Connecting

Just a reminder that you have another great opportunity to connect with other women from LifeSong and around the community next Saturday, November 15th, as we load up and go shopping in Gaffney. Each opportunity we have to get together fosters new relationships and enhances ones that already exist. The "getting Christmas shopping" done part is an added bonus!

We hope that you are looking forward to the coming holiday season. What a great time to impact lives. Everyday I look around me and see a need. Take time to invest in someone's life this season. The gift you give them of being the Gospel in real life may very well be the best gift they receive all year long. We, in Aroma, desire to continue to give you those opportunities to meet people right where they live, work and play. Coming up, we will begin "O Taste and See" dinner club ministry. We will basically be taking the mold of what small groups already do, but we'll be providing monthly opportunities for you to meet with other women in homes across our area and you will be cooking and spending time together. The bonus is you are preparing a meal(s) to freeze for your family and provide that same opportunity to fellowship around the table with them just like you'll be doing with other women. We hope that you'll use the opportunity to pay it forward. We want to see this mindset occurring in all that we do together as women...just arming you with the ideas, passion and "go to it-ness" for how you can be in your day to day lives.

Just this week, while voting, I met a very special lady who packed her whole life up and moved to South Carolina after living out west in Nevada and Arizona for the past 15 years. She told me she just wanted a change of pace, a change of scenery. She came here not knowing a soul! She began to share with me a time where, recently, she took a bad fall and injured herself. She began to make calls to local churches seeking assistance from them in the way of providing transportation to her doctor, as well as help with preparing her meals. She was told from one church that "we don't do that." My mouth dropped to the floor. My question was and is, "Why not?" Why are people not doing that. This lady was not asking for a random handout. She had very specific needs that she desired to be met. She shared with me her hunger for relationships with other women her age, which is 70, by the way. She has a zeal for life and a desire to share it with other women. She began to ask me questions about how my church is different. I am so glad to be able to share with her that we are a people that don't care about our building, but we desire to be the Church where we "live, work and play." She listened intently as I told her of other women just like her at LifeSong that I would love for her to meet. She told me before I even asked her to come visit, "You know what? I think I really want to come and check you guys out at LifeSong." I pray that she does. I want to use that opportunity God gave me to meet her and encourage her, and take it further. This is who I am talking about when I encourage you to look around you for opportunities to invest this holiday season. The possibilities are endless. I just went to vote on Tuesday, and God provided an opportunity. It may not be a time that is all lit up in neon lights, but it may be His quiet whisper saying, "reach out to her." I hope you will share the times that God gives you over these next few weeks with us. We want to rejoice with you.
It is our pleasure to serve you, Ladies. We look forward to the days ahead with you. Check back frequently for updates and new opportunities.