May 23, 2018

A reflection on the General Conference 2018 theme Churches are very good at discussions. In this day and age, it seems as though we have to be because there are many people who have questions and/or attack the Christian belief system. Christians need to be apologists and be able to turn the questions around and defend the faith. It is a belief, subconscious or...

By Katrina Goodrich       The SCSC Committee of the Women’s Board is pleased to announce the 2018 SCSC projects and teams. This year we have 12 students being sent out to 7 projects spanning the country from east to west and north to south. They are as follows: Ashaway, Rhode Island—First Hopkinton SDB PD, Nadine Lawton Collin Green, Milton, WI...

Mar 20, 2018

By Katrina Goodrich Recently I had the difficult job of diffusing a situation involving a parent/child disagreement that was spiraling out of control. The child was angry with his parent for a very insignificant reason. It had boiled into an out-of- control fight on the part of the child over something that was, in reality, extremely ridiculous to be fighting...

By Katrina Goodrich “It is women who make Jesus known in the world and yet it is men who critique their spirituality.” Hearing this statement was like a punch to the gut as I was scrolling through my facebook feed, lounging on my couch, relaxing after a long day of work, and listening to this video that automatically started playing on my feed. Mike McHargue...

Jan 23, 2018

by Katrina Goodrich     She is everywhere, seemingly a part of every Christian conversation about dating and marriage. She is the Christian version of a supermodel: women want to be her and men want to marry her. The “Proverbs 31 woman.” To be clear there is absolutely nothing amiss with utilizing Proverbs 31 to teach and learn about what being a...

Dec 21, 2017

by Katrina Goodrich A few years ago the SCSC committee sold a t-shirt/onesie that said “future SCSCer.” It was cute and seemed to come in handy for a few parents toward the end of Conference week when their kids ran out of clean shirts. SCSC is a leadership training program for young adults — but leadership doesn’t magically begin when a person turns 18, nor...