Recently our newly-formed Women's Council held a Saturday afternoon Ladies' Spring Fling. The team shared their vision for the Women's Council as a venue to dialog with BBC women regarding issues on their hearts, whether those 'issues' pertain to living in BJ, growing in the Xn faith, or having events for fun and fellowship. As I talk with some of the ladies, we discover that many resources that encourage mentoring, life-on-life discipleship, or "Titus 2" ministries mostly come from American perspectives where people live nearby and can just hop into a car to go visit a friend. For example, I read recently about women who would spend time together doing all sorts of life-on-life activities - hang out at one of their homes for the afternoon, go grocery shopping together, etc. The point of the description was that discipleship and mentoring occur in the everyday moments of life. So true! Our challenge in BJ comes when just to reach a friend's home takes an hour - ride on a bus, take the subway, walk to the apartment. How do we practice life-on-life mentoring/discipleship/friendship (whatever we want to call it) when just getting together takes a lot of effort? BBC formed the Women's Council as a venue to discuss some of those challenges. How can we at BBC, and especially we women, encourage each other to walk by faith in Jesus, be accountable in our struggles, and help one another obey God's directives?
The Spring Fling kicked off the idea with a time of fellowship, games, and snacks.
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