Candy Gibbs

Writings

Tag: Teen Speaker

Fearless Friday-Siblings

October 5, 2018 • Community, Parenting, Teens

I have heard it said that siblings will likely be the longest relationship in a person’s lifetime. A recurring theme that has come up in discussion with students is the concept of a “golden child” and the “black sheep.” It…


Fearless Friday

September 14, 2018 • Announcements, Community, Ministries

    I am so excited to start the weekend off with our very first #FearlessFriday video blog!! Every Friday will cover a different topic to encourage you in your faith, your family and to be fearless in all things. Follow the…


Feasts Retreat- Don’t Miss Him

September 11, 2018 • Announcements, Community, Ministries

Since my childhood, I have always thought it would be so interesting to be Jewish – to understand the customs of the Jewish faith and to learn and understand the meaning and symbolism associated with the Jewish feasts.  I have…


Valley of Trouble

September 6, 2018 • Community, Parenting, Teens

  Man, do I know the feeling of, “Where exactly are you taking them?  Because this looks like a foreign land, in fact, much like a desert!”  That feeling of worry as you watch your child walk through a difficult…


TIME

August 23, 2018 • Community, Parenting, Teens

As I think back over my 40 + years of living…I realize that I have missed so much of it. I remember being a very little girl and being so excited that I would soon start school. I remember anxiously…


My mom

August 10, 2018 • Community, Ministries, Parenting

“The two most important days in your life are the day you are born, and the day you find out why.” Mark Twain I am writing today on the seventh anniversary of my momma pulling out her chair at the…


Too little time

July 27, 2018 • Ministries, Parenting, Teens

  I have the privilege of spending some time with many teens and college students and just talking to them can give us such wisdom and insight.  One common theme that is expressed over and over in my conversations is…


July 16, 2018 • Ministries, Parenting, Teens

  “He brought me out into a spacious place; he rescued me because he delighted in me.” Psalm 18:19 I have shared my testimony many times.  I was raised in a Christian home and was saved at a young age. …


Loyalty

July 12, 2018 • Ministries, Parenting, Teen Events

“The best things in life are never rationed.  Friendship, loyalty, and love do not require coupons.”  George Hewitt Loyalty is defined as “being faithful to obligations or people” and faithfulness as “steady in allegiance or affection; loyal; constant.”  What important…


Live. Laugh. Love.

July 10, 2018 • Community, Ministries, Parenting

So what are some of the things we are doing “right”?  I asked my friend, Ana Hoeksema, to be thinking about that and she came up with some great thoughts… LIVE: Have you seen those cute wooden signs all over…

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