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About 5 weeks ago I mentioned a ministry opportunity I was invited to take part in. I've been silent about it because the time was not right to speak. Since then there have been a lot of prayers, many meetings and lots of words written. We had to decide what our focus/purpose was going to be and chose this verse as our Scriptural foundation:

 “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind, and your neighbor as yourself.” Luke 10:27

We have developed and refined a MVVGS document and I am pleased to be able to publicly announce that a KCU Women's Ministry has been birthed.

Today 29 female adult faculty and staff were given an index card with the names of 5 female students. Tomorrow 6 more adults will get cards. (I couldn't deliver them all this afternoon.) Each day our female students names will be lifted up in prayer. 
Every student, every day, individually lifted before the Lord. 

Sometime within the next two weeks (spring break begins this weekend) 35 female students will be given the name of an adult to pray for. Every day. 

Why prayer for one another?
 "love your neighbor as yourself" 
And we believe that prayer is a solid foundation to build a movement on. We are ready to see God move on our campus, in the lives of our students and faculty. 
We are excited. 
We are also buckling down, praying diligently over this, because new birth is fragile. And you better believe that the enemy is not going to like the changes that are bound to take place as prayer becomes foundational to the culture at KCU.

I invite you to:

• rejoice with us
• pray alongside/over us
• send us encouragement
• join us
• if you have a particular skill that would help us accomplish our goals, by all means, contact me!

A quick synopsis of our MVVGS 

Mission:

To provide opportunities for the women at KCU to mature holistically: 

• Spiritually 
• Mentally 
• Emotionally 
• Physically

Vision: 

Every woman at KCU will have the tools needed to obey Luke 10:27

Values: 

• Integrity 
• Christian Worldview 
• Respect (self and others) 
• Identity 
• Knowledge 
• Commitment/Covenant 
• Service

Goals: (not an exhaustive list) 

• Healthy Relationships with God and with others, 
• Maturity, 
• Create opportunities for relationship,
• Offer events that encourage holistic growth
• Interactions between Faculty, Staff and students outside of "class" and "work"

Strategies: (not an exhaustive list)

• Intentional prayer by faculty and staff on behalf of students and vice versa
• four intentionally focused large events next year (20/21)
• Self care 

PS

Yes, the men on KCU's campus are important too. But please don't ask me about them, that is not the ministry I've been called to focus on and I do not want to be distracted. Thank you.