About the seminar: Sometimes it’s tough to navigate life as a ministry wife. Ministry wives need to learn to self-care in the midst of many, sometimes unique, stressors and challenges that present. Behind the closed doors of our home we can feel like a hypocrite: “What is self-care, when I am not meant to be … Continue reading Self-care, given the unique stressors and anxieties in ministry households
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Planning Survey
Please fill this out… The Brisbane Ministry Wives Network (BMWN) seeks to offer support and encouragement to ministry wives across South East Queensland. We would love it if you could take a few minutes to fill out this survey to help us know people’s needs and to assist us in planning for the future. Please click on the … Continue reading Planning Survey
‘Your marriage – a place of refuge… yes, it really can be!’
Thursday 31st August 7:30pm and Friday 8th September 9:30am with Dr Carolyn Russell All marriages have ups and downs, but the health of ministry marriages is critical for our well-being and the health of our ministries. The busyness of ministry life can mean our marriages can be neglected if we’re not careful. Our marriages need … Continue reading ‘Your marriage – a place of refuge… yes, it really can be!’
Upcoming Event: Serving Together: Helping not Hindering
with Becky Khan Our second seminar for 2023 is ‘Serving Together: Helping not Hindering’ with speaker Becky Khan. All ministry situations are unique and dynamic. So are our marriages and families! In the nitty-gritty, daily rhythms of our lives and situations, how can we genuinely help our husbands’ ministries to thrive, not choke? This practical session … Continue reading Upcoming Event: Serving Together: Helping not Hindering
Upcoming Event: Living in Christ, Body and Soul
In 2023, we are starting the year with our term 1 seminar on Thursday 16th March and Friday 17th March on Living in Christ, Body and Soul: how we have been made and redeemed to fit together. We know that Jesus transforms our hearts and minds, but where do our bodies (and brains) fit in? … Continue reading Upcoming Event: Living in Christ, Body and Soul
End of Year Ministry Couples’ Dinner
Deadline extended to Tuesday 1st November 6:30pm Monday 7th November 2022 Venue: Ann St Presbyterian Church, Brisbane CBD (Free parking available onsite – see Event Venues page for more details) Cost: $75 per couple for dinner,$70 per Bible college student couple. We do hope you can join us. Please register on the homepage. Speaker: Dr … Continue reading End of Year Ministry Couples’ Dinner
Upcoming Event: Forgiveness Seminar
Our term 3 seminar is Forgiveness with Carmelina Read on Thursday evening 4th August 2022 and Friday morning 5th August 2022. Forgiveness is often hard to do, especially when we’ve been greatly hurt. Yet we have a Father in Heaven who has forgiven us much because of His Son Jesus’ death on the cross. We … Continue reading Upcoming Event: Forgiveness Seminar
Speakerbox.
Speakerbox is designed to provide Christian women who aim to preach and teach biblically with an opportunity to develop their practical skills. Speaker box encourages preaching that is expository, evangelical or cross-cultural. Three times a year, Speakerbox provides women the opportunity to give a talk with: * Feedback from an experienced mentor on the speaker’s written … Continue reading Speakerbox.
Coffee Gatherings:
This term, instead of our regular formal, centralised seminars, we are organising smaller coffee nights/ mornings. They will be hosted by women in the ministry wives community in various locations around Brisbane and the Gold Coast. Our hope and prayer is that these times will facilitate more meaningful relationships in our ministry wives network. You … Continue reading Coffee Gatherings:
Getting started in a support group.
Some things to get you thinking from Mary Milne, a ministry wife in Sydney: Who to have in the support group – It doesn’t matter. The leader can choose 3 people she knows, then try to get others you don’t know. As you add more people in, the only condition is that others in the … Continue reading Getting started in a support group.