The global pandemic has thrown all of us off course. So many changes have been thrust upon us at once and the world continues to shift daily. Now we sit at the threshold between pre and post-Covid life.  In this workshop, we will learn skills to navigate the cycle of change. How do we acknowledge what we lost? How do we reimagine our lives? How do we chart a new course? How do we adapt our ministries and lead others…

Do you sometimes feel on the fringes instead of part of the fabric of our culture? In western society, many middle-aged and older women feel increasingly invisible in a culture that celebrates the young. Join us for a lively hour with author and speaker Maggie Wallem Rowe as we unpack the rich possibilities available to mature women. Whether you're in the second half or the third trimester of life or you simply aspire to be an older woman someday, we’ll…

Do you know the five hard conversations every Christian must have? Do you know the keys to making them effective? In this workshop, we’ll discuss these five conversations, and you’ll receive ready-to-implement tips that will increase your confidence and effectiveness in each one. This is the first in a series of three Zoom workshops with Lori Stanley Roeleveld that will each deal with a different facet of having hard conversations. We hope you will join us for all three! This…

We all encounter hard conversations, but did you know there are six biblically grounded steps we can take to prepare for hard conversations? In this workshop, we’ll discuss these six steps and give real-life examples of how they can improve confidence and outcomes. Feel free to bring real-life examples of hard conversations you must prepare to have. This is the second in our three-part series with Lori Stanley Roeleveld. This workshop will take place on Zoom. There will be a…

Whether we initiate hard conversations or find ourselves on the receiving end, there are biblically informed strategies we can use to increase their effectiveness. In this workshop, we’ll talk practical nuts-and-bolts about starting and ending hard conversations, managing tricky hard conversations, and what to do when a hard conversation goes off the rails. This is the final workshop in our series with Lori Stanley Roeleveld tackling the topic of how to handle hard conversations. This workshop will take place on…

Have you ever wondered where God was when you needed Him most, but there seemed to be no sign of Him? Are you ever tempted to doubt His love, even question His character, when He doesn’t answer your prayers in the way you are expecting and know He’s capable of? You are not alone! There are times that each of us face when it seems our faith in God clashes with our present reality, causing us to doubt and question…

Waiting is not an easy thing to do. And it is especially hard when you have a vision for the future, a dream of what could be, a passion for what you could accomplish for God, but He says, "Please wait ..." This seminar will look at both negative and positive examples of waiting that are found in Scripture. Together we will consider how these biblical lessons teach us how to wait for the things we long for in a…

In 2016, Boston’s Chronicle aired a show captioned, Mother Forgives Son’s Killers: An Unlikely Friendship. What is true forgiveness and why do we struggle with it? From everyday minor offenses to unmerited injury and suffering, how can we follow Jesus’ command to forgive? In this presentation, we will take a deeper look into this difficult topic, including: Biblical context What forgiveness is – and what it isn’t Why it is essential to our walk with Christ God’s supernatural provision What…