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Hello Ladies,

We are in a new season of Women’s Ministry in Mountain Plains Region and I’m excited to share with you some of the new developments.   The vision of Open Bible Women’s Ministries is to:

• Love – God, Self, and others
  In Matthew 22:37-40 Jesus gives us two commandments.
  1. Love the Lord our God with all of heart, soul, and mind.
  2.  Love others as we love ourselves.  After we experience God’s transformational love, He empowers us to love others with the same healthy love that we love ourselves.

• Live with passionate purpose.
  The Lord gives us gifts, abilities, and talents and then puts dreams and desires into our hearts. Combine these ingredients and we have a perfect recipe for living life with passionate purpose.

• Lead to impact the future as women of influence.
  We are called to lead as women of influence. God calls each of us to lead with His guidance and strength. He calls us to lead in our families, churches, and communities. 

Since women influence 70% of the decision-making in a family, it is possible that renewal through Women’s ministry can be an influential factor in the renewal of the American Church. Women are the relational connectors of a group.

In Mountain Plains Region we are going to put feet to this vision in a practical way.  We would like to invite every Women’s Ministry Leader in the region to be a part of our leadership teams.  We are asking you to consider coming alongside of us in MPR by ministering in the areas of your giftedness, abilities, and talents.  Each team has a leader who works alongside team members to accomplish the purpose of the team.

• Events Team – (Team Leader: Nancy Vencill) This team will assist in the planning and development of retreats and conferences and will offer activities to encourage the growth of ministry to women.

• Connections Team – (Team Leader: None as of yet) The emphasis for this team is just as it sounds.  It will serve as a means to connect with one another in our churches, districts, and region.  We will do this through birthday and encouragement cards, “Women in Focus,” (introducing women in ministry throughout the region. You should have already received 3 emails regarding this.), retreats, conferences and staying ‘connected’ with one another.

• Missions Team – (Team Leader: None as of yet) This team will assist and promote National and Regional Missions Projects and missions trips.

• Promotions Team – (Team Leader: Kelly Loftis) This team will photograph events and will help with promoting women’s ministry events through technology and other resources.

• Writing Team – (Team Leader: Kelly Loftis) This team will publish articles that focus specifically on leadership, life, laughter, and the edification of women in ministry. These will be made available on the website and the LifeTogether Blog.

• Young Women in Ministry Team – (Team Leader: Angie Sissel) This team will assist up and coming young women in the areas of leadership development, events, mentoring, articles, & connections.

Please e-mail me if you have an interest in any of these areas and would like a job description.  (Note: Must be a member of and faithfully attending an Open Bible Church.) 

Lessons In Leadership
In the past, the articles on the website have been ‘general’ articles.  Now the articles on the WM webpage will focus specifically on Lessons in Leadership, Ideas, and the current Regional or National Project.

Our first series of lessons will focus on Leadership Confidence.  Some of the areas we will be covering (Not necessarily in this order) are:

• Asking Questions
• Balance
• Boundaries
• Change
• Communication
• Delegating
• Depression/Fatigue
• Motivating Yourself

2010 Regional Project

You will find all of the information on our current regional or national projects right here on the MPR website.

Our Regional Project for 2010 was – “Redigging the Wells.” Our goal was $6,000 and we raised $4, 301.99.  Thank you to all of the churches who participated in helping us reach this goal. In this project we focused on the next generation of leaders.  The funds we raised will be used to provide scholarships and grants for Junior Bible Quizzing, Youth Camps and Conferences. 

National Project - 2011 Saada Project – Goal $25,000.00

Message from Kris Beaird:

 I am excited to announce the 2011 National Project for Women's Ministries! It has been my desire to have a project in the 10/40 window. A four-minute video has been posted on the national website for use in your church (http://www.openbible.org).

Because of the high infant mortality rate of 48% of this undisclosed country, we will financially assist the OBC team to give proper education, hygiene and basic maternal care knowledge to the women in this city. To protect the team in this Muslim nation, their names and location cannot be disclosed. The mothers attend 12-day training with their malnourished children. The malnutrition in this area is 84%! The children are weighed, measured and tracked to ensure their health. During the sessions, biblical stories are used for moral lessons and to introduce the Good News in an acceptable, manner. (The illiteracy rate is 70% for women and 50% for men.) Relationships are built with the families.

The $25,000 that we raise will buy food for the mothers and children during the sessions, educational materials, and training. Volunteer community health workers will be given food as an encouragement for their work. Because discretion must be used in Muslim countries, relationship building and acts of kindness are effective methods to introduce the message of hope.

Mtn. Plains Region Goal:  $200 per church + 100% participation = $6,000.  storytelling

Life Together Blog

The “Life Together Blog” will be the place for our ‘general’ articles for women in ministry.  We hope you’ll visit often and share your heart, thoughts and ideas.  Even though we are far apart geographically, we can still meet together for a chat. Here is the link:   http://mprobc.wordpress.com/

Blessings to each one of you!   Let’s enjoy life together!       
Kelly