Currently, WM is privileged to support Raise the Flag, a
ministry that enables each Covenant Conference to bring women
nationals from countries where the Covenant has mission fields
to attend Triennial in the United States. Women Ministries
in our North Pacific Conference is honored to bring our guest
from India to Washington, DC for Triennial in July 2010 and to
our Conference for a touring visit. (If your church would like
to host our guest, please contact Marylin at 206-782-2580).
This commitment will cost $3,000 which is our goal. If you
wish to help by donating online, please use the Donate button --
we thank you! We will be thrilled to add a note here when
the $3,000 goal has been met.
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New AVA Regional Coordinators to Serve You
AVA Regional Conference Coordinators make up the
AVA National Leadership Team. The team will help provide direction, set
goals and assist in implementing the strategic plan. These coordinators
have been equipped to educate clergy and lay leaders at the local level as
well as assist churches in the development of their own AVA ministry.
Regional Conference Coordinators will conduct educational workshops and
seminars on adult and teen domestic violence, and adult survivors of
sexual abuse for local churches, Women Ministries groups, and clergy. They
will also conduct AVA training for local church Advocates.
The North Pacific Conference AVA Regional Coordinators:
Lori Englund,
lori.englund@milliman.com, 206-909-8055
Debbie Marr,
Debbiejmarr@hotmail.com, 503-285-7911
 InSpirit Magazine is the quarterly denominational WM
publication designed to instruct and inspire women in the Covenant. NPC WM
provides a WM subscription to NPC plant churches. Subscribing to the InSpirit magazine is one way to provide ministry support to the
denomination WM office. To subscribe by phone, call the Department of Women Ministries at 774-907-3332. Subscription Cost: one year $10.00,
two years $18.00 US http://www.covchurch.org/women/inspirit-magazine
The Department of Women Ministries of the Covenant Church is
supported solely by churches and individual women who partner in the
vision of Advancing God's Kingdom Through Women. Here are three
different ways to be a Friend of Women Ministries:
-
A Monthly electronic fund transfer from your bank account for a
specified time. As an example, a contribution of $8.50 per month
provides Women Ministries with $102 per year. NOTE:
Beginning with 2006 Retreat, NPC WM has set a conference-wide goal to
complete 100 automatic fund transfers for monthly deductions of $8.50
from new friends of Women Ministries. This goal amount would more than
double the current level of funding currently received from all the
automatic fund transfers for FOWM. If you complete your AFT form at
Retreat, you will receive a free latte, because for many of us $8.50 is
the equivalent of 2 1/2 lattes!
- A gift of your choice in response to quarterly appeals mailed to you from the Department of Women
Ministries
- An annual gift as a member of the Executive Circle, a group of
people donating $1000 or more per year
Faith and Outreach Grants
(2005)
"The Lord will guide you always;
He will satisfy your needs in a sun-scorched land and will strengthen your
frame. You will be like a well watered garden, like a spring whose waters
never fail. Your people will rebuild the ancient ruins and will raise up the
age-old foundations; you will be called Repairer of Broken Walls, Restorer
of Streets with Dwellings." Isaiah 58: 11-12
In April 2005, God called NPC WOMEN MINISTRIES to initiate
Faith and Outreach Grants to minister to our neighbors with the love of
Jesus Christ. Faith and Outreach Grants are for the purpose of providing
start-up funds at the local level for new ministries in churches and
communities that reach out with the Good News of Jesus Christ and His
Amazing Love. This seed grant is designed to launch new ministries, or add a
new component to an existing ministry, that reflect the vision of Women
Ministries. The vision of WM continues to be focused on equipping and
uniting women for the purpose of advancing God's Kingdom. When we are able
to meet practical and spiritual needs in our churches and communities, God's
Kingdom is advanced.
Priority will be given to applications that exhibit clear
plans to sustain their ministry beyond the seed grant year. This is a
one-time grant, per project, which shall not exceed $500, as funds are
available.
The First F&O Grant Award
NPC Women Ministries is pleased to
announce that it has approved its first $500 Faith and Outreach
Grant for the Children of the Valley After School Program in Mount Vernon, WA. Program Coordinator, Flora Lucatero,
stated that Children of the Valley will provide 50 low-income children with free after-school care, academic support, and cultural
enrichment activities, while building relationships with the agricultural Hispanic community. Bethany Covenant Church is providing
Children of the Valley an operating budget for a partial year, and NPC WM is honored to be a small part of this ministry.
Faith and Outreach Grant Application Form
Apply for a
Faith and Outreach
Grant (Microsoft Word, 43K)
NPC WM Faith and Outreach Grants
(2006)
 In September 2006, Eastridge Covenant Church Womens ministry was
awarded a $500. Faith and Outreach Grant from NPC Womens Ministries.
As a result of receiving this grant Eastridge Covenant Women's
Ministry initiated our ministry project. We planned to include quarterly
events followed by 6 to 8 week Sunday morning studies.
In order to determine what the needs of our women were, we conducted
a survey and put our ministry focus on the top 3 needs expressed which
were loneliness, anxiety and depression.
Our first event was titled "Transformations." We had a speaker for
the morning session who is a local counselor that spoke on dealing with our buried pain, in
order to allow God to transform us on the "inside". Then our afternoon
session was a complete makeover for one of our women which included a
new hairdo and color, make up and the selection of an outfit for her.
It was great fun to see and participate in the "outside"
transformation.
We followed this event with a Sunday morning study "Transparency"
that focused on building transparent relationships to encourage our
women to connect with others in the Body of Christ to try and address
the loneliness issue that was expressed on the surveys.
The next event we titled "Divine Design." Our speaker was an
interior designer who speaks on the correlation of how God makes each of
us different and this is reflected in our personal design, likes and
dislikes. She brought out how precious each of us are to God and
how this is expressed in our design styles. She also gave us many
great decorating ideas and updated us on all the latest trends.
Our follow up study for this event was a six week study on
"Significance". Getting to know our God in a deeper, richer relationship
as we better understand who God is, what role He has in our lives and
how very much He loves each of us. Our prayer for this study was
that our women would see God's great love for each of us and that this
would be a comfort to them again addressing the areas of loneliness,
anxiety and depression.
We know God is the answer to our deepest needs and we pray as we
continue to plan events and studies that the women of Eastridge Covenant
Church will become more grounded in God's Word, therefore know Him
better and more fully as we find His answers to our loneliness, anxiety
and depression. Then we can reach out to other women who suffer
because they believe the lies this world is telling them.
Nancy Walter
Eastridge Covenant Church Women's Ministry
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