Don't Miss Out-It's Almost Tea Time!

Don't forget to sign up for the Sisters in Christ Mentoring Ministry. Time's almost up!

You can sign up by registering online at www.calvarynet.net for the Mentoring Tea on Saturday, March 13. Or, sign up at the Calvary Welcome Desk.

Whichever place you sign up, make sure you pick up the Information packet. You will need to fill out the form and return it to the Calvary church office, or to Julie Taylor, BY THE END OF FEBRUARY.

Can't wait to see you at the Tea! 1:00-3:00 on Saturday, March 13.

Hello Calvary Ladies! We're getting prepared for this year's Sisters in Christ Mentoring session. If you are a female member of Calvary Baptist Church, you may sign up, during the month of February, to participate in this 6-month ministry.

There are two ways to sign up. You can stop by the Welcome Center, or sign up for the Mentoring Tea in March through the church's website. Either way you choose, you will need to pick up an information packet at the Welcome desk, fill out the form, and hand it back in to the church office or to Julie Taylor, by the end of February.

Our Mentoring Tea is on Saturday, March 13. The time is tentative, either at 10:00 or 1:00, the decision will come soon. Your mentoring partnership & prayer warrior will be announced at the Tea.

Our Sisters in Christ Mentoring ministry works hand-in-hand with Pastor Brooks' commission to "reach out beyond ourselves" to touch the life of another woman. Yes, that woman can be you.

This ministry breaks down into a 6 month session in which you may sign up to be a mentor, a mentee, or a prayer warrior. A prayer warrior is assigned to a mentor/mentee pair, and is responsible to pray for that pair and their particular prayer needs; and also to contact the pair on a monthly basis to see how things are going with their prayer needs, and also to just let them know that someone cares enough to pray for them.

A mentor is a woman who has been a Christian for a while, and can help another woman to grow closer to Christ and to mature as a Christian. You accomplish this by keeping in regular contact with your mentee (at least twice a month).

There are a number of ways you can keep in contact, and you can see what works well for each of you (ideas and suggestions will come in a future blog post). We do encourage the mentor/mentee pair to read and discuss a book that is chosen for each 6 month session. These books are not designed to be an in depth Bible study, but instead, just a way to provide a light structure for your time together. It will also help you to move in a forward direction in you spiritual growth.

Your first thought of a "mentee" might be a young woman; and that can certainly be true. However, many ladies who have been a Christian for a number of years, and are in various "seasons" of life, desire to have a mentor (myself included!).

You are never too old to grow more spiritually mature. Perhaps you are going through a challenging phase of life, and you'd like to learn from someone who's already been down that road. Being a mentee is for you, as well.

Don't forget to sign up during the month of February. I'd hate to see you miss out on such an enriching time.