Pastor Angie's In-spire-ations August 2018


Happy August!  One of the things I love to do and haven’t done much of in the past couple of years is to facilitate small groups.  I especially like to lead 6 week or so studies.  I like a beginning and an end so that each time it ends, new people can come and go.  I’ll soon be working with the Peru group on a study called “Before You Go” that prepares short term mission teams for what it might look like in the field and the things that happen when one re-enters their own culture.
I would love to try something new with you all.  There is an online app called YouVersion.  A good friend introduced me to it some time ago.  It is free and can be loaded onto a tablet or a smart phone.  There are several translations of the Bible and A LOT of Studies that can be done.  You can do them on your own OR you can do them with a group.  That’s what I would like to try.  I do this with my friends several times a year and it’s great.  There are daily verses and a lot of other features.
Here’s how it works.  You download the app from your app store.  Then you can “add friends” to your app.  I was really surprised by how many of my friends were already on there!  Then, you choose a study and invite your friends to do it with you.  A start date is set.  Each person reads the study and then you comment with the group.  You can do it in your own time.  You can set it to remind you to do it every day.  I like that feature…it keeps me on track. 
There are tons of studies about all sorts of things.  I just completed one on my own called, Soul Rest: 7 Days to Renewal.  It was a really good one that just gave me a little time to reboot in the midst of a very busy time.  The daily studies don’t take a ton of time, but they do vary in length and depth.
I am really being drawn to prayer right now and I would very much like to do a study on prayer.  Would you join me?  I’ll find the study.  In the meantime, I hope you will get the app downloaded and come find me on YouVersion.  If you need help, I’ll be glad to help you on a Sunday. 
Let’s do this! 
Blessings,
Pastor Angie


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