A seminar about the challenges, stories, tips and personal experiences of a woman in youth ministry

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#ymwomen
More than a distributor of
feminine hygiene items

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You might be a #ymwomen if…

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Share:
 Fill
in the blank
You know you might be a woman in youth
ministry if
_____________________________________
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Resource:
Book: Help I’m a Woman in Youth Ministry
by Kara Powell

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I met Barbara @ Holy Trinity
Catholic Church

Who is Your Barbara?

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A girlfriend’s guide for #ymwomen

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Tip #1 Female Friends

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Tip #1 Female Friends

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#2 Tips for working with
guys in youth ministry
1.
Figure out your boundaries
2.
Figure out if his boundaries help
or hinder communication
3.
Figure out a healthy balance
that works in your context and
doesn’t create more problems
than solutions.

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sacredfriendshipgathering.com
Bring
up the subject of
friendship between men and
women and you’ll find the
subject of boundaries is
close at hand.

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sacredfriendshipgathering.com
We
have the best of intentions
and we want to do the right
thing. We build fences and
draw lines in order to protect
what we see as holy, sacred.
This is good, admirable - but
what if some of the boundaries
we create are actually keeping

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In the trenches advice for
working w/men in YM
1.
Make your role clear. Have a job
description.
2.
Are you more than the “modesty
police” or the token female who can
handle crying girls and feminine
hygiene item distribution so he
doesn’t have to?

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In the trenches advice for
working w/men in YM
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Ask male colleagues to introduce
you right away so no one thinks
you are the church secretary or
pastor’s wife.
Or introduce yourself!

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In the trenches advice for
working w/men in YM
Tip: Let your voice be
heard…not because you
represent a “women’s voice” or a
“parent’s voice” but because they
value YOUR voice.

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rachel-held-evans-a-womans-voice
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Rachel Held Evans
I’ve found that the most
subversive, liberating thing I
can do these days is to show
up to that pulpit, or that
conference, or that terrifying
blank page and speak with my
own voice—

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MORE Tips for working
with guys in ym
1.
Realize…your problems with the “guys”
might be more personality issues than
gender issues.
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Resource:
Enneagraminstitute

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Time to move on?
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When you can’t be yourself…it might
be time to move on.
2.
When you are working with unhealthy
levels of personality conflicts…it might
be time to move on
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When your gifts are not being used.

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Tip #3 for being a #ymwomen
Figure
out if you haven’t
already…your view of
women in church leadership.

39. #4 So how do I relate to the boys in
my youth ministry?
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Boys have mom’s and sisters.
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Boys might not have mom’s and sisters.
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Jesus made a difference to men and
women.
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Youth ministry is no longer pastor
centered.
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Boys are human.

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Tip #5
How To Know if Youth Ministry is a
Calling or Opportunity
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You know you are not worried
about being too old or irrelevant

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#ymwomen
More than a distributor of feminine hygiene items