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Young Women and Women’s Ministries

Young Women and Women’s Ministries. Involving the Next Generation. Using This PowerPoint. As you read the slides, identify young women in your ministry. Consider if the information reflects them, provides insights, and offers ideas about new ministry strategies.

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Young Women and Women’s Ministries

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  1. Young Women and Women’s Ministries Involving the Next Generation

  2. Using This PowerPoint • As you read the slides, identify young women in your ministry. • Consider if the information reflects them, provides insights, and offers ideas about new ministry strategies. • Use the Think About… slides to apply the information to your ministry and to develop a vision for involving young women.

  3. Young Women Are • Under 35 years of age • Students at any institution of higher education, trade school, or career training • Seeking full time employment • Working full time

  4. Young Women Are • At different places in life • Married • Not-married-yet • Parents • Single parents • Divorced • Widow/widowers

  5. Think About… How do the young women in your church describe Women’s Ministries?

  6. Think About… • Have you asked the previous question? • How willing are you to engage young women in conversations? • How willing are you to involve young women in Women’s Ministries?

  7. The Three Bs • Befriend • Engage young women in conversations to learn about their needs, interests, and desires. • Remember to listen more than you talk. • Share life with them. • Invite young women into your home to see how • You integrate Christianity into all areas of life • You deal with challenges, conflicts, and joys

  8. Befriend Continued • Befriend • You don’t have to have all the answers • Be willing to search for answers and to learn together • Tell your story. It encourages young women. • Include • Lessons you’ve learned • How God worked in your life • Where God continues to work in your life

  9. Think About… • Have you listened to the young women in your congregation? • What young women can you engage in conversations to learn about their needs and concerns? • What young women are you sharing life with?

  10. The Three Bs • Belong • Identify programs and ministries to address specific needs • Start with one ministry and build • Create a FaceBook page specifically for young women • Develop communications plans, using • FaceBook • Texting

  11. Belong Continued • Develop their leadership skills • Return the investment made in you as a young adult • Give leadership responsibilities to the young women • Be a guide on the side to encourage, support, and help as needed • Allow them to try new ideas • Help them to learn from mistakes and failures

  12. Think About… • What young women have you invited to belong to the leadership team? • What young woman are you helping to develop her leadership skills? • How can you improve communications with young women by using FaceBook and text messages?

  13. The Three Bs • Believe • Help young women discover what we believe and why we hold these beliefs • Teach our doctrine and the foundations for it • Use Bible studies to teach how to apply biblical truths to everyday life • Have intergenerational Bible study groups to allow women to learn together and from each other

  14. Think About… • How effective are Bible study groups at teaching what we believe as well as why we hold those beliefs? • How effective are Bible study groups at making life applications with each session? • Based on your response to the above questions, what changes do you need to make?

  15. Mor2Lif • Video Bible Study Series designed specifically for young women • Components of the Series • Leader’s Guide • Background Materials • Discussion Outlines for Leader’s and Participants’

  16. Mor2Lif: Relationships • Topics in the series • Relationships • Communication • Conflict • Forgiveness • Work • Sexuality

  17. Mor2Lif: Relationships • First video is free • Rest of series is $30.00 • Videos and resources downloadable to a computer • Mor2lif.nazarene.org

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