Vision Point #1: 

Individually and corporately live out our God-given calling that every woman is a minister. 

Description of Vision:

Wow….. me, a minister?  To be honest, it may feel like a foreign word to you.  Yet, if we know Jesus Christ, He has not only called us, but given us the privilege of being His representative on this earth!  That's pretty important business!

First, do you know your purpose? Did you know that God created you specially, uniquely with a purpose in mind?  Ephesians 2:10 states: "For we are God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do."

When you live out of your purpose and reason for being, life seems to just flow better!  When you have a sense of your calling, you can say "no" to those things that don't fit your calling and "yes" when they do!  How cool is that!

Opportunities:

• Spiritual Gifts Workshop: Come join Carol Dodds with Campus Crusade facilitate an engaging and personalized workshop, complete with taking a spiritual gifts test.  Time will include discussion, question & answer and how to take the "next steps" with our spiritual gifts.
  October 7, 7-9 pm, Wednesday, October 8, 9:30-Noon.

• Woman on a Mission- (Spring Place for You Bible Study option) God longs for His people to be agents of change in our world and to enjoy making a lasting contribution, an eternal one.  God wants us to make the world a better place by giving our lives away to something far bigger than ourselves.  He wants us to live on purpose; to do that we must know how He created us.  Woman on a Mission is a self-discovery tool designed to help you discover who you are and what your unique contribution to the world might be.  It is also a Bible Study for exploring God's purposes for all His people.  Come join us and discover that you are an important piece of a grand puzzle that God is piecing together. 
  January 13-14 through May 5-6, 2009

Resources:

• Release your Potential:  Using Your Gifts in a Thriving Women's Ministry by Elizabeth Inrig. (Moody Press, 2001)
• Don't Waste Your Life, by John Piper, (Crossway Books: 2003)
• The New Eve:  Choosing God's Best for Your Life, by Robert Lewis, (B & H Publishing Group, 2008.)
• Pathway to Purpose for Women:  Connecting your to-do list, your passions, and God's purposes for your life, Katie Brazelton (Zondervan, 2005)