I am the first to admit it—I am losing my memory.
A colleague (male) said in a meeting recently, "You know what that's called? Mental-pause."
Great. As if menopause wasn't enough to look forward to, I've got this.
Because I think (hope!) that I'm not the only one in the world who thinks about something and totally forgets it within thirty second, I thought it might be helpful to give you some links to some training that you may have wanted to be a part of but couldn't or flat forgot about. Just click on the titles and zap! you're there!
An Inside Look at Outside Expectations—This is our most recent video webcast and it features Constance Rhodes, a woman whose striving to live peacefully wthin her own skin after battling an eating disorder. She offers some great tools for dealing with it in your own church, and more poignantly, your own life. It's an hour long, but it's worth the time. If you need to break the time into segments, that'll work, too. Just don't miss it.
Girls in Crisis—This video training is an hour-long look at girls and the crises they face. It features two of my favorite people in the world, Sissy Goff and Melissa Trevathan, who together with their dogs (who are almost as cute as mine) help give hope and healing to teenage girls through individual and group counseling. In this webcast, they provide some insights into girls and their toughest issues—a must-see for any girls leader and any parent of a preteen or teen girl. (You might want to pass along this link to those moms in your group.)
In addition to our hour-long webcasts, we've also produced some short video clips that you could easily watch on your lunch break, while the pasta is cooking, or in that ten minutes of sanity while the kids are playing dress up with the dog. They are listed and described below:
Nurturing Your Own Soul—This features Nancy Hamilton, a veteran of ministry who bears the scars fo trying to do ministry without a soul-enriching relationship with Jesus. Listen in as she talks about the importance of nurturing your own spiritual growth.
When Girls Make Poor Choices—This features the irrepressible Courtney Veasey, a recent graduate of New Orleans Seminary and doctoral student at Golden Gate Seminary. While working on school, she's also lived in the trenches as a girls' minister, and shares her stories with honesty and freshness. In this particular clip, she talks about what to do when that "perfect" girl makes some very poor choices.
Mentoring and Discipling Girls—This features another veteran of ministry, Amy Pierson. Formerly the girls' minister at Prestonwood Baptist and now a missionary in New York, Amy has made mentoring and discipling girls a way of life, not just something she marks of her checklist. Listen in as she shares her insights and passion for passing on the faith to the next generation.
And don't forget this important fact—you can get training like this, along with great networking opportunities, fabulous speakers, and amazing worship at our annual girls' conference. Bring your leaders and your high school girls to this two-day time with Jesus and some fellow sisters! Keynote speakers include Hayley DiMarco, Erin Davis, and Oceila Gibson, Miss Black USA 2011; Jaime Jamgochian will lead worship. More information will be online soon, but save the date now—February 24-25, 2012.
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