I’ve recently shared “What It’s Like to Give a Child a Shoebox” and “How to Pack a Better Shoebox”. Today I want to share some ways your women’s ministry can get involved with Operation Christmas Child.

Our family’s been packing shoeboxes for well over 13 years now and I considered myself a pretty seasoned shoebox packer. However, my trip to help distribute shoeboxes in Grenada in October has forever changed the way I’ll pack a shoebox.

I thought the perfect way to end our 31 Days of Retreat Planning would be to give you a Retreat Planning Timeline. We’ve worked through a pile of details and it can be helpful to organize the pieces all in one place.

A neat thing happened after our retreat this year. Quite by accident we were able to keep some of our retreat momentum going.

It’s a really nice touch to give your attendees a goodie bag or small gift when they check in at your retreat location. Goodie bags and gifts don’t have to be expensive or extensive. Our teams have used retreat goodies bags to provide each woman with some practical items for the weekend and to give them a small…

Yesterday we talked through the logistics of retreat discussion groups. Today we’re going to spend some time talking about your discussion group leaders.