Everyone left smiling after ‘Girls Night Out’

By Joan Janzen

The room was filled with women of all ages at the Alliance Church in Kindersley, who had come to Girls Night Out on Friday night, November 14. After a fun and inspirational evening, they all left with full hearts and smiling faces.

Girls Night Out at the Kindersley Alliance Church was a lot of fun. After a game of Family Feud, the women listened to Tess Scott, author and Christian speaker, and comedian Timmy Boyle, both from Ontario. PHOTO BY JOAN JANZEN

PHOTO BY JOAN JANZEN

Author and guest speaker Tess Scott was on a week-long speaking tour, visiting Prince Albert, Medicine Hat, and Taber before coming to Kindersley and proceeding to Swift Current. She was accompanied by comedian Timmy Boyle, who kicked off the night as game show host of a Family Feud-style show. After picking both willing and unwilling ladies from the crowd to participate, the fun began.

“Remember, the worse you do, the more entertaining it will be for everyone else,” he said. And it proved to be a lot of fun.

Connie Moffatt and her husband, Pastor Lionel, were excited about having the two speakers from Compassion Canada at their church. “It’s a night of encouragement,” Connie explained. “It’s nice to have something local instead of having to drive to an event. It’s a time for rural women to get together.”

Tess Scott didn’t disappoint her audience, delivering a healthy dose of humour along with her encouraging words. “I like to make women laugh and also make them think. I love talking about hope in the freak show of life,” she explained.

In 2022, she published her book Listen, Sister, a collection of personal, sometimes awkward everyday mishaps. “I was the black sheep in my family and made so many bad choices. But God redeems that. And to think God would use me to encourage women just blows my mind!”

Her stories come from experiencing three divorces, four marriages, and raising eight boys. And when she finally thought she had reached a peaceful time in her life, she found herself depending on God to overcome cancer.

“Do you have lies you’ve been believing all your life?” she asked her female audience. “It’s important to fill your head with truth. Because if you know the truth, you can recognize the lies. The only thing I know to be true is God’s word.”

She encouraged everyone to share their story with someone. “We made it through the freak show, and we need to encourage the ones coming after us that they can too,” she said.

Everyone departed for home with smiles on their faces and happy hearts, which is why Connie Moffatt said she “wouldn’t mind doing this every year.”