How It Got Started
In 2008, as a senior in high school, Bethel Grove started her YouTube Channel under the username "HPgirl0609". She didn't have much of a plan for the types of videos she would make and for the first several years, she made whatever videos she wanted to make without much direction.
In 2014, Bethel started this website under the name "Carpe Aeternatatum" [a Latin phrase that means "seize eternity"]. Again, she didn't have much of a plan for what she wanted to do other than right what she felt led to right.
Around the same time, she recorded a video of spoken word poetry called "A Princess Worth Dying For". This video became influential in the types of videos she would write in the future.
Soon after starting this site, she was accepted onto her first social media book team, which ended up gradually shifting her focus to book launching (participating in book launch teams) and book reviews.
In 2018, Bethel unified her YouTube Channel, this website, and her online presence to the name "Princess Worth Dying For Ministries". This type, based on her first spoken word poem, was meant to reflect her desire to help the next generation see their value in God's eyes, allowing them to see the world through the lens of the cross.
Not long after this change became official, Bethel experienced a life charging trial that changed her ministry interest to youth ministry after a few years of volunteering and a year of co-leading a youth ministry. To learn more about this part of her story, click here
In 2020, Bethel fulfilled her dream of becoming an author through self-publishing when she released her first book, Beyond Your Wardrobe. While she continued to review and launch other author's books, she was now using that experience to launch her own. Because of her interest in youth ministry, many of the books she published were youth ministry or student focused resources.
As you can probably tell, Bethel's interests had led her to many different places on her creative and professional journey. She had tried many different types of writings on this blog before landing on book launching and book reviewing. She tried many different types of videos on YouTube, including spoken word poetry, vlogs, and other types of Christian content. Then, she became interested in youth ministry and self-publishing. Bethel eventually can to realize that in order to clarify what her work and branding, it was necessary to once again change her ministry name and clarify the outreaches of her ministry.
In 2014, Bethel started this website under the name "Carpe Aeternatatum" [a Latin phrase that means "seize eternity"]. Again, she didn't have much of a plan for what she wanted to do other than right what she felt led to right.
Around the same time, she recorded a video of spoken word poetry called "A Princess Worth Dying For". This video became influential in the types of videos she would write in the future.
Soon after starting this site, she was accepted onto her first social media book team, which ended up gradually shifting her focus to book launching (participating in book launch teams) and book reviews.
In 2018, Bethel unified her YouTube Channel, this website, and her online presence to the name "Princess Worth Dying For Ministries". This type, based on her first spoken word poem, was meant to reflect her desire to help the next generation see their value in God's eyes, allowing them to see the world through the lens of the cross.
Not long after this change became official, Bethel experienced a life charging trial that changed her ministry interest to youth ministry after a few years of volunteering and a year of co-leading a youth ministry. To learn more about this part of her story, click here
In 2020, Bethel fulfilled her dream of becoming an author through self-publishing when she released her first book, Beyond Your Wardrobe. While she continued to review and launch other author's books, she was now using that experience to launch her own. Because of her interest in youth ministry, many of the books she published were youth ministry or student focused resources.
As you can probably tell, Bethel's interests had led her to many different places on her creative and professional journey. She had tried many different types of writings on this blog before landing on book launching and book reviewing. She tried many different types of videos on YouTube, including spoken word poetry, vlogs, and other types of Christian content. Then, she became interested in youth ministry and self-publishing. Bethel eventually can to realize that in order to clarify what her work and branding, it was necessary to once again change her ministry name and clarify the outreaches of her ministry.
Why "Abiding Grace"?
When Bethel came to choosing a new name for her ministry, she came to settle on the name "Abiding Grace Ministries". She came to choose this name based on two verses that don't often get associated with one another but together express her mentality behind her ministry and business.
"I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing." - John 15:5 ESV
"God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that having all sufficiency in all things at all times, you may abound in every good work." - 2 Corinthians 9:8 ESV
John 15:5 reminds us that in Christ, we can only bear fruit and do what we are called to do if we choose to abide in Christ. 2 Corinthians 9:8 reminds us that God will give us the grace we need for any situation. Bethel believes that if we choose to abide (or plug into) in Christ, God will gives us the grace we need to abound in all situations, especially when we give of ourselves.
By this mindset, Bethel uses this ministry to serve others and earn income through three of her greatest passions: writing Christian books, launching/promoting Christian books, and youth ministry. Because these passions are different and don't always overlap, Bethel created outreaches of her ministry to clarify her work. Here are the outreaches and what each concentrates on:
"I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing." - John 15:5 ESV
"God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that having all sufficiency in all things at all times, you may abound in every good work." - 2 Corinthians 9:8 ESV
John 15:5 reminds us that in Christ, we can only bear fruit and do what we are called to do if we choose to abide in Christ. 2 Corinthians 9:8 reminds us that God will give us the grace we need for any situation. Bethel believes that if we choose to abide (or plug into) in Christ, God will gives us the grace we need to abound in all situations, especially when we give of ourselves.
By this mindset, Bethel uses this ministry to serve others and earn income through three of her greatest passions: writing Christian books, launching/promoting Christian books, and youth ministry. Because these passions are different and don't always overlap, Bethel created outreaches of her ministry to clarify her work. Here are the outreaches and what each concentrates on:
Outreaches
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Lion's Eyes (also called Lion's Eyes Review) is the blog where Bethel promotes and launches Christian books through book reviews and participating in book launches. With over 100 reviews of mostly Christian non-fiction books, this blog is dedicated to supporting Christian authors who write books and share messages that the world needs to hear.
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Christian Author's Aid is collection of services that Bethel has to offer for other Christian authors. From book launching to beta reading to editorial reviews, Bethel wants to help other authors achieve their greatest potential.
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Simple Youth Ministry is an outreach that creates youth ministry resources designed to help make youth ministry simple. With print book, PDF resources, and more, this outreach is dedicated to helping youth ministers and volunteer youth leaders serve their students.
Teen Girl Youth Ministry is a sister outreach to SYM, dedicated to creating resources for teen girl ministry to help youth leaders minister to teen girl. All youth ministry resources are under SYM, but some will be specific to TGYM. |
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Operation Shoebox Resources is an outreach that forces on creating resources to help project leaders and volunteers that pack shoebox gifts for Operation Christmas Child. This will include print book planners/journals, PDF downloads, and printables that will help OCC volunteers pack more shoeboxes or get other excited about packing themselves.
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Bethel Grove Publication is the unofficial publishing imprint for any resource created through this site. Whether it be a book published on Amazon or a PDF, resources on youth ministry, book launching, shoebox packing, or self-publishing, all of them are published under this name.
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Bethel Grove is a Christian young woman who loves to read and write, eat Reese's Peanut Butter Cup Blizzards, and disciple teen girls as a youth leader. What started as a hobby of writing book reviews and doing deep biblical studies eventually led her down the path of self-publishing and supporting other Christian authors and ministry volunteers. She hopes to someday be a vocational youth minister and well-known author.
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