Do You Have the Time?

from Katy Christian Magazine | February-March 2020

Cashing in Hard Work for a College Education

-- let alone where your Bible is -- can be challenging for discipleship. Once your baby is on some sort of schedule, it becomes much easier to find windows of opportunity. I used one nap time per week to dis ciple a gal from a local high school. It turned out that when my son was going down for his afternoon nap, she was getting out of school.

together in case one of us needs to miss for a sick kid or field trip to the zoo!

Empty nesters – I know a dear woman who is the grandmother of 14. She is busy with church obligations and is a phenomenal help to her large family. However, she still leads a small group of wom en spiritually, encouraging them with God’s Word as they face life’s twists and turns.

The Bottom Line – In our lives, we have time to do many things. Discipling others and prioritizing the mission of Jesus need to take priority. Make this a matter of prayer. Simply pray that God would bring women into your life to help spiritually and for the time in your week to make her a priority.

Lori Joiner is an author, speaker and discipleship coach in Katy, Texas. When not writing, you can find her teaching group fitness classes at the YMCA, walking their chocolate lab with her husband Alan or playing board games with her two sons. You can reach out to her at LoriJoinerMinistries.org.

School years – This is the phase I am currently in. I disciple a group of ladies I met at the gym. A friend and I disciple this group

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Lori Joiner offers a range of discipleship resources through her website and in-person speaking and coaching.

Visit LoriJoinerMinistries.org to book Lori and browse her discipleship and Bible study materials.

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By Caitlin Richards

Registration is now open for the Third An nual Katy Resurrection Run. The 5K run and 1K family walk/run will be on Friday, April 10, 2020 at Faith West Academy’s beautiful 40-acre campus. The 5K race will have a 9 a.m. start and the 1K run will have a 9:45 a.m. start, all with some new additions for 2020. “We are adding a costume contest for all participants and an Eas ter egg hunt to the 1K family walk,” says Chip McKenzie the Resurrection Run Race Director and Marketing Chair. “We are also adding a team competition for businesses and schools.”

During the 1K family walk, participants will be able to hunt for Easter eggs adding even more fun to the race. The 1K course travels around a small lake on the Faith West Premises and allows each child entered in the race to collect a specified number of eggs. Certain eggs can also be redeemed for prizes.

The costume contest will have a 5K winner and a 1K family walk winner. Participants are encouraged to dress up with bunny ears or any other creative way they come up with. Businesses are also being encouraged to enter five to seven runners in the 5K to compete for the team competition.

“The race will have an individual competition with first, second and third place winners by age group, but then there will also be a team competition,” says McKenzie. “There will be a first-place team award for businesses and one for schools if students decide to enter as a team.”

Just like last year, the Resurrection Run’s scenic route is a certified course. Runners who need credits for marathons can put the Resur rection Run on their list of certified runs.

“It is a unique race for many reasons,” says McKenzie. “But with it being a certified course with the added ambiance of a park and lake that you run around makes it more exciting for a runner. The most

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important thing we don’t want to lose sight of is our ultimate goal to help the Katy community.”

Katy Christian Magazine and Fort Bend Christian Magazine team up with Faith West Academy to host the event, and all of the funds raised from the Resurrection Run go towards Faith West’s Eagle Ini

tiative, which supports various local organizations.

“The support raised will help the Eagle Initiative do more in the Katy community,” says McKenzie. “It is very kid oriented from child protective services to helping kids who have cancer, and kids who don’t have parents. Those are the top three focuses, but there is more we would like to do than just helping those ministries.”

Organizations the Eagle Initiative benefits include Child Protective Services adoption fair, Caring 4 Katy, Good Shep herd, Sunshine Kids, and Sunshine Thru the Rain. The Eagle Initiative’s impact is far reaching as some of the organizations benefit children and families from downtown Houston to the greater area.

Raising funds for the Eagle Initiative through the Resur rection Run would not be possible without this year’s title sponsor Profile by Sanford. When the health coaching busi ness heard about the Resurrection Run’s mission to bring hope and resources to children and families in the communi ty, Profile by Sanford knew they had to be a part of the cause. Owner Randy Pace, Director of Sales and Marketing Kimberly Johnson and Operations Manager Breanna Guth rie, who make up the leadership team, shared jwhy they decided to be a part of the Resurrection Run.

“We believe that as Christians, we are called to be the hands and feet of Christ,” says the Profile by Sanford lead ership team. “We are dedicated to serving our community through our offerings and our services. Resurrection Run gives us the opportunity to let Katy know we are here and we care.”

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