SHE awakes. Opening her eyes, she does not see the life she dreamed of. This is not the place she imagined living when she was a little girl. New York City is her home. SHE lives here, but her bed is on the streets. When she awakes, SHE has no one to turn to, nowhere to go. SHE is trapped by her poverty, her lack of a marketable education, even trapped by the small faces that circle her, that prevent her from searching for a way to rise above her circumstances. Her physical needs only emphasize the urgency of her need for love. And her children, even though she loves them with a fierceness that surprises her at times, need more from her than she has to give. “How did I get here?” she pleads. “And how do I get out?”
A movement has begun among the women of Liberty Church that is calling us to walk in a revelation of the freedom that is ours in Jesus. We have been called to release the oppressed and to extend freedom to the individuals in our lives so that God’s work of restoration can ripple out across the Earth.
“ARISE [from the depression and prostration in which circumstances have kept you— rise to a new life]! Shine (be radiant with the glory of the Lord), for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord has risen upon you!” —Isaiah 60:1 AMP
As women empowered by this call to freedom, it’s too easy to turn toward all the heartbreak and troubles in the world and feel powerless to make a difference. But on November 7th we will have the opportunity to make a practical difference and to pave a way for women to find freedom because of the freedom we’ve been given.
Because if it matters to God that the women of his church are free, then SHE matters too.
On Friday, November 7th, we will be gathering for the last Sisterhood of 2014 and partnering with Covenant House’s Mother and Child initiative to bring hope to mothers who feel trapped by their circumstances. Mother and Child provides counseling, parenting and childcare workshops, and free daycare to homeless mothers while they pursue work and further their education. Join us as we women fill Scholastic Theater with worship and prayer and hear an empowering message from Andi Andrew to the women of our church.
On that Friday in November, please bring a donation of either diapers, baby wipes, blankets, snowsuits, and plastic stroller covers. These are their greatest needs leading into the winter season. We believe that meeting their physical needs is placing value on them as women and whispering hope into their hearts again.
“There is a call and there is a cry for freedom—spirit, soul, and body. For us as women and men to not just quote Scripture but to live in it, for us to actually step into the freedom that God has for us, to not go through the motions of Christianity but to step into freedom and then to give that away to everyone we meet.” —Andi Andrew
Online registrations are closed, but registrations at the door are only $15, so come and bring a friend. We’ll see you there!
For more information, please contact [email protected].
7:30pm at Scholastic Theater, 557 Broadway, New York, NY 10012
By: Emily Rodriguez and Emily Kirkendoll
