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Dec 01

Women Leaders Invited to Connect Through Newsletter, Luncheon

Michele Joseph

Jennifer Stanford, a career coach and consultant, will give the keynote presentation in Albuquerque, New Mexico, January 16, 2019.

The North American Division (NAD) administrative committee voted to adopt and endorse the Adventist Women Leaders (AWL) initiative. What started with a lunch for 15 women gathered in a conference room at the NAD Year-end Meetings in October 2017 has grown to more than 50 subscribers to an email newsletter published twice each month.

“AWL is a community where we can connect, tell our stories, learn from others’ experiences, and find inspiration in our shared journeys,” says Debra Brill, NAD vice president for ministries, who chairs the initiative.

The goal is to create and foster a nurturing and supportive community for women who serve in leadership capacities for the Seventh-day Adventist Church. Women who serve as presidents, vice presidents, directors, associates and assistant directors, administrators, superintendents, and leaders of Adventist ministries are invited to join the community. They will find a group that acknowledges the gifts God has given to each woman, offers leadership development, and fosters a culture of inclusivity and opportunities for growth.

“We are here to say to women in leadership: ‘We see you, we acknowledge your call and accomplishments, we rejoice in how God is working through you, we are here for you, and we are praying for you,’” says Celeste Ryan Blyden, vice president for strategic communication and public relations for the Columbia Union Conference, who spearheaded the initiative.

Blyden saw a need for a leadership community among women based on her own experience. She reached out to Brill; Tamyra Horst, communication director, women’s ministries, family, and prayer ministries director for the Pennsylvania Conference; and Ann Roda, vice president of mission integration and spiritual care for the Maryland-based Adventist HealthCare, to form the community’s organizing committee.

As a resource network, AWL offers an email newsletter twice each month. It features profiles of women leaders, spiritual encouragement, and lessons learned. And in each issue, readers are asked to pray for a woman in the network.

AWL is now organizing a Division-wide luncheon on January 16, 2019, at the close of the NAD Ministries Convention in Albuquerque, N.M. Women leaders are invited to get better acquainted, and engage in an interactive learning experience about emotional intelligence.

“The ability to recognize, analyze, and respond to how we think, feel, act, and relate to others accounts for 80 percent of our success,” says Jennifer Stanford, a career coach and consultant, who will give the keynote presentation.

Through assessment activities, roundtable discussions, and reflection time, participants will access tools and learn methods to help foster healthy workplace and personal relationships.

To register for the luncheon, visit AdventSource.org (https://bit.ly/2NSPrw0). To sign up for the newsletter, visit AWL (https://admin_9b8c.gr8.com).

FOUR WAYS TO HELP ADVENTIST WOMEN LEADERS GROW

We invite you to join our community to help the movement grow. Here’s what you can do:

• PRAY for the Adventist Women Leaders’ ministry and the women leaders serving in a variety of capacities across the North American Division and around the world.

• HAVE LUNCH with us on January 16, 2019, in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Register today!

• SUBSCRIBE to the Adventist Women Leaders’ email newsletter.

• SHARE the newsletter and the luncheon invitation with other women presidents, vice presidents, directors, associate directors, and assistants to the president and superintendents in your circles.


Michele Joseph is the managing editor for the Adventist Women Leaders’ newsletter.

Southern Union | December 2018

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