"We search and search and wonder why we are never content. Here's the thing: He is calling for you. You are called. You will be restless until you understand that the greatest calling is a simple one: to belong to Jesus."
Crystal Colp is a wife, mom, speaker, teacher, and writer. She serves on staff at the First Church of God in St. Joseph, Michigan where she is a speaker, writer, and director of adult discipleship. She has co-written three Bible Studies published by Warner Press Publishing. Warner Press also released her book on Women’s Ministry in the fall of 2017. She married her husband, David 27 years ago and together they have two boys. Caleb is 23 years old and a recent graduate of Cornerstone University. Jacob is 20 and a junior at Mid-America Christian University. As a couple, David and Crystal have been in full-time ministry for 27 years, serving in youth ministry for the first 12 years. At present they serve the First Church of God in St. Joseph, Michigan where David is the Lead Pastor. Crystal has a burden to see individuals value God’s Word as applicable to everyday life. Discipleship and soul care are her heart. She sees herself as a work in progress on a journey to look more like Jesus every day and totally dependent on Him.
We are going to show you how to minister to women and expand your outreach with prayer, silence, Bible study, Bible journaling, community, and conversation.
One of the most important points to starting or growing a women’s ministry is God’s presence. His voice is indispensable. His guiding hand cannot be replaced. Ministry must begin and end in a place of dwelling IN HIM! The nuts and bolts of beginning a ministry will come, but first your house needs to be in order. We will pray, journal, dream and listen together. In the process, our prayer is that a ministry will be birthed and grow, conceived by the Spirit of God dwelling in you! Be patient. Dwell long enough in the presence of God that when you emerge you are sure of his guiding hand.
One of the most important points to starting or growing a women’s ministry is God’s presence. His voice is indispensable. His guiding hand cannot be replaced. Ministry must begin and end in a place of dwelling IN HIM! The nuts and bolts of beginning a ministry will come, but first your house needs to be in order. We will pray, journal, dream and listen together. In the process, our prayer is that a ministry will be birthed and grow, conceived by the Spirit of God dwelling in you! Be patient. Dwell long enough in the presence of God that when you emerge you are sure of his guiding hand.
Crystal and husband David, lead pastor at St. Joseph First Church
Crystal along with 3 friends published two Bible Studies in the summer of 2015. If you would like to purchase one or both of the Bible Studies please click on the following links: Enough and Eyewitness
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