As most of you probably heard announced this past weekend, this Thursday, November 17th is Sisterhood’s annual Night of Shopping! This will be happening at the Midtown, Orange Park and St. Johns campuses. We have lots of vendors at each of the campuses for you to shop until you drop! At Midtown and Orange Park, the shopping will be open from 6-6:50pm prior to the service and for 45 minutes after the service. For St. Johns, ...

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I truly can’t believe that we are quickly approaching the final Sisterhood Morning of 2011. It seems like we just began yesterday, and now we are wrapping up our study of I Corinthians, entitled Ancient Wisdom, Modern Life. If you have been wanting to join us but just haven’t yet, or have simply missed a few mornings, why not finish out with us? We would love to have you! I love that this fall we began ...

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As we finish up the series on introverted leaders today, I have asked my awesome assistant, Liz Hineman, to talk about what it’s like for an extrovert to work for an introvert. Liz and I are probably opposites on the personality scale, but we make a great team! I love working with her and I think our strengths complement each other. In addition to being my executive assistant, Liz is the Sisterhood Coordinator over all ...

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If you are an introverted leader — especially in the hyper-social world of ministry — the sheer amount of social interaction required can leave you drained, overwhelmed, and resentful. I personally think many pastor’s wives fall victim to this scenario, as they strive to keep in step with their (usually) extroverted husbands. Here are some strategies I use to expand my social capacity: Learn to manage energy, rather than just time. As I said in an ...

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One distinguishing characteristic of introverts is that we do our best work alone. It’s not that we don’t value the input of others, it’s just that we do our best thinking and achieve our highest level of productivity (quality and quantity) when we are by ourselves because of the way we process information and execute plans: We go for depth before(not instead of) breadth when understanding a subject We turn inward rather than outward to stimulate new ...

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