Events
Spring Book Club
Mondays in March
6:30 PM ET / 5:30 PM CT
Join Baptist Women in Ministry for our Spring Book Club! We will be reading Cole Arthur Riley’s This Here Flesh. As women in ministry, we often find that our lived experiences inform our experiences with the Holy. Riley offers a path to validating that truth through this powerful book.
“In these deeply transporting pages, Arthur Riley reflects on the stories of her grandmother and father, and how they revealed to her an embodied, dignity-affirming spirituality, not only in what they believed but in the act of living itself.”
We invite you on this 4 week long experience with Riley as we reflect on the embodied ways our spirit speaks today.
Lunch and Learns: The Leadership Series
January- May 2025
Every First Tuesday
11:00 AM CT/ 12:00 PM ET
February 4th at 11AM CT/ 12 PM EST
Preparing for the Job Search
Join us for a Lunch and Learn to discover a new resource specifically designed to empower women in their ministerial job search. This session will address common challenges women face, including navigating bias and discussing career breaks for caregiving responsibilities. We’ll delve into essential aspects of the search process, including crafting compelling resumes and cover letters, adapting your professional experience for ministry, and acing your interviews. This session is your opportunity to gain valuable insights and connect with a supportive community.
Facilitator: Rev. Nikki Hardeman
March 4th at 11AM CT/ 12 PM EST
Negotiating an Offer
Lunch and Learn Description Coming Soon!
Facilitator: Rev. Dr. Martha Simmons
April 1st at 11AM CT/ 12 PM EST
Leadership Development through Family Systems
Lunch and Learn Description Coming Soon!
Facilitator: Lombard Mennonite Peace Center
May 6th at 11AM CT/ 12 PM EST
Sermon Development
Lunch and Learn Description Coming Soon!
Facilitator: Rev. Dr. Janiece Williams
Recent Past Events
January 2025 Lunch and Learn
January 7th at 11AM CT/ 12 PM EST
Discernment in the Job Search Process
Are you gearing up for a ministerial job search? Discernment is an important first step in the job search process to help you approach it with clarity and confidence. This January, BWIM invites Rev. Dr. Nancy Penton to guide us through the essential questions of discernment as you consider where you are being called to next vocationally:
- Where are the places in your life when you stood at a crossroads and wondered which way to go?
- What questions can we learn to ask ourselves before making significant decisions?
- What is the art of discernment, and can it be developed?
Facilitator: Rev. Dr. Nancy Penton
December 2024 Lunch and Learn
Tuesday, December 3rd at 12 pm EST
‘Tis the Season…for Grief: Holding Space for Grief and Loss During the Holidays
How do you navigate the season of joyful songs, colorful lights, and festive gatherings when you are grieving? How do you minister to those who have suffered loss while tending to your own grief? During this workshop, attendees will not only learn about spiritual practices that can create sacred space for coping with grief and loss during the holidays – we’ll also practice them together. Please have pens, pencils, colored pencils or markers and paper on hand for this workshop experience.
Facilitator: Rev. Tambi Swiney
Fall 2024 Book Club
Meets on Zoom Every Tuesday in October starting October 8th
6:00 PM Eastern / 5:00 PM Central
Taking care of ourselves is essential, and lately, we’ve started to pay more attention to the ways our physical bodies need and deserve nourishment. But we are not just bodies, we sacred beings, and our souls need just as much care and attention to be healthy.
As a clinical psychologist, pastor, and activist, Dr. Chanequa Walker-Barnes has studied and worked with clients, clergy, seminary faculty, faith-based activists, and others to encourage them to think of self-care as both a divine right and a sacred obligation. She has developed a seven-week guide gathering activities, habits, disciplines, and practices that promote spiritual, physical, emotional, mental, and relational wholeness.
Each day includes a story alongside short and simple prompts and scripture passages that help us shift behaviors in the short term and create lifelong habits.
Each week walks readers through the following areas:
Mastering the Self-Care Fundamentals
Practicing Self-Compassion
Setting Healthy Boundaries
Caring for Our Emotional Selves
Caring for Our Minds
Practicing Self-Care as a Way of Life
Also included is an inventory for identifying areas you may need to focus on, and a “Rule of Life” guide to help you direct your self-care practice and maintain it throughout the year. Inspiring and practical, ruminative and actionable, Sacred Self-Care invites us on a journey to craft a sustainable self-care practice to care for our whole selves.
2024 BWIM Annual Gathering
