Emilie McCormack

Because the hope is for people to be in community with, I mean, the 65-year-old women at their church that have been faithfully serving.

I want them to be connected to a church.

And so that's often what I'll ask them first.

Find people that are in your community here.

Because it can be so easy to think we want the person that's on the stage or the person that has the platform.

And...

the people that formed me most were in the hidden places.

Like the people who I was like, man, you're just faithful in the little things.

You're faithful as a mom, you're faithful as a wife.

So try to always bring it to like real, like let's just, what are you really looking for?

But number two, and I don't remember who told me this, if they're listening, I'm sorry, I didn't give you credit, but it really was impactful for me where, and so I'll tell people this, where they said to me, it's often we think of like a mentor as somebody who will have

tons of knowledge or most of the knowledge all in one.

And the way that I use an example for me is like, if you came to me tomorrow and you're like, hey, I want to start a business, can you help me?

I'd be like, nope, I don't got you.

Not your girl, because I've never started a business.

If you asked me what was it like church planting and can you walk me through how leading a staff and hardship?

And I'm like, yes, let's do that.

Or if you were to say, you know, financial planning, that was not my expertise.

And numbers, I'm terrible with numbers.

I'd be like, no.