Evaluating Ministry

I have been taking a season to look at where I’m heading in life. The face of our family is changing as we now have a teenage driver and both kids are involved with sports and school and youth group activities. My energy levels are changing as I’m working to drop some extra pounds and I know I have to focus those new energies in purposeful ways.

Have you ever come to a point where you realized you just can’t do it all? The Ezine Queen, Ali Brown says, “You cannot grow without letting some things go!”

As I reevaluate what I’m doing, I realize that there are others who are doing a fine job of helping writers and speakers. I don’t need to duplicate their efforts, so I want to pass the baton off to them. They are running their race with excellence.

Randy Ingermanson http://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/ezine/
Dianne E. Butts http://www.dianneebutts.com/For%20Writers.htm
Mary DeMuth http://www.marydemuth.com/

Where Am I Headed?

If you were to ask me about women’s retreats, I could talk your leg off! I love taking women on outings, as something magical happens in the process. Lives are impacted when people are removed from their everyday lives and placed in a different environment for a few hours or a few nights. I have been on all kinds of retreats...Women’s Getaways, Youth Camps, Mission Trips, Speakers’ Seminars, Women of Faith Conferences, Writers’ Workshops and Church Conventions. Each time I’ve come home with a renewed sense of purpose and calling. I want to share some of the things I’ve learned along the way in my new Ezine, beginning next week. Would you like to stay on board? Then do nothing, and “The Oasis” will come to your mailbox a week from today. I know you signed on for tools for writers and speakers, so there will be no hard feelings if you choose to unsubscribe in the area provided below.

But, before you go, I want to offer a special to all of my loyal readers. You have continued to motivate and encourage me, and I want to do something for you. I am offering a 50 % discount on one of my favorite authors. For one week only, you can get Carol Kent’s Speak Up With Confidence or Becoming a Woman of Influence for $6.00 plus Shipping and Handling. Speak Up With Confidence is an excellent handbook for all leaders. She takes you through the process of using stories to build your talk. Becoming a Woman of Influence has great tools for understanding how to make an impact on another’s life through a mentoring relationship.

Click http://sallyferguson.net/Ezine%20Offer.htm to order your copy before May 2!

Also, I am hosting a drawing. For every name that signs up for my new Ezine from your recommendation, your name will be put into a hat. I am giving away a copy of Marybeth Whalen’s For the Write Reason! Marybeth’s book has been instrumental in helping me to find the courage to tackle different aspects of writing, and in validating that calling upon my life. It has daily devotions that accompany the input of writers and speakers from all walks of life. I know it will bless you too! The people you refer will also be put into the drawing. If one of their names is drawn, as they may not be interested in writing or speaking, I will give them a copy of Hats Off to You! This offer is good for my blog readers as well. Hats Off to You, compiled by Pam Farrel, is a charming celebration of women with whimsical artwork by Sandy Lynam Clough. A value of $7.99. Either of these gifts is free, if you help me reach a new audience through my Ezine! The drawing will be held on Friday May 16, 2008.

What’s in the New Ezine?

The weekly Ezines will come with tips for personal refreshment as well as ideas for drawing others into a time of renewal. We’ll look at ways that Jesus sought getaways from daily life, and talk about letting go of the tyranny of the urgent in order to seek the Most Important.

I’m looking forward to this new adventure and I hope you will join me as we seek Oasis from the daily grind!

Blessings to you,
Sally

P.S. One such retreat is being offered tomorrow at the Chautauqua Suites in Mayville, NY! http://www.lilyretreat.com/

Proverbs 25:11

A word aptly spoken

is like apples of gold

in settings of silver.

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