ChristianMilitaryWives

One thing we are trying to focus on here at CMW is cultivating our small groups.  It is very important that we stick together as military wives, lifting one another up.  I hope you consider to join a small group in your area... if you do not have a small group in your area, please consider creating a small group.  It will be such a blessing to you and others to have friends of like minds to worship together with, uplift each other in prayer and to help each other in times of need.

Here are three phases CMW has come up with to help your small group succeed.  Along with these phases, Carmen Bell - our Military Wives Fellowship Team Leader will help leaders by equipting them with the word of God as well as helping small group leaders get their groups off to a great start!

Phase I - Till Your Garden
* The 10 +10 Challenge: Every day, read your Bible for 10 minutes and pray for 10 minutes
*Encourage other military wives to do the same

Phase II - Plant Seeds
*Begin a Military Wives Fellowship in your area.  MWF can take place at your home, the library, your church, a coffee shop, your local sewing group.  If you enjoy doing something, find like minded military wives who also enjoy what you like - for example, if you like scrapbooking - invite other scrapbookers to get together, be sure to include Christ - this can be an outreach.  I like coffee, so I will have bi-weekly meetings at a coffee shop with other military wives.  The military wives do not need to be Christians to attend, we will open in prayer and we will keep our conversation good.  We will have devotions.
*You can advertise your group online, publish "public announcements" in your local newspaper (its free), hang up signs around town...
*Continue to challenge yourself to  10+10 as well as other officers, your group members and friends.

Phase III - Take Care Of Gods Garden
*Build relationships with the wives who come to your small group (sunshine)
*Equipt them to reach out to others (fertilize the garden)
*Teach them the word of God (feed and water the garden)
*Teach others in your group so that they may start their own groups, reaching out to more and more military wives and families

Phase IV - Harvest Time/Rest
*Take time to rejoice in Godly relationships you have made, and watch in awe as you see your group grow and flourish, reaching out to so many others!

*Don't forget to take time to rest, God even did that when creating the world.  Rest is important so you will be able to feel refreshed, and to be able to continue on!