(a short prayer for a women's meeting from www.lords-prayer-words.com)
Prayers for Women
Featured below are several prayers suitable for a women’s fellowship or group meetings. The first one is a short prayer for opening a day conference, bible study or retreat. After this there is a beautiful closing blessing, and an inspirational prayer, giving thanks for all the talents and abilities that women possess, and dedicating them to the Lord:-
Opening Prayer(suitable for Women's fellowship, bible study or meeting)We come together to give you honour and praise. We ask that you would help us to draw close to you. Please come and speak your words of wisdom into our lives. Help us to embrace one another, our similarities, our differences, our concerns and our joys. We long for your touch on our lives, that we might be your hands and feet to the world. Inspire our hearts, heal our wounds, bring your peace into our worries and your hope into our disappointments. Come Lord and weave your love into our fellowship together, that we may overflow with grace and allow your truth to light up our lives anew. Amen.
Go where your best prayers take you
Frederick Buechner American writer and theologian, b.1926
An Beautiful Closing Prayer
'May The Road Rise Up To Meet You' is an ancient Irish blessing:-
You walk beside us
(An inspirational prayer for women)
Dear Lord, You walk beside us, each moment of each day. You know us by name, see each joy and sorrow. You created within us a gentle capacity to love and nurture. You gave us understanding and patience in a troubled world. You laid upon us the responsibility to carry and care for new life. You released us to run and dance, to sing and create. You crafted in us sharp minds that are able to solve problems and see possibilities. You desire each of us to live life to the full, embracing your love for us and extending grace to others. You gave your life so that we could walk free to build your kingdom on earth as in heaven. We lay our lives before you and trust in your unfailing love. Guide us, Heal us, Touch us, And lead us, To reflect more and more of you life within our own. Amen.
(a modern prayer for women from www.lords-prayer-words.com)
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Share:Best Life Ministries Women’s ConferenceSample Event Schedule
8:30 Registration & Check In (refreshments served)
9:00 Welcome & Worship
9:15 Introduction from Best Life & Your Women’s Leader
9:20 Main Session with Executive Director, Kathy Weckwerth
10:20 Workshops Speaker I
11:30 Worship
11:45 Lunch
12:30 Worship
12:45 Workshops Speaker II
1:45 Worship
2:00 Main Session with Executive Director, Kathy Weckwerth
2:30-2:45 Closing Thoughts & Prayer
Conference ChecklistTen Weeks Prior to Conference:
Select a Planning Team Coordinator who will work directly with Best Life Ministries’ staff.
Assign Team Coordinators for the following Teams:
Receive promotional package from Best Life Ministries: Event Posters & Tickets.
Advertise on host church website and hang posters in-house, include bulletin inserts in Sunday bulletins.
Plan food menu and discuss purchase and preparation, or book food catering.
Begin to prepare intercessory team for meetings and prayer requests.
Nine Weeks Prior to Conference:
Plan meeting time with Team Coordinators and meet to pray and discuss the event. Dismiss each team to meet separately to work through details of their part of conference.
Prepare for ticket sales on premises and website (host church directs to Best Life Ministries site)
Email Best Life Ministries with prayer requests.
Eight Weeks Prior to Conference:
Determine logistics of classrooms and seating.
Discuss setup and tear down.
Determine logistics of parking for attendees.
Continue to promote conference in-house and surrounding community.
Determine if host church wants to provide giveaways and drawings. Locate donation merchandise.
Seven Weeks Prior to Conference:
Plan meeting time with Team Coordinators and meet.
Begin to advertise outside of church: newspaper, radio, email, set up a facebook invite for women from your church.
Advertise in-house with Best Life Ministries video
Set up ticket area at host church for ticket sales
Decide on appropriate welcome team attire. For example, volunteers could all wear black t-shirts so they are easy to locate.
Six Weeks Prior to Conference:
Set up ticket area at host church for ticket sales
Discuss with Food & Beverage Coordinator logistics of coffee and treats for Friday and water bottles for breaks on Saturday.
Contact local merchants for possible water bottle donation (they can write off on their taxes).
Discuss table set up.
Outside Banner can be hung if desired to help advertise.
Contact Best Life Ministries with Prayer Requests.
Five Weeks Prior to Conference:
Call Best Life Ministries with an update on ticket sales.
Discuss the location of rooms for speakers and necessary seating to accommodate numbers.
Confirm Sound Tech.
Confirm with Best Life Ministries the ability to run our screen graphics.
Four Weeks Prior to Conference:
Plan meeting time with Team Coordinators and meet.
Promoting Ticket Sales: Personal calls to women’s ministries, small groups, friends, neighbors. Save the date emails, bulletin inserts, DVD promo, church website ad, link to Best Life website ad, radio spot, community bulletin boards, drop off bulletin inserts to partnering churches, facebook advertise.
Prayers For Women's Day ProgramThree Weeks Prior to Conference:
If necessary, plan meeting time with Team Coordinators and meet.
Call Best Life Ministries with an update on ticket sales.
Email prayer requests to Best Life Ministries.
Two Weeks Prior to Conference:
Check in with Best Life Ministries to make sure that details are in place, and pray together.
Make sure all sound equipment is in order. Microphones, guitar amp (if applicable).
Confirm Sound Tech.
Confirm Screen Graphics Tech.
Confirm details with all team leaders.
One Week Prior to Conference:
Contact Best Life Ministries for final details.
Email Best Life Ministries with prayer requests.
Confirm volunteer trained for medical emergency procedures.
Confirm time food will be delivered.
Best Life Ministries provides sticky name tags for women who check into conference. Double check spelling of attendees names and coordinate with Executive Director.
Conference Day:
Best Life Team arrives in church host building 7:30 a.m.
Prayer time with host church leaders 8:15 a.m.
Double check sound/graphics.
Welcome Team and Greeters arrive 8:00 a.m. Conference folders will be passed out by greeters at each entrance. Welcome Team should be available to help pass out programs, answer questions about location of classrooms, and answer any questions about the church (bathrooms, times of services, counselors, pastor’s name etc.)
Team arrives for morning coffee set up 8:00 a.m.
Team Leaders confirm food arrival for lunch.
Set up double checked.
Music playing.
Table set up for check in, with associates helping to sell any tickets for “day of” sales.
Welcome Team dispersed at doors.
Registration begins at 8:30 a.m.
Begin at 9:00 a.m. with worship
2:30-2:45 closing time/prayer.
Prayer For A Women Conference
Clean Up Crew takes over.
Some tips on how to compose a short prayer for a meeting or church service:-
• Begin by addressing God When we come to God it's often good to think about an attribute or title that God has - this helps to remind us of who He is. E.G. 'Dear all loving and everlasting Father' 'Almighty God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ' 'Dear Lord and Father' • Give thanks to God Here we think about and celebrate the relationship that we enjoy with God. For example, you could recount God's faithfulness to you (or the groups) during the last week, or you could draw on accounts and experiences from the bible. E.G. 'Thank you that you have been with us this last week and that Your presence is with us now' 'Today we remind ourselves of Your faithfulness through all generations and Your goodness to each of us during this last week'. • Bring Your Requests to Him Here you can bring to mind some things that you would like to see happen as you meet together. If there is a speaker you could ask that God inspires them, if there is worship you could ask that God meets with people and that hearts are open to receive from Him etc. E.G. 'Lord, we thank you for (name of speaker). We pray that you would give them great inspiration as they share what You have placed on their heart'. 'Father, as we come to You in worship, we invite You to move freely amongst us. Come and transform us by Your Holy Spirit we pray' • Close with worship and an amen A good way of finishing a prayer is to acknowledge the greatness and wonder of God in some way. Also, it is important that people know you have finished praying by saying amen! E.G. 'For from him and through him and for him are all things, both now and forever. Amen'. (this is a reference to the Apostle Paul's writings in Rom 11:36 NIV) 'To Him be the glory, for ever and ever. Amen' 'We ask this in the precious name of Jesus, Our Lord and Saviour. Amen'
It’s Monday. Most of us have meetings to go to today or later this week. Here is a prayer before a meeting. It’s published on the St. Louis University Prayerbook, a site where members of the SLU community share prayers.
Heavenly Father, we come to you today asking for your guidance, wisdom, and support as we begin this meeting. Help us to engage in meaningful discussion; allow us to grow closer as a group and nurture the bonds of community. Fill us with your grace, Lord God, as we make decisions that might affect the students, staff, faculty, alumni and friends of Saint Louis University. And continue to remind us that all that we do here today, all that we accomplish, is for the pursuit of truth for the greater glory of You, and for the service of humanity. We ask these things in your name, Amen.
For other prayers on this site, see the Prayers by St. Ignatius and Others.
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