Joyful Momentum: Growing and Sustaining Vibrant Womens Groups,Used

Are you interested in connecting with other women who share your faith, interests, and everyday concerns?A vibrant, selfsustaining womens ministry will help you achieve this goal, can take many forms, and is a key component of any vital parish, says Elizabeth Tomlin, who for nearly a decade has launched and grown Catholic womens ministries in the United States and abroad. In Joyful Momentum, Tomlin shows you how you also can start, expand, strengthen, or retool an existing womens group or ministry in your own Catholic parish.God can use even the most unlikely people to build up a successful womens ministry, Elizabeth Tomlin says. If someone had told collegeaged me that I would someday lead a global womens ministry, I would have said, No way. Im not smart enough. I dont know enough. Im too sinful. Im not good enough. And yet, that is exactly what happened. Tomlin is a founding member of the Military Council of Catholic Women Worldwide, the womens ministry organization of the Archdiocese for the Military Services USA.Whether you are interested in starting a spiritual book club or a group for moms with young children, retooling an existing ministry for moms who work outside their homes, or revitalizing a languishing prayer group or committee, you may feel underqualified and overwhelmed when first facing the challenges. Joyful Momentum provides the tools you need to get started, including Momentum Builders that will give you the confidence to do what needs to be done.Tomlin shares her personal stories, spiritual insights, and practical tips to show how almost any group can create a spirited, sustainable outreach. With natural warmth, honesty, and selfdeprecating humor, she makes a compelling case for the importance of womens ministry in the life of a parish, and coaches you through all the details.Used for personal formation or as a group study, this book conveys the important elements of womens ministryfrom a small book club to a larger undertaking that might include social mediabased prayer supports, oncall childcare helpers, or multicommittee annual festivals or parishwide events.This book will teach you: why spiritual friendships and pastoral connections are essential to the success of any womens ministry; how to build a team dedicated to prayer, simple hospitality, faithfilled catechesis, humble service, and personal outreach; and tips for handling trickier aspects of team leadership, such as conflict resolution and longterm transitional planning.Each chapter offers practical advice and inspirational stories to help you discover how to cultivate Christcentered friendships; discern a call to womens ministry in yourself and others; invest in prayerful preparation, biblical hospitality, and faith formation; develop a leadership team; and create a mentoring plan that will sustain the group over time.