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A weekend of remembering, celebrating, and making new memories…

Can’t believe that these girls are old enough to graduate.  I remember when I first took on their lifegroup in 8th grade.
They were loud, giggly, wiggly, sweet girls. We were lucky if we got one spiritual nugget into their lives at the end of an hour because we chased so many rabbits.  We initiated the [...]

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by Amy-Jo ~ May 17th, 2009 No Comments;
 

A day with my mom…

Yesterday started early with bootcamp and then a nice breakfast with a friend at Franklin Merc.  I took a prayer retreat day yesterday and did a lot of praying and thinking as I took in a lot of beautiful scenery.
Sometimes for me the best thing for me to do is just shut up—and not hear [...]

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by Amy-Jo ~ May 9th, 2009 No Comments;
 

JOIN THE SOCIAL…

I am excited to announce that we are releasing BETA invitations to join the social network for girlsminister.com. The social network is being housed at www.mygirlsministry.com. Head on over and log in…once you are registered, we will contact you with a BETA invitation if you are pass the inspection:).

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by Amy-Jo ~ April 22nd, 2009 No Comments;
 

Say Hello to girlsminister.com

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

Because Girlsministry is more than just pink and tiaras—JOIN THE CONVERSATION that is going on at www.girlsminister.com.
The Girlsminister.com team is excited to announce that the new girlsminister resource and conversation blog has begun.  Girlsminister.com seeks to shape the conversation of how to minister to girls by being an opensource community.  What is most [...]

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by Amy-Jo ~ April 21st, 2009 No Comments;
 

Pfunky griddle

Today Darrel and I tried out a new to us restaurant that I have been hearing about. It’s called The Pfunky Griddle. We are officially adding it to our list of places we like to eat. Love it. It has a griddle-in the-middle of each table. The owner seated us and was super sweet to [...]

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by Amy-Jo ~ April 10th, 2009 3 Comments
 

An Easter prayer experience…

Click here for the easterprayerexperience document
Today was a unique morning with our students at Brentwood Baptist. Because it was spring break, we didn’t know how many students would show up so we did some different things since we knew we would have a smaller group. We started out with a video from the skit guys [...]

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by Amy-Jo ~ April 6th, 2009 No Comments;
 

tryptophan filled turkey chili

Today in the cafe I had an awesome time of fellowshipping with Jackie, Carol, and Joey…while the girls had the turkey chili combo. It was delicious but immediately upon getting into my bloodstream I became uncontrollably sleepy. I couldn’t handle it. i wanted to crawl under every table and just nap. It was later [...]

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by Amy-Jo ~ March 24th, 2009 No Comments;
 

A good article on transitioning from Highschool to college.

A good article on transitioning from Highschool to college.I have had the distinct pleasure of not only being a Girls Minister for the past 6 years, but of also journeying with a group of about 15 teenaged girls for the past 6 years. I have been blessed to know them and now they are [...]

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by Amy-Jo ~ March 19th, 2009 No Comments;
 

Wait…what am I forgetting about March 13th?

You know how you have dates and numbers forever entrenched in your memory…like my very first phone number was 217-546-5926. I will never forget it no matter how much I try. My first ID # was 194460. and I never forget Tammy Shim’s birthday because I think she brainwashed me in 6th grade to always [...]

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by Amy-Jo ~ March 13th, 2009 No Comments;
 

Dear church…

Yesterday my pastor friend shared some news with me about the recent decline in adults being baptized in North America. He said the decline was not really an indication that people had stopped sharing their story of redemption with people but that records indicate it is directly linked with birthrates dropping in the church. [...]

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by Amy-Jo ~ March 13th, 2009 No Comments;