One of the questions that always seems to come up around Leading and Loving It is “What do you do with your staff wives?” So every once and a while we’ll share what events we’ve done that have been successful… and because we’re all about authenticity we’ll also share what might not have worked so well.
The Cross Point staff wives gathered together a couple of weeks ago for “Mini Spa” night. Since this is the first staff event I’ve blogged I’ll start by giving you a little background on specifics. When I say “staff wives” I’m including every woman married to a guy on staff. For Cross Point that’s about 15 girls. Out of the 15 we had 10 in attendance. This is our first event so I was very happy with the turnout.
I started by contacting a lady in our church who was a licensed aesthetician and asked if she’d be interested in working with us. She grabbed a girlfriend who works as a nail tech and they came up with a well rounded spa menu for us.
They gave us four treatment options: Mini-Mani, Hand and Arm Massage, Rejuvinating Facial Peel, and Eyebrow Waxing. They priced each treatment at an affordable $15.00. By then end of the night these gals were so generous that they were giving everyone two treatments for $15.00, which was so very kind of them to give us the extra treat.
Here’s what made this event work for us… we currently don’t have a budget for events like these but we wanted to make it affordable and fun. Obviously, each girl paid their $15 for treatment by a licensed professional (which was a deal if you ask me), one of our campus pastor’s wife hosted the event in her home, and a few of our lead staff wives volunteered to bring a pot luck of snacks. So the budget was $0… which is always helpful!
At this point I feel like what our staff spouses need most is time together. Time getting to know one another and building relationships. The church has grown and subsequently so has our staff. Our Cross Point staff works hard to function with the closeness of a family and I’d love to help develop that same feeling among our staff wives.
Here are a few of us afterwards… don’t we looked relaxed? And I’m obviously trying to show off my new manicure! We had a blast together. The time just hanging out and investing in one another was priceless. I feel so blessed having each of these girls in my life… taking the journey together.
Let us know what you’ve done with your staff wives lately!
