Women Together
Notes for <<web>> Users

Women Together, volume 2,  includes a number of <<web>> references indicating links. We’ll do our best to keep these updated, but if you find a dead-end link, please don’t hesitate to let us know.  And if you have links we should add to this page, we welcome those ideas, too.

Chapter 1: Group Life
From “Types of women’s groups and ministries”
 •  Bible study group: Check out the annual study guide produced by Mennonite Women USA and Canadian Women in Mission.
 •  Prayer ministry: This page includes guidelines for worshiping in the Taizé style. 
 •  Missions study and prayer group: Prayer calendars and prayer requests are available from Mennonite Missions Network and Mennonite Church Canada Witness.
 •  Book club: RandomHouse provides tips for getting started.

More sample quiz questions:
 • What is the name of the magazine for Mennonite women?
 • Name a country which is the home of one of MW USA’s International Women’s Fund recipients last year.

Chapter 4: Service and Fundraising
From “Service Projects Within Your Church”
 •  Peace reading program: Age-appropriate peace book lists are available from the Peace and Justice Support Network. Here’s another booklist as a .pdf file. 
 •  Mission celebration: Order a how-to guide from resources staff at Mennonite Mission Network.

From “Service Projects Within Your Community and Beyond”
 •  Build a house: Contact Habitat for Humanity’s Women Build department.
 •  Peace exhibit: The Peace and Justice Network offers tips for setting up a peace exhibit at a local fair or celebration.
 •  Collect used cards: St. Jude’s Ranch for Children accepts donations of card fronts to recycle into new cards.

From “Fundraising Events”
 •  Lego Masterwork competition and Olympics: Glean ideas from the Lego website.
 •  Sell fairly-traded coffee: Equal Exchange brand may be purchased from Ten Thousand Villages.

Chapter 5: Retreats (and Banquets)
From “More on Planning”
 •  Icebreakers especially for women, mixer games for kids, games for youth.
 •  Speaker source: Mennonite Mission Network’s “Speakers Directory”

From “Spirituality”
 •  Resource: Word of Mouth: Creative Ways to Present Scripture by Craig Morton and Ken Hawkley

Chapter 6: Themes
From “Jesus: Light of the World”
 •  Make candles (search on candles).
 •  Another good craft site

From “Seeds of Prayer, Seeds of Peace”
 •  Prayer calendars and prayer requests are available from Mennonite Missions Network and Mennonite Church Canada Witness. Some also may be interested in becoming a Guideposts prayer volunteer.

Special Events
“Blessed to Receive”
 •  This program opens with a paper piercing craft.  Here are some examples and more examples.
Some of these stencils would work well.

Other women's ministries and resources
 •  Jennifer Rothschild’s WomensMinistry.NET
 •  Linda Evans Shepherd’s Right to the Heart of Women Ezine
 •  Women of Faith
 •  Creative Ladies Ministry website (loads of ideas for icebreakers, goody bags, teas, banquets, retreats)
 •  MOPS International
 •  Transformed Lives book by Lifeway Press
 •  Worldwide Church of God Women’s Ministries
 •  Assemblies of God’s Leader’s Touch magazine
 •  Presbyterian Women’s Horizons magazine 
 •  Lutheran Women in Mission’s Sent newsletter for leaders:
 •  Wesleyan Women

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Order Women Together for $8 U.S./ $10 Cdn. plus postage and GST.  
    U.S. residents: Send checks (payable to Mennonite Women USA) to the MW USA office.
    Canadian residents: Order directly from the Canadian Mennonite Resource Centre; you will be billed $10 Cdn. plus postage and GST. Call Connie Loeppky toll free at (800) 665-1954.

 
Women Together is produced through the partnership of Canadian Women in Mission and Mennonite Women USA.
     


5.13.2003