In spring of 2001, as a pastor’s wife and mother of five, I found myself frustrated about church. In fact, I would even hide out in our church’s children’s nursery, begging to not be seen by the rest of the congregation. I was tired of doing life, but most of all, doing church. I knew there had to be something more. I knew that our loving God who fashioned me in my mother’s womb had created me for more than this. That same spring, my husband returned from Costa Rica where he had visited a church that was brimming over with life. He sat me and our children down around the kitchen table and wept, begging for our forgiveness. “God has created you to do great things,” he told us, “and I have failed to help you possess this Vision. In response I wept and said, “I know that there is more to life!”

Maybe you are a homemaker, nurse, or a receptionist, and you feel like I felt, “I am only here to help support others.” Some women do not feel this way and are so angry at this thought that they turn to feminism and fight for their place. In this they end up becoming mere women instead of ladies, LEADING LADIES.

Our Ladies’ Network is a place where women gather to pursue their God-given destiny and to tap into their God-given potential. We say, “I add value to this world,” “I have something good to offer it,” and “This world is a better place because I exist.”

Our Leading Ladies network has a specific strategy that allows you to tap into your God-given potential. Within our small group cell structures we cheer each other on this journey for Jesus that we call “the great adventure.”

I want you to know that I believe in you and I believe in a God who believes in you. This is a combination that will transform you into a leading lady!

Embrace the Challenge to become a woman of destiny, God’s LEADING LADY!

Pastor Shannon Richard