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As Women’s Ministries strive to be more relevant some have chosen to eliminate icebreakers and games. Can I suggest that we not be so hasty?

Why Women’s Ministry Events Need Great Icebreakers

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Pass the Package is a fun icebreaker game that’s perfect for distributing door prizes at your event. It’s a cross between hot potato, musical chairs, and a present wrapped inside a present, inside a present! You are going to need lots of wrapping paper and an assortment of boxes to pull this off. (Use up…

Mother’s Day Game: Pass the Package

Mother's Day Events

Pass the Package is a fun Mother's Day Icebreaker Game perfect for your Mother's Day tea or event. It's a fun way to distribute door prizes!

This post was updated in 2021. Are you looking for ideas for your upcoming women’s ministry tea? Many Women’s Ministry Teams host a Mother’s Day event to honor all women – biological, adoptive, and spiritual mothers. Other teams host teas at Christmas. In this post, I’m sharing the details of our Mother’s Day Tea: Our former…

How to Host a Women’s Ministry Tea

Event Planning

Do you need some tips and ideas for your women's ministry tea? I'm sharing how our team hosted a Mother's Day Tea.

Years ago our moms’ group had a scavenger hunt in the parking lot! Our ladies raced out to the parking lot and laughed as they dug through the items in their cars trying to score as many points as possible. It was one of our most memorable games by far! I’ve created my own version of this fun game…

Praying for your team members is the most powerful and most important thing you can do. Sometimes I get busy and forget to pray for my team. It’s embarrassing, but it’s honest. Sometimes I seem to pray the same thing over and over. Stuck like a broken record. Sometimes I need some inspiration and a…

8 Prayers for Your Team (Free Printable)

Prayer

Praying for your women's ministry team members is an honor and a necessity. Check out these 8 prayers and verses to pray over your women's ministry team.

Mistakes are inevitable. I know from experience the damage, frustration, and division that can happen when we rush to put together or add to our team.

5 Mistakes Leaders Make When Building a Women’s Ministry Team

Volunteers

Don't make these 5 mistakes many leaders make when you build your women's ministry team!

Intentional activities build relationships and offer women opportunities to connect with one another. These 105 Christian Ladies Night Out ideas are perfect for your Women’s Ministry, ladies Sunday School class, small group, and MOPS group.

Looking for some fresh ideas for ladies night out? Check these out!

Your team members are busy, busy women and they appreciate efficient and effective meetings.

10 Agenda Tips

Leadership

Whether or not your ministry is blessed with a budget, we are all called to be good stewards of the funds we are given and collect. Over the years I’ve honed my savvy shopping skills and use them to stretch our Women’s Ministry budget as best I can.

10 Ways to Stretch Your Budget

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Have you ever made a “heart to heart” connection? You know, when you meet someone and you instantly bond over usually trivial things. This Valentine’s Icebreaker, Heart to Heart, helps to make those connections between the people in your group. Participants quickly discover who else loves Hershey kisses, who enjoys reading romance novels, and even…

This Valentine Icebreaker, Heart to Heart, will help your group connect with one another at your Valentine party, fellowship, or Bible study.