Mennonite Women USA

Women’s groups meet for Bible study and prayer, fellowship, friendship, retreats and for mission and service projects. Whether we are part of a “Sewing Circle” or a “Sowing Circle,” women together are sowing seeds of relationship and friendship in the context of their faith journeys

Hesston Mennonite women's ministry group, Kan.

The "lunch bunch" in Elkhart, Ind.

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LOOKING FOR RESOURCES FOR YOUR WOMEN'S GROUP?  See: Women Together: Ideas for Groups, Volumes I and II Begin a prayer shawl ministry. Bible study resources for your women's group. timbrel magazine has a Bible study in every issue with group discussion questions. Seasonal worship programs for your group. Project ideas:  Help women theologians gather at Mennonite World Conference in Paraguay. Provide relief kits through Mennonite Central Committee.  See Kit contents. Share a wall hanging through the Housewarming Sister-Link Support an International Women's Fund student. Form a Sister-Link relationship. Here's how one women's ministry helped connect all the women in their church. Read about Eden Mennonite, Moundridge, Kan.

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WANT TO CONNECT WITH A WOMEN'S GROUP IN YOUR AREA? Contact us for congregational and conference contacts.

Inspiration Days

Week-end retreats

Women and Preschool

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LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT For conference MW leadership, an annual week-end--PREP--Conference Leaders' Meeting--Preparing, Resourcing, Encouraging, Praising resource gathering meeting to be held February 27-28, 2009 in Phoenix, Arizona with the theme, "Flowers in the Desert" Sister-Care seminars hosted by conference Mennonite Women leadership available for lay women. Mennonite Women area leadership plans regional events in these MC USA conferences: Atlantic Coast Central District Central Plains Franklin Gulf States Illinois Indiana-Michigan Lancaster Mountain States New York North Central Ohio Pacific Northwest Pacific Southwest South Central Southeast Virginia Western District