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Our event planning series continues today with one of the most important decisions you’ll make – what to charge for your event. We’re specifically talking about big events in this series. Big events typically have big budgets. In most cases, you’re probably going to charge your women something to attend, even if your budget covers…
In the last post, I talked about creating an event planning team to focus on the event, provide space for more women to use their gifts, and to lighten the load of the women’s ministry team members who do not want to serve on both teams. Today I want to talk about event planning timelines.…
This series on planning purposeful events continues with a focus on building effective event planning teams. I was chatting with another women’s ministry leader last week, and she mentioned their church hasn’t had a retreat in about 10 years because it is so much work! Maybe you’re in the same boat. Or perhaps you’re committed…
This is the second post in this series on planning purposeful events for your women’s ministry. Click here to view the first post about the purpose, content, and benefits of large events, conferences, and retreats. As a reminder, the goal of this series is to help you (and other women’s ministry leaders) create memorable experiences…
Event Planning Series I am excited to announce the topic for the next series of post! This is something I’ve been wanting to talk about for quite some time. I’m going to be focusing on planning for a large event, conference, or retreat. However, every post will include some tips that will apply to any…
I’ve been looking forward to pivoting to a new series on the Women’s Ministry Toolbox blog, but as I prayed about moving forward, I sensed the Lord leading me to share one more post connected to how seminary impacted my thoughts on women’s ministry. I want to spend some time today talking about missions. First,…
I mentioned in my last post that I would follow up with some specific tips about how I managed an incredibly busy season of going to school, serving on the women’s ministry team in my local church, managing the Women’s Ministry Toolbox ministry, writing and launching Women’s Ministry Essentials (affiliate link), and serving my family.…
How Seminary Shaped Cyndee’s Vision for Deeper Ministry As some of you may know, I recently graduated from Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary with my Masters in Ministry to Women. When I began this journey just over three years ago, I joked with one of my mentors that I might launch a podcast documenting my seminary…
Below you’ll find the transcript of my interview with Debbie Ericksen. You can also listen to the Women’s Ministry Toolbox Podcast interview on your favorite podcast platform (such as Spotify) and you can watch it onYouTube here. Please forgive any spelling or grammatical errors. EP 119: Women’s Ministry Leader Interview with Debbie Ericksen Cyndee Ownbey…
After years of assuming summer breaks were necessary for women’s ministry, I’ve learned firsthand that taking a full pause might not be the best approach. Continuity and connection matter year-round, even during the summer months.
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