Urban Promise Toronto has been around for fifteen years and for twelve of those years they have had a mom's program call Uphold which was designed to be a program that both brought the moms from the community together to support one another as well as to help these moms to know God and to discover that they are more then just moms.
This past weekend I was able to join 18 of these mom's some of which have attended for the entire twelve years up to Muskoka Woods for three days. The theme of the weekend was Identity with three subtopics, How we view ourselves, how we view God and how God views us.
This provided space for the woman to be honest with themselves with each other and with God which also resulted in encouragement and love being given.
The weekend also included many laughs as these mom's all turned in to big kids without all their responsibilities, they even played pranks and painted each others nails until three in the morning!
The weather held out for us all weekend and we were able to experience a huge rope swing that pulled us by rope up about 50 feet and then released one rope letting us swing high in the air.
We also all learned how to knit scarfs and had a lot of time to chill together and relax and of course game time. Every year they play a game call Do you love your neighbor. This game brings out the worst of everyone as it is competitive and normally ends in a few broken chairs because of how competitive they get!
It was such a blessing to spend time and get to know all these woman. My prayer is that what they heard and experienced this weekend may not leave their minds or hearts and that the truth spoken of Christ might actually take root in their lives in a personal individual way.
May the relationships formed this weekend continue and be a blessing to everyone.
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