During our Girls Ministry Sunday night, our group celebrated the end of our Esther study! We learned how evil Haman payed for his selfish pride. The theme of the evening was "Obsessed With Fame" . We watched a Beth Moore dvd segment on this topic and she talked about America's National obsession with fame and celebrities. We saw that middle school girls are especially prone to falling prey to this addiction.

We all have the God -given need to matter but we saw how pitifully small a goal of personal greatness is. We were meant for so much more. When we embrace God as our purpose we will end up doing great things-each little act of love makes the ordinary extraordinary!

The Esther story showed us God's divine providence- He knows, He sees, He acts, working out every detail for good! His hidden hand is always working behind the scenes guiding our fate .We talked about the Jewish celebration of Purim. Each year the Jews remember how young Esther saved her people by observing this holiday. The story of Esther is read, there is feasting, festivity, rejoicing, delivering food to friends, and gifts to the poor. Jews all over the world bake cookies for Purim called Haman's Ears! What would our celebration have been be without eating these tasty cookies!

Our night ended with the girls breaking into small groups to do some personal sharing and prayer. The teens are looking forward to Girls Movie Night this Saturday night (23rd) -6:30 -11:30. They will be curling up with their blankets & popcorn to watch a double -feature, "One Night With The King"-(the story of Esther), and "Enchanted"!

-Report written by Deb Burkhardt