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Almost exactly one year ago 20 women in our church gathered for the Prayer Warrior Boot Camp.
This post contains affiliate links. Back in October 2016, I received a text from one of our Youth girls. She had just seen the movie PRICELESS at the theater and was blown away. She felt it was something our Youth group (guys and girls) needed to see. Unfortunately, we were unable to plan an outing before the…
Earlier this month I stumbled across this article by Eric Geiger. You may have seen it when I shared it on the Women’s Ministry Toolbox Facebook page. What God drew my attention to was the 3 questions he asked his team:
In all of our moves, I’ve never struggled like this. People at our church are nice, but it doesn’t extend much past that. Most don’t seem to want to or aren’t able to connect outside of Sunday morning or Bible study.
Back in the day there was an icebreaker game called “What’s in your purse?” It was a fun game but it no longer works at most women’s ministry events. Have you noticed? A lot of your women aren’t carrying purses anymore.
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.” While no doubt Charles Dickens wasn’t referring to women’s ministry retreats, many of us would borrow those words to describe our retreat and retreat planning experience.
How do you strike the balance of making sure every team member has a say and empowering your team members to make decisions? I’ve sat on a team where there were no clear roles or responsibilities.
Does your mind sometimes draw a blank when your team sits down to discuss possible service project ideas?
I need to apologize, the list that follows is probably going to come across a bit critical. You may view it as a list of complaints. I’ve thought about trying to re-write the whole piece from a positive angle. “10 Things I Love about Well-Run Team Meetings” or something like that.
Did you know that October is Ministry Appreciation Month? I’ll admit, it’s not one I have marked on my calendar, but I should.
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