So last night was the first night of an eight-week study in preparation for membership in the Daughters of the King. I was kind of hesitating, thinking, "do I really want to join a women's group....are women's groups relevant in the church....will they be old fuddy-duddies?"
Remember that my grandmother, aunts, mother have been in this group, and none of THEM are old fuddy-duddy types, but.....sometimes older people are. So I don't think that is an unreasonable thing to wonder. But they were not! There were 4 trainers (after this there will be 2 at each meeting) and 8 aspirants including me. And there are some CHRISTIANS in that group...not just Episcopalians.
The lesson plan was to read from the book "What is a Christian" and discuss the first several questions. Instead of just reading & discussing (dulllllllll) we cut out pictures from a magazine to illustrate posterboards saying "What is a Christian?" "What are some stumbling blocks to your Christian life?" "What person or circumstance has shown you the love of Christ?" etc. Good discussion, great sharing, lots of laughing.
Thank you, God, for this opportunity.
