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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.

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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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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…

How to Build a Women’s Ministry Team

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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.

Note: This post contains affiliate links. Should your women’s ministry take a summer sabbatical? Welcome to this bonus episode of the Women’s Ministry Toolbox Podcast. Today we’re taking a break from our series on the foundations of women’s ministry to talk about summer sabbaticals. I have to admit, I used to be okay with summer…

Should your women’s ministry take a summer sabbatical?

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Should your women's ministry take a summer sabbatical? Cyndee Ownbey, mentor to women's ministry leaders, unpacks the reasons why you might not want to take a summer women's ministry break.

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,…

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 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…

How to Select Your Women’s Ministry Theme or Scripture Focus

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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…

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…

How to Fall in Love with Women’s Ministry Again

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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.

There’s no doubt it’s challenging, if not impossible, to reach every woman in our church. While we’ll likely never achieve 100% attendance, there are things we can do to invite and involve women outside of our core group of attendees. Have you ever taken a close look at who attends the majority of your women’s…

Is your women’s ministry reaching every woman?

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When you look around the room, do you see women of all ages and stages? Is your women's ministry reaching every woman?

Social-distancing, coronavirus concerns, and local government recommendations could force your team to consider postponing an upcoming women’s ministry events if you haven’t already.

Questions to ask as your team tries to decide whether you should postpone your women's ministry event.