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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…
I have written dozens, if not hundreds, of posts related to women’s ministry event planning over the years.
I’ve had the awesome opportunity to sit under the teaching of some fabulous speakers. Unfortunately, I’ve also sat through some somewhat disappointing speaking sessions. As you may have experienced, a speaker has the potential to make or break your event. It’s critical that we do all that we can to prayerfully and strategically select the…
The struggle is real! It can be down-right frustrating to find great places for your Christian retreats.
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.
I did not know one of our team members was going to have a photo booth set up for us to use at our retreat in September. But I am so glad she put one together for us!
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.
Today I’m weighing in on retreat discussion groups. There are a lot of options when it comes to retreat discussion groups and we’re going to look at a bunch!
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