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Pacific North Region 2019 Report
The Pacific Region North is made up of congregations from Washington, Oregon and Idaho. What an amazing, yet challenging, time to be involved in women’s ministry this past year. The struggle and joy of women’s ministry in our region has been to support and meet women at varying places of life. With that, we have continued to encourage women in their local churches to be intentionally involved in the lives of one another and expand that out to our communities.
Women in our region are involved in many church ministries but also find the challenge of living their lives in the Pacific Northwest, an area highly known for its unchurched population. There is a constant need to be involved in families, communities and workplaces where daily lives are constantly turned into opportunities to share God.
We saw a lot of change this past year on our PRNWM Regional board. This included a full board for the first time in years! Our annual meeting included a vote for the President and Secretary positions. Our board now includes: Andrea Bernard, President; Kim Goodman, Treasurer; Amber Topham, Secretary; Erin Sibuma, Vice-President North; Kelsey Hutchinson, Vice-President South; Nicole Hunter, Retreat Coordinator.
A huge thank you to Karen Hardwick for her dedication these past years in the Secretary position. A huge thank you to Sue Olson, for her leadership over the past years as President! These women inspired many and their faithfulness to serving has been an encouraging model for us! Thank you, Sue and Karen!
Some of our Regional Women’s Ministry activities this past year have included:
June 29, 2018 – Regional event at Warm Beach Bible Camp where Ruth Vallevik, our National Women’s Ministry Director, gave a message and update on national projects. This event also included videos from our Missionaries who showed what their daily lives looked like in the countries they serve in.
June 30, 2018 – Pastors’ Wives from the region had tea and a time of fellowship and encouragement with Ruth Vallevik, National Director of Women’s Ministry.
October 19-21, 2018 – Peace Lutheran Brethren from Olympia, WA, hosted our Fall Retreat at Black Lake Bible Camp in Tumwater, WA. Our retreat theme was on encouragement ( Romans 1:12 That is, that you and I may be mutually encouraged by each other's faith). Karen Stenberg and Andrea Bernard spoke on encouragement from individual life journeys and perspectives with God as the same foundation in life.
October 20, 2018 - We held our annual meeting for the first time this year at our Fall retreat!
January 4-6, 2019 – Pastors’ Wives Retreat. There was a full weekend with eleven pastors’ wives in attendance. Our Pastors’ wives spent time rejuvenating, relaxing and connecting with each other. The weekend topic was based off Rosaria Butterfield’s book, “The Gospel Comes with a House Key; Practicing Radically Ordinary Hospitality in a Post Christian World.” Throughout the weekend there were times of sharing and encouragement for the ministry road. What a blessing these women are to our Region.
February - We saw multiple congregations participate in the Nationals Cup of Blessing. Thank you!
In February we also had a Winter event scheduled to be hosted by Hope Church at Silverlake in Everett, WA. We saw record snow falls this year in the PNW and our winter event changed was postponed until Spring. We look forward to this event in mid-May with a focus on prayer and connecting with one another!
In Christ,
Andrea Bernard,
Regional President, PRNWM (2018-2020)
Women in our region are involved in many church ministries but also find the challenge of living their lives in the Pacific Northwest, an area highly known for its unchurched population. There is a constant need to be involved in families, communities and workplaces where daily lives are constantly turned into opportunities to share God.
We saw a lot of change this past year on our PRNWM Regional board. This included a full board for the first time in years! Our annual meeting included a vote for the President and Secretary positions. Our board now includes: Andrea Bernard, President; Kim Goodman, Treasurer; Amber Topham, Secretary; Erin Sibuma, Vice-President North; Kelsey Hutchinson, Vice-President South; Nicole Hunter, Retreat Coordinator.
A huge thank you to Karen Hardwick for her dedication these past years in the Secretary position. A huge thank you to Sue Olson, for her leadership over the past years as President! These women inspired many and their faithfulness to serving has been an encouraging model for us! Thank you, Sue and Karen!
Some of our Regional Women’s Ministry activities this past year have included:
June 29, 2018 – Regional event at Warm Beach Bible Camp where Ruth Vallevik, our National Women’s Ministry Director, gave a message and update on national projects. This event also included videos from our Missionaries who showed what their daily lives looked like in the countries they serve in.
June 30, 2018 – Pastors’ Wives from the region had tea and a time of fellowship and encouragement with Ruth Vallevik, National Director of Women’s Ministry.
October 19-21, 2018 – Peace Lutheran Brethren from Olympia, WA, hosted our Fall Retreat at Black Lake Bible Camp in Tumwater, WA. Our retreat theme was on encouragement ( Romans 1:12 That is, that you and I may be mutually encouraged by each other's faith). Karen Stenberg and Andrea Bernard spoke on encouragement from individual life journeys and perspectives with God as the same foundation in life.
October 20, 2018 - We held our annual meeting for the first time this year at our Fall retreat!
January 4-6, 2019 – Pastors’ Wives Retreat. There was a full weekend with eleven pastors’ wives in attendance. Our Pastors’ wives spent time rejuvenating, relaxing and connecting with each other. The weekend topic was based off Rosaria Butterfield’s book, “The Gospel Comes with a House Key; Practicing Radically Ordinary Hospitality in a Post Christian World.” Throughout the weekend there were times of sharing and encouragement for the ministry road. What a blessing these women are to our Region.
February - We saw multiple congregations participate in the Nationals Cup of Blessing. Thank you!
In February we also had a Winter event scheduled to be hosted by Hope Church at Silverlake in Everett, WA. We saw record snow falls this year in the PNW and our winter event changed was postponed until Spring. We look forward to this event in mid-May with a focus on prayer and connecting with one another!
In Christ,
Andrea Bernard,
Regional President, PRNWM (2018-2020)
PAST EVENT: Pacific North Region 2018 Women's Retreat
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