Tuesday, May 12th, the end of an era...

I have made the very difficult decision to disband my small group. It has been a long time in coming and it makes me very sad, but I think God is calling me to do something else. As Solomon said, "For everything there is a season...." Our entire small group structure at church is changing this fall, and I want to be a part of that.
It doesn't make this any easier and last night was our last "official" meeting. We finished a Beth Moore study on the life of Paul. The last lesson was about the end of Paul's life in prison immediately before his death and how he was giving his last bit of advice to Timothy, whom he had mentored. I literally wept all day Monday and all during group as I wondered if I had done right by these ladies and could say, "I have finished the race...."
There have been over 20 people in and out of this group in the last 8 years and I have grown so much as a person.
Heather Gackle, Virginia Kelley, Heather Bernau.....
Angie Sheets, Jean Hackbert and Marcy Knudtson....

We are all neighbors, so it's not like we won't see each other again but Monday nights won't be the same...