Our Next Godly Girlfriend Groups Gathering is Monday, Sept., 24!

Good morning girlfriends!

The first GodlyGirlfriendGroupsGathering took place last Monday night!  What a great time we all had!  Here are some of the highlights:

For our "Huddle Up" we came together in a time of worship as Michilyn led us into the presence of God.  I especially loved the "Soaking" song:  a time set apart to let Jesus's love into my soul.  During that song we had options:  just staying in our place meditating or praying;  going over to the white board to write what Jesus is to us; or serving ourselves (or our girlfriends) communion.  It was like a cooling cup of water on a scorching hot day.  Ahhhhh.....worshiping God.  There's nothing like it.

For our "Huddle In",  I taught everyone "How to Memorize Scripture (Without Even Knowing You Did It)".  Believe it or not, everyone did memorize the verse right then and there.  And we still remember it even several days afterwards as it is becoming more and more a part of our lives each day. We got to share our prayer requests with the women at our table and then had a time of prayer, bringing each girlfriend's need before the Lord.  We will continue to pray for them until the next 4G Gathering and can't wait to find out what God did!!

For our "Huddle Out" Chris explained how we are going to have a "Missionary of the Month" to focus on throughout the month and Andrea told us about our first 4G sponsored event:  A Pounding for the Pankratz's on Sept. 30 at 2pm in the Fellowship Hall.  Andrea assured us that no one will be harmed - you bring something to help the Pankratz's refill their pantry and cleaning supplies with things that they had to leave behind in their move.   All the women, young ladies, and girls from the church are invited.

No girlfriend group would be complete without refreshments, so after the meeting we all enjoyed yummy pie and had a delicious time just hanging out with our girlfriends.

Our next 4G Gathering is on Sept 24:  that will be our actual Kickoff.  From then on we will have the Gatherings on  the 4th Monday of the month.  That way your GodlyGirlfriendGroups will meet  each of the first 3 weeks to complete the lesson for that week.  Then all of the 3G groups will come together on the 4th week as the 4G Connection.

Start forming your GodlyGirlfriendGroups.  This would be the time to ask the Lord who He wants you to have in your group.  There are two weeks before the next Gathering, so you can come with your group (or at least a start of your group).  Don't worry if you don't have a group by then, just come anyway.  You actually have until the first week in October to form because that's the first week there will be an assigned lesson for your group to complete.

The Servant Girls (the leadership team) is having fun working, planning, and growing  together as girlfriends and honing the whole Godly Girlfriend plan as the Holy Spirit leads us.  What a blast to just follow Jesus and let Him do what He does so well. The Lord just keeps revealing more and more as we go - widening and broadening and deepening it all - way more than we ever dreamed or imagined!  And we are amazed and humbled that we get to be His servants to bring it all to life!

So mark your calendars:  
    GodlyGirlfriendGroupsGathering: Monday, Sept. 24, 6:30-8:30 pm, in the Fellowship Hall
    The Pounding for Pankratz's :  Sunday Sept. 30, 2pm in the Fellowship Hall
There's room for lots of girlfriends to come and help out in both of these events, so let us know if you have some skills or gifts you'd like to share.

Livingly,
Cindy