Mission
Disciples Women’s Ministries is a conduit for diverse connections
Vision
Empowering each woman to find her voice and live out her call. Micah 6:8
Who are the voting members of the Disciples Women Leadership Council (DWLC)?
- Regional Staff persons with responsibilities for women’s ministries portfolio;
- Regional Presidents;
- Representatives of constituency groups (National Convocation DWM, NAPAD, Hispanic Bilingual Fellowship DWM);
- IDWM Executive Committee;
- IDWM Nominating Committee Chair; and
- Disciples Women office Staff.
Others who are invited
- Conventions and Fellowship Group representatives;
- Haitian Women
Why are we here?
DWLC members come together annually to:
- Offer ideas and input for themes and areas for general programs and group study;
- Offer input on themes and areas of study to be developed by the Just Women Editorial Board;
- Participate in working groups as designed by the IDWM Executive Committee (i.e. General Assembly activities, educational groups, social action/justice issue groups);
- Recommend a Social Action Emphasis;
- Receive information for the next year’s study material;
- Receive reports from the Disciples Women’s staff;
- Fellowship, worship and share ideas.
Did you know …?
- In 1953, the ICWF (U.S. and Canada) was founded and in 1982 the ICWF Cabinet was formed. In 2006 the ICWF became known as the IDWM;
- The work of IDWM is financed through the budget of the DW;
- Disciples Women is a ministry in close covenant with Disciples Home Missions
Recent Posts
September 20, 2020
Are you on Mute? Are you on mute? That is a question I hear repeatedly as my daughters engage in their online schooling. I understand…
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August 16, 2020YES GOD WILL Are you feeling like you can’t Breathe? Are you gasping for Breath? Does it feel like something is on your neck,…
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August 9, 2020“We Interrupt Your Regularly Scheduled Programming …..” “Be still and know that I am God …” Psalm 46:10 I guarantee you that each…
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June 29, 2020Hold Up Your Shield Psalm 89: 18 “For our shield belongs to the Lord, our King to the Holy One of Israel.” What…
Read more >Monday Moment – June 22, 2020
June 22, 2020Micah 6:8 Good Morning Sisters… If you are seeking the requirements for what it means to care for your neighbor, in the times in which…
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June 11, 2020Greetings Sisters, Have Faith! Nothing makes a new day more beautiful and promising than having the right heart, the right spirit, the right mind and…
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June 7, 2020Nothing Coming Between Us Recently we had a zoom call for the Wild Women of the West group, (the group of women from the west…
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Read more >Monday Moments – May 25, 2020
May 25, 2020Social Distance not Social Disconnection “7 Beloved, let us [unselfishly] [a]love and seek the best for one another, for love is from God; and everyone…
Read more >Monday Moment – May 18, 2020
May 18, 2020Do you own any Shock Absorbers…? In this week’s Monday moment, I am writing about the importance of “Shock Absorbers.” Yes, Shock Absorbers. You…
Read more >Monday Moments – May 11, 2020
May 11, 2020“It’s not the one who plants or the one who waters who is at the center of this process but God, who makes things grow.”…
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May 3, 2020I Said A Prayer For You Today Sisters, My Friend sent this prayer to me, I’d like to share it with you: I said a…
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April 26, 2020To Remember… to Know In my March 30th “Monday Moment,” I shared with you the news that I am not able to visit my husband,…
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April 19, 2020“Ladies in Waiting or Wanting?” “Lady-in-waiting, is a female personal assistant at a court, royal or feudal, attending on a royal woman or a high-ranking…
Read more >Monday Moments – April 13, 2020
April 13, 2020What A Difference A Day Makes …. What a difference a day makes … twenty four little hours. This article was due on April 10th,…
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April 6, 2020Don’t Worry, Pray! Don’t fret or worry. Instead of worrying, pray. Let petitions and praises shape your worries into prayers, letting God know your concerns….
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March 30, 2020As I write this, I am in Day 5 of Oregon’s mandated #StayHomeStaySafe efforts. My husband, Jay, who is in the later stage of Alzheimer’s,…
Read more >Monday Moments – March 23, 2020
March 23, 2020“So speak encouraging words to one another. Build up hope so you’ll all be together in this, no one left out, no one left behind….
Read more >Monday Moments – March 16, 2020
March 16, 2020Do Not Be Afraid “It is the LORD who goes before you. He will be with you; He will not leave you or forsake…
Read more >Monday Moments – March 9, 2020
March 9, 2020Amazing Love It’s amazing how clear the sky and the air is after a storm. The sun shines so bright. The air smells so…
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March 2, 2020Lessons in the Midst of the Storm I can remember being in the midst of my first Midwest storm… It was one of those…
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February 27, 2020You Are Enough! Siblings in Christ, I am writing to inform you, and me that we are enough! Has anyone told you lately, that…
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February 17, 2020The Hand that guides the Heart that prays I love the month of February because, like December everyone is displaying love! Flowers, candy and gifts…
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February 11, 2020P.U.S.H. Through Many of us are familiar with the acronym PUSH, pray until something happens. Often, we stop praying before the something actually happens. It…
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January 30, 2020Use Your Weapon Praise is the weapon that God has given us to defeat the enemy. 1 Thessalonians 5:18 tells us to give thanks in…
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January 21, 2020Your Life is an Offering “So here’s what I want you to do, God helping you: Take your everyday, ordinary life- your sleeping, eating, going-to-work,…
Read more >Monday Moment – January 13, 2020
January 21, 2020All Things Work Together for Good My favorite scripture is Romans 8:28. It states that all things are working together for the good for those…
Read more >Monday Moment – January 6, 2020
January 9, 2020Working While We Wait “I don’t mind waiting. I don’t mind waiting, I don’t mind waiting on you, Lord.” This is one of my…
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January 9, 2020“The Present of Presence” This week’s lectionary Gospel text is Matthew 1:18-25, which describes the birth of Jesus. In Matthew’s Gospel, he is clear from…
Read more >Monday Moment December 16, 2019
January 9, 2020“It All Matters” Let’s consider a few facts to begin. 1) This week’s lectionary Gospel text (Matthew 11:2-11) is a familiar one. We hear it…
Read more >Monday Moments – December 9, 2019
December 9, 2019I WILL and I DO It’s Monday again, and I thought we would explore the moment or moments we all said, “I will or I…
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December 2, 2019Wait… Are You Serious?!?! The Advent season began yesterday with the candle of hope, which represents the expectation felt in anticipation of the coming Messiah….
Read more >Monday Moments – November 25, 2019
December 2, 2019God is so good. Yes He is. 1Timothy 1:12-13 (MSG) “I’m so grateful to Christ Jesus for making me adequate to do this work. He…
Read more >Monday Moments – November 18, 2019
November 18, 2019What is God Calling You to? Acts 9: 36-43 How beautiful it is to be a Disciple of Jesus who is the Christ and Son…
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November 11, 2019It’s the little things… In this season of thanksgiving and gratefulness … it’s the little things that remind me of God’s goodness. Love and family,…
Read more >Monday Moments – November 4, 2019
November 11, 2019Monday Moments with your DWM Executive Committee Click HERE to read the first Monday Moment by Alishah Hardway, Member at Large
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