Women’s History Month Gathering
Monday, March 25, 2024
at 12:00-12:30 PM ET
Join American Baptist Women's Ministries on March 11, 2024, as we speak with authors of
Real Connections, Joy Skjegstad and Heidi Unruh.
American Baptist Women's Ministries' Women's History Month Gatherings are free. Donations are welcome. Your donation will allow American Baptist Women's Ministries to continue providing programs, resources, and leader training for ministries with women and girls.
Real Connections invites churches to move authentic relationships to the center of congregational life and ministry with the community. The book equips church members and leaders to invest in deeper, more diverse relationships in a variety of contexts: within the congregation; with other churches; with community partners and residents; with people who are isolated or struggling; and across differences.
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Joy Skjegstad
Joy Skjegstad works with nonprofits and churches throughout the U.S. to help them achieve strategic focus, develop effective community ministry, and present themselves in clear and visionary language. In addition to
Real Connections, she is the author of
Seven Creative Models for Community Ministry,
Winning Grants to Strengthen Your Ministry, and
Starting A Nonprofit At Your Church. She has more than 30 years of experience starting and growing nonprofit organizations and church-based community ministry programs, including serving as the Executive Director of the Park Avenue Foundation at Park Avenue United Methodist Church and as the founder of the Institute for Ministry Leaders, a university-based training program that builds the management capacity of churches and other ministry organizations.
Heidi Unruh
Heidi Unruh has researched and written extensively about church-based community ministry, including co-authoring the books
Churches That Make a Difference;
Hope for Children in Poverty;
Saving Souls, Serving Society; and
Equipping Christians for Kingdom Purpose in Their Work. As a ministry consultant, trainer and coach, she specializes in helping the people of God care well for neighbors and work toward the flourishing of their community, particularly by coming alongside vulnerable children and families. She is an alumni of Palmer Seminary.
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