1. Role Of Women In The Family And
Community In These Trying Times
18TH DISTRICT WOMEN’S FELLOWSHIP
SADSADAN, BAUKO, MOUNTAIN PROVINCE
APRIL 21, 2023
PICS AND OTHER IDEAS WERE BORROWED FROM PUBLIC DOMAIN AND LECTURES WERE LIFTED FROM THE BIBLE AND OTHER AUTHORS
WHOSE NAMES WERE UNFORTUNATELY NOT NOTED AND WILL BE IDENTIFIED LATER WHEN AVAILABLE.
2. •WOMAN = derived from the old english
word "wifman," from the roots "wif" and
"man." A woman (wifman) was a "wife-
person." ("Man" was the generic word for
human being.)
•WIFE = Female partner in marriage.
•Female, girl, babae, be-e, Bugan
3. VARIETY OF ROLES
•Women are key to sustainable
development and quality of life in
the family. As wife to husband and
as mother to the children.
•Traditionally as “ilaw ng tahanan”
and “manager of family income”
4. VARIETY OF ROLES
•Leader, teacher,
administrator, manager,
etc.
•Basically, almost all roles
except those reserved
exclusively for men.
5. ROLES IN MANY AREAS
•As wife
•As administrator of the
household
•As manager of the family
income
6. ROLES IN MANY AREAS
•In the house
•In the church
•In community,
workplace, society, etc.
7. AS A WIFE:
•Woman is man’s helpmate, partner and
comrade.
•She often sacrifices her personal
pleasure and ambitions, sets standard
of morality
•Relieves stress and strain, tension of
8. AS A WIFE:
•Thereby she creates necessary
environment for her male partner to
think more about the economic
upliftment of family.
•She is the source of inspiration to man
for high endeavor and worthy
achievements in life.
9. AS AN ADMINISTRATOR OF THE HOUSEHOLD:
•A well-ordered disciplined household is
essential to normal family life. The woman
in the family assumes this function.
•She assigns duties among family members
according to their interest and abilities and
provides resources in-term of equipment
and materials to accomplish the job.
10. AS AN ADMINISTRATOR OF
THE HOUSEHOLD :
•She plays a key role in the preparation
and serving of meals, selection and
care of clothing, laundering, furnishing
and maintenance of the house.
•As an administrator, she organizes
various social functions in the family
for social development.
•She also acts as a director of
11. AS A MANAGER OF FAMILY INCOME:
•Woman acts as the humble manager of
the family income. It is her
responsibility to secure maximum
return from every Peso spent.
•She always prefers to prepare a
surplus budget instead of a deficit
budget. She is very cautious in
calculating loss and gain while
12. AS A MANAGER OF FAMILY INCOME:
•She
distributes
judiciously
the income
on
necessities,
comforts
13. AS A MANAGER OF FAMILY INCOME:
•The woman in the
family also
contributes to the
family income
through her own
earning within or
14. AS A MANAGER OF FAMILY INCOME:
•She has positive
contribution to the
family income by the
work she herself
performs in the home.
Even waste products
15. AS A MOTHER:
•The whole burden of CHILD
BEARING and greater part of
CHILD REARING task are carried
out by the woman in the family.
16. AS A MOTHER:
•She is primarily responsible for the
child’s habit of self-control,
orderliness, industriousness, theft or
honesty. Her contacts with the child
during the most formative period of his
development sets up his behavior
pattern.
17. AS A MOTHER:
•She is the first TEACHER of the
child.
•She transmits social heritage to the
child. It is from mother that the
child learns the laws of the race, the
manner of men, moral code and
18. AS A MOTHER:
• The mother, because of her intimate and
sustained contact with the child, is able to
discover and nurture child’s special traits
aptitudes and attitudes which subsequently play a
key role in the shaping of his/her personality.
• “…a foolish son/man is the
heaviness/grief/disgrace /bitterness of his
mother” (Prov. 10:1, 15:20, 17:25)
19. AS A MOTHER:
• You shall teach them diligently to your children,
and shall talk of them when you sit in your house,
when you walk by the way, when you lie down,
and when you rise up. (Deuteronomy 6: 7).
• .........My son, hear the instruction of your father,
and do not forsake the law of your
mother. (Proverbs 1:8).
• ....She opens her mouth with wisdom, and on her
20. AS A MOTHER:
• As a mother she is the FAMILY
HEALTH OFFICER. She is very
much concerned about the
physical wellbeing of every
member of the family, the
helpless infant, the sickly child,
the adolescent youth, senile
parent.
21. AS A MOTHER:
•She ORGANIZEs the home and its activities
in such a way so that each member of the
family has proper food, adequate sleep and
sufficient recreation. She made the home a
comfortable and appropriate setting for the
children through her talent. Besides, she
cultivates taste in interior design and
arrangement, so that the home becomes an
22. AS A MOTHER:
•The mother is the COMFORTER of the
home. All the members turn to her for
sympathy, understanding and
recognition. Woman devotes her time,
labor and thought for the welfare of
the members of the family. For the
unity of interacting personalities, man
24. IN THESE TRYING TIMES:
•The challenges faced by women before
were different from the challenges
faced by women today. The battle
place now is often not limited in the
home. The husband need much help
now as well as the children and who
else will be the Lord’s instrument? =>
30. IN THESE TRYING TIMES:
•Although the times had passed and
conditions have changed a lot, the Bible
is still timely and its contents have not
changed. There is no basis to say
“sabali tatta” or “idi panawen yo ah
dayta”
31. IN THESE TRYING TIMES:
•In these trying times, when we feel
like being overwhelmed by our
burdens, remember who we are.
•We are…
34. IN THESE TRYING TIMES:
•The battle field of present day
Christian women is not just in the
home and its nearby backyards or
fields.
•It exponentially expanded now to
include the marketplace, the schools,
offices, other provinces, abroad, in the
minds of our children and in the
35. IN THESE TRYING TIMES:
•Do not forget
that we are
our husband’s
helpmate.
38. IN THESE TRYING TIMES:
•THE LORD GOD SAID, “IT IS NOT GOOD
FOR THE MAN TO BE ALONE. I WILL
MAKE A HELPER SUITABLE FOR HIM. –
GENESIS 2:!8
•HE WHO FINDS A WIFE FINDS WHAT IS
GOOD AND RECEIVES FAVOR FROM
39. IN THESE TRYING TIMES:
Happy is a man who is blessed
by God with a supportive
helpmate…
40. IN THESE TRYING TIMES:
•Like in the olden
days, our refuge is in
the Lord!
42. ROLE OF WOMEN IN THE CHURCH
1.TO PRACTICE SPIRITUAL DISCIPLINE
- Vital to the Christian life are prayer,
fasting, and fellowship. Scripture says,
“pray in the spirit on all occasions with
all kinds of prayers and requests. With
this in mind, be alert and always keep on
praying for all the Lord’s people”
(Ephesians 6:18). The best way we can
strengthen our relationship with God
43. ROLE OF WOMEN IN THE CHURCH
2. TO SERVE AND VOLUNTEER.
- Women are great at serving and
volunteering at a church where we are
needed, and this is an exceptional way
we can fulfill our role in ministry. 1 Peter
4:10 says, “each of you should use
whatever gift you have received to serve
others, as faithful stewards of God’s
grace in its various forms.”
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3. TO BE WELCOMING AND INCLUSIVE.
- “Do not forget to show hospitality to
strangers, for by so doing some people
have shown hospitality to angels
without knowing it” (Hebrews 13:2).
Women can make others feel welcome
or unwelcome with just the tone of our
voice. We are told to show hospitality,
45. ROLE OF WOMEN IN THE CHURCH
4. TO STUDY THE WORD.
-Every Christian should know the
Bible.
46. ROLE OF WOMEN IN THE CHURCH
4. TO STUDY THE WORD.
- We have “commitments to family, faith,
career/work & community: Additionally, as
women, we tend to compete for attention
among the many distractions going on
around us, which makes it even more
important that we consciously take time to
learn about God and spend time with Him.
“Look to the Lord and His strength; seek His
47. ROLE OF WOMEN IN THE CHURCH
5. TO EVANGELIZE. The great
commission isn’t just for men, ladies!
Jesus was talking to all believers when
He said, “… go and make disciples of all
nations, baptizing them in the name of
the Father and of the Son and of the
Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey
everything I have commanded you. And
surely I am with you always, to the very
48. NOT PART OF THE ROLE OF WOMEN IN THE
CHURCH
1. TO COMPETE.
Let’s stop comparing ourselves
against others. We all have
something we are working on or
struggling with. We all are traveling
on different roads, so we cannot
49. NOT PART OF THE ROLE OF WOMEN IN THE
CHURCH
2. TO ENTERTAIN GOSSIP. We are
called to be peacemakers and
peacekeepers, not gossips. It’s best
to stop slander when you hear it. Say
something like, “I am not interested
in that, but why don’t you tell me
50. NOT PART OF THE ROLE OF WOMEN IN THE
CHURCH
3. TO OVERCOMMIT.
Overcommitment is the enemy of
peace. To remain spiritually
healthy, we need to evaluate what
we can do with the time and
abilities we have.
51. NOT PART OF THE ROLE OF WOMEN IN THE
CHURCH
4. TO BE ALONE.
We were created to be social, a part of a
community. There is nothing wrong with
recharging and taking time for self-care,
but we are not called to be lonely and
cut off from everyone else. Build deeper
relationships with your church family.
52. NOT PART OF THE ROLE OF WOMEN IN THE
CHURCH
5. TO BE ARGUMENTATIVE. Let’s
not argue against our pastors,
leaders, other churchgoers, our
own husband or outsiders. As
representatives of Christ, we
should do all things in love.
