BLOOM The Women's Ministry of Christ Church USA

BLOOM The Women's Ministry of Christ Church USA Not afraid to live for Christ! We exist to equip, position and inspire women as they face challenging spiritual and life issues of our day.

Through our resources, training, engagement, and study opportunities we seek to focus on building Christian character, values, and integrity in life choices. Through covenant and in community, we will apply our unique spiritual gifts to the world. About our church family:
- Senior Pastor, Dr. David Ireland
- Associate Pastor and Director of the Christ Church Women's Ministry, Pastor Marlinda Irel

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Christ Church is a non-denominational Christian congregation comprised of people from diverse racial, cultural, and ethnic backgrounds. We are a community minded congregation with a global sensitivity. East Campus: 68 Church Street Montclair, NJ.

04/01/2026
Trust in the slow work of God –The "slow work of grace" is a theological concept emphasizing trust in God’s gradual, pat...
02/09/2026

Trust in the slow work of God –

The "slow work of grace" is a theological concept emphasizing trust in God’s gradual, patient, and often unseen transformation of lives, rather than immediate results. Popularized by Jesuit Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, this philosophy encourages surrendering to divine timing, accepting stages of instability, and allowing spiritual growth to mature without forced haste.

Key aspects of the slow work of grace include:
Trusting the Process: It involves recognizing that spiritual growth requires passing through periods of instability and not forcing premature outcomes.

Divine Timing: God’s work is often patient, allowing time for healing and growth, as seen in biblical narratives where promises took years to fulfill.

Transformation over Speed: Grace is a, gentle, steady, and sometimes painful process that transforms individuals, much like a river that begins as a trickle.

Surrender: It invites individuals to release the need for instant gratification, letting go of the pressure to control outcomes.

This perspective reminds believers that what appears to be waiting is often preparation, and God is actively working even when nothing seems to be happening.

02/04/2026

Slowing Down Involves Submitting Control To God:

WEEK 3 Slowing Down Involves Submitting Control To God!

Goal: Training my BODY to release controlling habits and thoughts, submitting them to God so that I might experience his divine peace, confidence and favor. (James 4:7-8)

Why? Because submission is not learned by ideas alone. It is trained through embodied practice. This week is about developing these 3 submission habits:

1. The Pause Prayer:
Three times daily: “God, you are God. I am not. I trust you.”

2. Relinquishment Exercise:
Once per day:
Notice where you are trying to dominate:
• conversation
• schedule
• outcome
• perception

Whisper:
"I release this to you, God."

3. Practicing Silent Stillness (Psalm 46):
2–5 minutes:
Sit with open hands.
No fixing.
No solving.
Just surrender.

The Point:
Stillness is rehearsal for trust.

She hiked and she laughed and she loved and she shared Jesus with other spiritually hungry young women! Thanks to all wh...
11/03/2025

She hiked and she laughed and she loved and she shared Jesus with other spiritually hungry young women! Thanks to all who braved the weather and stayed the course!

BLOOM & Hsbitat For HumanityWe had such a blessed morning on 9/6/25🙏🏼😊✨Doing the Lord’s workHabitat is a hand up not a h...
09/12/2025

BLOOM & Hsbitat For Humanity

We had such a blessed morning on 9/6/25
🙏🏼😊✨
Doing the Lord’s work
Habitat is a hand up not a hand out
Time = Treasure
Morris Habitat for Humanity

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