Kathy Harmon – Set up “True Identity”, a program to meet the needs of women in their church and out into the community right where they are in life. The goal is to help meet needs while teaching or reminding women of WHOSE they are! This brought a much-valued fresh breath of air into their church ministry to women. Programs:

• Princess Tea to celebrate being daughters of the King
• Ornament exchange
• Bible studies

Yvonne Clark started an after-school service program for neighborhood children and their families called “Walker’s Neighborhood House”. The mission of this organization, which is located in a low-income area, is to provide a place for the youth of the area to go for educational assistance in reading, math, and computer skills. Walker’s House hopes to help breathe life back into this impoverished neighborhood and so will be working with the kids’ families as well. (If you never had a chance to talk to her about it, you should. It is amazing to hear all the doors God has opened with regard to the program. He provided a building, #34 college students from a nearby college to tutor, etc.).

Nancy Threet - Her original idea was to do a directory for her church of all sorts of Social Services available in her community. The last time I saw her, she had been given a new assignment for her church to develop a new program so she wanted to change her internship.

Susan’s students:
Sheryl Finley – Held a Chocolate Social at her church

Barbara Clark

• rejuvenate women's ministry
• coordinated women's mission conference
• coordinated Moody Conference
• coordinated secret sister reveal party

Beth Peters with Diane Jackson, Kay Sargent & Marcie Gibbon:
Heart Spa by Group is a day spa retreat for churched and unchurched women allowing them to find a new relationship with Christ, heal hurts, and/or grow in Christ-like maturity, being refreshed in Jesus. The spa used praise/ worship in 3 stations: Healing Hands, facials, & pampering pedicures. They added a gospel presentation and an invitation.

Eileen McConkey - Mission trip to Guatemala designed to minister to women's health, nutrition, hygiene, family planning and self-esteem.

Kay Sargent - Heart Spa Retreat for women concentrating on pampering women's bodies and strengthening their relationship with the Lord.

Trina Ferguson– Arranged a marriage retreat called A Weekend in Paradise: Remembering the Spouse of Your Youth Marriage Retreat based on Proverbs 5:17-19 "Let them be yours alone, never to be shared with strangers. May your fountain be blessed, and may you” rejoice in the wife of your youth. A loving doe, a graceful deer - may her breasts satisfy you always, may you never be captivated by her love." and Malachi 2:15b “Now is the time to "guard [your marriage] in your spirit, and...not break faith with the wife of your youth" Trina says: “It is almost weekly now that you hear of another couple on the verge of divorce. Lives are being torn a part and Christian homes are beginning to look no different than any other home. There is a need for married couples to return to their first love - God. There is a need for husbands and wives to return to the love that God has blessed them with - each other. This marriage retreat is meant to serve as a tool to help husbands love their wives as Christ loves the church and for wives to fully understand the biblical principles of being a Godly wife. Sessions focus on keeping God first in your marriage, communication, love and respect, sex and keeping the WOW in your Vows. We will swap ideas and begin an accountability relationship with each other. After the retreat, my husband and I will continue working on various workshops and date nights quarterly to help husbands and wives along this beautiful, fulfilling, life-long commitment - Marriage!”

From Miriam Crossman’s students:
Diane Jackson - Heart Spa (Group, Inc.). Our theme was "Finding Refreshment in Jesus". We set up three different spa stations around the church. Our goal was to create an environment where the ladies could get to know one another through fellowship, short teaching lessons, and corporate worship.

Lynn Machel - started a mentoring/bible study ministry for 17-21 year-old women in their church. 19 young women were involved.

Regina Obey - Birthing of a New Women's Mentoring/Discipleship Ministry at a New Church Plant.We are asking the women to make a one-year commitment to a small group Discipleship ministry that will culminate with a public graduation, after one year, which will highlight the areas of spiritual growth focused on by the group over the last year.

Candace Doubet - "Pregnancy Center Baby Shower". Supply needed items for women in crisis.
Goal was to increase awareness in our community, raise money for the center, womens' fellowship. Raised over $800.

Brenda Crawford - Initiated “TJAG – Enriched” for their church’s women’s ministry (“The Jewels Anointed by God), to better encourage and enable women to achieve maturity in Christ through three new ministry arms: TJAG Connect Ministry will bridge the gap between women completing new members’ classes and being integrated into a ministry. TJAG Woman to Woman Mentoring Ministry will aid women in moving from their current reality to their desired future through a one-on-one mentoring relationship. TJAG E-Prayer Network will provide women with the vehicle to have a prayer team intercede for their prayer needs utilizing this students’ home church website.

Emily De-Jesus-Garcia – Started “Nannies 4 Christ”, to empower Filipino workers in homes to share their Christianity and witness to those they work for in the metropolitan D.C. area.

From Joan Schroeder’s students:
Velma Person - planning a Natural Health and Nutrition Seminar. She is basing it on III John 2: "Beloved, I pray that in all aspects you will prosper and be in good health just as your soul prospers. The seminar's byline is "Take Charge of your Health and Well Being - it's Your Responsibility." This is a 2-hour seminar and will focus on educating those attending as to how the body systems work and suggest how to better exercise control to enhance wellness. Pitfalls will be highlighted which will include the problems with the typical American diet.

Donna Farley - Did research on mentoring and developed a mentoring handbook as her project. Her handbook is called "Mentoring with Passion Training Handbook" and is under Straight from the Heart Ministry, Inc. and is copyrighted.

Sherri DelleCurti – Either: Organize a support group for abused women OR: organize her church’s move into their new church building.

From Almedah Evans:
Barbara Bailey – set up Rosebud Teen Girl Ministry to speak truth to teen girls, provide them with spiritual guidance and talk with them about guarding their sexual purity.

Amy Nemeth – Organize and led a Women’s Servant Retreat to Eagan, TN in the heart of Appalachia.

Marsha Puskar:
Wilma Myers – did 3 projects:

1. Held a baby shower for the local pregnancy center. #25 women attended to hear the operator of the center share her testimony and passion to help women in crisis.
2. Held a Praise & Fellowship Night - #25 women attended.
3. Organized attendance to a Women of Faith Conference held in Cleveland, OH. #12 ladies attended.

Jacqueline Adams – Developed a ministry to meet the needs of women and empower them to be more effective in every aspect of their lives. Bible studies were started, stressing prayer and spiritual mentoring. The SWM was used to model training for women in leadership. Results were seen by the tremendous growth of the women who attended, as they accepted new challenges and responsibility.

LORETTA
Denise Fobbs – Organized and taught a 13-wk. Bible Study for her home church using the book “Building Your Church”. This incorporated the utilizing of people according to their spiritual giftings and tied in with the lead pastor’s congregational teaching at the time.

Linda Shearer - Organized "Banana Club" bread baking & outreach ministry. This consisted of baking bread and using it to reach out to new and non-believers in the church for encouragement, teaching and mentoring. Volunteers helped accomplish this ministry by baking the bread together as a group, fellowship & training with mentoring along the way. It will be used as a channel to meet others’ needs and as a way for caring for them.