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BRANDON, Fla. (BP)--Karen Green looks to the example set by her mother and grandmothers as she encourages fellow ministers' wives at First Baptist Church in Brandon, Fla., where her husband, Tommy Green, is pastor.
"It's important that all of us wives stay connected," Green told the Florida Baptist Witness newspaper.
To stay united as a ministry team, Green plans annual retreats for the wives, like a recent trip to Chattanooga, Tenn., to attend a Beth Moore conference. And she and fellow staff wife Cindy Dowdy select books for the 10-member group to study together. Their cohesiveness helps the ministry team and the church, she said.
"I talk and I let them talk," she said. "It helps us all."
Her maternal grandmother, Roxie Wesson, read her large print Bible with a magnifying glass and knelt to pray beside her bed at 97, Green said.
"I have been so fortunate to have women like my mother and grandmothers who are such positive influences on my life, and there have been women in each church we served who demonstrated their faith to me," she said.
Green said she also learned hospitality from her "foremothers." Most often, Green entertains the ministry team wives at her Brandon home. She often welcomes the deacons and their wives, and, most recently, all the church secretaries.
"I used to worry about having everything perfect, but God said I had to get over that," she said. "Now I have an open home and an open heart here, and I think that ministers to people." Read More
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