Women’s Ministries

Two women volunteering together during the Central Hope Food Drive

For the women of this church

Women’s Ministries

Women are roughly fifty-five percent of Adventist membership in North America and serve in every department. This ministry exists to equip them, not to entertain them.

What Women’s Ministries is

The division is candid about the purpose here: women’s ministries should be ministry-driven. It is meant to be more than a retreat, a tea, or one Sabbath a year with women on the platform. Those things have their place, but they are not the point.

The stated purpose of the department is to encourage, equip, promote and challenge Adventist women in their walk with Christ, and to bring women’s perspectives to the questions the church is facing. In practice that means training and releasing women into service, and making sure a woman looking for a way to contribute is not left standing at the edge of the room.

It also means taking seriously the things women in a congregation actually carry — caregiving, grief, work, singleness, marriage, motherhood, and the loneliness that hides well in a busy church.

What this looks like here

Discipleship firstBible study, mentoring and spiritual growth as the centre of the ministry rather than an afterthought.
Equipping for serviceIdentifying gifts and getting women into the ministries where those gifts belong.
Mentoring across generationsOlder and younger women in the same room on purpose, which is harder to arrange than it sounds and worth the effort.
Gathering with substanceFellowship that leaves people better resourced, not just fed.
Speaking into church lifeBringing women’s perspective to the questions the congregation is working through.
End It NowParticipation in the Adventist Church’s worldwide campaign against abuse, marked at Edmonton Central in August.

Common questions

Do I need to be a member?

No. Any woman in this church or this neighbourhood is welcome, whatever your connection to Adventism.

What actually happens?

Bible study, mentoring, service projects and gatherings. If you want detail on what is next, contact the office.

I work full time and have small children.

Then you are exactly the person this ministry should be built around rather than scheduled against. Say so, and it will be taken into account.

How do I connect?

Call 780-420-0215 or email ecsdacoffice@gmail.com and ask to be put in touch with Wiltah Berman.

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Go deeper

These are the official resources this ministry draws on. Everything below is free to read, and worth it if you are stepping into this work or simply want to understand it properly.

Women’s Ministries Quick Start GuideThe official Seventh-day Adventist guide for this ministry, free to download from AdventSource. Women’s Ministries on AdventSourceMinistry resources, articles and downloads from the Adventist Church in North America. NAD Women’s MinistriesDivision women’s ministries, including the End It Now campaign against abuse.

Get involved with Women’s Ministries

Speak to Wiltah Berman or the church office and we will point you to the right person. Everyone starts somewhere.

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