Regardless of your role in your church, what is something from this weekend that you want to celebrate? Let's share it in the chat! I'll go first... As someone who was attending this weekend without any leadership role or responsibility, I witnessed a pastor, post-service, conversing with someone making a faith-decision to follow Jesus. This individual also made the decision to get baptized right then and there... this conversation was not in front of a crowd, but on the outskirts... and it was beautiful.

What was the highlight from your time together as a church this weekend? I’ll go first… One thing I love about the church we are a part of is that everything is “by invitation.” As someone who was a part of church leadership for close to twenty years, the continual push and pull of wanting, expecting, or even demanding people to engage gets exhausting. I love the perspective of invitation. “You’re invited to stand with us..” “you’re invited to worship with us…” “you’re invited to pray with us…” etc. etc. An invitation takes the pressure off of everyone and give spaces for genuine response to what God may be doing. Rather than individual doing what they think is expected from them or simply going through the motions. I love the idea of less telling people what to do and more inviting them to consider what God may be doing within and around them.

I need a reset almost daily and most days I need two. The first is when I wake up and the second is at some point after lunch. The first reset is at the gym. It just puts me in a good headspace, knocks the cobwebs out, and gets ideas flowing. The second reset is taking my dog for a walk. It's stress relief, calming, and reenergizing. She'll be 13 in April, and I've lost count of how many walks she’s been on with me, at least a couple thousand. I've never been great at using writing as a reset, I think because for so long it's been a part of my work but I'm curious for more ways… What works for you? I'd love to hear.

My name is Leticia. I joined Curating Good because the group description is just what was I looking for. I'm not a pastor, however, I am currently working towards my license. I am a church and faith-based leader and am always looking for ways to practice personal development with spiritual support. I am not new to leadership, however, I have only been in a church leadership role for about 10 years. I have been volunteering for many, many years though. I have and still do everything from cleaning, organizing, teaching, and whatever else is needed. I enjoy writing and am a lifelong learner. I fell in love with Jesus when I was only a child, and have never stopped. I absolutely love hearing people's stories, and get so excited to hear what God is doing in their lives. I'm from CA but have native Hawaiian from my mother's side so I spent my summers over there. This experience allowed me to have different home churches, and I was able to see God's glory everywhere. I am so excited to be here, thank you for having me.