I’m a teacher!

Remember in High School when you would get called to see the school counsellor and they would ask you what you want to be when you grow up?

What was your answer?

Mine was, “I want to be a teacher.”  The counsellor’s reply was, “Your not smart enough.”  Well, I would like to find that counsellor and show them this post!

This spring I AM TEACHING crochet classes at Michaels, you can find the list of classes HERE.

I will also be teaching three classes at the Prince Albert Arts Centre.

Wonderful World of Crochet (Ages 12-18)

Course Dates: Jan 25 - Feb 29 5 Class(es) over 6 Week(s)

Schedule: Wed, 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM Boardroom

Description: Come and learn (or refresh your memory of) the basic stitches - chain, single crochet, half-double crochet, double and treble crochet and maybe puff, whirlwind, shell, popcorn and chevron. You will surely get hooked on this addictive form of yarn play.

Details: Yarn, bamboo crochet hook and pattern will be supplied for the first class. There will also be a
review of the basics and work begun on first project. You will receive a booklet of the basic
stitches and a few patterns to have fun with. Homework for week 2 will be to purchase the
supplies necessary to complete your main project and bring those supplies to the second class to
work on for the remaining sessions. Please note there is no class on February 22, 2012.

Fee(s): $50.00 Registration Fee

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** I am very excited about this class!!!!

Discover Your Personal Potential (Ages 12-18)

Course Dates: Jan 26 - Mar 08 6 Class(es) over 7 Week(s)

Schedule: Thu, 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM Boardroom

Description: During this course you will be encouraged to live up to and beyond your personal potential.
Through a variety of exercises and journaling you will begin to see your true self emerge. We will
be working through a variety of areas of life to help you find balance that leads to a greater
understanding of who you are.

Details: Please bring a notebook and pen. There is no class on February 23, 2012.

Fee(s): $50.00 Registration Fee

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Creative Writing Fun (Ages 10-18)

Course Dates: Mar 03 - Mar 31 5 Class(es) over 5 Week(s)

Schedule: Sat, 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM Boardroom

Description: This course is designed to foster creativity and self-expression in a supportive environment. With just creative writing the young writers are encouraged to develop thinking and writing skills that will help them discover their unique voices.

Details: Please bring a notebook and pens.

Fee(s): $65.00 Registration Fee

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I am so excited about what is happening this spring.  Please visit the Arts Centre to sign up for classes.  There are tons of classes for Adults and Children, please support this great resource in our community.  Check out the full brochure of classes HERE. 

Thankful Thursday

Today I am thankful for people who have intentionally come into my life and inspired me.

Mrs. Pocock is a spitfire of a woman who has forever touch my life.  I remember her when I was young; my brother, sister and I would fight to sit beside her in church because she would always bring a second purse to church that was full of candy and things to do.  I remember my brother getting the prize spot most of the time.  Probably because he was the youngest.

In my early 20’s my grandmother passed away.  I sat beside her every Sunday in church, we shared a hymnal and I so enjoyed my Sunday mornings worshipping with her.  The Sunday after the funeral, Mrs. Pocock came and sat beside me and said she wanted to by my adopted Grandma and that I could share the hymnal with her each week.  She didn’t have the beautiful voice of my grandmother but I was grateful none-the-less.

She has always had a quick wit about her and she still makes me laugh till my sides hurt.  You never know what is going to come out of her mouth.  One line that I will always remember is when she was talking about someone she knew and as a side comment she said, “She has a face only a mother could love.”  It was one of those moments when you didn’t know whether to be shocked or roll across the floor laughing!

The girls and I were able to visit with her during our recent trip to Ontario.  Here she is 99 years young!  What a precious woman.  I am so thankful that the girls had the opportunity to meet her and catch a glimpse of this special woman that touch my life in such a unique way.

 

Do you need a “Life Coach” or a “Mentor”?

I have bee doing a lot of reading lately.  One of the topics I have been reading about is “Life Coaching”.  While reading the introduction of my current pick I came across a quote from reporter Jim Nauton:

“The ever more challenging character of modern life has created a market for men and women that can provide, for a fee, a service that older generations once performed for younger generations.  Since World War II, increased mobility and the decline of family and community ties have reduced intergenerational contact, with the result that a lot of the support structures in people’s live have broken down.”

Basically, what I am reading is that people are no longer taking an interest in other people in the act of encouraging others strengths and building them up (mentoring).  In order to receive that we need to go to others for a fee (life coaching) to help us through this journey of life.

I have begun “life coaching” for teen girls.  Basically I wanted to give teen girls support that they may not otherwise receive.  I am really feeling conflicted about the whole thing.  Shouldn’t these girls have “people” in their lives that they can reach out to?  I feel badly about taking money for something that we should be able to receive for free.

The words in Titus 2 are there for a reason.

“Your job is to speak out on the things that make for solid doctrine. Guide older men into lives of temperance, dignity, and wisdom, into healthy faith, love, and endurance. Guide older women into lives of reverence so they end up as neither gossips nor drunks, but models of goodness. By looking at them, the younger women will know how to love their husbands and children, be virtuous and pure, keep a good house, be good wives. We don't want anyone looking down on God's Message because of their behaviour. Also, guide the young men to live disciplined lives.” verses 1-5 The Message

“God's readiness to give and forgive is now public. Salvation's available for everyone! We're being shown how to turn our backs on a godless, indulgent life, and how to take on a God-filled, God-honouring life. This new life is starting right now, and is whetting our appetites for the glorious day when our great God and Saviour, Jesus Christ, appears. He offered himself as a sacrifice to free us from a dark, rebellious life into this good, pure life, making us a people he can be proud of, energetic in goodness.”  11-14 The Message

What a difference we, as individuals, could make if we started actively living the Word.  It’s like a light in the darkness.  Imagine a huge dark space and then you see a glimmer of light in one corner, and then another somewhere in the middle, then you notice a shimmer of light out of the corner of your eye.  Then instead of individual areas of light you are noticing a slight glow over the entire area.  The glow brightens and dulls but you can see the light.

That is what happens when we choose to be the light-- the hands, the feet and the love of Jesus Christ to the people around us. 

Will you join me in being the light that the world so desperately needs?