General Programs
There are all inclusive programs available for Blessing Box/Bag Dedication, Installation, seasonal, and specialty programs just a click away.
Overview of Disciples Women Programs
Recommended Speakers for Disciples Women Events
Click HERE to get a list of recommended speakers for Disciples Women events.
Prayer and Benediction resources
- One-page hand-out with the prayer and benediction is available in English and Spanish. (PDF)
- Create 10 cards with this form. Just print, cut, and share. Available in English and Spanish. (PDF)
Study Guides
- In the Fullness of Time: A history of women in the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)
- Just Women
- Wisdom of Women
HerStory Tree Resources
Bios
- Patricia A. Donahoo, Executive Director
- Chesla T. Nickelson, Program/Merger Staff
Online Presence
Recent Posts
Monday Moment – January 18, 2021
January 17, 2021Remember ….. “… and what does the Lord require of you, but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with…
Read more >Monday Moment – January 11, 2021
January 10, 2021The Week of January 11, 2021, is Human Trafficking Awareness week. It’s easy to become overwhelmed by the whole concept as well as the…
Read more >Monday Moment – December 28, 2020
December 28, 2020Listen for the Voice of God Most of our conversations since March have been about not being able to do normal activities. Most…
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December 20, 2020The Light Shines in the Darkness John 1:1-5 The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not overcome it. I feel sometimes if…
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December 13, 2020Matthew 11:28-30 28 Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. 29 Take my yoke upon you,…
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December 6, 2020Luke 1:26-38 We find ourselves in the season of Advent lighting the candle of love. Advent is an exciting time around the church and around…
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November 29, 2020A Thankful Moment 1 Thessalonians 5:18 “give thanks in all circumstances: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.” (NRSV)…
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November 22, 20201 Thessalonians 5:18 (NRSV) Give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you. I am tired…
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November 15, 2020There is no question that 2020 has turned out to be a year like none we have experienced before. We have faced a pandemic that…
Read more >Monday Moment – November 9, 2020
November 8, 2020A God Moment Recently, I encountered the use of the phrase “that’s a God moment, or a God wink.” It’s used when something unexpected…
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November 1, 2020The excerpt below is from Dr. Kimberly D. Manning’s January 9, 2020 twitter feed. It is the retelling of a conversation she had with an…
Read more >Monday Moments – October 26, 2020
October 25, 2020We Need A Covering Sisters I woke up this morning with some heavy thoughts about the things that have happened in just the last…
Read more >Monday Moment – October 19, 2020
October 18, 2020“Give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.” 1 Thessalonians 5:18 It’s Monday…. Monday Moments! As women, we…
Read more >Monday Moment – October 9, 2020
October 12, 2020Freedom in wild hair When do I get to brush your hair again? This may seem like an odd question but it’s one that I…
Read more >Monday Moment – October 5, 2020
October 5, 2020Recover, Renew, Restore The word ‘’recover” means to regain, of to get or obtain that which was lost. To recover is also defined as to…
Read more >Monday Moment – September 28, 2020
September 28, 2020MAKE ROOM The Bible tells us in Proverbs 18:16 that our gift will make room for us and bring us before other people that are…
Read more >Monday Moment – September 20, 2020
September 20, 2020Are you on Mute? Are you on mute? That is a question I hear repeatedly as my daughters engage in their online schooling. I understand…
Read more >Monday Moment – September 14, 2020
September 13, 202020 Minutes a Day At my last doctor’s appointment, I was asked, “What are you doing that’s just for you?” I was a little confused…
Read more >Monday Moment – September 7, 2020
September 6, 2020I Killed a Cactus I killed a cactus. That is the kind of “green thumb’ I have. It was in college, but it scarred me…
Read more >Monday Moment – August 31, 2020
August 30, 2020Make Space “Seek first God’s kingdom and what God wants. Then all your other needs will be met as well..” Matthew 6:33 (New Century Version)…
Read more >Monday Moment – August 24, 2020
August 21, 2020The End of History I love trying to understand the behavior we exhibit and the way we think…which is why I loved studying Psychology, I…
Read more >Monday Moments – August 17, 2020
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,…
Read more >Monday Moments – August 10, 2020
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…
Read more >Monday Moment – August 3
August 3, 2020Essential Worshipper Being essential is a part of God’s plan for your life. You are wonderfully made in the image of God for a purpose….
Read more >Monday Moment – July 27, 2020
July 27, 2020Matthew 13: 24-30 “Blessed Are The Weedy…” This parable reflects the agrarian culture of Jesus’ time. He compares the Kingdom of Heaven to a…
Read more >Monday Moment – July 20, 2020
July 19, 2020“NOT” A few years ago a life-size chalkboard was posted on a street in NYC with a prompt that made those passing by, stop and…
Read more >Monday Moments – July 13
July 12, 2020TAKE A MOMENT Take a moment to go back ….. “One of them, when he realized that he was healed, turned around and came…
Read more >Monday Moments – July 6, 2020
July 6, 2020Rejoice in the Possibilities Recently, I began rereading Octavia Butler’s novel, “Parable of the Sower” to help process this time of instability with a…
Read more >Monday Moments – June 29
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…
Read more >Monday Moment – June 15, 2020
June 13, 2020“It’s Self-care” – Me Time The month of February we celebrated Valentine’s Day, the day of love. February is also known as Healthy Heart Month,…
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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…
Read more >Monday Moments – June 8, 2020
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…
Read more >Monday Moments – June 1, 2020
June 1, 2020“GREAT IS THY FAITHFULNESS.” I know this makes you think of the traditional hymn, but it makes me think of the version of this…
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…
Read more >Monday Moments – April 27, 2020
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,…
Read more >Monday Moments – April 20, 2020
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,…
Read more >Monday Moments – April 6, 2020
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….
Read more >Monday Moments – March 30
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…
Read more >Monday Moments – March 2, 2020
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…
Read more >Monday Moments – February 24, 2020
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…
Read more >Monday Moments – February 17, 2020
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…
Read more >Monday Moments – February 10, 2020
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…
Read more >Monday Moments – January 27, 2020
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…
Read more >Monday Moments – January 20, 2020
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…
Read more >Monday Moment – December 23, 2019
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…
Read more >Monday Moments – December 2, 2019
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…
Read more >Monday Moments – November 11, 2019
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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