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What we do today will impact the future, either for good or for not-so-good. This knowledge can stress us, or it can bring us joy and hope. It all depends on how we look ahead.
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Grace Touch
Facilitating Global Impact
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Is it enough?
By Nicole Miller
A few months ago, I found myself asking, "What if this is all I ever do with my life? If these lives are the only ones I touch, will that be enough?"
This led to some hard soul-searching. In the end I realized, "How selfish I am!" This year alone over 100 girls have been impacted in the Warsaw, Indiana, community through SMM (Sisters Mentoring with a Mission). As I sat thinking about each of the faces I get to see on a weekly basis, I couldn't help but think of the joy and excitement they exude every week. At Christmas we had the opportunity to donate over 40 Bibles to girls who didn't have one. They had been asking for weeks when their Bibles would get there!
Story after story hit me in waves. Near Christmastime, I sat across from an SMM leader and experienced her excitement to share. We had met to work on lesson assignments for the new year, but we couldn't help but talk about our girls. As a teacher at the public elementary school, she has a unique insight into the girls who attend her SMM club. For years she agonized over not being able to talk about Jesus with them. Then, in God's timing, she was able to start an SMM group after school.
For the last two years she has led this group of girls. One young girl is especially excited about the Bible she received at SMM.
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Prayer Watch
by Sharon MacMillan
"Extending God's Kingdom Through Prayer"
My husband and I have had the joy of watching our youngest daughter launch her new career into missions this past year. She reminded me that Women of Grace USA had presented her with a scholarship for her trip to France for study and ministry as a Grace College student. The desire Women of Grace demonstrated to encourage young people towards the mission field eventually bore fruit in my daughter.
SMM, a daughter ministry of Women of Grace USA, reaches out to girls, many who don't have a church home or religious background. We can celebrate that God is going to produce a harvest in these girls as they mature and become mentors themselves. Obeying God's Word brings joy to every daughter of the King as she trusts God to work through her to enable others to find Him.
"Father, we present ourselves for Your work, investing in the spiritual, emotional, and physical well-being of our younger generation. Bear much fruit in them so that the torch of faith, love and obedience to You is carried on."
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Investing in the Future
by Viki Rife
For over 100 years, women have been investing in girls through SMM. This impact on girls is dependent on the investment in inspiring and equipping women to minister to them. We invite you to invest in girls through a gift to Women of Grace USA. Click
here to donate.
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Do we really need boundaries? How do we determine what boundaries to set? The upcoming issue of Women's Spectrum magazine will address these questions from personal experiences of the authors. If you want to share your story or what you have learned about boundaries, there is still time to submit an article by the January 28 deadline. If you want to share a story but need someone to write it for you, please let us know at spectrum@wgusa.org.
There are still copies of the most recent issue, Power that Overcomes. Click
here to order
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Mom to Mom: New Things for a New Year
By Kate Ward
Happy New Year! I feel like a new year for a mom is a unique thing. A part of me feels accomplishment of "getting through" another year, and the other part feels sad about the passing of time that will never be again. With kids, I feel like you are always in that space; a blend of unexplainable joy and mysterious sorrow.
So as 2017 begins, I choose to look at it as a new start. What mom doesn't want a clean slate? I tend to be an "I should have" type of person. I should have done this, I shouldn't have done that, I wish I had done this. This is not a productive way to live. I vow this year, with God's strength, to forget the past and only focus on what I can and should change.
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Specialized Ministry Team
Are you a physical, occupational or speech therapist? An early intervention specialist? A marriage counselor? If so, or if you know someone who is, we invite you to consider serving on the Women of Grace USA Team September 20-October 2, 2017. Cost for the trip is $2,900. For more information contact
Amanda Swain.
Location withheld for security reasons.
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Mark your Calendar
Apr 28-30 - Hispanic Summit - Atlanta, GA
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