2008 Women in the Church Leadership
Training Conference
Workshops

Sometimes we get into a habit of doing things, and we don’t even know why we are doing them…other than because “we’ve always done it that way.”  Maybe you’ve forgotten why we have PresWIC (or maybe you never knew!)…maybe you want some renewed ideas for your PresWIC, resources, questions answered, or hearing what has worked for others in your leadership role.  If so, join us as our energetic panel digs deep into the purpose, the privileges, and the opportunities of meeting together for regional discipleship to reach both the traditional and non-traditional women’s ministries of the PCA.

Please note: In response to requests for “more discussion time,” this workshop consists of both workshop sessions. To benefit from the design of the panel questions, it is important that you plan to attend both.

Local Church Presidents Panel

Do you lose sight of the big picture of local women’s ministry while you’re “down in the trenches” during the every day leadership responsibilities? This panel represents a wealth of experience and diversity and will share ways to build and strengthen your leadership skills. Specific areas will be addressed:
  ·         Setting purposeful goals
  ·         Nurturing intergenerational relationships
  ·         Utilizing your leadership team  
  ·         Written and verbal communication
  ·         Delegating
 

Relational Leadership: Moving from Tasks into Lives
Sally Gleason

Biblical leaders are “pointers” who direct others to Christ. It is only through building relationships that a leader can match a task to a person who has the gifts to accomplish it, encourage her to use that God-given gift with the proper heart attitude and biblical purposes, to glorify God, and therefore serving and benefiting God’s people and the building of God’s Kingdom. 
 

Ministry to and with Single Women
Melanie Cogdill

                               
                                  “YSCW Seeks Long-Lasting Connection” 
Young single Christian women (twenty somethings to early 30s) are usually an afterthought or perhaps overlooked in a church’s women’s ministry. Young professional American women are more educated and are putting off marriage longer than earlier generations. How does the church enfold, reach out to, and employ the spiritual gifts of young single women? This seminar will help you catch a vision as well as give some practical insights to encourage and train this important group of women in your church for ministry to the covenant body.
 

Mentoring Teens
Susan Hunt

The Old Testament commissions us to “tell the next generation the praiseworthy deeds of the LORD, His power, and the wonders He has done” (Psalm 78:4). The psalmist said: “Our daughters will be like pillars carved to adorn a palace” (144:12b). Why and how do we tell the next generation of covenant daughters the wonder of God’s creation design of women? This seminar will discuss this topic and will present CE/P’s discipleship curriculum for teen girls, Becoming a True Woman…  while I still have a curfew. 

Building Community in Your Bible Study
Teri Anderson

Second Session  2:15-3:30
 

Does PresWIC Have a Purpose?
Kathy Wargo, Facilitator

Continuing panel discussion from first workshop session by the same title.

Local Church Presidents Panel

Do you lose sight of the big picture of local women’s ministry while you’re “down in the trenches” during the every day leadership responsibilities? This panel represents a wealth of experience and diversity and will share ways to build and strengthen your leadership skills. Specific areas will be addressed:
  ·         Setting purposeful goals
  ·         Nurturing intergenerational relationships
  ·         Utilizing your leadership team  
  ·         Written and verbal communication
  ·         Delegating
 

Biblical leaders are “pointers” who direct others to Christ. It is only through building relationships that a leader can match a task to a person who has the gifts to accomplish it, encourage her to use that God-given gift with the proper heart attitude and biblical purposes, to glorify God, and therefore serving and benefiting God’s people and the building of God’s Kingdom. 

The Old Testament commissions us to “tell the next generation the praiseworthy deeds of the LORD, His power, and the wonders He has done” (Psalm 78:4). The psalmist said: “Our daughters will be like pillars carved to adorn a palace” (144:12b). Why and how do we tell the next generation of covenant daughters the wonder of God’s creation design of women? This seminar will discuss this topic and will present CE/P’s discipleship curriculum for teen girls, Becoming a True Woman…  while I still have a curfew. 

The Bible is the same; but from church to church and group to group, Bible studies can look very different.  We will pull from the wisdom of some of those who have the respon-sibility of planning and executing studies for women in a variety of church contexts.   

We’ll explore:
·         The priorities that determine your choice of Bible study. What are you trying to 
      accomplish in this study?
·         The programs of study offered in various churches. What are the contexts and
      formats of various Bible studies?
·         The preparation of the leader. How do you study to teach and how do you prepare
      your heart?
·         The promotion of godliness in your students. How do you encourage growth in
       “hearers of the Word?”
 

Note: All seminars will be recorded.

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