Women's Ministry Trip, Part 2

Thursday morning we joined hundreds of women at "Women in the Word," the women's Bible study ministry at Christ Chapel Bible Church.  The fall session entitled "Keepin' it Real," is a study of Paul's letters to Timothy.  

The order of the program is:

1) The designated teacher (this rotates among a group of 4-5 women) meets with the small group leaders thirty minutes before the study starts.  (At the beginning of the fall session, each woman received a notebook with a page of study questions for each weekly session.  Everyone is to do the work at home and bring the answered questions with them to the study.)  The teacher and the group leaders discuss the "answers" to the questions and clarify any issues or questions.  This time assures that all of the group leaders will be like-minded as they discuss the questions with the members of their small group.

2) The morning study officially started at 9:45 a.m. with time to pick up a few snacks (healthy and not healthy) to take back to the tables where the small group met with their leaders.  There were 59 small group leaders with an average of 8 women each--over 500 women!  There were tables all over the church!  Here are a few pictures:

Each group had 45 minutes to go over the answers to the questions and have time to share prayer requests.

3) At 10:45 a.m, everyone met together in the sanctuary for a time of praise and worship before the Bible study lecture begin.  The lecture was presented by the teacher who wrote the study.  Each woman was given a page of notes and a page of scripture verses that the teacher would use.  The study ended at 11:45 a.m. 

Our group was able to participate/view all three parts of the study and we were blown away by the organization, scope and depth of the Bible study. 

Thursday afternoon we had three leadership training sessions with different staff members, including "Building a Healthy Team," "Habits for Our Spiritual Health" and "Keys to Understanding the Proverbs 31 Woman."  Each session awesome and the speakers allowed plenty of time for ask to ask questions.

Thursday night we were treated to dinner with some of the women's ministry staff at Reata, a restaurant that specialized in Western food and décor.  After the delicious dinner we walked around in Sundance Square and had plenty of time for "photo opps."

 

When we returned home after the evening, we all felt so very blessed by the women of the church and felt a real sense of obligation to apply what we learned.