Hi lovely,

I’ve got a little favour to ask you this week.

If you’re planning to come to Rise on 10th October… don’t come alone.

Seriously.

Have a think for a second… Who could you bring?

Your sister? Your friend? Someone from work? The woman you always end up chatting to at the school gates?

Because I’ve been thinking about how many things in our lives started because somebody invited us.

Someone once said:

“Do you fancy coming with me?”

And because they did, we walked into a room we might never have walked into on our own.

I love that invitations are all over the Bible too.

Andrew meets Jesus and immediately goes to find his brother Peter.

The woman at the well encounters Jesus and goes back to tell everyone she knows.

It’s so simple.

Come and see.

And that’s really all I’m asking you to do.

You don’t have to convince anyone.

You don’t have to give them a big speech about Rise.

Just think of one woman and ask: “Fancy coming with me?”

She might say no, but she might say yes.

And who knows what God might do with one little invitation?

There is room for her.

Whoever just came to mind while you were reading this — maybe that’s your girl.

I can’t wait to gather with you both on the 10th October. You can register her seat for her HERE.

See you next week.

Love, Beth x

P.S. We are partnering with The Pink Box Campaign and we are asking for each person who attends Rise, if able, to bring a sanitary product with them to donate to The Pink Box Campaign to support girls and women in the local area who are victims of period poverty.