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Can anyone relate to this meme? In my house, we have a couple of grown kids around at any given time, and yet, my husband will carry all the grocery bags he possibly can in one load. Granted, we have a lot of groceries because of said kids, but that’s another topic for another day.
One of the questions we have been asked as an Adult Discipleship team is, “Why Simplicity?” The answer is simple 😀. It began as an instruction from God for Marcy Walker and I. As we sat down to pray about our summer programming, we each felt a personal call on our lives to simplify. You see, we were both the person in this meme. Each and every grocery bag was something else in our lives. We were trying to be superheroes and carry it all. Just imagine: a bag for each kid, a bag for our home, a bag for cooking dinner, a bag for shopping, a bag for cleaning, a bag for friends, a bag for significant others and well, you get the picture.
With all the bags we were carrying, even though they were full of good things, we were losing our focus on the things that mattered most: time with God and our kids.
With that we realized that we are probably not the only ones that are carrying a few too many bags. So, we decided to invite everyone along on our Summer of Simplicity. It is our heart for you to be able to declutter your life so that you can focus on God and family.
So, this might lead you to think “Cool, but how does it work?” Glad you asked…
- Commit to one or two areas of your life to simplify
- Lay out action steps and a timeline
- Get started
Some areas we recommend focusing on:
- Intentional daily time with God
- Decluttering your home
- Naming priorities - which means we can say no to things that don’t align with those priorities without guilt!
- Intentional family time
- Setting healthy boundaries
- Pursuing mental health
We hope to provide you with helpful info, tips and tricks throughout the summer on how to simplify, as well as reflections on how our own journeys have succeeded and where we have fallen short. You can follow our journeys on social media by clicking here and receive text updates by texting SIMPLE to 937-358-6710.
We also have weekly ways to connect in person or via zoom. Now through August.
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Mondays at 12pm - Zoom prayer (https://us06web.zoom.us/j/81107885427?pwd=b1h1a25YaTErM1M1Z1NHVWRxTjJwZz09)
- Tuesdays 12pm - Meet for prayer in the Tipp Worship Center
- Wednesdays 12pm - Silence and solitude walk at Charleston Falls
Friends, our prayer is that in this Summer of Simplicity you find a measure of rest this summer, and that you will build healthy long term habits that stay with you for life.
May God’s peace be with you,
Pastor Sarah
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