Not only is Journey the name of an awesome band and something we all tend to go on at least once in our lives; it also happens to be the name of the amazing church I'm now a part of. I decided to delete my last blog because I realized the topic was irrelevant at the end of the day. What happened, may have happened, or didn't happen isn't important...God will work it all out in His way. As hard as it is I'm going to leave the situation(s) in His hands and know that he will fix things. Now I'm going to focus on the "Journey" I feel He wants me to take.
As I mentioned I am now a member of an awesome church called Journey in Davie County. Journey's amazing Pastor Matt Hudson is a guy I've known since kindergarten....and believe me when I tell you he is very good at preaching the Lord's Word in a way that compels you to not only move towards God, but to want great change for Davie County!
Currently the church is trying to raise $200,000 for the new building we're moving into. Getting to go to the building during our service last Sunday really moved me. I'm not sure why because right now its just an empty building...but I wanted to do all I could to make it that building of purpose that Matt spoke of. As we prayed over it and then walked through it from room to room I could see the potential the building has...not only for providing more space...but for so much MORE! I was officially "Fired up!" before we left the building that day.
Now the sad part...I have no money to give. :( The money from my last jewelry show went into my gas tank and for food, and my tax money went towards the wedding pictures and treating both myself and my best friend who has done alot for me over the past few months. As I was leaving the new building my head started spinning because I knew I wanted to do whatever I could to help the church out. Finally idea after idea started popping into my head over the next few days. The first one came to me right as we were leaving the parking lot that day...I could do another mystery hostess show through my Premier business and instead of using the money I make on myself I could donate it to the church! So I'm planning on doing a show sometime before the end of the month. :-)
The next idea came that following Wednesday during the web conference for my second business. One of the topics was of how we could sell the light up lipgloss (an awesome product by the way) and give part of the proceeds to charity. Next thing I know I'm trying to figure out if we could use my grand opening show (which was yesterday) for a fundraiser for the church!! I talked it over with Randy who was the one who got me introduced to the biz and he thought it was a great idea and then he took it to a higher level by saying we could do a grand opening at the church and try to reach even more people so I could make even more money to donate! We're in the process of trying to make that happen now. :-)
No matter what happens....whether these ideas help or not I don't feel as if I would have been moved to try them if it wasn't for God. I really hope we're able to raise at least $100 for the church...that would make me feel like a job well-done. But in all honesty I would be STOKED if me raised $1000's!! I'll keep my blogs updated for the next few weeks strictly about the fundraisers and Journey church. If you'd like to help me raise money by either coming out to one of the events or by making a personal donation yourself please feel free to leave me a comment on here, message me on facebook (Shannon Watkins), or at shannonbruebaker@yahoo.com.
~Shay~
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