Wednesday in the Word

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How to handle too many announcements

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Handling Announcements | WednesdayintheWord.com

As a ministry leader, you’ve probably been overwhelmed by announcements.  Any time you have a large group meeting, it seems everyone has a great cause that needs announcing.   Runaway announcements seems to be a particular problem of running a women’s ministry.  How do you handle it? What kind of limits should you put in place?  After 25 years, in women’s ministry, here’s the policy I’ve found best.

Example Policy

Rationale:

Our Bible study is part of women’s ministries whose mission statement is to provide Bible study, fellowship and discipleship for the women of our church and community.  We want to stick to our mission rather than being a repository for everyone’s favorite ministry.  Additionally, we don’t want Bible study attenders to feel as though they are the “woman power” for any and all worthy causes that the church sponsors (i.e. event meals, youth group meeting snacks, nursery needs, funerals and receptions, etc).   Therefore:

Policy

  1. Bible Study participants are free to share projects, causes and events with their small group.  We actively encourage serving others together as a small group.
  2. We will make announcements for any women’s ministry event
  3. We will announce general church information only if it is something the women need to know.
  4. We will not announce outside projects, events, causes etc. to the large group.  Nor will we recruit for other causes.
  5. We will gladly make the information available to the group by putting flyers, posters, sign-up sheets, etc. on the registration table and/or bulletin board.
  6. Announcements should be cleared with the MC before the morning begins.  “Surprise” announcements will need to wait until the following week.

Please email me and let me know how this worked for you or ways you changed and improved it.

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Charlottesville Bible Studies 2016

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Charlottesville Bible Studies | Wednesday in the Word with Krisan Marotta

Looking for a local Bible Study? Try one of these!

Charlottesville Community Church Women in the Word, meets at Portico Church
Wednesdays, begins Sept 14,2016 9:00-11:30 am
Fall 2016: Jeremiah
Childcare available
For women only

Center for Christian Study: Small Groups
For both undergraduate and graduate men and women

Community Bible Study Charlottesville, at Christ Community Church
Thursdays 9:15-11:30 am
Fall 2016: Daniel

Men’s Bible Study at First Baptist Church (Park Street)
Fridays 7:00 am in the youth fellowship hall; ongoing
(To find the Fellowship Hall, drive to the back of the church)
For men only

Precept Upon Precept Bible Study, First Baptist Church (Park Street)
Wednesdays 9:15-11:30 am, begins Sept 14
Fall 2016: 2 Samuel
Childcare available
(To find the Fellowship Hall, drive to the back of the church)
For men and women of any denomination

Women Together in the Word, meets at Trinity Presbyterian Church
Morning and evening sessions begin September 14
Fall Study: From Garden to Glory
For women only

 

Study Online | Wednesday in the Word with Krisan Marotta

Have a small group but need study materials?

Find them here!

You and your friends can study the homework, listen to MP3s, and debate the discussion questions together at whatever time of day you prefer. Great for discipleship and mentoring, too.

Books & Bagels Fall 2015

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Books and Bagels is a book study for women of Charlottesville Community Church and their friends.  Books & Bagels is a time of fellowship, and an opportunity to meet and make new friends. Coffee and bagels will be served by rotating volunteers from the group. Each month we read and discuss the assigned book in a round-table setting. You are welcome to join us at any time during the series, even if you have not read the book being discussed that month.  Nursing babies welcome.  No childcare.

When: 2nd Saturdays from 10am to Noon

Register

Dates & Readings

For the 2015-2016 year we will be reading selections from RC Sproul’s Crucial Question Series.  The books are available for FREE as Kindle books, audio books and ebooks.

Date Book Discussion Discussion Leader
Sept 12, 2015 Can I Be Sure I’m Saved?  Krisan Marotta
Oct 10, 2015 Can I have Joy in my Life?  Krisan Marotta
Nov 14, 2015 Does Prayer Change Things?  Krisan Marotta
Dec 12, 2015 no B&B  Merry Christmas!

How do I get the books?

There are several ways to obtain the books.

But I don’t have a kindle?

No problem!  You don’t have to own a Kindle.  You can read any Kindle book on a computer, smart phone or tablet using the Kindle App (available for free from itunes).

iTunes instructions on adding ePub files to iBooks: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4059

Find out more about the CCC Women’s Ministry

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Treasure in Parables

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Treasure in Parables

So what’s the point?  We answer that question as we study 12 parables of Jesus.

Like mystery novels, parables contain something secret and exciting.  We read them searching for clues that will unravel the mystery.  But instead of wondering who did it, we wonder “what’s the point.”  Instead of discovering it was the butler all along, we discover a truth that will enrich our lives and deepen our faith.

Jesus designed the parables to make us think and elicit a response. Though simple, direct stories, parables often leave us full of questions.

  • What did the foolish virgins do that was so foolish?
  • Why shouldn’t the workers in a vineyard get paid according to their labor?
  • What did the slave who safely invested his single talent do wrong?
  • Why was the unforgiving servant punished so harshly?

We’ll answer these questions and more.  We will concentrate our search in small group discussion and fellowship with a teaching by Krisan Marotta.

Come join us as we find treasures in parables.

Parables of Jesus: Pictures of the Kingdom