Mother's Day is all about taking a moment to honour the amazing women in our lives. I know you're thinking about how you will do this on Sunday for your mom/grandma/aunt/mentor. (Kudos to Rob, he's already asked me what I want for lunch on Sunday.) In that spirit, I want to publicly honour a few people who are making a huge difference in how we are able to connect, train and impact as a church.
Pastor Erin is connecting everyone together in dynamic ways as this crisis evolves. She facilitates our Connecting Point Facebook Group, receives and deploys prayer requests to our prayer teams and keeps track of everyone in our church family and how we can help one another.
You may not see or hear from Kaitlin while we're socially distanced but she's moved her work station to her house and keeps the wheels on the bus. For real. And she's doing it while homeschool her elementary aged kids.
If you don't have kids you may not know that Margaret is facilitating a fun and engaging digital kids ministry. From her strategically chaotic KidzConnect Zoom calls, to the weekly challenges on the Freedom Kids Facebook Group, to surprising families with treats, and, of course, preparing engaging Sunday School teaching every week, our kids continued to be discipled.
Our Youth Pastor has been so intentional to meet our youth where they are online... mostly Instagram! Besides a super engaging IG channel with devotionals, mid-week teaching, and fun content, our youth and youth leaders continue to meet weekly on Zoom where they have had spiritual challenges, guest speakers and all kinds of crazy activities to keep them connected with each other and growing in Christ.
And beyond Rob's main ministry of keeping me sane as we work from home, he continues to bring the church together on Sundays through the livestream. Coming alongside the critical weekly contribution from Matt Jamieson, he is supporting all of the elements that make services dynamic and tell the great stories of what God is doing.
So, I honour each of these leaders and their contribution to equipping the church for the work of the ministry. Thank you, team, for leaning into this season with flexibility and dedication and love for the Church. You make my heart very happy.
Thank you, church, for praying for each of us as we work together with you for the Kingdom.
Pastor Tracy
PS - DIGITAL MOTHER'S DAY! Last chance to record a short video for an amazing woman in your life. Email rob@freedomkw.com to record with Pastor Erin between 10:30-11:00. Let's do it!
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