https://network.crcna.org/ The Network en Fri, 10 May 2024 22:06:34 +0000 Fri, 08 Dec 2023 05:00:00 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/leadership/women-leadership/welcome-our-new-ministry-consultant Thrive recently welcomed Julia Rathbun to the team as a ministry consultant with a focus on safe church work. She shares some of her story and hopes for the role below. Join us in giving her a warm welcome! Thrive Communications https://network.crcna.org/topic/leadership/women-leadership/welcome-our-new-ministry-consultant Fri, 08 Dec 2023 05:00:00 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/leadership/women-leadership/no-shoes-no-pants-no-service “California is confusing when it comes to dress codes. Some people show up to business meetings in shorts and a polo and someone else will choose a pantsuit. Anything goes here. Well…sort of.” Beth Carroll https://network.crcna.org/topic/leadership/women-leadership/no-shoes-no-pants-no-service Mon, 06 Feb 2023 18:30:40 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/leadership/women-leadership/womens-leadership-recognizes-25-years-synod-2022-remarks Thank you for the opportunity to recognize this anniversary. I’m Elaine May, women’s leadership developer for the CRCNA. It’s an honor to be here with you today. Elaine May https://network.crcna.org/topic/leadership/women-leadership/womens-leadership-recognizes-25-years-synod-2022-remarks Thu, 23 Jun 2022 19:56:21 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/leadership/women-leadership/join-us-pre-inspire-banquet-celebrate-women-ministry I want to invite you to come together in fellowship with the Women’s Leadership Ministry. Elaine May https://network.crcna.org/topic/leadership/women-leadership/join-us-pre-inspire-banquet-celebrate-women-ministry Tue, 22 Mar 2022 12:57:38 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/leadership/women-leadership/together-ministry I vividly remember the anxiety I felt receiving an invitation to work with a male pastor on a project. The project was going to extend over multiple months and would involve one-on-one meetings to advance the work we were called to do. Elaine May https://network.crcna.org/topic/leadership/women-leadership/together-ministry Tue, 04 Jan 2022 20:12:55 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/leadership/women-leadership/peer-learning-grants-continue-living-bravely The significant cultural moment we find ourselves in requires leading and living BRAVEly. Ellen Duffield, in her book The Brave Way, explains what living bravely takes: Elaine May https://network.crcna.org/topic/leadership/women-leadership/peer-learning-grants-continue-living-bravely Mon, 30 Aug 2021 17:39:30 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/leadership/women-leadership/already-not-yet-unity “Why can’t you all just get along?!” I recall yelling at my children on more than one occasion when they were young. My frustration was usually followed by the irony of sending them to their individual rooms to sit in isolation. Elaine May https://network.crcna.org/topic/leadership/women-leadership/already-not-yet-unity Wed, 11 Aug 2021 23:35:07 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/leadership/women-leadership/finding-our-brave-way Earlier this year when Inspire was postponed and Synod canceled, hope of gathering women in person to mark the 25th anniversary of ordaining women was lost. The Women’s Leadership Advisory Team and I began imagining an alternative gathering. Elaine May https://network.crcna.org/topic/leadership/women-leadership/finding-our-brave-way Thu, 24 Jun 2021 12:57:31 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/leadership/women-leadership/30-day-word-world-challenge Gretchen Saffles, founder of Well-Watered Women, has created a free 30-day challenge titled "Pressing Pause to Press Into Jesus." The idea is to spend 30 days putting Jesus first, and putting God's Word before the world (#Wordbeforeworld).&nbs Staci Devries https://network.crcna.org/topic/leadership/women-leadership/30-day-word-world-challenge Tue, 18 Aug 2020 16:06:33 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/leadership/women-leadership/such-time-bringing-our-whole-story-bear We are wired for stories and wired to be changed by stories. And each of our stories is a part of God's Big Story.   Denise Posie https://network.crcna.org/topic/leadership/women-leadership/such-time-bringing-our-whole-story-bear Fri, 22 May 2020 17:45:30 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/leadership/women-leadership/your-brain-wont-work-well-tips-spiritual-leaders-during-covid-19 Life giving, encouraging, hopeful, uniting. Diane Dykgraaf https://network.crcna.org/topic/leadership/women-leadership/your-brain-wont-work-well-tips-spiritual-leaders-during-covid-19 Sat, 25 Apr 2020 23:49:33 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/leadership/women-leadership/we-are-beloved Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. I John 4:7  Diane Dykgraaf https://network.crcna.org/topic/leadership/women-leadership/we-are-beloved Fri, 03 Apr 2020 11:46:39 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/leadership/women-leadership/call-courage The topic of courage is of interest to women in ministry and leadership. Participants in the February cluster were invited to share an object or item that symbolizes, or is a reminder to them, of “courage” in their life. Diane Dykgraaf https://network.crcna.org/topic/leadership/women-leadership/call-courage Tue, 03 Mar 2020 14:12:11 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/leadership/women-leadership/we-are-not-alone Criticism—we all get it, especially in ministry. Let’s be honest, criticism is hard. It’s tough and it’s exhausting. We don’t always know how to receive or give it in a healthy way. Diane Dykgraaf https://network.crcna.org/topic/leadership/women-leadership/we-are-not-alone Thu, 21 Nov 2019 16:53:47 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/leadership/women-leadership/role-models-and-legacy I heard two stories recently about how daughters have been encouraged by their mothers in many ways and why they see them as role models. We appreciate the significant life changing experiences in mother and daughter relationships as God shapes us for leadership. Denise Posie https://network.crcna.org/topic/leadership/women-leadership/role-models-and-legacy Thu, 07 Nov 2019 17:52:36 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/leadership/women-leadership/shared-leadership-sacred-spaces-webinar-church-and-ministry The tension between women and men constantly catches our attention, whether it’s John MacArthur critiquing Beth Moore for all of social media to see, or cross-gender conflicts erupting in your own context. Diane Dykgraaf https://network.crcna.org/topic/leadership/women-leadership/shared-leadership-sacred-spaces-webinar-church-and-ministry Wed, 30 Oct 2019 16:31:56 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/leadership/women-leadership/swollen-rivers-and-welcoming-prayer My precious creek is swollen today. So is my heart. And in neither case is this a cause for alarm. Diane Dykgraaf https://network.crcna.org/topic/leadership/women-leadership/swollen-rivers-and-welcoming-prayer Thu, 22 Aug 2019 16:19:24 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/leadership/women-leadership/ecumenical-womens-trip-oman Registration is open for our 2019 women's trip to the beautiful country of Oman, October 16 - 26, 2019.  Diane Dykgraaf https://network.crcna.org/topic/leadership/women-leadership/ecumenical-womens-trip-oman Tue, 20 Nov 2018 14:47:56 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/leadership/women-leadership/sheleads-2018-church-together Women and men are welcome to come and hear stories of folks who both know the brokenness and have better stories to tell and also to have conversations together about our story serving together in ministry. You're invited to this event. Diane Dykgraaf https://network.crcna.org/topic/leadership/women-leadership/sheleads-2018-church-together Wed, 31 Oct 2018 16:58:53 +0000