Welcome, Family!
We are so glad you’re here.
We can’t wait to tell you more about teaching the Truth of the Bible to teen girls and women!
Hello!
If you’re reading this, you either received a postcard from us or someone generously shared information with you! Either way, I am so glad you’re here.
My name is Rebecca McCready and I am the founder of Evergreen Cypress. Its purpose is simply this: to bring teen girls and women closer to God.
When I found the beauty of the Word of God as a teen, I couldn’t get enough of it. It gave me life in a way nothing else did. And it still does today.
As teen girls, we hungrily searched for identity. And the years into womanhood are really no different, rather on a different scale, as we try to find our purpose.
There are so many hearts— that of teen girls and other women— who are seeking.
The harvest is plentiful (Matthew 9:37). Jesus said he’d be with us always (Matthew 28:20). And he said eternal life is to know him (John 17:3).
So we look for the plentiful harvest, for those who are seeking and those who may not be quite yet. We know that we don’t go alone in finding and caring for them, because Christ, who knows our hearts and theirs, is always with us. And by letting them know the beauty of knowing him, we give them the most beautiful gift— eternal life.
The story
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“Do you understand what you are reading?”
An Ethiopian court official (a Gentile!) was traveling back from Jerusalem, where he had gone to worship God. And on his way home, he was reading from Isaiah.
His heart was seeking! Just like many hearts today…
And Philip asked him if he understood. The man’s answer?
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“How can I, unless someone guides me?”
It’s heartbreaking.
Imagine if Philip hadn’t come. Imagine if the end of the story was that there was no one around to guide him— or, worse, that there were people who knew the Truth but no one who was willing to share it.
But that’s not the end of the story. Because God was taking care of the court official’s seeking heart, just like he is there for the hearts seeking Him today. He is reaching them through his people (like Philip).
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The question for us is... are we ready?
Philip was ready.
When God told him to go down the road that went from Jerusalem to Gaza, Philip didn't question it. He rose and went. And when God told him to go join the chariot, Philip didn't hesitate. He ran.
It doesn’t take much. God just needs his people to follow through with what he has asked of us. And when we do, we inevitably stand amazed at what he does!
We just need to be ready— ready for God and ready to help others that he puts in our path.
“Stay dressed for action and keep your lamps burning.” Luke 12:35
Our story
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This generation of teen girls are seeking.
This is where we began: we started making Bible study journals for our teen girls and invited them to “LIGHT group.” Every other Sunday after evening services, we get together to eat dinner and to study out of the journals they filled out during the week. And we have wonderful conversations!
It’s been three years. We’re still going strong today. And these girls are continually seeking God.
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Generations of women are seeking.
From there, we started Evergreen Cypress and shared the LIGHT Bible study journals with women of all ages! From younger women to those more “seasoned,” all are able to spend more time being at home with the Bible.
Then from there, we hosted our first teen girl-led women’s retreat. It was a beautiful time for all generations of women to build each other up in the truth in love.
So what will be your story?
The Teacher LIGHT membership
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Are we spending enough time with God to truly know him and his Word that we are eager to go where he leads us to share its life?
This generation of teen girls are seeking.
This is where we began: we started making Bible study journals for our teen girls and invited them to “LIGHT group” where we ate dinner together and then studied Bible through the journals.
It’s been three years. We’re still going strong today. And these girls are earnestly seeking God.
All generations of women are seeking.
And we continued: these journals have been used for women .
It’s been three years. We’re still going strong today. And these girls are earnestly seeking God.