This month's story is by Marianne Bailey.

​I have been praying for God to show me what is next. He used GPS Life Journey to clarify that for me!

I was a pharmacist for 25 years when God led me in another direction. For the last five years I have been in children’s ministry full time at my church, First Baptist Church, Concord, Tennessee.

This past year, God again led me to pursue a Biblical Counseling degree online. With this new direction, I have been praying for God to show me what is next. That is when several of the staff of our church were invited to participate in the GPS Life Journey process.

God used my participation in this course to clarify my mission statement and the direction I need to be moving forward for the next stage of my life. It was also neat to see how God is working in the lives of my co-workers that I don’t always have a lot of interaction with.

GPS Life Journey is not simply a class to take. It is a resource and effective tool I can continue to use for the rest of my life really. In fact, there are many others whom I know who would benefit greatly from participating in a GPS course as well. I plan to encourage them to discover God’s purposes for the next stages of their lives. I want my husband and kids to do this too!

GPS Life Journey is such a blessing! 
 
Marianne D. Bailey
Kindergarten – 3rd  Grade Director
First Baptist Concord
Knoxville, Tennessee

In this month's Note from Nolen, we wish you a happy new year and introduce you to GPS Life Journey 2.0! Below is what Nolen had to say...

"Happy New Year.  It is my prayer that 2025 will be a great year for you as you live on mission with God, fulfilling God's purpose for the next stage of your life. 

Some good news about something new coming soon.  We will be offering GPS Life Journey 2. 0 for those who have previously participated in a GPS class. 

This particular class and process will be only four hours, two sessions of two hours each.  You will use the same workbook, there will be no additional cost, and it will help you to evaluate where are you on your GPS Life Journey. 

Some of you may be faithful in fulfilling God's purpose for the next stage of your life.

Some of you may have hit a roadblock.

You may need encouragement and re evaluation of where you are, and more importantly, how to develop a strategy. for moving forward in fulfilling God's purpose for the next stage of your life. 

Look forward soon to an announcement concerning when GPS Life Journey 2. 0 classes will be offered, and I hope many of you who are graduates of GPS will consider participating in this re evaluation in the new course.

God bless you. I hope 2025.  It's a great year for your glorifying God by fulfilling his purpose for your life."