Good morning/afternoon/evening girls!!!
Most all of you girls attended "Summit Lake" (Fall Retreat) this past weekend. Our theme was "Awaken," and Lane did a wonderful job speaking about the idols in our lives that we need to get rid of in order to allow Christ to work in our lives.
I am so encouraged by reading all of your "notes" on facebook, seeing pictures from the weekend, and uplifting comments to one another. These very things are called fellowship with other believers! Isn't is wonderful to know you can trust your Christian friends to pray for you, listen, and encourage you?
Something I want to encourage you all in quickly, is not to lose this excitement of what the Lord spoke to you about this past weekend! Many of you were sad the weekend was over because of the amazing things God spoke to you about and how He worked in your lives . . .but see, this is where you put what you learned to action. I know many of you are facing difficult times right now; hard times in school, difficult family situations, acceptance of friends, self-acceptance, and so forth. Take what you learned this weekend, and apply it today! As you walk into the halls of your school, remember how evident the Lord was to you this weekend.
What idols in your life did you do away with? Were you able to recognize them? I want to encourage you today to be the light of Christ to your fellow students at school today who may not know the God we know. I am praying for you each by name.
Here is a scripture passage for you to read: 1 John 1: 5-10
Feel free to leave me a comment!
Monday
Friday
AWAKEN!
Well, you did it! You made it through your first week of school! Ahhh! You can rest this weekend, and enjoy sleeping in tomorrow morning! :)
I hope all of you girls are signed up for Fall Retreat 2009! It is coming up next weekend, and we have some incredible things planned for you all! Darren and Lane will be doing the speaking, and we have an incredible (so i've heard :)) worship band coming to lead. The theme for the weekend is "Awaken" and the scripture we are focusing on is Ezekiel 36:26. Run!!!...to your rooms that is, grab your bible, and flip to Ezekiel to read what it says!
I want to encourage you all to read the passage, and pray that God will begin to prepare each of your hearts for what He wants to do in your lives next weekend. It'll be a fun time of fellowship with your peers, and also with some incredible leaders!
We also will be dividing into teams labeled by different colors and competing all weekend with games and team yells! Come prepared to sing, dig deep into God's word, laugh, and spend some incredible time away with one another and our Creator!
Look forward to you all being there! If you aren't signed up yet, turn in your blue and white form asap! :)
Leave me a comment on what YOU are looking forward to about Fall Retreat!
I hope all of you girls are signed up for Fall Retreat 2009! It is coming up next weekend, and we have some incredible things planned for you all! Darren and Lane will be doing the speaking, and we have an incredible (so i've heard :)) worship band coming to lead. The theme for the weekend is "Awaken" and the scripture we are focusing on is Ezekiel 36:26. Run!!!...to your rooms that is, grab your bible, and flip to Ezekiel to read what it says!
I want to encourage you all to read the passage, and pray that God will begin to prepare each of your hearts for what He wants to do in your lives next weekend. It'll be a fun time of fellowship with your peers, and also with some incredible leaders!
We also will be dividing into teams labeled by different colors and competing all weekend with games and team yells! Come prepared to sing, dig deep into God's word, laugh, and spend some incredible time away with one another and our Creator!
Look forward to you all being there! If you aren't signed up yet, turn in your blue and white form asap! :)
Leave me a comment on what YOU are looking forward to about Fall Retreat!
Monday
It's back to the Old Grindstone!
... That is what my parents used to say to me, and still do! ..."Back to the Old Grindstone!"...which basically means, time to get back to _________! Fill in the blank. For me, it has always meant school, now it means work!
For all of you girls, school starts tomorrow! Some of you are excited, and some of you are not ready for the normal schedule of going to bed early, picking out and ironing your clothes the night before, packing a lunch, rushing to get homework finished so you can get onto the ever-so-addicting FACEBOOK! :)
Once again, I, along with Lane and our incredible Administrator Nicole, have prayed about new things for this ministry, and the Blog was one of the things I felt would be a great way to encourage you through this year in school. I have enjoyed SO MUCH being with all of you this summer; getting to spend some quality time with you all through New Camp, our service projects, our DC Missions Trip, and Sunday mornings! I thought this would be a great way to connect with you all during the school year since we won't be getting to spend as much time together as the summer aloud. There will most likely not be a post every single day, but most. Check the website often! I will eventually post some pictures from the summer, and new pictures from Small Groups and the occasional outings we have to look forward to! (REVOLVE TOUR is coming up in November, stay tuned for more details and sign ups after the return of Summit Lake Fall Retreat, which I hope you are all signed up for!)
As you begin your first day of school tomorrow, I want to encourage each of you to begin your day by prayer and opening your bibles and allowing God to speak to each of you. If you are wondering what to read, here is a verse to encourage you for tomorrow, and the rest of the school year. First of all, I am happy to announce the name of our Girl's Ministry, along with the verse that goes along side of it; and it is..."Illuminate Girl's Ministry!" The verse is Matthew 5:16, which reads: "In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven."
What a GREAT, true scripture that I believe each of you should hold tight to as you begin your first day of school tomorrow!
Feel free to respond to this post! Simply click on "comments" below.
Have a wonderful day tomorrow! I will be praying you each have a smooth, exciting first day back! I look forward to hearing from you girls!
-Staci
For all of you girls, school starts tomorrow! Some of you are excited, and some of you are not ready for the normal schedule of going to bed early, picking out and ironing your clothes the night before, packing a lunch, rushing to get homework finished so you can get onto the ever-so-addicting FACEBOOK! :)
Once again, I, along with Lane and our incredible Administrator Nicole, have prayed about new things for this ministry, and the Blog was one of the things I felt would be a great way to encourage you through this year in school. I have enjoyed SO MUCH being with all of you this summer; getting to spend some quality time with you all through New Camp, our service projects, our DC Missions Trip, and Sunday mornings! I thought this would be a great way to connect with you all during the school year since we won't be getting to spend as much time together as the summer aloud. There will most likely not be a post every single day, but most. Check the website often! I will eventually post some pictures from the summer, and new pictures from Small Groups and the occasional outings we have to look forward to! (REVOLVE TOUR is coming up in November, stay tuned for more details and sign ups after the return of Summit Lake Fall Retreat, which I hope you are all signed up for!)
As you begin your first day of school tomorrow, I want to encourage each of you to begin your day by prayer and opening your bibles and allowing God to speak to each of you. If you are wondering what to read, here is a verse to encourage you for tomorrow, and the rest of the school year. First of all, I am happy to announce the name of our Girl's Ministry, along with the verse that goes along side of it; and it is..."Illuminate Girl's Ministry!" The verse is Matthew 5:16, which reads: "In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven."
What a GREAT, true scripture that I believe each of you should hold tight to as you begin your first day of school tomorrow!
Feel free to respond to this post! Simply click on "comments" below.
Have a wonderful day tomorrow! I will be praying you each have a smooth, exciting first day back! I look forward to hearing from you girls!
-Staci
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