I really had good intentions to write a blog post last week, but my week was cut short because I attended The Ethics and Religious Liberties Commission’s National Conference in Grapevine, TX. I look forward to sharing some of the […]
Category: Ministry Life
If you follow me on Instagram, last week you probably saw that I was at the Childrens Pastor’s Conference in Orlando with my friend Erika. I was thrilled when my church allowed me to attend and then even more thrilled […]
I’m reminded today for what feels like the millionth time this year of the brokenness in our world. I don’t understand it, though I know we’ve been broken from the very beginning. My heart is so incredibly hurt by what […]
I love summer. I really do. I’m not sure if it’s being a summer baby that makes you more apt to loving the summer, but it’s my favorite season by far. Even in Texas, with all its crazy heat, I […]
This past week we hosted my girls’ favorite week of the summer, Club 345, our church’s backyard Bible club for preschoolers. Hope loved this event so much she wanted to do her birthday to be a “backyard Bible club” theme. […]
This week, I’m starting the beginning stages of a training for a local church’s preschool ministry. As I’ve brainstormed and began to prepare, I’ve been thinking a lot about the need for “play” in young children. Children learn through play, […]
Happy Valentine’s Day! We celebrated Valentine’s a little early by attending our church’s marriage retreat over the weekend. Jeff and Cheryl Scruggs led the retreat and (http://www.hopeformarriages.com/) shared their incredible story of marriage reconciliation through the Gospel and power of […]
When my husband first became one of the pastors at our church, I jumped on board to help with the children’s ministry. I wanted to contribute and help the other pastor’s wife by taking over Kids Church (the grade school […]
This past Sunday we had a combined service with our “sister church”. My brother and his wife attend our sister church and when I told Hope, my oldest, that we were going to be at church together she was a […]
I really wanted to have a preschool lesson to share today, but we have been recovering from a crazy weekend! This past weekend was our church’s DNOW weekend (aka the BEST weekend of the year) and thanks to my in-laws, […]