I had lived on the corner of Rosewood and Longwood Drive for over seven years, yet many of the women who lived nearby were complete strangers to me. I didn’t know their joys or their pains, I had no one to call to borrow a cup of sugar, and I had never told them about […]
Taking it to the Streets
Have you ever taken dirty laundry to a Bible study? No, not the kind we air to our girlfriends when we’re having a bad day – the real ring-around-the-collar kind. The Women’s Ministry team at Chase Oaks Church in Plano, Texas is as likely to meet in a laundromat as a lovely church building. “Our […]
Community Outreach, Part 2
Last time we looked at creating events and programming that reach out to women in your community. Today, we will look at ministering to women … where they are. The first step in reaching out is to look around your community and create a list of places where you can find women. Here are some […]
Community Outreach, Part 1
Women’s ministry leaders have shared that they believe they are meeting the needs of women within their church, but they find community outreach to be more challenging. There are two different ways to reach out to unsaved women: Create events and programs that bring women into your women’s ministry. Go minister to women where they […]
Neighborhood Cafe:
At your Table, In your House
The women in your neighborhood are likely to spend five hours and 24 minutes each month following their Facebook friends. Facebook has replaced face-to-face, heart-to-heart conversations. We tweet instead of talk. Our electronic disconnect means we’re “friends” without being friendly. Our status updates are witty and cute, with pictures of our darling children and amazing […]
Neighborhood Cafe:
You Live on the Road to Emmaus
Dozens of women walk past my window each day. I imagine their conversations as they walk through the neighborhood: “Did you hear? Her husband is having an affair. I know, I can’t believe it either. I used to see them working in their yard every weekend…” “Is her son out of jail yet? He used […]
Ministry: You Deserve a Snack Today
Reach into the workplace by meeting needs and providing snacks. You will touch the lives of people who may not be involved in church and who may desperately need the loving touch of Christ in their lives. It came to our attention that our two local factories were in need of snacks for their break […]
Connecting Women to Ministry: Caring Calls
We are always looking for ways to invite women to get involved in our ministry. Most often this means we take the initiative to reach out to women who may feel disconnected, or who are not yet connected. Recently, we began exploring ways we could shepherd and assimilate women of all ages in our church body. […]
Outreach: Creatively Collect Donations
We focused on a women’s shelter in our community as an outreach for the holidays. In a women’s shelter, there are obviously women in need, but many of the women have children who are in need as well. So, we found a creative way to collect donations for the shelter. We gave our church family a list […]
Tea Basket Outreach Ministry
This ministry grew out of a desire to bless military families in our area, but it could be used to reach out to women in so many other areas as well. We assemble lovely tea baskets that are given to any woman in our military community as a reminder to take care of themselves and also […]
