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Guest bloggers for girlsminister.com

Mar 9, 2010 | Featured, Girls Ministry, interview

I am looking for some guest bloggers to be a part of girlsminister.com. If you are interested, I've put together a document to give some guidelines and direction to help in determining if your content is best for this site. Feel free to download it and give me a shout ...

4 triggers Satan likes to use in attacking people and girls ministries.

Feb 17, 2010 | Featured, Girls Ministry

I had a good conversation with Pam Gibbs, Lifeway Girls Ministry Specialist the other day. That's the joy of being so close to Lifeway---we can just drop in on people.  It was a quick discussion about what was going on in the girls ministry and in my life, ...

11 verses to share with girls to guard their hearts from The Deceiver

Feb 5, 2010 | Featured, Freebies, Girls Ministry, Moms, scripture

I was deceived yesterday. It's an awful feeling. I had begun to build some hopes and plans on this "opportunity" I was inquiring about. See, we are trying to sell our home and after almost 5 months of having to be ready at a moment's notice to get out and ...

Getting girls to click into your student ministry…

Feb 3, 2010 | Featured, Girls Ministry, Mentoring

I remember the first day on the job as a girlsminister. It was our fall retreat! I was surrounded by cliques of girls and I couldn't figure out how to get inside of one of those circles. They all seemed to be looking at me---the new girl---and sizing me up. ...

web 2.0 suicide: are your students on the digital ledge?

Jan 11, 2010 | Featured, Pop Culture, social networking, technology

The term social suicide is one that has been around for awhile. I looked up the most popular definition on The Urban Dictionary and this is the one that rose to the top: SOCIAL SUICIDE: commiting an act or acts that alienates one from their social scene or social circle to kill ...

cool idea for an after school activity

Jan 11, 2010 | Featured, Girls Ministry, Girls Ministry Activities, Moms

I'm always looking for some creative activities to do with girls at our retreats or to pass on to lifegroup leaders. I stumbled across this recipe at skiptomylou.org Go there for the wonderful pictures. I cut and paste the recipe here. I think this would be a fun ...

What’s the skinny on dieting and teen’s bones?

Jan 8, 2010 | Dads, Featured, Girls Ministry, Moms, diets

I want to call our attention to something that is not surprising but perhaps may allow us to present a wake-up call to our daughters and those we mentor. I'm wary of posting this on girlsminister.com because I do not want to see this article create panic and then cause ...

2010 Girls Ministry Forum for leaders and girls

Jan 8, 2010 | Featured, Freebies, Girls Ministry, Mentoring

I'm excited to be leading a conference for the Girls Ministry Forum at Lifeway in February 26-27. I would love to take some students and leaders from our church with me.  If you are interested in attending, let me know.  If you don't go to Brentwood Baptist and are interested---you ...

Pixable: Your Girls Ministry’s best friend for memory keeping

Dec 23, 2009 | Featured, Girls Ministry, technology

It's amazing how facebook has revolutionized our ability to save, comment on, celebrate, and keep in touch with memories through the facebook photo tagging abilities.  I know that within hours of an event, I have instant feedback from our students and leaders as they upload their photos to photo albums ...

Praying for and with parents

Dec 11, 2009 | Featured, Girls Ministry, Moms

Recently I have had the great honor of praying with some moms that mean a lot to me, and listening to them lift their daughters up to God in prayer.  As I participated in one such prayer time with a mom, it made me think---I need to make more time ...

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