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Heart 2 Heart

February 16, 2012 2 Comments

Yesterday, we surprised our PCL girls with some special love on Valentine’s Day!    Our hope is that these precious young ladies would stay connected to CGgirls and this is just one way to remind them they are loved!

Each bag was filled with some valentine goodness for each PCL girl!   Big Pink High FIVES go out to the CGgirls who donated the items!   We think the staff at GirlsTown is pretty special too, the tray of heart cookies went to them!

Each PCL girl got a special note to remind them how much they are loved.

We love what God is doing in and through CGgirls.    Don’t you??!!

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That’s a wrap!

December 9, 2011 1 Comment

The last present was wrapped today for Project Crazy Love.

CGgirls donated 1,120 gifts.   Amazed?  Speechless?  Touched?  Yep…us too!

I can’t tell you how many times I’ve sat and looked at all of these wrapped gifts thinking… only God.   I’ve said it before and I think the statement is still true:

Project Crazy Love has unleashed a powerful move of generosity that could only be authored by God.

As I was trying to quiet my mind last night so sleep would come — this reality hit me:

We’ve said from the beginning we wanted these 14 girls to be so overwhelmed by the goodness of God that when they are 60 years old they would still be talking about Project Crazy Love.  ”There was a group of women who didn’t know me but they loved God and blew my mind for Christmas when I was a teenager.”  Can you picture it?

The reality hit me last night that its going to be US talking about this decades from now.  How we watched a group of women who loved God, gather in unity and strength with a giving spirit.  And how we watched God move on behalf of the broken hearted,  lost  and forgotten.

Girls, it’s us that have been marked by this.  It’s us.   I haven’t talked to one person who has been involved with PCL who hasn’t been deeply moved by the generous spirit in CGgirls.

Two more sleeps!  :)

CaSandra Maynard, CG Photographer,  wraps gift number 1, 120.    The final gift for Project Crazy Love 2011.

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It’s beginning to look alot like…

December 2, 2011 Leave a Comment

This will be at each place setting for Project Crazy Love!

It’s starting to come together…

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The “Wonder”

November 29, 2011 Leave a Comment

Girls, I hope this doesn’t ever get old.

The outpouring of generosity towards these young ladies in fostercare that we are adopting for Christmas has really blown us away.

I really hope we don’t ever lose the wonder of seeing the activity of God move in and through CG Girls.

won·der : to be filled with admiration, amazement, or awe; marvel

Some of our Project Crazy Love stories that have added to the wonder:

  • CGGirl’s coworker made scarves for all of the PCL girls and her husband decided they needed gloves too and bought 14!
  • CGGirl decided we shouldn’t have to buy anymore shirtboxes and got Kohls in Canton to donate 100 of them.
  • When our CGGirl shopping for hoodies at Old Navy with our donated giftcards could only get 12 of them, her Mom stepped in and purchased two more to make it a beautiful 14!
  • Our gift total so far: 1,004.

I once read this quote and I’ve never forgotten it, “Mercy saves us but grace throws the party” –  and in a few weeks we are going to throw an amazing party for 14 young women.

14 young women who have no idea:

  • They have been planned for and thought about for 17 months.
  • We teared up when we finally got their first names.
  • They have captivated the generous hearts of women all over Metro Detroit.
  • Their names are going before the Creator of all life in prayers daily.Aren’t you so glad you are a part of a movement of women who are taking God’s love from the pews to the pavement?

Me, too!

PS – There is still time to contribute to this outpouring of love…contact  Tami (at) Connectionchurch (dot) info or leave a comment below!   We would like to get all fourteen girls pedicures or manicures and are collecting toward making that happen!

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CG Girls are generous.

November 8, 2011 3 Comments

Yes.  Yes, you are!

In the last 24 hrs alone,  CG Girls donated to Project Crazy Love:

  •  Bunch (and by bunch I mean a WHOLE LOT!) of wrapping paper, boxes and scotch tape!
  •  Lipgloss, Kohls, Target, and McDonald’s gift cards!
  •  Money!

I just opened a note with a Target gift card in it from a dear CG Girl whose husband is out of work,  they are living with her parents and they just had a baby!    Is that not one of the most tender reflections of  God’s love through giving that you’ve seen in a while?  We are blown away by God’s provision for these young women in foster care.   God is stirring us up!

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Roll Call! PS — are you flickin’ your B.I.C.? :)

October 28, 2011 Leave a Comment

CG Girls,  can you believe its been a week since CG Girls gathered together from these churches:

  1. Milan Free Methodist
  2. Rivers of Living Water
  3. Connection Church
  4. Metro South Church
  5. Northridge Church
  6. Grace Christian
  7. Beacon Baptist – Taylor
  8. St. Luke
  9. Church of Jesus Christ
  10. Monroe Vineyard
  11. Calvary Baptist
  12. EMU
  13. Highland Park Baptist
  14. Life Church – Canton
  15. Calvary Baptist Church
  16. Church of The King
  17. St. Thomas A’ Beckett
  18. St. Francis
  19. Dearborn Free Methodist Church
  20. Faith Baptist
  21. Harvest Bible Chapel
  22. Elevate – Monroe
  23. Huntington Woods Lutheran Church
  24. SS Simon & St. Jude Westland
  25. Bethany Bible Church
  26. Dearborn Presbyterian
  27. Neuburgh UMC
  28. Hartford Church
  29. Merriman Rd Baptist
  30. Wyandotte Family Church

We said it that night and we’ll say it again here…

Anyone who says unity in the body of Christ does not exist has not been to a CG event!   This is amazing…30 churches represented.    Look what God is doing!

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Known, Loved, Invited…

October 13, 2011 Leave a Comment

Loving those far from God is easier when we remember that all of us have been far from God at some point.

God is a great Father.

Crazy in love with His creation.  It’s often called His Unfailing Love in the Word.

This all-knowing God, the One who is captivated with each one of us…knows.

Let that set in today…chicks, we are known.

He loves us with the full knowledge of exactly who we are.

That is the love story He has invited us into…each one of us.

Who of us doesn’t love a great love story?

Will you consider helping 14 girls who are far from God see that they are known, loved and invited

into the greatest love story ever?

Project Crazy Love:  Friday, October 21st 7pm

Connection Church
3855 Sheldon Rd.
Canton, MI 48188

Ok, Ok…I’m in!  Now what?

1. Bring your unwrapped
gifts to the event on Friday, Oct. 21st.  If you weren’t at the last
event and didn’t get a chance to pull a gift tag from the stinkin’ cute
pink Christmas Tree then please feel free to bring a gift card (you
choose the $$$) from one of these stores:  Meijer, Walmart, Kohls, Old
Navy or Target.

 2. Are you like me and use bags at Christmas instead of wrapping paper?  Well
if you are and have been wondering what to do with all of the half
used Christmas wrap in your closets…we have a solution!  Please bring
it to the event on Friday, October 21st!  We’ll hand it off to the
Project Crazy Love gift wrap team.

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That’s a 10 baby!

October 12, 2011 2 Comments

Hey CG Girls…we are on countdown!  In just ten days (Friday, October 21st at 7pm) women from over 30 churches in the Metro Detroit Area will gather together for a Girl’s Night with a God Focus.   Yep, CG is happening!

New to CG?  Read our backstory!

Speaking of ten…this CG will be our TENTH event!  Is God amazing or what?!

To kick the excitement up a notch…we’re going all out on our giveaways!

TEN!  Yes…we’ll be giving away TEN fantastic items that evening.

uh huh…drumroll please…

Pink Luggage Set

Black Luggage Set

 Bath & Body Works Hot Pink Box Gift Set

Surprise Gift Basket full of goodies

Photography Gift Certificate with CaSandra Maynard Photography

 Digital Camera

Gift Basket with Beth Moore Book, Coffee Mug and Coffee

Ring from Showroom of Elegance Jewelry

Pumpkin Candle Holder with Tea Lights

 Pink Bag from “31″

 Pretty sweet, huh?

Call, text, FB your girlfriends and invite them out to CG on October 21st!  Ask them to be a part of something bigger than themselves.   We’re taking God’s love from the pews to the pavement.

Come with?

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