His Glory, Her Good

It's always SO sad to end a season of His Glory, Her Good. But we are thrilled to have our last episode be with author and former Lifeway Girls specialist, Mary Margaret West, as we celebrate her new Bible study for teen girls called, Made Worthy!

In this conversation, we talk more than just about her new study! We get honest about how easy it is to tell girls to find their worth in Christ while struggling to believe the truth for ourselves. So what does make us worthy? I'm sure you know the answer, but we hope you walk away from this episode living in light of its truth.

Make sure to order your girls Made Worthy! 
 

Mary Margaret West is passionate about equipping women and girls to dive deeply into God’s Word and live out their calling. Mary Margaret has been serving as a leader in women’s and girls’ ministry for the last eighteen years and is the author of Show Her the Way: Your Guide to Discipling Teen Girls. She is a contributor to the Lifeway Women and Lifeway Girls blogs and the Lifeway Women’s Bible, and she is author of the Lifeway Student devotionals Agape, Cherished, and Called to This.  

Make sure to follow us over on @lifewaygirls on Instagram. Let's be friends!

As a leader in ministry, you likely work under a good amount of stress and pressure. And not only are you owning the tasks at hand, but you are carrying a spiritual and emotional weight that is unique to your job. So how do you manage your own anxiety when having to deal with people? How does your reactivity reveal what's going on deep inside of you? What's the difference between caring for something and carrying something that isn't ours to carry?

There are so many practical tools that you will walk away with after listening to this conversation! One tool that Lisa gave was asking three questions:

1. What is mine to carry?
2. What is someone else's to carry?
3. What is God's to carry? 

For questions or feedback, reach out to us at [email protected].

Lisa Cuss is a Licensed Professional Counselor and runs her own private practice as well as works with coaching and vision alongside her husband within Capable Life.  Lisa is trauma informed and is most passionate about helping people journey through deep pain and find connection with God amidst wounded experiences and unhealthy beliefs.   Most of her work is done individually through regular sessions as well Soul Care Intensives.  At the top of Lisa’s Life Giving list is time talking and laughing with her husband, Steve, their 2 adult sons, and their teen daughter.  She also delights in sharing time with with dear friends on a walk with mountain views, or over a cup of coffee and a warm chocolate chip cookie.  

In this two-episode special, we want to give you a glimpse into a volunteer's perspective of leading high school and middle school girls! We ask questions like "why middle school girls?" "What's your favorite part of volunteering?" "What's the most challenging part?" "What have you learned so far?"

Whether you are a volunteer, just thinking about volunteering, or you're leading a group of middle school volunteers, there is no doubt that you will walk away more passionate about reaching 6th-8th grade girls. Let's learn from our volunteers, lean into what God is asking of us, and walk faithfully in obedience. It is worth it!

If you're thinking about leading teen girls and want a book to help you as you begin, check out This Is Girls Ministry.

Feel free to email us with any questions at [email protected].

In this two-episode special, we want to give you a glimpse into a volunteer's perspective of leading high school and middle school girls! We ask questions like "why high school girls?" "What's your favorite part of volunteering?" "What's the most challenging part?" "What have you learned so far?"

Whether you are a volunteer, just thinking about volunteering, or you're leading a group of high school volunteers, there is no doubt that you will walk away more passionate about reaching 9th-12th grade girls. Let's learn from our volunteers, lean into what God is asking of us, and walk faithfully in obedience. It is worth it!


Resource Highlight: The Girls Ministry Blog

Don't forget to follow us @lifewaygirls. Feel free to email us with feedback or questions at [email protected]. 

You made it through the crazy summer. You might have snuck in a vacation or found yourself on a beach for at least for a few days. But fall is here! You're now getting to embrace all of the packed schedules, weekly programs, and lack of rest. It's so easy to "push through" and wait for that next weekend off, but don't let yourself keep going without first asking, "How am I actually doing?"

Aunt P is back to help us talk about how to take a pulse on our spiritual, mental, and emotional wellbeing. We don't want you to keep yourself so busy that you end up running yourself into the ground. So, how do you know if you're actually okay? Well, we hope you'll listen to this conversation and find out practical ways to answer that question.

If you haven't listened to our first Aunt P episode in Season 1, go back to it! It's episode 9 title "How to Seek and Refer Counseling." This is a resource to have in your back pocket not just for your teens, but for yourself.

Make sure to follow us @lifewaygirls and email us any feedback or questions at [email protected].

Whether you're teaching to 5 girls in a circle or 500 students from a stage, this episode is for you! Amanda and Corinne are giving you a glimpse into how they prepare to teach, what they've learned over the years, and how they prepare their hearts when they're just not feeling it. The hope is that you'll be challenged to not just grow in how you teach but how you get ready to teach.


If you're on ministry staff, you're likely planning your training schedule for this next year! There are two events that we'd encourage you to mark your calendars for:

Lifeway Women's Forum - November 7-8, 2024, Hendersonville TN (for any woman leading in ministry, not just staff!)

Experience - Coming May 2025, Nashville TN

Have you ever felt like you're the wrong girl for the job? Like everyone else around the table deserves to be there except you? Like you are several years into this and still feel like you're making it up as you go?

Well, what if we told you that even a VP at Lifeway has felt the same way? Becky Loyd is the Vice President of Go-To-Market and Women Leadership Development at Lifeway. She has been a mentor of Amanda over the past few years, and there is no doubt she was the perfect person to have this conversation with. You're going to love her and this conversation is going to help fight off any imposter syndrome you might be feeling!

Make sure to follow us at @lifewaygirls. You can always email us at [email protected] with any questions or feedback.

Resource Highlight: Truthfilled (both for Women & Teen Girls)

If you're anything like us, change can be fun, scary, overwhelming. All the things! The reality is that we will all walk through various seasons of life that come with both new and hard changes. It is up to us on how we will trust God with those changes and walk faithfully in the path He has laid before us.

We hope you enjoy hearing about our own seasons of change right now! As we are learning and growing, we hope it will encourage you to hold fast to what you know is true.

Listen, we don't want you to do this season alone! Check out Youth Ministry Booster to get signed up and part of a community of women who want to champion and encourage your calling! 

Make sure to follow us at @lifewaygirls. Please email us at [email protected] with any questions or feedback.

Whether you're 13, 23, or 83, we will all experience homesickness. Home may not be far at all, and home may be your favorite place on earth. Yet, we will still find ourselves often longing to belong and be loved. Caroline Saunders gives us just a sneak peak of her brand new study, Come Home. In this study, she explains the story of home throughout Scripture and why we find ourselves homesick for something more today. 

Caroline Saunders is a favorite around here! Make sure to follow her @writercaroline on Instagram. 

To find out more about her new study for women and teen girls, visit lifeway.com/comehome.

Fall is coming! But are you ready?

No, we're not asking if you have volunteers ready, if your calendar feels managed, or if the curriculum is ready to go. We are asking if YOU are ready for fall.

Our hope is that this conversation will give you simple questions to ask yourself before the next season of ministry begins. Please know we are cheering you on and praying that God will continue to work in and through you.

We are so glad you found us on this podcast. Did you know Lifeway has other great podcasts available to you, as well? Here are some that we think you'll love:

MARKED
The Glass House Podcast
Youth Ministry Booster

As always, feel free to reach out to us at any time with questions or feedback at [email protected].