Women's Ministry CoachBlog | Women's Ministry Coach https://womensministrycoach.com Clarify your leadership. Sharpen your direction. Mon, 26 Jun 2023 22:01:01 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://i0.wp.com/womensministrycoach.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-new-3-circle-logo-PHOTO-1-e1588807320922.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Blog | Women's Ministry Coach https://womensministrycoach.com 32 32 116337033 3 Ways You Can Help Others See Women of Color in the Bible https://womensministrycoach.com/3-ways-you-can-help-others-see-women-of-color-in-the-bible/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=3-ways-you-can-help-others-see-women-of-color-in-the-bible https://womensministrycoach.com/3-ways-you-can-help-others-see-women-of-color-in-the-bible/#comments Tue, 09 Jun 2020 18:06:46 +0000 Laura Savage-Rains https://womensministrycoach.com/?p=14293 The most important news ever delivered by God through a human voice was delivered by a woman of color. Yet how often do we allow the paintings, movies, and stained glass windows we’ve grown up with determine what we imagine Bible characters looked like? The Bible’s stories are all about people of color–the whole Bible […]

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]]> The most important news ever delivered by God through a human voice was delivered by a woman of color. Yet how often do we allow the paintings, movies, and stained glass windows we’ve grown up with determine what we imagine Bible characters looked like? The Bible’s stories are all about people of color–the whole Bible […]

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]]> https://womensministrycoach.com/3-ways-you-can-help-others-see-women-of-color-in-the-bible/feed/ 10 14293 Unwrapping Your Spiritual Gifts https://womensministrycoach.com/unwrapping-your-spiritual-gifts/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=unwrapping-your-spiritual-gifts https://womensministrycoach.com/unwrapping-your-spiritual-gifts/#respond Thu, 16 Apr 2020 20:20:21 +0000 Laura Savage-Rains https://womensministrycoach.com/?p=14210 Spiritual gifts are one of the privileges we enjoy on THIS side of the cross. Have you discovered all of yours? Here is a video of an online session I recently taught for Proven Way Ministry–Austin. Here’s the link for the YouTube video. Let me know if you have questions. Here is the link for […]

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]]> Spiritual gifts are one of the privileges we enjoy on THIS side of the cross. Have you discovered all of yours? Here is a video of an online session I recently taught for Proven Way Ministry–Austin. Here’s the link for the YouTube video. Let me know if you have questions. Here is the link for […]

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]]> https://womensministrycoach.com/unwrapping-your-spiritual-gifts/feed/ 0 14210 Holding on During Holy Week (see invitation below) https://womensministrycoach.com/holding-on-during-holy-week-see-invitation-below/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=holding-on-during-holy-week-see-invitation-below https://womensministrycoach.com/holding-on-during-holy-week-see-invitation-below/#respond Mon, 06 Apr 2020 03:17:16 +0000 Laura Savage-Rains https://womensministrycoach.com/?p=14198 This may be the most memorable Holy Week in church history. Most churches will be closed for Easter, yet worship services are still happening via internet technology and homemade altars for private communion observances. Regardless of the pandemic’s destruction, we still have reason to celebrate the One Who conquered death once and for all on […]

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]]> This may be the most memorable Holy Week in church history. Most churches will be closed for Easter, yet worship services are still happening via internet technology and homemade altars for private communion observances. Regardless of the pandemic’s destruction, we still have reason to celebrate the One Who conquered death once and for all on […]

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]]> https://womensministrycoach.com/holding-on-during-holy-week-see-invitation-below/feed/ 0 14198 "Fear not . . . I bring you good tidings" https://womensministrycoach.com/fear-not-i-bring-you-good-tidings/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=fear-not-i-bring-you-good-tidings https://womensministrycoach.com/fear-not-i-bring-you-good-tidings/#respond Sat, 28 Mar 2020 01:17:44 +0000 Laura Savage-Rains https://womensministrycoach.com/?p=5885 God's people lived in fear . . . They were barely hanging on to a 400-year-old promise that help was one its way.

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]]> God's people lived in fear . . . They were barely hanging on to a 400-year-old promise that help was one its way.

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]]> https://womensministrycoach.com/fear-not-i-bring-you-good-tidings/feed/ 0 5885 The #1 skill necessary for success as a ministry leader https://womensministrycoach.com/the-1-skill-necessary-for-success-as-a-ministry-leader/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-1-skill-necessary-for-success-as-a-ministry-leader https://womensministrycoach.com/the-1-skill-necessary-for-success-as-a-ministry-leader/#respond Tue, 10 Dec 2019 15:34:07 +0000 Laura Savage-Rains https://womensministrycoach.com/?p=1482 In my 30+ years of ministry leadership experience, I have discovered there is one skill that seems to make or break great leaders. The good news is, it is a skill we all can learn and improve. No one is born with expert ability in this skill. Unfortunately, we have all experienced the consequences of […]

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]]> In my 30+ years of ministry leadership experience, I have discovered there is one skill that seems to make or break great leaders. The good news is, it is a skill we all can learn and improve. No one is born with expert ability in this skill. Unfortunately, we have all experienced the consequences of […]

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]]> https://womensministrycoach.com/the-1-skill-necessary-for-success-as-a-ministry-leader/feed/ 0 1482 My book is available! https://womensministrycoach.com/my-book-is-available/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=my-book-is-available https://womensministrycoach.com/my-book-is-available/#comments Thu, 01 Aug 2019 20:30:35 +0000 Laura Savage-Rains https://womensministrycoach.com/?p=3009 It’s time to celebrate!!!! Just yesterday, my book went live on Amazon. Click HERE to go straight to Amazon so you can order your own copy! If the link doesn’t work, just go to Amazon.com and type in the book title in the search window. Thanks!! I didn’t really mean for it to happen quite […]

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]]> It’s time to celebrate!!!! Just yesterday, my book went live on Amazon. Click HERE to go straight to Amazon so you can order your own copy! If the link doesn’t work, just go to Amazon.com and type in the book title in the search window. Thanks!! I didn’t really mean for it to happen quite […]

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]]> https://womensministrycoach.com/my-book-is-available/feed/ 4 3009 The Women Who Saved Christmas – Lesson 3 https://womensministrycoach.com/the-women-who-saved-christmas-advent-week-3/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-women-who-saved-christmas-advent-week-3 https://womensministrycoach.com/the-women-who-saved-christmas-advent-week-3/#respond Sat, 22 Dec 2018 14:53:48 +0000 Laura Savage-Rains https://womensministrycoach.com/?p=1275 Have you ever heard the phrase, “You don’t just marry the person, you marry the whole family”? It is true. The character Ruth in the Old Testament book which bears her name is a good example of someone who took to heart the obligation of marrying the whole family. Her faithfulness to her widowed mother-in-law […]

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]]> Have you ever heard the phrase, “You don’t just marry the person, you marry the whole family”? It is true. The character Ruth in the Old Testament book which bears her name is a good example of someone who took to heart the obligation of marrying the whole family. Her faithfulness to her widowed mother-in-law […]

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]]> https://womensministrycoach.com/the-women-who-saved-christmas-advent-week-3/feed/ 0 1275 The Women Who Saved Christmas – Lesson 2 https://womensministrycoach.com/the-women-who-saved-christmas-advent-week-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-women-who-saved-christmas-advent-week-2 https://womensministrycoach.com/the-women-who-saved-christmas-advent-week-2/#respond Thu, 13 Dec 2018 18:17:11 +0000 Laura Savage-Rains https://womensministrycoach.com/?p=1272 Did God really choose a brothel owner to play an important role in the family line of Jesus?! YES!! Rahab was a Canaanite woman living in Jericho. She was a business owner. Her business was running a brothel. Yet, scripture commends her righteous act of helping Israel’s spies in both the Old and New Testaments. […]

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]]> Did God really choose a brothel owner to play an important role in the family line of Jesus?! YES!! Rahab was a Canaanite woman living in Jericho. She was a business owner. Her business was running a brothel. Yet, scripture commends her righteous act of helping Israel’s spies in both the Old and New Testaments. […]

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]]> https://womensministrycoach.com/the-women-who-saved-christmas-advent-week-2/feed/ 0 1272 Books that have shaped me – Part 1 https://womensministrycoach.com/books-that-have-shaped-me-part-1/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=books-that-have-shaped-me-part-1 https://womensministrycoach.com/books-that-have-shaped-me-part-1/#comments Mon, 05 Nov 2018 17:02:52 +0000 Laura Savage-Rains http://womensministrycoach.com/?p=1214 I was not a reader as a kid. I was a TV kid. You might not guess that looking at my overstuffed bookshelves today. Even today, I read to learn, not usually to be entertained. For leisure, I want to watch and listen. All that to say, my bookshelves are filled with non-fiction, especially books […]

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]]> I was not a reader as a kid. I was a TV kid. You might not guess that looking at my overstuffed bookshelves today. Even today, I read to learn, not usually to be entertained. For leisure, I want to watch and listen. All that to say, my bookshelves are filled with non-fiction, especially books […]

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]]> https://womensministrycoach.com/books-that-have-shaped-me-part-1/feed/ 2 1214 Confident Leadership Class – Early Bird Price Extended https://womensministrycoach.com/confident-leadership-class-early-bird-price-extended/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=confident-leadership-class-early-bird-price-extended https://womensministrycoach.com/confident-leadership-class-early-bird-price-extended/#respond Wed, 12 Sep 2018 13:06:08 +0000 Laura Savage-Rains http://womensministrycoach.com/?p=1208 I want as many of you as possible to be able to take advantage of the Early Bird price for my Confident Leadership Class, which begins next Monday, Sep 17! I’ll walk you through ways to develop the essential skills for ministry success. We’ll meet 2 hours each week for 6 weeks and you will […]

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]]> I want as many of you as possible to be able to take advantage of the Early Bird price for my Confident Leadership Class, which begins next Monday, Sep 17! I’ll walk you through ways to develop the essential skills for ministry success. We’ll meet 2 hours each week for 6 weeks and you will […]

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