The following audio files are from the National Leadership Forum held in Nashville, Tennessee on November of 2009. You can right click and save the audio files to your computer for listening or just double click to listen.
Mary Kassian
"Moment, Momentium, Movement: The Effects of the Journey of Feminism."
A startling journey from "Leave it to Beaver" to "Sex in the City". Our generation has raised a new generation of young women and girls who know this as the "new" normal. We as women must reclaim the our God-given gift of womanhood and teach our daughters. Additional resources and teaching can be found on her web site:
http://www.girlsgonewise.com/
Priscilla Shirer
Key Note "Lead Like Jesus"
5 Conversations You Must Have with Your Daughter
(Part 1) - Vicki Courtney
Vicki will show leaders how moms and daughters must depend on the Lord in a culture that often leads otherwise. She will share with you how moms must help their daugthters understand that they are more than what people see on the outside, they shouldn't be in such a hurry to grow up, sex is great and worth the wait, it's okay to dream about marriage and motherhood, and girls gone wild are a dime a dozen. You will learn how to help moms on how to talk with their daughters about these sensitive issues in a godly way.
The war is on and it's not our choice. Believers can curl up and cry or stand up and cry out. Take courage, victgory comes through prayer and the word.
Beyond the Walls: Momentum that goes beyond Bible Study -
Tina Hutchison
We can each have our own UNIQUE MOMENTUM based on our gifts, our surroundings and our God-given passions. Lead your women to passionate service and watch a spiritual fire ignite that will dramatically change lives.
It's no secret that there are radical demographic shifts taking place among those in their twenties and thirties, but what do they mean to your women's ministry? This workshop examines why young adults (including women) are leaving the church and what we can do to bring them back. How can delaying marriage, unpresidented debt, the onset of adolescence, and the quarter life crisis become opportunities to run toward a deeper relationship with God and plug into your women's ministry instead of running far, far away? There's only one way to find out.
Ruth, Loss, Love & Legacy Part 1 - Kelly Meinter
This session will help you understand the heartbeat of the next Bible Study in the living Room Series by Kelly. It is based on the life of Ruth and the Bible book that bears her name. The name that chimes a thousand notes of redemption for every woman who has ever been devastated by loss, struggled as a stranger, lived with the bitter, longer to be loved, fought for crumbs, or swept along the journey. Join Kelly as she leads you to discover your spiritual core from the pages of Scripture and to greet a woman we will all be better for knowing.
In and Outs of Leadership - Leighann McCoy
Do the day to day details of leadership ever overwhelm you? In this session you will gain insights into leading meetings, training leaders, and working with men on staff.
Bore No More: The Power of Relevant Bible Teaching - Leighann McCoy
In a culture that cries out for relevancy, it is imperative that we infuse our Bible studies with excitement and passion. This hands-on session will allow you to investigate methods for getting the message across in a way that motivates rather than puts them to sleep.
Burn Out, Break Down and Battle Fatigue - Pay Layton
Life has never been busier. We live in a world controlled by daytimers, iphones, calendars, facebook relationships, twitter attachments and blog mentoring. It is enough to cause the best of us to "crash and burn"! How can we keep up with it all? Is "balance" truly possible? How can women really know what their priorities are? Can we really focus when life is a blur?
Closing the Gap: Engaging Young Women - Regina Gibson
Churches across the country are loosing their connection with college and young adult women through the valleys of loss, disappointment, and tragedy. Find ways to balance the scale between being tough and tender.
Creating Momentun in Girl's Ministry - Pam Gibbs
Want to start a girls' ministry? Want to be able to tell your church staff why you need a girls' ministry in the first place? Taught by girls' ministry specialist Pam Gibbs, this class will give you the info you need to know to start a girls' ministry and how to help connect it with your women's ministry.
Creation to Christ & The Church, God's Story - Paula Hemphill
Women long for a relationship with God through Christ and healthy relationships with others but they don't see how Bible stories can instruct them and feed their souls. Explore how to share Bible stories chronologically and to disciple women to be mature believers.
Crisscross: Cultural Bridges and Boundaries - Alicia Wong
Heaven will be multicultural. Our ministies should be also. Learn to identify cultural groups in your area and consider steps to cross any boundaries with the message of the gospel and ministry. Bridges are built with relationships.
Diffusing Time Bombs: Conflict Resolution Basics - Karen Jameson
Where there are women, there will be conflict. The key is to learn effective principles to diffuse the conflicts that may arise.
Ka-Boom - Pam Farrell
Midlife is an exciting yet stressful time for women. Women forty and beyond and dealing with teens, launching college and young adult children, a husband in midlife and they are often caring for aging parents as well. Midlife is the best time to challenge and maximize women because they are experienced, well trained, and excited to go on an adventure with God. Pam shares new, proven and exciting ways to encourage, equip and inspire women to make the second helf of life the besthalf.
Making Mission a Part of Your Day to Day - Mitzi Eaker
Women reach women. Why not take a group of women to minister to women outside your community or even your country? Hear from a leader who has successfuly planned and organized women's mission trips.
Teen Girl Culture - Pam Gibbs
You can picture her in your mind even now; the queen bee of your junior high. Some things haven't changed - queen bees still strike fear in the hearts of teen girls. So how can you identify the queen bee in your group? What are the other players in a girl's social group? And most importantly, how do you reach them?
Raising the Bar (Part 1) - Shirley Moses
(Part 2)
It starts with you! Understand the value of challenging your leaders to a higher level of spiritual accountability. Wise investments in your team now will reap great benefits in the overall effectiveness of your ministry.
