Sister-Care Seminars 

   

Sister-Care explores ways that women can hear each other, care for each other and nurture their life in Christ together in the church, often in new types of circles, “sowing” seeds of healing and hope through conversations, intentional friendships, Bible study and connecting to resources.

See monthly Franklin Conference resource: "The Kitchen Table."  

 

Past seminars were held in Virginia, Franklin, Mountain States, Central District/Indiana-Michigan, and Atlantic Coast/Lancaster Conferences.

 

Upcoming Sister-Care seminars:
May 14-15, 2010 - Central District and Ohio Conferences at Kidron Mennonite Church, Ohio
For more information, contact Barbra Gant gantbarbra@gmail.com or Jean Emery amswhrt@sbcglobal.net.

Pacific Northwest Conference 
October 8-9, 2010 (Idaho) at Evergreen Heights Mennonite Church, Caldwell, Idaho

October 15-16, 2010 (Oregon) at Salem Mennonite Church, Salem, Oregon

October 22-23, 2010 (Wash/Montana) at Menno Mennonite Church, Ritzville Washington

Central Plains
November 5-6, 2010 
- East Union Mennonite Church, Kalona, Iowa

 

What Sister-Care is:

  • Training for lay women in effective caring in the church

  • Encouragement for women to explore their calling and gifts for ministry in the church             

What Sister-Care is not:

  • Counselor training – lay or professional

  • Specific training for a particular church position or responsibility

Why Sister-Care?

Women have always cared for others – from the days of the Red Tent in biblical times when women gathered together and cared for each during their monthly cycles, to childbirth, quilting circles, mothers and daughters, sisters and friends sharing wherever women meet. Sister-Care addresses the question of how we can care for each other in the church in the context of our lives today.

                    

See also:

Sister-Care begins new role - Lorraine Eby has accepted a unique position in Franklin Conference bringing Mennonite Women USA's Sister-Care to a conference role. As Sister-Care coordinator she writes a monthly column for the Franklin Conference monthly newsletter, Burning Bush, titled "The Kitchen Table."  

“Women learn to set boundaries in caring”
by Anna Groff (The Mennonite, Feb. 19, 2008). (You will need Adobe Acrobat to view pdf articles.)  

Virginia Mennonite Women Action Letter about the pilot training February 1-2, 2008,  by Beth Pease.

See timbrel page for articles on Sister-Care.  

Overview of a Sister-Care seminar.

How have Sister-Care resources been used after the seminar?  Go to Implementing Sister-Care material.

See article by Patty Burdette "A Gift for  Outreach to Women: Sister-Care."

 

 
         

 

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