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It goes without saying that praying for your retreat is paramount. Your speaker, your team, and your attendees will likely confront spiritual opposition during the weeks and days before your retreat. Prayer is our greatest weapon, but we sometimes forget how to use it. When I am knee deep in the trenches of retreat planning my…
Retreats come in many shapes and sizes. Prayerfully consider which type of retreat God is asking you to plan for your women in this season. You may host one time of retreat this year and a different type of retreat the next.
We’ve covered the WHEN, WHERE, and the WHY of planning a women’s ministry retreat. Today we’re going to talk about how to pick a retreat theme.
So we’ve worked through “where” you might want to have your women’s ministry retreat. Today, we’re going to dig into the “when”.
Before we start planning, we need to tackle the “why”. Why are women’s ministry retreats important? Why are they needed?
Are you sensing that the Lord may be asking you or your team to plan a women’s ministry retreat? How do you figure out if that’s really the direction God is taking your team?
Last week I shared about the four years I spent in a prayer group and how you might start your own prayer group. As promised, I’m sharing the Prayer Guide we used each week to keep us focused. You are welcome to print and use it as is, or tweak it and make it your…
For four years I had the privilege of being a part of a small prayer group. Those precious ladies prayed me through my father’s brief battle with brain cancer, a rocky time in our marriage, and our boys’ sometimes bumpy elementary school years.
Fall temperatures lend themselves to fall fellowship activities for your women’s ministry, Bible study, and small group attendees. Embrace the opportunities: I’ve put together a list of 40 Fall Fellowship Ideas. If you’re looking for more ideas for your women’s ministry meetings, be sure to check out my book, Rethinking Fellowship: A Handbook for Hosting…
Two weeks ago our Bible Study Facilitator asked if someone in our group would open in prayer. At first there was an awkward silence, but once she admitted she didn’t like to pray out loud a chorus of women echoed her sentiment.
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