Small Group Multiplication

My small group has gotten to the point where we are too big so we are splitting up into K group East and K group West. But before we split we had a multiplication party where we all got together and ate, sang, worshipped the Lord, danced, and laughed alot!

On a personal note: I LOVE my small group. This group has blessed me with friends who are like family to me. Since my family lives on the other side of the country they are my family here. I am so blessed by them. For example on the day I moved I had 13 people show up to help me move and it was done in one trip and all of people who had happy hearts to serve.

AMAZING!

Us worshipping!

Our signs for multiplication...all of us girls leaders

Me pushing jen over, she is small and I am not...i winThe vision of our small group in liturgical form: out, in, up, and forward
East Side vs. West Side...you can guess which group is better

Loved Ones Coming to Visit

Last week was a busy but spendid week.

My brother came in for business and we went to an Aves hockey game and then hung out for two days, filled with lots of old school Nintendo super mario brothers 3 playing, chipotle, and fun stuff.

It was nice having him here. I love my brother. He is good people. Good man of God, good hubby and dad. Just good. Thanks for coming out Ben it was a pleasure to have you here!

Then on Thursday I dropped Ben off at the airport and picked kellie up, that was fun! We did lots of stuff. We had a fun girls night on V-day filled with an exhilirating game of Quelf, Friday was spent drinking for the cops so they could practice their road side tests on us (nothing like getting paid to drink), Saturday a whole bunch of us went up to Cripple Creek for the Ice Festival and toured the Butte Theatre, then at night went to the famous Golden Bee for old style saloon piano bar singing and good beer. Sunday was church, indoor rock climbing, and Monday we went to the Hungry Bear for the best breakfast, toured the famous Glen Eyrie castle, and then went hiking up at Cheyenne Mtn. All in all a busy and great weekend. It was so much fun having kellie here and having her see my world. She is just a great friend and my soul sista! I love here.

I have put some pics from the weekend. Enjoy!

Rachel with her first beer
Allison and I with rosy cheeks at Golden Bee

Sexy Kellie with her wine
Jennifer with her yard of beer :o)
me, rachel, kellie, and ela at THE ROCK for indoor climbing
lovely eyes
This is called cuteness
I think I may need to go on a diet I think I made kellie pop something by holding me :o)
kel and allison at Bee
katie and kel
kellie's artsy shot
Cute rachel @ Bee

The BUTTE theatre opera house
Girls at Golden Bee we sang well just FYI :o)
Girls at the Cripple Creek Ice Festival
Shot #2 at Ice Festival
Kellie and this super sweet d0g we met.

What is Wrong with Being Single Anyways?

Yesterday as I was getting ready for work I was listening to the local Christain radio station and the announcers were interviewing Candace Walters, author of Get Married: What Women Can Do to Help it Happen and I was flabbergasted at what I was hearing.



This woman wrote a "how to" book for how christain "single" women can solve all their problems and get married. Now granted I am being a bit sarcastic, but the way this women and the radio d.j.'s were talking about single christain women was like they had the plague and there was something obviously wrong with them because why else would they not be married?





I mean one line the d.j. specifically said, "If any of you listeners out there know someone who is single this is the perfect gift for them," I wanted to say, WHAT! I felt like he was saying, "If anyone out there knows someone who has three arms and a purple nose and looks like an elephant and you feel sorry for them you should buy them this book so it will fix their life,"

I almost wrote an email to the radio and this author, speaking on behalf of a single Christain women that yes I want to be married but I am also not putting my life on hold just because I am not married. I have felt recently not just from this certain radio spot, but also others in my life and especially the Christain community that I am not fully whole unless I am married. I feel as though I have been made to feel that I as a single women can not offer all that a married couple can.

I just want to scream sometimes stop treating me like I have a handicap!

So I guess this is my venting session. But seriously people speaking as a single woman, I am not going to marry just anyone. I have standards that are set by God. I want to marry my best friend. The man that was created to compliment me and all my craziness. That however does not mean I am holding my breath until I meet the right one. I am living a full and happy life. I am loving people and having fun. I am doing things that if I were married I would not be able to do.

But in the meantime treat single people just like everyone else. ;o)

Thoughts

My small group is to a point where we are getting to large to meet in one person's home. Which is great and praise the Lord that that many people are interested and involved in community.

The leaders have asked me to step up and be a co-leader of one of the small groups once we split. My natural thought was of course I have always been a leader in my life. I have led plenty of bible studies before this should not be any different.

But I was speaking with a friend this week about leading and being in a community and how one deals with people and conflict. I am not saying that there is conflict I am just saying that "Christain community" is not perfect because we as humans are imperfect.

That is why living in true community is hard, it requires honesty, humility, transperancy, and things we as humans have a hard time doing. Now I admit there is a part of me that is comfortable with not splitting because I have already formed relationships with the people in my small group and I like them. But being a Christain is not about being comfortable. It is about loving people in the midst of hard times and spreading God's love. So even though we are splitting I am praying that God will use me and teach me how to be a better servant to love His people. I want to be a humble leader. I also do not want to over commit myself to a million in a half groups which is what I have tended to do in the past :o)

But this new phase will be good. I am excited to see what God has around the corner.

p.s. I have new posts down a little ways that you should look at.