Merry Christmas!

What is the most fun gift you’ve ever received? Last year our doorstep flooded with dozens of packages when a bunch of friends discovered my love of tacky yard decorations and my husbands equal disdain of them! Now, with 15 yard inflatables and just as many strands of lights, you can see our house from blocks away. It is festive, fun, and makes me so happy!

This year you’ll have plenty of opportunities to pick out unique gifts for your family, friends, staff, and neighbors. But one of the greatest gifts you’ll give this year is you. You’ll show up and pour out. You’ll give your time, open your home, share your attention, prepare thoughtful services and you’ll give of the gifts God has given you!
As the Network of Women Ministers, we want to help you grow and sharpen those gifts over the coming months. We have unique gifts given by God as equipping for the spaces and places He leads us to. 

Erie First Assembly lead pastor, Nichole Shreiber, and I talked about that a little bit this fall (find the conversation here!). We want to lean in to capitalize and leverage the strengths God’s given us uniquely as women ministers and help you walk confidently in your calling. We’d like to invite you to join us for a professional development zoom on January 24th from 12-1pm. 

And as you're shopping, wrapping, planning, and gifting, we want to say thank you for all you do to impact the Kingdom of God and wish you the merriest Christmas! 

Ashley Pritchett & the Southern Missouri Women Minister's Team