S2S Sisters Talks

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Past Talks

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2026

  • Bipolar Disorder
    A Story of Thorns, Roses, and Redemption

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    Strength to Strength Sisters welcomed Sue Kauffman to discuss the challenges she has faced living with those with a bipolar condition. Sue Kauffman has experienced living with and loving people with a bipolar disorder—first her father, and then her husband. Can mental illness and beauty fit into the same narrative? Yes, when God is the…

  • BONUS TALK: The Power of the Hidden Woman

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    Strength to Strength Sisters welcomed Patty Miller to discuss the behind-the-scenes experience of one who supports others’ ministries. Serving from behind—what does that mean in today’s world of women’s rights and strident individualism? A woman of God has value and merit in the eyes of God regardless of her place in society or degree of visibility.…

  • The Power of the Word of God to Renew Our Minds

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    Strength to Strength Sisters welcomed Christy Kenaston to discuss how to use the power of the Word to renew our minds and stabilize our hearts. Whether at home or abroad we women often face a battle in our minds. There are days when thoughts fight against our very soul and threaten to undo our faith and…

  • The Power of Faithfulness in the Mundane

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    Strength to Strength Sisters welcomed Carol Myer to encourage faithfulness in the little things. When we consider the power of faithfulness, we have to first step back and recognize that we are stewards. Can anyone know what to steward if we don’t recognize our gifts? We will look at some amazing but practical ways that faithfulness…

  • The Power of Limits in an Age of Distraction

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    Strength to Strength Sisters welcomed Kristi Mast to discuss the power of a focused life. Most of us understand that our phones are stealing our attention and sometimes even our fruitfulness. But how do we practically master our devices instead of letting them master us, especially when we are drained or looking for escape? Embracing our…

  • Backsliding, Remarriage and Restoration:
    A Testimony of God’s Faithful Provision

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    Strength to Strength Sisters welcomed Jane Hodges to share her testimony and life story. In the Talk, Jane discusses the downward spiral of sin and the hopelessness that life brings. But the love and goodness of God is enduring. Even when stumbling and backsliding, God came out on the mountainside to find His lost sheep and…

  • God Is a Wonderful Father

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    Strength to Strength Sisters welcomed Rhoda Wenger to share her testimony. Traveling through life with my sweetheart of 53½ years has been an adventure I would not trade. God blessed us with 9 precious children, 5 additional precious children through marriage, and 14 treasured grandchildren. While our children were still at home, we had the privilege…

  • The Power of Intercessory Prayer

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    Strength to Strength Sisters welcomed Marietta Yoder to discuss the power of intercessory prayer. The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much. —James 5:16 Without prayer, ministry becomes a human effort that is like the vapor, shadow, grass. It will not last–only burn up. It becomes a burden-an idol. Prayer causes the work you…

  • The Power of Love: Evangelism

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    Strength to Strength Sisters welcomed Faith Zook to discuss practical evangelism. When was the last time I had a conversation with a total stranger? Does talking to the ungodly around us make me feel uncomfortable or do I feel energized by these conversations? In this talk, Faith will show through humor and stories how we can…

  • The Power of a Well-Ordered Home

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    Strength to Strength Sisters welcomed Mariel Frost to discuss what a home can offer when parents properly order their family. There is power in a well-ordered home. It serves as a platform for hospitality and a launchpad for ministry. It is a sanctuary of rest and a source of peace. A well-ordered home isn’t perfect or…

  • After the Shattering: Hope for Betrayal Trauma

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    Strength to Strength Sisters welcomed Shari Zook to discuss the toughest of struggles: betrayal. What does hope have to say about a husband’s sexual addiction? In this session, Shari will share the lies she internalized as a wife, and the truth God is writing in her heart about identity, freedom, and trust. She wants this to…

2025

  • New Books: Living Faithfully as Women
    Interview of Regina Rosenberry and Gina Martin

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    Strength to Strength Sisters welcomes two authors to discuss their recent books. An interactive question-and-answer period follows. “Every Girl’s Journey” by Regina Rosenberry Regina Rosenberry grew up in a country setting spending her childhood days playing doll, trapping groundhogs, setting up store, and climbing on top of the swing-set with her brother. As a young…

  • Bonus Talk: A Hope-Filled Conversation on Addictions

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    Strength to Strength Sisters welcomed Janelle Glick & Karen Peachey on this off-schedule meeting to join a panel discussion on breaking addictions. An interactive question-and-answer period follows. Recommended related talk Janelle Glick grew up in Waterloo, Ontario where her love of people was developed in sharing life with many foster children staying with her family. She…

  • The Sisters’ Role in Intentional Church Life

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    Strength to Strength Sisters welcomed Crystal Johnson and Alyssa Wray to help us rediscover the vital role of sisters in the Christian community. What are the roles and responsibilities of sisters in Christian community? Because women in many of our churches are not preaching at the Sunday gathering and are not in main leadership roles,…

  • For We Are Temples

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    Strength to Strength Sisters welcomed Christina Baer to discuss a common, but underappreciated, phrase from the Bible. Scripture says that our bodies are temples and the Spirit of God dwells in us. This phrase can get tossed around quite a bit, but what does it mean for us Christian women? How should we conduct ourselves inwardly,…

  • Living Strategically to Honor God: My Journey of Faith

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    Strength to Strength Sisters welcomed Sarah Knapp to share her testimony. Sarah’s deepest longing, and life’s ultimate aim, is to honor God and live intentionally for the advancement of His kingdom. Sarah doesn’t offer her story as a model of perfection, but hopes that in sharing some of her journey – both strengths and failures, we…

  • Becoming Women of Discernment

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    Strength to Strength Sisters welcomed Susan Schlabach to answer the question: How do we become women who make wise choices in the marketplace of life? Eve showed us that as women we are vulnerable to the voices out there. What happened at Eden also shows that even when we lack discernment, we have influence. To know…

  • Personal Bible Study

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    Strength to Strength Sisters welcomed Carol Nisly to share about cultivating meaningful personal Bible Study. He to whom the Eternal Word speaketh is delivered from a multitude of opinions. I find there is no shortage of opinions on most any topic under the sun, and many of them leave me anxious. With Simon Peter, I say,…

  • Discipling Our Children Through Homeschooling

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    Strength to Strength Sisters welcomed four homeschooling mothers to share about their experience in their children’s formal education. Can we effectively disciple our children through homeschooling? Join four experienced homeschooling moms for an interactive discussion on topics like academics, sustainability, structure and resources. There will be a time for you to share your questions. Come prepared…

  • Being Effective Women in Ministry for God’s Honor and Glory

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    Strength to Strength Sisters welcomed Tara Foster to share her experiences sharing the Gospel on a college campus. In this Talk, Tara explores various aspects of what it means to be a woman in ministry as an older single. We will talk about relational boundaries, respect for authority, and our own soul’s needs. Tara’s perspective will…

  • God’s Purposes for Singleness

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    Strength to Strength Sisters welcomed Jennifer Miller to discuss how singleness can be a blessing. Sometimes we get the message that a woman most truly fulfills her purpose as a woman when she is in the role of wife and mother. A more robust understanding of God’s purpose for marriage, however, reveals that both singleness and…

  • Never Alone: My Testimony

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    Strength to Strength Sisters welcomed Manya Hozen to share her testimony. Join in on the story of God’s faithfulness in my life even yet while I fell, failed, feared, fought, and fled in ignorance. He ultimately brought me to the place of fidelity and faithfulness. An interactive question-and-answer period follows. My name is Manya Hozen. I…

  • Biblical Headship

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    Strength to Strength Sisters welcomed Mary Ann Brechbill to share insights she’s learned. Discover how to use the power of influence in your role as a woman, and allow your position as a woman in Christ to grow you personally and spiritually. Experience the beauty, freedom, and power found in embracing Biblical Headship. An interactive question-and-answer…

  • Living Well in an Urban Setting

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    Strength to Strength Sisters welcomed Marlene Nisly to share about the blessings and challenges of living in a population center like New York City. Having grown up in rural Pennsylvania and now living in Brooklyn, NY, for nearly twenty-five years, Marlene will talk about the call and the challenge to live well as followers of Jesus,…

2024

  • Navigating the Journey of Grief

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    Strength to Strength Sisters welcomed Gina Martin, Laura Smucker, and Delphine Martin for a panel discussion to share about lessons that walking through grief can teach us. Can life ever be good again after devastating loss? What questions should I be asking God about the valley I have experienced? How can I look outward in my…

  • God’s Design for Beauty: Our Creator’s Standard

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    Strength to Strength Sisters welcomed Melody Schrock to discuss beauty, designed by God, created for our enjoyment. Whether we acknowledge it or not, we have a worldview of beauty. Beauty was God’s idea and He has a standard. As women, we are image bearers and we display the beauty of God, but how? When people see…

  • My Journey to Living as a Faithful Emissary

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    Strength to Strength Sisters welcomed Mary Z. to share a testimony of living a life of wholehearted, passionate service to God. We are created in the image of God. Mary will be sharing about how believing that with all her heart, changed her and led her to where she is today. Living on foreign soil…

  • Little Embassies of Heaven

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    Strength to Strength Sisters welcomed Tania Taylor to discuss how our communities can be a piece of heaven on earth. Getting the bigger picture of our calling as sisters, to further Christ’s kingdom through the local church body. One of the biggest threats to the church in any given age or place is that of nationalism.…

  • Battleground of the Mind

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    Strength to Strength Sisters welcomed Linda Amendt to take a closer look at what winning on this battleground may look like. “Sow a thought, reap an action. Sow an action, reap a character. Sow a character, reap a destiny.” “As a man thinketh in his heart, so is he.” Linda will share a bit of her…

  • God’s Design for Healthy Marriage: A Wise Woman Builds Her House

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    Strength to Strength Sisters welcomed Marji Wagler to discuss marriage as God intended. God designed an other-centered union for a me-centered world. With the unfading charm of a gentle and peaceful spirit which isn’t wrought up or anxious… adapting themselves to their husbands. That inner person is reflected in your words and even your body language.…

  • God’s Design for Headcovering: My Search for Answers

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    Strength to Strength Sisters welcomed Renee Miles to discuss how God’s instruction for sisters’ head covering compliments His design for womanhood. There is an agreement among Christians that the verses in 1 Corinthians 11 are talking about a head covering, but this is where the agreement ends. Beyond that there is much debate and differences of…

  • God’s Design for Personhood: My Whole Self Unified for God’s Glory

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    Strength to Strength Sisters welcomed Renita Petersheim to discuss a biblical view of what it means to be a person and why it is integral to our faith today. In Genesis 1 and 2, when God created the earth, particularly mankind, He pronounced “very good”. Sometimes that is hard to believe as we experience life…

  • God’s Design for Nurturing: Cultivating Life in Those Around You

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    Strength to Strength Sisters welcomed Beth Byler to discuss God’s design for women to be nurturing those around them. Do women naturally nurture? What is God’s call to us as women as we raise children, minister to our husbands, or reach outside our homes? How can we nurture each other as sisters? Can we nurture if…

  • God’s Design for Mentoring: A Simple Term for Older Women Teaching the Younger

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    Strength to Strength Sisters welcomed Anita Yoder to discuss mentoring – an underappreciated opportunity for the older to disciple the younger. “Could I have your recipe?” Women ask each other this all the time. We are good at sharing tips about laundry and cooking. What if we could be just as eager to learn and…

  • Knowing the Hero: Why Your Whole Life Depends on the Story You’re In

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    Strength to Strength Sisters welcomed Rachelle Wenger to discuss why understanding your identity is essential to understanding your life. Everyone has a story they live in—a narrative of where this universe came from, where it’s going, and how I fit in. The Bible’s long, tightly-woven story from Genesis to Revelation (which I believe is the true…

  • God’s Design for Womanhood: Valuable, Gifted, Feminine, Meek

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    Strength to Strength Sisters welcomed Mariel Frost to discuss God’s design of womanhood. Whether you’re single or married, a mature Christian, or new to the faith, you probably have questions about what it means to be a woman. Throughout the ages, Satan has been equally satisfied with two opposite tactics concerning women. On the one…

  • Service Versus Sensationalism: Our Response to Human Trafficking

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    Strength to Strength Sisters welcomed Rosa Nolt to share on the difference between service and sensationalism and its impacts on ministry. What is the difference between service and sensationalism and how do they impact ministry? Are some avenues of serving more glamorous than others? Rosa will be sharing some about her experiences in Thailand and working…

2023

  • Navigating the Seasons: Living Well with Our Emotions

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    Strength to Strength Sisters welcomed three sisters, Edith Burkholder, Doreen Kurtz, and Tirza Kurtz to join a panel discussion on navigating our emotions and using them for God’s glory. Women were created beautifully as emotional beings, but these God-given emotions can sometimes be destructive. How can we navigate these feelings and use them for His glory?…

  • Cultivating Meaningful Relationships With Our Daughters

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    Strength to Strength Sisters welcomed Carol Nisly to share on how mothers can best build and strengthen their relationships with their daughters. Carefully stacked in a little-used cupboard, the Homer Laughlin bluebird set from one great-grandma is nestled beside another pattern handed down from another great-grandmother. These old dishes are among the treasures our daughters will…

  • Intentional Growth: Reflecting with Prayer & Journaling

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    Strength to Strength Sisters welcomed Dorcas Showalter to share on intentional growth, specifically through the ways of reflection with prayer and journaling. Often amidst the difficulties in this broken world, we can feel stuck between what is our reality and what we wish our lives would be like. Through many of these times in her own…

  • Intentional Rest: Living in Belovedness

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    Strength to Strength Sisters welcomed Dawn Nolt to share on how to connect with others and help encourage rest for their souls. Living in a world driven by technology, and in a culture devoted to family, productivity and ministry, many of us find ourselves busy and exhausted. Regularly quieting our hearts and replenishing our souls has…

  • Intentional Finances: Using Our Resources for the Kingdom

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    Strength to Strength Sisters welcomed Lynelle Martin to share how we can “cast your bread upon the waters, for you will find it after many days,” and how this can relate to our finances. Let’s look at some resources that God has entrusted us with and also at why He has done this. How should we…

  • Intentional Bible Study: Reflect, Learn, Steward

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    Strength to Strength Sisters welcomed Irene Bontrager to share helpful tools to strengthen your Bible study. This talk begins by discussing how intentional Bible study can reflect God’s love to those around us. The Bible is the story how God made a covenant with Abraham to bless His people. The overarching theme is about God’s creation,…

  • From Selfishness to Serving – A Sister’s Testimony

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    Strength to Strength Sisters welcomed Kayla Rogers to share her testimony. Kayla comes from a worldly, broken upbringing. While on her own in college at the young age of 17, God showed her the truth that she will share in this Talk: life is only worth living when you devote yourself to God. An interactive question-and-answer…

  • Intentional Relationships: Peace Within, Between, and Among

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    Strength to Strength Sisters welcomed Janelle Glick to share on the blessings and challenges of intentionally creating peaceful relationships among ourselves. This talk begins with noting friendship strengths of women in Scripture, and then moves on to explore the adventure of opening ourselves to God’s call to live at peace with ourselves, in one-on-one relationships with…

  • Bonus Talk: Navigating the Seasons: A Discussion on Purposeful Motherhood

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    Strength to Strength Sisters welcomed four sisters to join a panel discussion on motherhood. Four mothers in different seasons of life will answer questions on subjects like meeting God in mothering, serving with our children, and more. Come thinking about your mothering and how God wants to grow you in your current season. You will…

  • Intentional Formation: Living Young Adult Years with Purpose

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    Strength to Strength Sisters welcomed Joy Weiler to discuss living with purpose and intentionality, and avoiding an aimless wandering through life. For many people, the young adult years are a time of discovering who we are, what we are passionate about, and what gifts and abilities God has given us. Scripture calls youth to be an…

  • Intentional Forgiveness: Keeping our Spirits Free and Clean

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    Strength to Strength Sisters welcomed Edith Burkholder to discuss how to move on from difficult situations, make peace with our past, and grow through it all by learning to forgive eachother as God has forgiven us. As we live and serve with other people, there are sometimes misunderstandings and problems in relationships. Edith will share about…

  • Intentional Discipleship: A New Testament Vision for Women in the Church

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    Strength to Strength Sisters welcomed Kristi Mast to share on the importance of discipleship among sisters. If women are told to be silent in the church, keepers at home, and meek and quiet, what does it look like for them to participate in the life of the church? Why does the church need women to study…

  • Intentional Modesty: Seeking God’s Heart for His Daughters

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    Strength to Strength Sisters welcomed Laura Kuruvilla to share her journey in the area of modesty and headcovering and addresses some of the pressing questions that surround us in this age. Why does God want us to dress modestly? How do we even come up with a definition of modesty? Is modesty defined by the culture…

2022

  • Called to the Kingdom – Ways Sisters Can Serve

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    Strength to Strength Sisters welcomed Crystal Miller, Susan Schlabach and Charlene Stoltzfus for a panel discussion on ways sisters can serve others in specific roles. An interactive question-and-answer period follows. I live in Central Kansas with my husband John and daughter Jenna. I am passionate about being a part of growing God’s kingdom by supporting…

  • Born Crucified: The Secret to Finding Our Way

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    Strength to Strength Sisters welcomed Mariel Frost for a discussion of their family’s spiritual journey. Leaving the culture in which we were raised can be unsettling. Finding our way to a Kingdom lifestyle is often especially difficult for us women. So, what is the secret to success? How can we help others in this transition? How can…

  • Room at the Table

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    Strength to Strength Sisters welcomed Jamila Kurtz for a conversation in missional hospitality. Do you spend your days changing diapers, washing dishes and sorting through piles of laundry? Does doing something to advance the kingdom of God seem like an elusive, distant dream? My life was changed forever when I began to see our home as…

  • Our Homeschool Journey

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    Strength to Strength Sisters welcomed Lisa Peters to discuss their family’s journey into the unchartered territory of homeschooling. My husband and I were both public schooled, I never even dreamed of homeschooling my own children… that is until our first child was born. The love and responsibility we felt to train him up in the Lord…

  • The God Who Sees

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    Strength to Strength Sisters welcomed Natasha Sweazy to contrast the worldviews from women in the Bible to the world today. From the cries of women saying, “give me children or I will die” to “give me children and I’ll die”. No matter what stage of life you are in, whether it be women with a…

  • Return to Thy Mistress

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    Strength to Strength Sisters welcomed Bernice Troyer to share lessons from the experiences of Sarai and Hagar. Full of frustration with her own her faulty plan to help God, Sarai deals hardly with Hagar. Hagar runs to the desert to escape the abuse, but the Lord’s angel asks her to return to her mistress and submit…

  • Visiting the Fatherless in Their Distress

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    Strength to Strength Sisters welcomed Marcia Zimmerman to share about seeking God’s heart for ways to minister in the brokenness that comes with trauma and prenatal exposure to substance abuse. An interactive question-and-answer period follows. Resources: In my infancy, as a “fatherless child” in need of a home, my parents answered the call of James 1:27…

  • From the World and Into His Kingdom

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    Strength to Strength Sisters welcomed Christina Baer to share her life testimony. Christina grew up in a home with her mom and younger sister in Calgary, Alberta. She had little religious influences and God was not part of their home. Christina struggled with depression and in her search for joy, she found it in a place…

  • Beauty in Suffering

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    Strength to Strength Sisters welcomed Linda Miller to share on how God redemptively lightens the dark journeys of our lives. In a world of brokenness, we experience pain and hardship. We shy away form suffering, longing for healing and relief from the pain. How can there be beauty in my difficult circumstances? Can any good come…

  • The Battle for Emotional Purity

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    Strength to Strength Sisters welcomed Darla Weaver for a practical topic for women of all ages. Mothers, please be conscious of the age and maturity of your listening daughters. Thank you! What happens when we bring God into the secret longings of our heart? What does emotional purity look like for a young woman? How does…

  • Faithfully Running the Race, Seeing Eternity

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    Strength to Strength Sisters welcomed Deborah Bercot to reflect on characters whose lives are worth replicating. Running the race faithfully to the end, even unto death. Our sisters and brothers have done this through the ages. Deborah presents a glimpse into the lives of some early Christian and Anabaptist sisters who faithfully ran their race towardChrist…

2021

  • God, Grace, and Godly Womanhood

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    Strength to Strength Sisters welcomed Darla Weaver for this important and timely topic. What does it mean to walk in grace as a woman of God? In a conservative Christian culture that embraces obedience to the Word of God, grace can easily get lost in the details. My personal journey from obedience rooted in fear and…

  • The Woman’s Role in the Kingdom

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    Strength to Strength Sisters welcomed Tania Taylor for our first S2S Sisters’ topic. Is your heart’s deepest longing to advance the kingdom of God, right where you are today? Join us as we explore with Tania what a woman’s role should be in the kingdom of God. And come prepared – we want to hear…

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We… ask that you may be filled with the knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding; that you may walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing Him, being fruitful in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God; strengthened with all might, according to His glorious power, for all patience and longsuffering with joy; giving thanks to the Father who has qualified us to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in the light.

Colossians 1:9-12 NKJV

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