this would be a place where more community would continue as it seems there is never enough time to finish our discussions.
The next Bible Study, Believing God by Beth Moore (see promotional video below), will begin in one week! I cannot believe that!! We hope to have weekly questions posted on the Blog, so our women can have a place to share their answers and if they have another question, others can answer throughout the week.
So, my question this week is… HOW can we as a team most effectively invite our group members to be a part of this blog community? How can we encourage them to visit the blog at least a couple times each week?
This could be an amazing resource if we use it. And I mean REALLY use it.
Give me your thoughts. Let me know your ideas. I am counting on you…
And don’t forget to sign up for the Beth Moore Study that begins September 3! Register with your $16 for the workbook at the What’s Happening Center this Sunday, August 31, 2008…
Sunshine
w3 FALL STUDY BELIEVING GOD:EXPERIENCING A FRESH EXPLOSION OF FAITH
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Do You Know HOW to Believe God? Do You Believe in God or do you Believe God? The upcoming study “Believing God “ by Beth Moore invites you to ‘experience a fresh explosion of faith’ as you spend time with Him. Wether you are a new Christ follower or you have been one as long as you can remember, God wants you to take that next step to a deeper, closer, relationship with Him. W3 invites you to take that step with us! FALL STUDY BEGINS SEPTEMBER 3RD IN THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CAFETERIA AT THE CFC! SIGN UP AT THE WHC AND BRING A FRIEND OR 2 OR 3…!!!
Weekly Blogs
So I am trying to make it a habit to Blog at least once weekly. This will be a theme that will continue with the fall Bible Study.
The W3 general studies team has decided to utilize this resource more effectively than we have in the past, so each week, I will post an engaging question in hopes that people will respond, look back each day for continuing responses and see how God is working in the lives of the women around us.
This week’s question:
How does God speak to me? Or you? Can you share a time where you knew without a shadow of doubt that it was God’s voice telling you to do something?
Please consider this question and share a response here. It can be long or short and provide as many details as you wish. Just click on the Comments button at the bottom right hand corner of this post and begin to type!
My answer: God speaks to us through THE BIBLE. It is His written Word. I am not as in tuned with His voice as some others, but I know that He has told me on more than one occasion that I am to seek Him with my whole heart!
What are your responses to this question? Hope to hear them soon! Who will be the first to reply? Perhaps a treat may entice you.
Sunshine
Coming Out
I’m coming out of hiding. It has been months since I have blogged. I guess it has just been on the bottom of my priorities. Funny thing with priorities that it happens this way. So, here’s an update:
After 7 months of being on “the plan,” I have been maintaining my current weight since May. As I woman, I would love to lose the last 5 pounds, but I am happy with my loss and know that by exercising every day I have created a great habit. Hence, the lack of time to spend BLOGGING.
My friend, Cat, got a different job shift so we haven’t been walking together. For about a month I walked in the evenings with my other friend, but she just moved to another state. So, this past week, I have been walking with my ipod and have recently begun listening to Andy Stanley’s podcasts. Phenomenal. This man is a great speaker who has the ability to share God’s principles in such a way that makes me want to listen again and again. I will share more later, but if you haven’t listened to podcasts before, check it out. During the summer months, I may not have time to sit down and do a Bible study, but walking and hearing a sermon is really my thing.
My marriage is being tested lately and so another reason I am not blogging as much. I have been engrossed with literature about how to become a more mature Christian and loving wife. I have so much to learn and much more to practice, but I am really starting to appreciate being a woman and wife. Created in God’s image, we are the female attributes of God. WOW! Not only is God a caring, loving, nurturing God, He is also a multi-tasker, and all those things men think are annoying about us, like, fashion. God looks at the trees and says, “this season in the fall the colors are browns, reds, yellows, but in the springs it will be pastels.” Amazing that we get our sense of style from our creator. And then I remember, Oh, God also has male characteristics that I must learn to appreciate my man for because he was created in the image of God as well. I just am starting this process, but it is amazing.
Summer Shorts for women was my sabbatical. I found reason to take a much needed rest from ministry and focus on the above things. I feel like change is imminent and yet I do not know in what capacity. I have applied to several new career opportunities and am searching for what it is I am supposed to be doing. If you know what it is, please let me know. Perhaps your ears and eyes are more tuned in than mine!! Or perhaps I am waiting in God’s timing. In that case, I will wait.
Believing God by Beth Moore is our next women’s Bible Study for the fall! Beth wrote this study several years ago for an online audience and let me tell you that it has captured my attention. I am more ready to receive this Bible Study than any other that I have taken. It is not about learning about WHO God is or WHAT has happened in the Bible, this is personal. This is about taking the written word and applying it directly to your life. Do you want to know HOW to believe God and not only believe IN Him? Then, you must join us in this study. September 3, 2008 at 6:30pm is our introductory night at the CFC. It is an 11 week study and is created for you to be able to actually see God work in your life every single day! Girls, this is exactly what is needed for your relationship with God to go to the next level. If your prayer life is short, if you spend a little bit of time in your Bible, if you want it to be different, then get on board. Sign up at the WHC beginning August 17. If you want to sign up now, email me — srplato@yahoo.com. I’d be glad to start a conversation with you about it. If you choose to help in any area of W3 this fall, zip an email off to me as well. We are always looking for volunteers who want to be apart of what God is doing in the lives of women at Crossroads.
Ok, I guess you might have had enough of me and wish I would go back into hiding. But, I am back and hope you will let me know you are too! Hit reply and tell me you want me to continue. Or send any thoughts you have. Let me know you are out there and listening.
In His Name, JESUS!
Sunshine
