Presidents Theme

GFS is more than a monthly get together, it is being out in the world, it is doing God’s work. 

And every time we knit a beanie, cook a meal to share with others, listen to a friend’s heartfelt worries, pray for a stranger, pick up litter – we are being GFS, we are doing as we have been commanded to do. 

We live out our motto with every action we take (or we ignore our call with every action we don’t take.)

I want to see us being more visible in what we do, in acknowledging that we are more than a cup of tea at a monthly get together. “Oh, is GFS still going?” Some might ask. 

Yes, it is, and we have an important job to be doing. We are called to live out our motto. To be people who are moved by our faith, by our knowledge of God, of knowing how much we are loved to then share this by our actions with others. 

I recently read the annual report which highlights just how much we are out and about, carrying the desire to help others into our everyday lives. 

From the annual reports I see that –  GFS is about hospitality, it is about listening, it is about sharing your crafty talents with the items you make as you give them to others, it is about being a friend, helping out when help is needed, being willing to step in to do tasks no one else might want to do, creating resources, being a friend. 

It is more than just a nice cup of tea and a very tasty cake to go with it. Although this is still important. (and if you have some good recipes perhaps, we could share them as we think about how we help the new World Project – a bakery of skills development in DRC).

I am going to give us all some monthly challenges. Challenges that might be part of your daily life already, but perhaps you just might think of them in a new way. 

Our World President has set some goals before us. These translate into far reaching areas of our lives – good health and education, climate change, faith development, halting gender violence, and greening the planet. 

Each month you can choose to work on a challenge for a day, a week or even the whole month. Take your GFS into everyday life. Live out your motto, be faith in action.

Here’s your first challenge – wear your badge to church on the first Sunday of each month (or choose your own day), pray for the work of GFS and even light a candle for those you remember who set you on your GFS path, tell others what your badge is all about if they ask.

In GFS love and service,

Julie