Activities
We now have one-on-one assistance for parents of high school aged children who are strong-willed, defiant or rebellious. Our ministry is called “Parent Advocates”. Our advocates have been through this in their own lives and will help parents navigate their way through issues in dealing with problem generating children. E-mail parentadvocates@thefellowship.org for more information.
On October 3rd, 2011 we will kick off our women’s support group, it will be called Adelphe and will meet from 7 to 8:30 on Monday nights at the chuch. Details or info can be obtained by e-mailing adelphe@thefellowship.org.
Merimnao now has an individual available to women struggling with a diagnosis of breast cancer, she is available at pinkribbon@thefellowship.org.
Effective January 31st we will be adding a second weekly meeting of Castimonia, our men’s sexual purity group. It will be meeting from 7 to 8:30 pm on Monday evenings. Details are available by e-mailing castimonia@thefellowship.org.
Effective February 2nd our Parakaleo women’s support group will kick-off. Parakaleo is a group for women whose lives have been affected by the compulsive sexual behavior of a significant male in their lives.
Parakaleo meets each Wednesday evening from 6:45 to 8:15 pm in room S105 at The Fellowship at Cinco Ranch. The facilitators are Danita Gross and Betty Farrar. They can be reached at parakaleo@thefellowship.org.
Jan 17, 2011 – We are making our year-end 2010 report available as a pdf file:
The Merimnao Year End 2010 Report of Activities
At the recent women’s ministry retreat (Nov 12-14, 2010) Merimnao introduced it forthcoming support group for women whose significant men, such as husbands, sons, or fathers, have a struggle maintaining sexual purity. It is to be called “Parakaleo” which is a Greek word meaning “to come alongside and comfort“. The group begins meeting in January, exact meeting dates and times will be announced later.
On Thursday 28th of October we had our first in a series of training meetings. We discussed the subject of denial, here is a pdf version of the lesson notes:
Notes from the Lesson on “Denial” presented on 10-28-2010.
Effective August 9, 2010 Becky Hanshaw has joined our leadership group within the ministry of Merimnao. Becky is a Licensed Professional Counselor working for an insurance company, and will be volunteering for Merimnao in the area of one-to-one ministry.
One-to-one ministry is where designated people within Merimnao, in this case Becky, will make themselves available, within certain limits, for individual meetings to discuss a person’s concerns or challenges.
Becky will be serving us as a resource for women who are experiencing abuse, or have experienced it in the past. She has experience helping individuals in all the common areas of abuse – physical, emotional, verbal and spiritual. Becky will meet with individuals at least one time to offer information, encouragement, and resources, and refer individuals on to an appropriate counselor, women’s shelter, or other community program.
Becky will also serve as the Merimnao liaison between the abuse center of Katy Christian Ministries and any other local relevant women’s abuse centers. (See “contacts” for more information on how to reach Becky)
Our newest group, the “Divorce Support Group” began meeting on August 4th, 2010.
The Merimnao Ministry here at The Fellowship is starting a support group for those who have experienced the difficult struggles and pain of divorce or are currently dealing with or contemplating divorce.
The meetings are held in an open format, meaning any person may come at any time they can. Meetings are held each Wednesday from 6:30 pm to 7:30 pm, after the close at 7:30 members are free to remain and continue to interact with one another for a reasonable time. These meetings are open to all at The Fellowship and any person from the community who desires to attend.
Our facilitator for this group is David Webb.
Contact dwebb@eri-inc.com for more information.
Location
Effective June 12th, 2010 the ministry of Merimnao held its first group meeting.
At 10 am on June 12th the ‘Men’s Sexual Purity Group” held its inaugural meeting led by the group leader Jorge Sesin. This will be a weekly group meeting and will follow a 12 step format.
This meeting is designed to help men who struggle with sexual purity, particularly in the following areas:
- Sexually immoral thought life.
- Pornography.
- Sexual acting out, such as using prostitutes or going to “sexually oriented businesses”.
- Adultery.
If you are dealing with these kinds of struggles please make a confidential call or send an e-mail to the group leader Jorge Sesin. sesin97@gmail.com or (713) 422-3411. The group, known as “Castimonia” meets at 10 am each Saturday at the church.
