Group Resources
Welcome women’s group leaders! Women and femmes gathering is a powerful way to honor our stories, share grace, practice justice, and embrace healing. Thank you for serving your sisters and siblings by organizing ways to build community. Following are a list of resources to support you in this important role.
BIBLE STUDY GUIDES
MW USA study guides feature careful biblical scholarship, true life stories, and ideas for discussion, journaling, and prayer. They are faithful to Anabaptist Mennonite theology and come from the many perspectives of contemporary Mennonite women.
STIR RECCOMENDATIONS
Stir is a monthly resource for women and women’s groups to catch inspiration, spark conversation, and find restoration. Through this regular eNewsletter feature, we regularly recommend books, media, and experiences ideal for Bible study groups, fellowship groups, retreats, and classes or for personal use and reflection. We hear loud and clear in conversations with women’s group leaders: tips like these are at the top of their wish lists. We aim for Stir recommendations to breathe new life into your gatherings.
🍇 Sign up for the our monthly Grapevine eNewsletter to regularly read Stir.
🍇 Check out our Stir Instagram Story for past recommendations.
🍇 Find lengthier and more detailed recommendations from women in the book reviews on our Women’s Voices Blog.
COLLABORATE WITH MW USA
Reach out to your Regional Rep to talk through specific challenges or brainstorm ideas unique to your circle of women. Let us help you plan an in-person Coffee and Conversation about a topic special to your community. Invite us to help plan and lead your annual retreat. Plan to join for our quarterly Open Leadership Circle where we celebrate what’s working for women’s groups and discuss ways to energize and grow our circles of sisterhood.
🍇 Contact us today to start the conversation!
SPEAKERS BUREAU
From a recent survey and meetings with women's group leaders, we learned that groups regularly need to call upon women to speak for various events. Often the groups hold annual retreats and regular fellowship days and so there is an ongoing need to find women with the gift for public speaking and women who want to present about their particular ministry. So, we’ve created a curated Speaker's Bureau.
Curated means we've requested and have permission to list the following women who are interested in being called upon to speak to groups of women. Contact us to request one of the women to contact you about speaking to your group. We strongly encourage you to pay a speaker's fee. It is important to value their time and expertise and to reimburse them for any travel necessary.
🍇 See who is available for speaking and the fascinating topics they study and minister about.
