 Women's Ministry Leaders:
Mary Southerland serves the local church as the Women’s Ministry Motivator, who supports leaders and inspires women to participate in Bible Studies, Life Groups, and volunteer ministries.
Ministry leaders identify with Mary, because she has over 15 years experience working “in the trenches” as a pastor’s wife and former women’s ministry director. She led Women in Focus at Flamingo Road Church in Ft. Lauderdale, FL, which grew in attendance from 40 to over 400 women. Her expertise helps leaders across America embrace challenges and learn how to:
- Start a new women’s ministry from scratch.
- Manage transition and growth to establish a ministry that changes lives.
- Balance the priorities between ministry and family.
- Develop leadership qualities, such as personal integrity, the ability to motivate, and the willingness to delegate.
- Handle difficult people with compassion.
- Encourage women to connect, sign-up, and serve in helping others.
Mary’s resources for leaders include her books, Experiencing God’s Power in Your Ministry, Escaping the Stress Trap, Hope in the midst of Depression and Sandpaper People. She also writes devotionals and articles for Crosswalk.com and a column for Rick Warren’s Tool Box on Pastors.com.
 Leadership Events:
Mary is available to meet with your women’s leadership team for brain-storming and planning sessions. She assists leaders through retreats, one-day, and half-day conferences.
Conference topics include:
- Dreaming a New Dream for Your Women’s Ministry
- The 7 Habits of Highly Successful Woman in Ministry
- Surviving Transition in Your Church
- Experiencing God’s Power in Your Ministry
- Getting Good at Being You
- Sandpaper People: Dealing with Abrasive Personalities
To Mary, there is no greater reward than to lead women to Jesus Christ and His plan for their life. So, when your ministry needs a fresh start, contact the Women’s Ministry Motivator.
|
“Mary Southerland spoke at our Women’s Ministry Event where she challenged, encouraged, and refreshed each woman present. Best of all, she inspired over 150 women to sign up for Bible Studies and volunteer ministries for the first time! Mary really motivated our women to get connected!”
Allison Hall – Women’s Ministry Director
Westside Family Church, Shawnee, KS
|
A word from Mary:
We are on the same team, the same journey and fighting the same fight! I know from experience that, as ministry leaders, our needs are unique as we live under unseen pressures and unspoken demands that can only be understood by others in ministry.
The demands on time and energy are sometimes overwhelming. The constant struggle to balance ministry and family priorities is just that...constant! Living in the proverbial but very real fishbowl can get really old...really fast!
And yet, the joys and rewards of following God's call is worth it all! To see a woman connect with other women who choose to encourage and walk with her is awesome! To be part of God's transforming power in a family is priceless. To lead women to Christ and His plan for their life...well, there are no words to describe it!
Still, there are times when I want to run and hide...or just quit! That is when I need a friend, someone who is available, someone who understands, someone I can trust. God is always ready to do just that, but my heart cries out for a person who will be "God with skin on" in my life. I want to be that person in your life!
|
Let Mary help you build a dynamic Leadership Team for your Women's Ministry!
As a Bible-study leader, women’s ministry director, pastor’s wife and mother of two, Mary Southerland’s extensive experience will help you:
- Learn how to embrace necessary transition to establish a ministry that changes lives.
- Develop essential leadership characteristics, such as personal integrity, the ability to motivate others, and the willingness to delegate.
Each chapter includes a study section and an in-the-trenches life story from a woman in ministry.
All this adds up to a powerful resource that will encourage you to keep running the race and to celebrate what God is doing through you in ministry.
Team Leaders and Ministry Directors, receive your complimentary copy by
e-mailing me at:
From Tiffany Watson
Georgetown, SC
"My husband and I have only been in ministry for five months and God is doing some awesome things in our church and in our lives. I just happened to pick up your book, "Experiencing God's Power in Your Ministry", and thought it might be helpful to me. Well, all I can say is, "Keep on keeping on, sister!" You have already made an impact in my life!"
From Loraine Meltz, Women’s Ministry Director, Bakersfield, CA
Mary’s teachings are a tool I have used to help equip the women of our ministry grow in Christ and experience a life focused on spiritual maturity.
|
|
|
Ministry Leaders
