10/29/2024
Ladies, we have some wonderful new opportunities coming up soon. One is the Heart to Heart Ministry. Please read the following, and if you would like to participate fill out the profile sheet below.
Heart-to-Heart
What is it?
A program that has been successful in developing supportive friendships between older and younger women. Titus 2:3-5 places the responsibility for teaching and discipling younger women upon mature, godly women. There are important reasons for this. First, women understand women. They have gone through the same experiences and felt the same emotions. Moreover, sympathetic listening and godly counsel is always an encouragement. The experience, empathy, maturity, and spirituality of older women create an enormously powerful reservoir of untapped, God-given strength from which the church can benefit and should utilize.
Women need it. Scripture commands it. The Heart to Heart program taps this reservoir.
The Heart-to-Heart program can become a source of healing, strength, and growth as spiritually mature women are given meaningful influence in the lives of other women. Women have unique needs that can be met only by women. In addition, as these critical responsibilities are delegated to these godly role models, the entire church will be blessed. It is primarily a ministry of encouragement, not necessarily a discipleship program, nor is this an in-depth counseling service, but rather a ministry which promotes friendship for support, counsel, and guidance.
There should be an appropriate age span between the partners. Generally, women under 30 are juniors; women 30-45 are either, and women 45 and over are seniors. Some women in their late twenties and thirties can become a senior to a very young woman, but also become a junior to an older woman. If you’re not sure, please contact Linda or Tracie.
How does it work?
Read through this information and decide prayerfully if it’s something God is leading you to participate in. If your answer is “yes” then fill out the “profile” sheet and hand completed sheet to Linda Illian or Tracie Durant by November 17th.
Who makes the match? Godly women will take all the names and profile sheets and make the matches. We will endeavor to match women who are geographically close, and who have at least two interests or needs in common. But, PRAYER is the key! Names will be revealed to you via email or phone call by Dec.8.
When a match is made, the senior partner initiates the first call to her junior, but from then on calling should be equal between the two.
Commitment:
1. Make a six-month commitment to the relationship.
2. Contact each other once a week and meet at least once a month.
3. �Pray for each other.
4. �Do things together, whether it be Bible study, shopping, learning a new skill, or just going to lunch. Each set of partners is free to do what they want as long as they work on the relationship.
We will be in touch via a phone call with you once a month to see how it’s going and if there is anything we can do for you to help in the relationship.
At least once in the 6 months we’ll have a get together for all involved.
Please contact one of us if you have any questions or comments! We look forward to a blessed time of growing godly, fulfilling friendships!
If you're unable to print the profile sheet below, please email
[email protected]
and I will email you a copy!
Linda Illian
