{"id":2529,"date":"2025-05-09T09:46:49","date_gmt":"2025-05-09T14:46:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aflc.org\/women\/?p=2529"},"modified":"2025-05-09T19:26:54","modified_gmt":"2025-05-10T00:26:54","slug":"working-for-the-lord","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aflc.org\/women\/2025\/05\/09\/working-for-the-lord\/","title":{"rendered":"Working for the Lord"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><\/h3>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-83eaefca38f7aa91a85342b1462939a3 wp-block-paragraph\">I have so appreciated the knowledge of Karen Floan on matters within our AFLC, from constitutional legal matters down to the many names of people she knows within our AFLC family. She has been a wealth of knowledge to me as the newbie on the board. Karen&nbsp;started getting us into the digital age by developing our email newsletter (WMF E-News). She has used her gifts of organization and that electronic communication to further the Lord&#8217;s work through the WMF. She will be missed but I know she\u2019ll remain active, and I have her phone number if I need!&nbsp;&#8211; Karen Pederson, National WMF President<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-4cae75904c88eb1f76afa8946a6e3015 wp-block-paragraph\"><em>by Karen Floan, National WMF Recording Secretary<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-e35421659e981a02e5fd9bf2e443e765 wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>What have you been doing the last six years?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-45454347e9ec13ee4ed5a6994acd6681 wp-block-paragraph\"><br>I posed this question to myself as I considered my six years serving the National WMF Board. Having been elected in June of 2019 I will have completed two 3 year terms in 2025.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-21da672091efb8953dd2ffd0e2a89e04 wp-block-paragraph\">Over the past six years I retired from the workforce; helped my husband through cancer treatments; saw my oldest grandchild graduate from high school and enter FLBC; rejoiced seeing my youngest daughter get married; experienced the loss of some dear friends and relatives, but felt joy with the birth of three more grandchildren; and served as Recording Secretary for the National WMF.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aflc.org\/women\/wp-content\/uploads\/KarenF_2024.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"644\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aflc.org\/women\/wp-content\/uploads\/KarenF_2024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4439\" style=\"width:326px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.aflc.org\/women\/wp-content\/uploads\/KarenF_2024.jpeg 696w, https:\/\/www.aflc.org\/women\/wp-content\/uploads\/KarenF_2024-300x278.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.aflc.org\/women\/wp-content\/uploads\/KarenF_2024-100x93.jpeg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-505f440037041855ba53f42697b92f4c wp-block-paragraph\"><br>Maybe you&#8217;ve been asked to serve the Lord in your church, or other ministry? Maybe even for the national WMF as I was asked to do in 2019. Maybe you have thoughts like I did, that your life is too busy or you are too old, or have other responsibilities that are tugging at you? Well let me encourage you from experience, that it\u2019s a joy to work with others such as the National WMF board who have hearts desiring to serve Christ. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-8466336a792bf52b8a304ca1ca218750 wp-block-paragraph\">The monthly zoom meetings accommodated busy board members schedules and because of diligent board members working together many tasks were accomplished. Tasks such as plans for WMF day, decisions for Bible study authors, acknowledging thanks for gifts given to the NWMF which allow the board to allocate support for AFLC missions and WMF project needs. It is a blessing to see the Lord provide and work in hearts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-9165a8ca6218b92d6403b80b461ec15e wp-block-paragraph\"><br>Over this time I\u2019ve been reminded that I need to be steadfast and immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord. Even as I grow older, and life brings changes we must continue to serve the Lord, for He is the one who will help us and lead us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-9db9acd0dcc714e1fc5a2c40cd626a09 wp-block-paragraph\"><br><em>\u201cTherefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the<br>Lord, knowing that your toil is not in vain in the Lord.\u201d<br>1 Corinthians 15:58 NASB1995<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-eb8b1048c56f3205728c854f1a5e8c42 wp-block-paragraph\"><br>If I had not said yes to serving as Recording Secretary for the NWMF I would not have been blessed to get to know some wonderful women of the AFLC, and see the Lord working and leading these past six years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have so appreciated the knowledge of Karen Floan on matters within our AFLC, from constitutional legal matters down to the many names of people she knows within our AFLC family. She has been a wealth of knowledge to me as the newbie on the board. Karen&nbsp;started getting us into the digital age by developing our email newsletter (WMF E-News). &#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aflc.org\/women\/2025\/05\/09\/working-for-the-lord\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2529","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-devotional","no-post-thumbnail"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aflc.org\/women\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2529","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aflc.org\/women\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aflc.org\/women\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aflc.org\/women\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aflc.org\/women\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2529"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.aflc.org\/women\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2529\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aflc.org\/women\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2529"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aflc.org\/women\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2529"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aflc.org\/women\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2529"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}