Just Julie
Hi, I am Julie Snodgrass, and I joke that my name alone shows just how much I love my husband- because just look at that last name! I am a middle child of five, and contrary to popular belief, I was not forgotten, but I was in the perfect place to mediate childhood arguments between siblings. Life was simple until I lost my dad when I was 15 years old. I thought that would be the craziest part of my life, but then adult-ing happened. While you can hear all the details in my family story, I am married with four children. The oldest two are adult twins; they made me an unsuspecting mom in January of 2012 when they joined our family through foster care. They were 17, I was 25. My younger two boys are 18 years younger than the twins and have only seven months between them; they are FULL of energy. I work full- time as an NCAA Head Women’s Water Polo coach and I also work (for free) along side my husband in the church we started in 2017 in Pasadena, California called Unite. The family, job, and decision to start a church all took place in the course of about three calendar years and, OH MAN, were those years full of challenges and growth. How did we keep sane? Jesus, his people, and A LOT of help… that’s how!
I have since had a some seasons of rest and rejuvenation and the Lord has made one thing very clear to me; I will always be learning and growing. Weather it is through fire, the washing away of the old, or the simplest everyday task. He is always speaking- even in the words of a 5-year old. In all these things, I am learning to be comfortable tin the discomfort, to be OK learning from everything from mundane to crazy.. It is a pretty humbling and rewarding thing to see personal growth and the growth of others, and in the process I am learning it is important to have fun too. I am totally “Ms. Responsible, so I am currently trying to bring that fun back into my life. So...
Things I like to do for fun
Adventure with my husband
Be outdoors and move, especially when a body of water is nearby
Have deep conversations, uninterrupted by parenting
Grocery Shopping ALONE (OK, maybe not fun, but pretty therapeutic)
Dance
The things I could talk about all day
The amazing growth and restorative work of God in people’s lives.
Adoption/ my family
The unique gift sets God has given each person and how to use that in their immediate and far-off surroundings
What life is teaching people and how they are growing in both the struggles and celebrations.
Things I want to change in this world
Fatherlessness
Unfair and unjust treatment of people
Unifying the Church of God to love and be one team with one mission
Things I feel like I am put on this earth to do
Love my husband and raise awesome humans
Encourage, empower and equip people to follow God wholeheartedly
Love people like Jesus, obey His word, and speak His truth in love.
I am a woman who likes to go deep and be honest. I don’t like to sugar coat things, but God is teaching me how to better speak truth with love. I am a messy work in progress and I am totally OK with that, because God knows me, sees my heart, and loves me regardless. I continue to seek Him in all I do, and when I mess up, I lean into God, take it in stride, and follow the Lord’s prompting to the best of my ability as I continue forward.