Staff Wives Small Group
Once a month I get together with a half dozen or so ladies for a small group bible study and potluck breakfast. The women in this group range in age from mid-twenties to early sixties and all are obviously at different life stages. The one thing that we all have in common is that our husbands are on staff at our church. Their positions also vary-- pastoral, administrative, finance, student ministry, worship and so on.
Our purpose is to grow healthy, spiritual lives by balancing the 5 purposes of our church within our small group - Belong, Grow, Serve, Share, Worship. We've adopted our own small group covenant with seven specific areas that we all agree to uphold - Our Purpose, Attendance, Safe Enviroment, Confidentiality, Conflict Resolution, Spiritual Health Accountabilitly and Relationship Building. These help us to maintain a healthy community with one another as we serve the body of believers we fellowship with.
As we wrapped up the year and headed toward a break for the summer, we all met up for a day of shopping at the Sawgrass Mills Outlet Mall in Ft. Lauderdale. We started off at 9 a.m. with coffee in hand and loaded up my Chevy Tahoe with six eager chicks! After a couple of hours of hittlng the stores we enjoyed a delicious lunch at the Grande Lux Cafe. Our fearless leader, Jane, made sure to document our trip with a few quick photos and then we were off for more bargains! It was a great time of cutting up and getting to know eachother outside of "church". I'm sure there's a great possibility for more outings like this!
I've so enjoyed getting to know each of these women over the past year. We have seen heartache and joy, but we've come through it stronger, more commited lovers of Christ and one another. It's certainly been a giant step outside of my comfort zone, but God has taught me so much and I look forward to another year of learning and growing together, doing life and creating community with these amazing women I love so much!
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posted by Kushmama @ 1:52 PM
1 Comments:
Pray for a group like this for me. I love the small group covenant! There need to be groups like this everywhere!! Once a month is easy to work into a schedule too. Are you just in awe of how blessed you are?!
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