{"id":2101,"date":"2016-01-12T17:49:55","date_gmt":"2016-01-12T17:49:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/?p=2101"},"modified":"2016-01-12T21:53:11","modified_gmt":"2016-01-12T21:53:11","slug":"girls-ministries-celebrates-70-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/2016\/01\/12\/girls-ministries-celebrates-70-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Girls&#8217; Ministries Celebrates 70 years"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As we kick off a new year, we in <a href=\"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/girls\/\">Girls\u2019 Ministries<\/a> are kicking off a year of celebration. It was 70 years ago, in 1946, that the fairly new IPHC Women\u2019s Ministries launched a ministry to girls. Because of their vision, countless girls have been mentored by godly, caring women.<\/p>\n<p>Our birthday celebration that will span the coming months will be based on the praise concept of Psalm 145 where David praises and extols God. Verses 4-7 are a fitting description to why we have chosen to celebrate all year long! \u201cOne generation commends your works to another; they tell of your mighty acts. They speak of the glorious splendor of your majesty\u2013and I will meditate on your wonderful works. They tell of the power of your awesome works\u2013and I will proclaim your great deeds. They <strong>celebrate <\/strong>your abundant goodness and joyfully sing of your righteous- ness.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For 70 years, women from several generations have been doing that very thing\u2013passing on their knowledge and love of Jesus Christ. So as we celebrate over the next 12 months, we will do so using what we will call the \u201cFour Rs of Celebration.\u201d Stay tuned as we 1) Reflect, 2) Reveal, 3) Reaffirm, and 4) Reignite the passion for <a href=\"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/girls\/\">Girls\u2019 Ministries<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/girlsministriesturns70\/\">Resource Page<\/a> to download graphics and resources for your own 70th celebration!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2015\/02\/Irvina-Parker-2012.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1259\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1259\" src=\"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2015\/02\/Irvina-Parker-2012.jpg\" alt=\"Irvina-Parker-2012\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Irvina is serving her fourth term as the director of Girls\u2019 Ministries. She and her husband David reside in Oklahoma City where he serves as president of the IPHC Extension Loan Fund.\u00a0Irvina has been employed at the GMC since 1974 when she began working part time in Women\u2019s Ministries while attending college. She graduated from Emmanuel College with her Associates Degree and Southern Nazarene University where she received her Bachelor\u2019s Degree in Elementary Education with a concentration in English. Irvina worked in World Missions for about 25 years, some of that part-time while raising their children. During that time, she also served in conference-level leadership of both Women\u2019s and Girls\u2019 Ministries.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"excerpt","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":2102,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","slim_seo":{"title":"Girls' Ministries Celebrates 70 years - IPHC Discipleship Ministries","description":"As we kick off a new year, we in Girls\u2019 Ministries are kicking off a year of celebration. 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Fue hace 70 a\u00f1os, en 1946, que los Ministerios de las nuevas mujeres bastante IISP lanzaron un ministerio para las ni\u00f1as. Debido a su visi\u00f3n, un sinn\u00famero de ni\u00f1as han sido tutelado por piadosos, que cuidan las mujeres. Nuestra celebraci\u00f3n de cumplea\u00f1os que abarcar\u00e1 los pr\u00f3ximos meses se basa en el concepto de la alabanza Salmo 145 donde David alaba y ensalza a Dios. Versos 4-7 son una descripci\u00f3n apropiada de por qu\u00e9 hemos elegido para celebrar todo el a\u00f1o! &quot;Una generaci\u00f3n elogia sus obras a otra; que hablan de sus hechos poderosos. Ellos hablan del esplendor de tu majestad, y meditar\u00e9 en tus maravillas. Ellos hablan de la potencia de sus impresionantes obras-y proclamar\u00e9 tu grandeza. Ellos <strong>celebran<\/strong> su inmensa bondad, y cantar\u00e1n tu rectitud. &quot;Durante 70 a\u00f1os, las mujeres de varias generaciones han estado haciendo eso mismo, la transmisi\u00f3n de sus conocimientos y el amor de Jesucristo. Por lo tanto, al celebrar en los pr\u00f3ximos 12 meses, vamos a hacerlo a trav\u00e9s de lo que llamaremos los &quot;Cuatro Rs de celebraci\u00f3n.&quot; Est\u00e9n atentos a medida que 1) reflejan, 2) Reveal, 3) Reafirmar, y 4) reavivar la pasi\u00f3n por <a href=\"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/girls\/\">Ministerios ni\u00f1as<\/a> ! Visita la <a href=\"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/girlsministriesturns70\/\">p\u00e1gina de recursos<\/a> para descargar gr\u00e1ficos y recursos para su propia celebraci\u00f3n n\u00famero 70! <a href=\"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2015\/02\/Irvina-Parker-2012.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1259\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1259\" src=\"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2015\/02\/Irvina-Parker-2012.jpg\" alt=\"Irvina-Parker-2012\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a> <em>Irvina est\u00e1 cumpliendo su cuarto mandato como director de Ministerios de las ni\u00f1as. Ella y su marido David reside en Oklahoma City, donde se desempe\u00f1a como presidente del Fondo de Pr\u00e9stamos para la extensi\u00f3n de la IISP. Irvina se ha empleado en el GMC desde 1974 cuando comenz\u00f3 a trabajar a tiempo parcial en el Ministerio de la Mujer asistir a la graduaci\u00f3n. Se gradu\u00f3 de la universidad de Manuel con su grado de asociados y Southern Nazarene University, donde recibi\u00f3 su Licenciatura en Educaci\u00f3n Elemental con concentraci\u00f3n en Ingl\u00e9s. Irvina trabaj\u00f3 en misiones mundiales durante unos 25 a\u00f1os, algunos de que a tiempo parcial, mientras que la crianza de sus hijos. Durante ese tiempo, se desempe\u00f1\u00f3 tambi\u00e9n en el liderazgo a nivel de conferencia de ambos Ministerios de la Mujer y las ni\u00f1as.<\/em>","author_name":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4T9u2-xT","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3236,"url":"https:\/\/iphc.org\/discipleship\/2017\/08\/08\/state-ministry-girls-ministries\/","url_meta":{"origin":2101,"position":0},"title":"State of the Ministry- Girls&#8217; Ministries","author":"Lindsey","date":"August 8, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Girls\u2019 Ministries reached a major milestone this quadrennium as she celebrated her 70th birthday. 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