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MAY/JUNE 2018 VOL. 5, ISSUE 2

LEADINGHEARTS

EMPOWERING CHRISTIAN WOMEN FOR LEADERSHIP

Editorial Staff

PUBLISHER........................ Linda Evans Shepherd

EDITOR/ART DIRECTOR......... Amber Weigand-BuckleyLAYOUT EDITOR.................. Tom YoungCOPY EDITORS................... Julie Gillies & Tom YoungADVERTISING..................... Linda Evans ShepherdEDITORIAL SECRETARY.......... Aisha Cox

CONTRIBUTORS.................. Shirley Brosius, Penelope Carlevato, Michelle S. Cox, Sharon Norris Elliott, Pam Farrel, Edie Melson, Karen Porter, Rhonda Rhea, Sophia Ruffin, Sheryl Giesbrecht Turner, Cynthia L. Simmons, Saundra Dalton-Smith, Jennifer Taylor, Heather Van Allen, Emily Walton and Karen H. Whiting.

Right to the Heart Board Members

Linda Evans Shepherd (President), Dianne Butts, Sharon Norris Elliott, Karen Porter, Rhonda Rhea, Carole Whang Schutter and Joy A. Schneider

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Leading Hearts magazine for Christian Women is published bimonthly by Right to the Heart Ministries 2017.

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8 w-a-i-t IS NOT A CUSS WORD

14 so you want TO SERVE GOD

20 deep roots

25 annie moses band A JOYFUL NOISE

30 content IN HIS CARE

35 social media

TENTMAKING FOR MINISTRY

44 fruitless ENDEAVORS

46 at the movies PAUL APOSTLE OF CHRIST

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12 IN THE LEAD

17 REAL CHURCH LADIES

SOPHIA RUFFIN

29 THE BIG QUESTION

30 LIFEBYTES

36 HEALTH TRACKS

38 JUST 18 SUMMERS

39 PRAYER CIRCLE

40 REVIEWS

50 THE TRUTH