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I don' t go to public school, so I don't have after-school activities. Instead, I go to the Internet. I belong to a large number of e-mail loops through eGroups and I moderate several of my own. I'm also a member, prayer partner, mentor, and chat room evangelist of PACT (Power Alliance of Christian Teens), which has an e-mail loop through eGroups.

This page is very long, so here's a list of what you can find on the page, and if you click on the links you can go right to that part of the page.

What eGroups is and how it works
eGroups lists that I moderate (click on the name of the list to subscribe)
eGroups lists that I've joined (click on the name of the list to go to its Onelist web page)
How to join an eGroup
PACT

For those of you who don't know, eGroups works about the same way Onelist does. (In fact, they recently merged and created a whole new organization, eGroups, Inc.) A person or people create a "community" about something that's important or interesting to them. They can invite other people to join the community, and people can find it in a list of other communities or search for communities on a particular topic. Each community has at least one moderator, who is sort of the "boss" of the community. There is no limit on the number of members in each community. When you join, you're automatically sent a "Welcome" message written by the moderator, but all other letters go to the community. When someone writes a letter to the community, it goes to every member of that community. (They're also called mailing lists, or just lists, but if you say "mailing list" people automatically think "junk mail that I don't want to have any part of," and this isn't like that at all. It's more of a discussion group, kind of like a chat room that's done through e-mail.)

I own too many lists to name here (about 10). Here are some of the eGroups that I moderate myself, with a short description:

FishersofWomen: A list for Christian females ages 11-25. Right now, we're in our usual slump because of the starting of school. The only activity we're doing right now is a daily devotional, usually from Crosswalk.com. In the past, though, we've done a variety of activities, including reading, discussing, and studying the book Passion and Purity by Elisabeth Elliot, and a weekly survey. We're also working on a newsletter/zine for the girls on the list and our "sister list," VirtuousDaughters. Several of us have also paired up with "Unsecret Sisters" in a big sister/little sister format and we had "Secret Santas" for Christmas of 1999. Also, each member has been paired up with one of the three moderators, so we can get to know everyone better, and each new member is paired up with a moderator who will help her feel more at home. For more information check out our web page at http://www.angelfire.com/mo2/fishersofwomen
AChristianGirlZine: My list and VirtuousDaughters recently started a zine called Far Above Rubies. This is the list for the girls who are working on the zine. For more information on this or to help out with the zine or to receive it, please e-mail me personally.
AChestofRubies: This list is for girls ages 17 to 22 who are interested in a small, close-knit group who are interested in studying, growing closer to God, and becoming like the Proverbs 31 woman described in the Bible.
Hopechest: This list has been created but it's still in the planning stages, so right now it's not open for membership.

Here's a list of some of the eGroups that I've joined but do not own (some I do help moderate):

AgapeTeenz: I'm the newest moderator of this list, but it's not *my* list; it's part of a larger group of lists combined to form Agape.org, a Christian discussion organization. I'm one of several moderators of this list. As the name implies, it's a group for Christian teen-agers.
AgapeBible: Another Agape list. This one is, of course, a Bible study. We've had some great discussions recently and on Monday, April 3, we'll be starting a study on the Endtimes. It should be very interesting.
sarahs-daughters: another wonderful list for Christian teen girls and young women.
VirtuousDaughters: VD is the "sister list" to my own list, FishersofWomen (FOW) and is owned by one of my close friends, Mandy. I'm one of the assistant moderators and another of my close friends is the other one. (They're both also moderators of FOW. I help her moderate when she's not able to get online much, and she does the same for me.)

If you want to join a list (any eGroup), there are several ways to do it. You can go to the web page for the community (the address is http://www.egroups.com/community/FishersofWomen, or replace "FishersofWomen" with the name of the community you want to join). You can send an e-mail to the web page owner saying that you want to join the list and he or she will add you or tell you what to do. The e-mail address for any list owner is FishersofWomen-owner@egroups.com, or replace "FishersofWomen" with the name of the list. If you're already a member of ONElist or E-Groups, meaning you've gone to the web site (http://www.onelist.com or http://www.egroups.com) and filled out a profile form, you can just send an e-mail to FishersofWomen-subscribe@egroups.com, or, of course, replace "FishersofWomen" with the name of the list you want to join. Or you can write to someone you know is on the list and ask them to send you an invitation or have the list owner send you one.

PACT (Power Alliance of Christian Teens) has a web page at http://campus.fortunecity.com/purdue/933/ for more information. It is a group of several hundred people, all high school and college students. It's a large group and very active. There are daily devotions written by members, a weekly newsletter, a mentoring program, prayer partners, a prayer warriors team, a chat room evangelism program, interest groups so you can get to know other PACT members who have similar interests, and many other things to interest almost any Christian teen. Check out their web page and see for yourself!