Today's blog comes from Suzanne Rowe, Girls' Minister at FBC, Cleveland, TN. She is creative (VERY!) and passionate about girls knowing Christ and deepening their relationship with Him to bring God all the honor and praise. Check out her blog at www.girlsforhisglory.com.
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Even though I am only 29, I did have a completely different career before becoming a Girls Minister. While I felt called to ministry during my undergrad, I didn’t know what vocational ministry really looked like for women, so before going to seminary I decided to get experience in the secular world while I prayed for more insight and direction.
With an undergraduate degree in advertising, I took my first job in Public Relations working with high-end resorts and destinations and in my first year garnered enough colorful stories to last a lifetime. That job really was perfect for me then but has also played well for me now as I think of creative ways to reach our students.
One thing I have found vitally important as a Girls Minister is to “PR” our church to our church. With such a minuscule amount of churches that have full-time Girls Ministers (though quickly growing and far beyond where it was 5-10 years ago!), it is important to showcase areas like this and other areas the church is advancing in. Whenever I have the opportunity to speak with a deacon or church member, I say something like, “Isn’t so awesome to be at a church that gets the importance of Girls Ministry?”
But the truth is, they aren’t going to know about our ministry and its importance unless we tell them. The greatest tragedy would be for our people to get comfortable with any blessing from the Lord, ourselves included. We don’t have to have a Girls Ministry, but the Lord has blessed us in fulfilling Titus 2. We don’t have to host conferences or provide recreational opportunities…but wow, has the Lord used ministries like these to build and deepen relationships.
I am not promoting a prideful spirit, but yet I am asking, do we boast enough in Christ? Do we make known the works He is doing? Do we highlight enough the blessings that we, ourselves could never have done apart from God? This stuff is inspiring! Let’s not hoard this to ourselves.
How can you brag on God’s work to your church this week?
“But, “Let the one who boasts boast in the Lord."
1 Corinthians 1:31, 2 Corinthians 10:17, Jeremiah 9:24
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