Women's Ministry Toolbox Podcast
Offering hope and inspiration for women’s ministry leaders and team members of all stages (from new to seasoned) serving in their local church community. Episodes will feature women’s ministry tips and resources on topics including discipleship, Bible study, mentoring, event planning, fellowship, leadership, volunteers, prayer, and icebreaker games. We’ll discuss the nuts and bolts of women’s ministry, and we’ll learn from seasoned women’s ministry leaders. Together we’ll fill our ministry toolboxes with tools to build a flourishing, Christ-focused women’s ministry. Hosted by Cyndee Ownbey, the founder of Women’s Ministry Toolbox and the author of Women's Ministry Essentials. Cyndee has served in five women’s ministry programs over the last twenty years. She currently serves on the women’s ministry team in her local church.
Women's Ministry Toolbox Podcast
EP 39: Dividing Women into Groups for Bible Study and Women's Ministry Events
Today we’re tackling a hot-button topic – dividing women into groups for Bible study, retreats, and women’s ministry events.
I’ll take you step-by-step through the process I’ve used as well as share some ideas for working through any resistance.
If your team is strongly against dividing women into groups, I want to ask you to please listen with an open mind through this podcast episode. You may discover another perspective worth considering.
As a women’s ministry leader, you’ll have many opportunities to divide your women into groups.
Whether it’s for Bible study or a women’s ministry event, relationships blossom when women are seated in circles and not rows.
If left to select their own seats, women are most likely to sit with people they already know. Their table may be filled with other women in the same season of life, around the same age, or even from the same small group. It can be awkward and uncomfortable to sit with people we don’t know well or don’t know at all. But what if we’re missing out by always sitting with the same people?
Quote: "If you’re on one of the many women’s ministry teams that’s been praying for a ministry that is truly multi-generational, assigning women to groups will help your women experience the blessings of sitting at a table with older and younger women."
Listen in or read the transcript here for my process on dividing women into groups.
Links from the show:
READ Bible Study
Women's Ministry Toolbox Facebook Group
Table number holders (affiliate)
Related links:
Great Small Group Leaders and Bible Study Facilitators
Everything a Bible Study Leader Needs to Know
Women's Ministry Event Planning Course
Bible Study Facilitator Course
Women's Ministry Toolbox Resources:
Website
Online Store
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