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Struggling to plan your women’s ministry event? Check out the ultimate event timeline from Cyndee Ownbey of Women’s Ministry Toolbox. Learn how to book speakers, secure venues, close registration, and more—without the stress!

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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.…

The Ultimate Women’s Ministry Event Timeline: When to Book, Plan, and Prepare

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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…

Building Prayer into Every Step of Your Women’s Ministry Event

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Discover 11 powerful ways to cover your women's ministry events in prayer! From prayer teams to unique prayer stations, create memorable, Christ-centered gatherings that impact lives. Find practical tips and encouragement to help your team make prayer a foundation of every women’s event.

The goal of this series is to help you (and other women’s ministry leaders) create memorable experiences that help women embrace and grow their faith by interacting with God though His Word and with each other. We want women to walk out the door encouraged, inspired, and better equipped to walk confidently as followers of…

Planning Purposeful Events for Your Ministry

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Planning purposeful event for your women's ministry. List of posts in the series.

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…

Discover 3 essential elements for effective women’s ministry event planning! Cyndee Ownbey shares purposeful tips, faith-focused content ideas, and 7 big benefits of retreats and conferences. Equip your team with 5 key questions to clarify your event’s purpose and impact. Transform women’s events into life-changing, Christ-centered experiences!

The posts below are part of a series on Hot Topics and Hot Takes. Hot Topics and Hot Takes focus on practices, ideas, or beliefs that women’s ministry leaders may encounter. Some of my Hot Takes are a little spicy! There’s a good chance you’ll disagree with some of my opinions and that’s okay! My…

Women’s Ministry: Hot Topics and Hot Takes

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We're talking women's ministry hot topics and hot takes. Drawing attention to women's ministry practices that may need to be updated to better reach the women in your church.

Below you’ll find the show notes for episode EP 78, Celebrating New Life and Love: Managing Baby and Bridal Showers with Grace, from the Women’s Ministry Toolbox Podcast. Please note: This post contains affiliate links. Celebrating New Life and Love: Managing Baby and Bridal Showers with Grace This series on Hot Topics and Hot Takes continues…

Celebrating New Life and Love: Managing Baby and Bridal Showers with Grace

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Practical insights and encouragement on how to navigate the beautiful celebrations of baby and bridal showers within the church community.

Below you’ll find the show notes for episode 71, Secret Sister Programs: Challenges, Solutions, and Alternatives, from the Women’s Ministry Toolbox Podcast. Please note: This post contains affiliate links. I’m continuing the series on Hot Topics and Hot Takes with a hot take on secret sister programs. If you’ve read my book, Women’s Ministry Essentials,…

Is your secret sister program missing the mark? Let’s talk about the challenges, solutions, and alternatives for secret sister programs so we can truly build community, encourage one another, and grow in Christ together!

We recently hosted our 3rd women’s worship night. It’s become a highly anticipated annual fall event for our women. Below you’ll find all the details. I hope it will encourage and equip you as you plan your own women’s worship event. How to Host a Women’s Worship Night Event Location We host our event underneath…

How to Host a Women’s Worship Night

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My best tips for hosting a women's worship night. Schedule, food, decor, music ideas, and more!

Below you’ll find the show notes for episode 69, How to Host a Ministry Kick-off, from the Women’s Ministry Toolbox Podcast. Please note: This post contains affiliate links. How to Host a Women’s Ministry Kick-Off What is a women’s ministry kick-off? It’s an event teams hold to introduce or kick off a new ministry year. Many…

How to Host a Women’s Ministry Kick-off

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How to Host a Women's Ministry Kick-off. Be sure to include the seven things in this post!

This post contains affiliate links. Are you thinking of hosting a movie night for the women at your church? Women’s ministry movie nights are a great event to host any time of year. How to Host a Ladies Movie Night Important Licensing Information You must have a license to show the movie to a group,…

Looking for the perfect movie for your ladies movie night? Check out these women's ministry movie night recommendations.