Sweet Monday

20/01/2025

Far away across the ocean grandparents. That’s who we are. Precious time with our 9- and 3-year-old grandsons after Christmas was just that!

Read more of the Weekly Devotion, Sacred Space, by Sweet Cindy Gaskins below.

“Oh, that we might know the Lord! Let us press on to know him. He will respond to us as surely as the arrival of dawn or the coming of rains in early spring.” Hosea 6:3 NLT Far away across the ocea…

14/01/2025

Children for generations have played a game called blind man’s buff. You may remember, the premise of the game is that one person is blindfolded (that person is labeled it, as in you’re it, versus, not it) while all the other players are not blindfolded. The “blind man” is spun around several times to disorient him, or her, and the other player’s scatter. Once the person who is “it” stops spinning, they must find and tag someone who then becomes the new blind man. The object is not to be tagged. To add a twist to the game, playing at night somewhat levels the playing field and is more fun.

Sometimes, one might think God is playing a heavenly version of blind man’s buff, when we see ourselves as the “it” player and Jesus is trying to avoid being found; just when we think we are close, He weaves and dodges our request. Read more of the Weekly Devotion, BLINDFOLDED, by Sweet Sherry Sharp, here: https://sweetmonday.org/blindfolded/

06/01/2025

Forty-two years have passed since my life changed for eternity. In January 1983, our young family moved from the northern side of the Potomac River in Maryland to Richmond Virginia. Moving from one state to another can be difficult, especially when dragging two pre-teenage daughters who exclaim, “I will never be happy in Richmond, and it will never be home!” My husband, Richard had taken a new job, that instigated the move. For a variety of reasons too numerous to list in this writing, I looked forward to returning to Virginia, the state in which I was born and had lived all but the ten years spent in Maryland. For me, Virginia was going home. Read more of the Weekly Devotion, DETOUR, by Sweet Sherry Sharp, here:

“This God is the One who gives life, breath, and everything else to people. He does not need any help from them; he has everything he needs. God began by making one person, and from him came all th…

04/01/2025

DON'T FORGET to register for our first Sweet Monday Online of 2025! Join us on Monday, January 6 @ 8:00 pm EST/7:00 pm CST. The theme is Freebies – All The Ways To Save Big and is part of our Season 29 CrossWords curriculum.

We are kicking off the new year with ways to save big in 2025. We will share all of our tips and tricks. Come ready to share your own!

To receive Zoom login information, register today at www.sweetmonday.org/sweet-monday-online.

03/01/2025

THANK YOU! More than 50 of you gave a year-end gift to equip women to put Christ front and center in their lives and to serve their communities with His love and strength, and we surpassed our end of year goal.

Hear from another one of our Sweet Hostesses how your support is helping her serve her neighbors through her Sweet Monday. 🩷

Sweet Hostess Ashly shares how putting God front and center gives her the confidence to create community around Christ at her Sweet Monday in New Holland, PA.

31/12/2024

Register today for our first Sweet Monday Online of 2025! Join us on Monday, January 6 @ 8:00 pm EST/7:00 pm CST. The theme is Freebies – All The Ways To Save Big and is part of our Season 29 CrossWords curriculum.

Join us as we kickoff the new year with ways to save big in 2025. We will share all of our tips and tricks. Come ready to share your own!

To receive Zoom login information, register today at www.sweetmonday.org/sweet-monday-online.

30/12/2024

As the year winds down, many of us start looking back on all the ways we’ve been blessed and how we can be a blessing to others. For some, that includes giving a little extra before the year’s end, knowing it helps others and comes with the added benefit of a tax deduction.

But did you know that the greatest deduction we could ever receive has nothing to do with taxes? Read more of the Weekly Devotion, THE ULTIMATE DEDUCTION ENDS SOON, by Sweet Paula Nelson, here: https://sweetmonday.org/the-ultimate-deduction-ends-soon/

25/12/2024

Today we celebrate the truth that the all-knowing, infinite God took on humanity and was born into our world as a tiny baby. Scripture tells us that throughout history God has been an active part of His creation. This truth was on display when God the Father sent God the Son to become a human and redeem His people. Scripture also tells us that, just as He was throughout history, today He is near to all who seek Him.

Merry Christmas to you and yours from Sweet Monday!

25/12/2024

We hope you enjoy this beautiful reminder to rejoice because He came for YOU! 🩷

Listen to the new Christmas song "Come You Unfaithful" from Michael Boggs!Written by: Michael Boggs and Josh NicholsProduced by: Scott WilliamsonPiano: Jason...

24/12/2024

And at the end of eight days, when he was circumcised, he was called Jesus, the name given by the angel before he was conceived in the womb.

Luke 2:21

23/12/2024

The day was cloudy and dreary. Our plane was taxing to the runway, pilots were revving up the engines for takeoff, while my thoughts and emotions matched the heaviness of the weather surrounding us. December is an emotionally difficult month for me and always has been ever since I was a little girl. Throughout the years (I am now 77 years old), I have tried to understand the weight of dreaded feelings that start to overwhelm me immediately following Thanksgiving. Perhaps December holds too much anticipated excitement. Christmas, Advent, the winter solstice, even my birthday is in the month of December, and on the 31st of the month, we say goodbye to another year, which stings of melancholy. Read more of the Weekly Devotion, UNEXPECTED BEAUTY, by Sweet Sherry Sharp, here: https://sweetmonday.org/unexpected-beauty/

22/12/2024

When the angels went away from them into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, “Let us go over to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has made known to us.” And they went with haste and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby lying in a manger. And when they saw it, they made known the saying that had been told them concerning this child. And all who heard it wondered at what the shepherds told them. But Mary treasured up all these things, pondering them in her heart. And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all they had heard and seen, as it had been told them.

Luke 2:15-20

21/12/2024

And in the same region there were shepherds out in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. And an angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were filled with great fear. And the angel said to them, “Fear not, for behold, I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord. And this will be a sign for you: you will find a baby wrapped in swaddling cloths and lying in a manger.” And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying,

“Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace among those with whom he is pleased!”

Luke 2:8-14

20/12/2024

In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be registered. This was the first registration when Quirinius was governor of Syria. And all went to be registered, each to his own town. And Joseph also went up from Galilee, from the town of Nazareth, to Judea, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and lineage of David, to be registered with Mary, his betrothed, who was with child. And while they were there, the time came for her to give birth. And she gave birth to her firstborn son and wrapped him in swaddling cloths and laid him in a manger, because there was no place for them in the inn.

Luke 2:1-7

18/12/2024

"I was praying to God for opportunities to be more bold in my faith." Hear from another one of our Sweet Hostesses. 🩷

Your year-end gift makes it possible for us to inspire and equip our hostesses to love God, love their neighbors, and share the Gospel.

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Sweet Hostess Diane in Cornelius, NC shares how she was praying to God for opportunities to be bold in her faith when she came across Sweet Monday.

16/12/2024

So often in the Bible, the human condition looks grim. From “In the beginning…” Genesis 1:1, until “The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.” Revelation 22:21, God works miracle after miracle, even when all seems lost. For example, Adam and Eve, the first two humans created by God on earth chose to disobey their Creator to be their own god. Their act of disobedience, which God calls sin, set in motion the cascading and endless downward spiral that would infect every human being thereafter. While our sin nature has been a part of the human DNA since the beginning of time, our story is one of redemption and brings us to how God always makes a way where there seems to be no way. Read more of the Weekly Devotion, MISSION POSSIBLE, by Sweet Sherry Sharp, here: https://sweetmonday.org/mission-possible/

14/12/2024

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Sweet Hostess Julie shares how God is working through her Sweet Monday in New Holland, PA.

13/12/2024

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