Mission Statement
But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people belonging to God, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light. Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.Dear friends, I urge you, as aliens and strangers in the world, to abstain from sinful desires, which war against your soul. Live such good lives among the pagans that, though they accuse you of doing wrong, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day he visits us.
1 Peter 2:9-12
My identity. And a mission statement.
I had planned to fill you in on CCSI womens retreat much sooner than this, but life has been somewhat crazy. But here we go...7:45 departure saturday morning, we headed down south to Stanwell Tops. While there was a severe lack of sleep and a certain intensity to the day with 3 talks and a seminar, it was absolutely worth it! I am so glad i went. The talks were on Ephesians, in summary, establishing that as Christian women, our identity is in Christ (which you may remember was mentioned in a previous post), and therefore how we much live as imitators of Christ, clothing ourselves in truth and purity, among other things. We also heard a bit about one to one discipleship, which was interesting to consider how this works and how and when is best to put it into practice. Have you had any experience with this? Let me know!
After a very tastey lunch there was a walk along the coast and a stop at an art gallery and a cute little coffee shop....which happened to be full of CCSI women!
Overall it was both a challenging and encouraging day. And it is awesome getting to know older Christian women - some of whom have been Christians for over 40 years! - from different congregations within our church, learning from them, and encouraging each other.
Here are a few pics from the day...
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