Secret Sister Revealing - April 3, 2007

Women's Ministries at ONC concluded the 2006-2007 Secret Sister program with a revealing party at Joy's house. Secret Sisters is program in which women attending Oregon Nazarene Church are assigned a women to secretly pray for during the year, this also includes giving secret notes of encouragement and sometimes small gifts. Not every women at ONC is involved, this past year we had about 20 in the group. It is just a fun and mysterious way to get to know other women but most importantly to know that there is a women specifically praying for you everyday of the year and knowing that you are uplifting another women in prayer daily.

At this party, the suspense finally ended - we all found out who had been our Secret Sister for the past year. A fun part of the year, is trying to figure out who has your name. Just as equally stimulating is trying to keep your assigned sister for figuring out who you are. There's a lot of sneaking into church early to put gifts on tables (without being seen) and driving to mailboxes across town just to have a postmark different than your town. Myself, I was completely clueless this year about who had been praying for me, and in the end it all made sense! She was great Secret Sister.

Here's one woman's response when asked: What was the best thing about Secret Sisters this year:

"It is nice to know that you are being lifted up in prayer."

When asked what is the best gift that a Secret Sister ever gave you - one woman answered

"Prayer during a difficult and stressful year."

This is the overwhelming response to our Secret Sister program - it is amazing to see how God can use a simple gift exchange