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Answering questions from women's ministry leaders and sharing some praise reports.

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Below you’ll find the transcript for episode 26, Q&A and Praise Reports from the Women’s Ministry Toolbox Podcast. Please note: This post contains affiliate links. EP 26: Question and Answer + Praise Reports Intro: Welcome to the Women’s Ministry Toolbox Podcast. I’m Cyndee Ownbey, your host and women’s ministry mentor.  I’m the founder of Women’s Ministry…

Question and Answer + Praise Reports

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Below you’ll find the transcript for episode 16, How to Find Volunteers, from the Women’s Ministry Toolbox Podcast. Please note: This post contains affiliate links. EP 16: How to Find Volunteers Welcome to episode number 16, How to Find Volunteers. Today, we’re going to be talking about all things volunteer-related. How do you find them? How…

How to Find Volunteers

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How to find volunteers for your women’s ministry events and activities. Including my best tips for recruiting volunteers and six ways to encourage commitment.

Below you’ll find the transcript for Episode 14, How to Select the Best Name for Your Women’s Ministry, from the Women’s Ministry Toolbox Podcast. Please note: This post contains affiliate links. Episode 14: How to Select the Best Name for Your Women’s Ministry Intro: Welcome to the Women’s Ministry Toolbox Podcast. I’m Cyndee Ownbey, your host…

How to Select the Best Name for Your Women’s Ministry

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Are you struggling to select the best name for your women’s ministry? In this post, we’ll walk through all the things you need to consider – whether your need a new name or an update.

Below you’ll find the transcript for Episode 11: How to Build a Women’s Ministry Team from the Women’s Ministry Toolbox Podcast. Please note: This post contains affiliate links. How to Build a Women’s Ministry Team Welcome to episode 11, How to Build a Women’s Ministry Team. In today’s episode, we’ll discuss how many team members you…

Is a women’s ministry team really necessary? Practically and biblically the answer is yes. In this post discover how many team members you should have, what roles and responsibilities you should put in place, and how to ask women to serve on your team.

Below you’ll find the transcript for Episode 8 – How to Plan the Content for Your Women’s Ministry Meetings from the Women’s Ministry Toolbox Podcast. Please note: This post contains affiliate links. EP 8: How to Plan the Content for Your Women’s Ministry Meetings Intro: Welcome to the Women’s Ministry Toolbox Podcast. I’m Cyndee Ownbey,…

How to Plan the Content for Your Women’s Ministry Meetings

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Do you wonder what you should include in your women's ministry meetings? I've got a list and some tips for planning the content for your women's ministry meetings.

Below you’ll find the transcript for Episode 7: What types of women’s ministry events and activities should we offer? from the Women’s Ministry Toolbox Podcast. EP 7: What types of women’s ministry events and activities should we offer? Intro: Welcome to the Women’s Ministry Toolbox podcast. I’m Cyndee Ownbey, your host and women’s ministry mentor.…

What types of women’s ministry events and activities should we offer?

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What types of women's ministry events and activities should we offer? These 5 types of women's ministry events and activities will give your ministry the variety and depth it needs.

Below you’ll find the transcript for Episode 5: How to Select Your Women’s Ministry Theme or Scripture Focus from the Women’s Ministry Toolbox Podcast. Episode 5: How to Select Your Women’s Ministry Theme or Scripture Focus Intro: Welcome to the Women’s Ministry Toolbox Podcast. I’m Cyndee Ownbey, your host and women’s ministry mentor. I’m the…

Discover how to select a women's ministry theme or scripture focus. I share my process in this post.

I hope you’ve had a chance to check out the new Women’s Ministry Toolbox Podcast; if not, here’s your chance! The transcript will be available for each solo episode (not the leader interviews) the week after the episode has been released. The transcript is here for those who: Prefer to read, rather than listen. Wish…

Crafting a Solid Women’s Ministry Mission Statement

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Does your women’s ministry ministry team have a mission statement? Learn how to craft a solid women’s ministry mission statement in this post.

Cortney Donelson is a dear friend and was a speaker at last fall’s Ministry to Women Summit (available here). I’ve invited her to share about equipping groups to support marriages in the church. I pray you’ll find it helpful as you seek to serve and support women whose marriage may be in crisis. – Cyndee…

Equipping Groups to Support Marriages in the Church

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If you’re in our Women’s Ministry Toolbox Community Facebook group, you know that I had a bit of a ministry meltdown last fall. I had just wrapped up the Ministry to Women Summit and a website redesign, both of which had taken months and long hours to complete. The spiritual warfare had been intense. I…

Are you struggling to find your joy for women's ministry? I was, too, not long ago. In this post, I share what helped me fall in love with women's ministry again.