Ideas for presenters, partners, and other details
Ideas for guest presenters
- Lay minister
- Parish nurse
- Physician specializing in women's health
- Nurse practitioner
- Director or staff at a community health clinic
- Local college or seminary student
- College or seminary faculty
- Pastor
- Psychologist or professional counselor
Ideas for co-sponsors and partners
- Other Women of the ELCA units
- Your congregation's youth and family groups
- Ecumenical women's groups
- Local nonprofit organizations working with women and children
- Community health services
- Seminaries, colleges, and high schools
Suggestions for food, resources, and supplies
- Provide health-conscious meals and refreshments.
- Have plenty of drinking water available.
- Find out if your caterer would be willing to donate any excess food to a local women's shelter or other agency.
- Know what materials you want participants to leave with.
- Feature Women of the ELCA resources.
- If a guest presenter has published any books, make them available.
- Determine whether you can offer a few free registrations to local underserved women and girls.