Home, Family, & Ministry Workshops
My life is centered around my family, home, and local church. I love Jesus with all my heart and am so thankful that my husband and children love Him too. We love to serve the Lord and His people.
Our home is like Grand Central Station. There are always people stopping by, hanging out, dropping something off, or popping in. Sometimes, it is quiet and peaceful, but often our house is loud and chaotic. People are always spending a night or two. Sometimes people move in with us for a few months or years. We love it!
Someone is always telling a joke or funny story so laughter and giggling fill the air. Everyone in my family loves music and singing too, so you can always hearing someone singing or playing. Shine and I are always taking pictures and Shine makes movies too. Jimmy and his daddy love sports, so we are football fans, basketball fans, soccer fans.
Bookshelves line every wall in our house, overflowing with books. We love to read and talk about what we read, as well as politics, current events, business, economics, apologetics, history, Creation, missions, ministry, music, and more. We have strong opinions and sometimes disagree.
Our home is filled with love, affection, and affirmation….and sometimes, conflict so we try to live by the principles found in Matthew 18 to resolve conflict and forgive one another.
Powerline is our local church where my husband is the senior pastor. He is the most godly man I have ever know and I love and respect him with all my heart. Our church is like a big family with everyone share germs, battles, and lives. The people at Powerline are so dear to my heart. Sometimes, I feel guilty–that the Lord gave us the easiest and best people in the whole world to pastor. These people have real problems, though, and many have come out of sinful lifestyles with broken hearts. I so appreciate the way they pursue Jesus and seek to obey Him with all their hearts.
When I share these sessions, I am simply sharing how we live and what we do to honor Christ and make Him known in our home, family, and ministry.
Jesus, Fill My Heart & Home
The godly homemaker feels pulled in so many directions. Home management, clutter control, interior decorating, and cultivating a nurturing atmosphere in your home can help bring God’s Presence into our homes. But, first, we have to be women of His Presence. Let His Presence fill you and your home so that it overflows into your housekeeping, homemaking, homeschooling, hospitality, traditions, and celebrations.
Wise Women Build
Proverbs 14:1 tells us that a wise woman builds and a foolish woman tears down.The passion of my life is to build my family, my home, my local church, and the Kingdom of God! Be empowered by the Holy Spirit to fulfill Jesus’ Great Commission for the glory of God! We will look at Jesus’ model of making disciples, wisdom, spiritual gifts, motherhood, hospitality, leading a Bible study, counseling, and passing the baton. Prepare to be challenged and live passionately for the purposes of God!
The Great Commission
In Matthew 28, Jesus gives the Great Commission to His disciples. Learn to make disciples: go (pro-active evangelism), baptize (lead unbelievers to Christ), and teach everything Jesus has taught you (teaching, training). Learn to live out the Great Commission in your home, local church, workplace, and community for the glory of God!
More Beauty, Less Beast
Welcome Inn: Practicing Hospitality
Making your home a place of welcome is a fruitful and needed ministry that your family can participate in to change the world! Discover ways to combine homeschooling with hospitality while building friendships and memories that last a lifetime. Make your home hospitality-friendly and get practical tips for cooking, baking, and having fun with guests.
Let's Celebrate Family Traditions
Family traditions and celebrations that honor Christ, promote family unity, build lasting memories, and are fun can enrich your homeschooling and family life. Learn to include Christ-centered celebrations in your home that will teach Christian values at the same time.
Priceless Treasure of Godly Womanhood
God’s call to godly womanhood often goes unheeded in our culture, but the Lord is raising up a standard in this generation. Will you heed His call to be a woman of God filled with purity, reverence, and a gentle and quiet spirit? Godly womanhood is a priceless treasure that will transform the lives around you.
Friends to the End: How to Build Lifelong Friendships
Friendships add joy to life! Discover biblical principles that will transform every relationship in your life. Learn how to find a friend, build a friendship, growing in Jesus together, be loyal, and battle together. Discover when to be cautious, using discernment in who to build friendships with.and why. Enjoy friendships that last a lifetime.
Guy/Girl Talk from Playground to Nursing Home
There is just no way around it, guys–you have to talk to girls! Girls, we already know you want to talk. Learn to communicate effectively as relatives, friends, in courtship, and in marriage in a way that honors Christ. Learn to translate, interpret non-verbal communication, and honor your brothers and sisters in Christ.
Caring for Aging Parents
Meredith found herself homeschooling young children and caring for aging parents. She often felt torn and confused, finding herself helping Jimmy with a math problem in a hospital waiting room or doctor’s office. She will share the lessons she learned and how to successfully homeschool while being a loving caregiver. It is pleasing to God to honor our parents and to train our children to do the same.
Abide in Jesus & Bear Fruit
God provides everything we need through His great and precious promises. He promises to be with us always! But, do we ignore His Presence or do we lean in and make ourselves at home in His love. Learn to abide (dwell) in Jesus moment by moment day by day so that He fills you up to overflowing, producing His godly character (good fruit) in your life.
Family Ministry
Our families are called to ministry. The pastor’s role in your local church is to equip your family to serve in the church and the world. Explore possibilities God might have for your family, including worship, hospitality, nursing home, tutoring, home repair, lawn care, teaching, leading small groups, ushering, blogging, and evangelism.
Forgiven to Forgive
Jesus calls us to forgive and we want to forgive and let go of the past, but it can be so hard. Meredith will share what she has learned about receiving God’s forgiveness and grace to forgive others. She explains forgiveness as a debt and teaches you how to release people from their debt. This may be a new way of looking at forgiveness for you, but many have found freedom to forgive.
Setting the Lonely in Families
The world is full of lonely people, but the church shouldn’t be because God sets the lonely in families. Be a family that receives the lonely and brokenhearted. Welcome people into your world and see lives transformed by the love of Jesus flowing through every family member.
The Family Story
Who is your family? Where have they come from and where are they going? Holidays are great times to gather as families and share the family story. Learn about your family heritage, memories, funny stories, and adventures. Share recipes & pictures too. Above all, what is the story of God’s work in your family’s life? The family story is important for children to understand who they are and where they are going. The future of the family story is in your hands.
The Secret of Joy-Filled Living
Why do we struggle with frustration, anger, and discontentment? Can we experience joy in the middle of trials and difficulties? How do we find joy when the path gets bumpy or boring? Meredith shares life-changing principles that will help you see life’s challenges from a different perspective and impart hope for the future!
As Christians, joy is our birthright. No one can steal it from us, but we can discard it. Hold on to your joy and experience life more abundantly. Meredith will share principles of thankfulness, praise, and keeping an eternal perspective in this workshop. You will be encouraged!
Busy Family's Guide to Sanity
How on earth does Meredith juggle family life, homeschooling, leading worship, and being a pastor’s wife? She will share from her life ways to stay Christ-centered in the midst of hectic schedules, chaos, and interruptions. One woman cannot do it all so learn principles of delegation, choosing the best over the good, prioritizing, streamlining, and setting aside time to relax.
Every person’s load to carry is different. How do you know what your limitations are? How can you be more effective in juggling your different responsibilities right now?
Healthy Happy Home School
We all want healthy, happy children who love Jesus. But what can a homeschool mom actually do to help see that happen? And how does emotional and spiritual health play into the physical side of things? Meredith, BSN, talks about the basics of good health and how to build healthy patterns and habits with your own family. Learn and be encouraged as she shares honestly from her own mistakes, successes, and experience as a nurse (RN), pastor’s wife, mother, and grandmother. Your kids will also learn some of the latest updates in research and experiment with natural remedies.
Unleash the Entrepeneur Inside & Start Your Own Business
Meredith and her husband have each had their own businesses and their 5 children have all followed in their footsteps. She will share the basics of meeting needs in the marketplace, naming your new business, marketing, networking, legal protocol, and finances. She will use real life examples and share both struggles and successes. Meredith also shares how to start a business debt-free.
God's Blueprint for Leadership
What character traits make a leader strong? The Lord has something to say about that in the Bible. Meredith looks at courage, humility, love, wisdom, integrity, creativity, and faith. How do these virtues play into leadership? How can they be cultivated in you and your children? God is looking for leaders who look to Him! Will you heed the call?
How to Confidently Deal with Conflict
Leaders face conflict all the time. Sometimes, it’s helping others walk through disagreements and sometimes we face antagonism ourselves. Principles found in Matthew 18, Proverbs, and Romans 12 help leaders to face conflict with confidence leaving relationships stronger than ever! Meredith Curtis will walk you through principles that work! You will feel stress disappear as you see success in conflict resolution time after time.
Making a Difference Together
We are surrounded by needy people even if we don’t know their names. We may pass them in the grocery store and greet them at church. You can build a heart for others in your child by serving those around you while you learn at the same time. Open your home, greet at church, serve at a soup kitchen, or visit a nursing home together. Meredith Curtis gives you lots of practical ideas to reach out to people together and shows you how this is a valuable educational experience.
The Superpower of Good Manners
We call them soft skills today, but it all goes back to old-fashioned manners based on Scripture. Kindness never goes out of style. Your children can learn at a young age to think of others first. Meredith Curtis shares how to teach children to greet, interrupt tactfully, disagree respectfully, use table manners, and show honor to the elderly. When your children are polite, they make others feel safe and cared for. This is the foundation for social skills at home, church, and in the business world that lead to success.
Reimagine Christian Ministry for Teens
Your teens are not the church of tomorrow, they are the church of today. Let them loose! Teens can serve in almost any area of ministry in the local church as well at the local crisis pregnancy center, YMCA, and soup kitchen. Ministering to the needs of others cultivates responsibility, compassion, and self-confidence. Volunteering can be done in one small block of time a week. Plus it looks great on a transcript! Let Meredith Curtis envision you for ministry and share a ton of ideas with you. One of them is sure to interest your family.
Like Apples of Gold in Settings of Silver: Leading with Encouragement
Proverbs 25:11 says that a word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in settings of silver. Our tongue can deliver priceless treasure or meaningless twaddle. Learn to lead in your home, job, and ministry with encouragement and wisdom to bring forth the treasure in each person you lead. Meredith gets very practical with how to respond in various situations using words that bring life even in correction. She also gives you 25 affirmations to share with those you love.
How to Lead a Team to Accomplish a Mission
Whether it’s homeschooling your children or leading the summer vacation Bible school, you can lead a team effectively. From leading a worship team to heading up a homeschooling conference, Meredith knows how to lead a team that gets the job done, has fun in the process, and still likes one another when the mission is complete. Meredith will cover envisioning your team, calling your team to excellence, working through conflict, and raising up leaders.
The Super-Power of Storytelling
As a parent, do you want to impart truths to shape your children’s character and draw them closer to Christ? Stories can help you connect to your children’s hearts, whether you share true stories of the past or make-believe stories made up on the spot. When his kids were young, Pastor Mike Curtis loved to tell them adventure stories, and even now, he delights his grandchildren with tales of pirates and jungles. In this resource, he shares how you, too, can pass on values and virtue through the simple act of telling a story.
Build Your House on the Rock
Meredith Curtis shares how we can survive the storms of life with the rock-solid Word of God! Meredith relates Matthew 7:24-27 to parenting and homeschooling, giving insights and practical tips for various ages and seasons of life. If you want to thrive in your Christian life and pass the baton of faith to your children, you will love this podcast!
