Intentional Friends
Reaching women right where she is to help her become the woman God designed her to be.
What is the Intentional Friends ministry?
Intentional Friends is a ministry for women of all ages based on Titus 2:3–5. Through the Intentional Friends program, women invest in the lives of each other through:
encouragement
guidance
listening
laughing
love
Our goal is to form strong and lasting relationships among women of different generations that are a source of support, growth, and strength.
Why have an Intentional Friends ministry?
Everybody needs a community! Intentional Friends helps to provide women with the community that our modern lives make all the more difficult to find.
God commands us to raise up the next generation. Matthew 28:19–20; 2 Timothy 2:2
Teaching what we’ve learned is the Lord’s plan for growth and maturity. Titus 2:1, 3–5.
Spiritual friendships from different generations are extremely valuable in a woman’s life. Proverbs 27:9, 17.
What can I expect?
Intentional Friends emphasizes community! Whether you meet once a week or once a month, your intentional friend is someone who can be a listening ear, a shoulder to lean on, and a co-laborer in Christ!
Intentional Friends is an inter-generational ministry. That means that it connects women from various age groups. This allows each woman to bring her own unique perspective and history to the relationship. We classify these friends as “older” and “younger,” but these labels are more about experience than the number of candles on your birthday cake!
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An “older friend” is a woman who:
trusts God as she navigates the seasons and experiences of life.
is a mature woman who is developing in faith and consistent in godly conduct.
is willing to listen, share skills, and provide a biblical perspective for life experiences.
provides wisdom and offers spiritually sound advice in a safe and fun friendship to a younger woman.
leads simply because she has walked the path for a little bit longer.
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A “younger friend” is a woman who:
welcomes the insight and knowledge of a more mature woman.
desires to develop skills and strengths for her personal spiritual journey.
is looking for a woman who can empathize with the struggles she now faces.
desires to grow and is willing to ask for help.
needs an older friend who has lived life longer than her and is willing to have a transparent relationship by sharing what God has taught her in life.
“Likewise, teach the older women to be reverent in the way they live, not to be slanderers or addicted to much wine, but to teach what is good. Then they can urge the younger women to love their husbands and children, to be self-controlled and pure, to be busy at home, to be kind, and to be subject to their husbands, so that no one will malign the word of God.”
Titus 2:3–5