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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.

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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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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.

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…

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…

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.

Should you postpone your women’s ministry event?

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

Slowly, but surely, restrictions are lifting across the United States and around the world, allowing people to begin to gather again.

Four Things to Do Before Meeting Again

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The four things your women's ministry team needs to do before resuming "regular" women's ministry events and activities.

I’ve never forgotten how it felt to be a new women’s ministry leader.

Are you a new women's ministry leader? In this post I'm sharing my best advice for a new women's ministry leader gleaned from over 20 years of ministering to women.