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Making A Difference: More Than A Cliché
Nine Things You Can Do Now
Make a difference. It's a phrase that gets thrown around constantly by advertisers, motivational speakers, athletes, movie stars, politicians, and pastors, to the point where it has become hollow – merely another cliché on our ever-growing list of American pop culture slogans, having lost its effect long ago. It is something that as women in the Church we are called to do, yet many of us are not always clear what it means or how to go about it.
Gender Discrimination
"When you grow up, you can be whatever you want to be." Little girls in the United States hear this all the time, from their mothers to teachers to "Sesame Street" characters. Almost everywhere they go, they are encouraged to believe that girls can be just as smart, athletic, and successful as boys. Even the pictures of spunky women on magazine covers at the checkout stand tell them that when you're a girl, anything is possible.
But for little girls in developing countries, the message is just the opposite. From the day they are born, they are constantly reminded of the things they are not allowed to do.
Read more about gender discrimination.
Volunteer Opportunities
Do you want to do something productive and stimulating
with your spare time? We can help you find a great opportunity to use
your talents. Check out our Web
Roles and our Video/Television
Roles.
Let us know about your interests, experience, and
how much time you have available each week to volunteer at http://www.place2b.org/Volunteer_Follow-Up.html.
Will Play for Food Tour Coming Your Way
Get involved with a great concert and help serve the poor with the Will
Play for Food Tour! Will Play for Food is a national ministry-focused
tour that encourages concertgoers to sponsor children and go on overseas
missions with Food for the Hungry. Join artists such as Jonah33, Fusebox,
Pivitplex, downhere and Grand Prize to get moving and give to others.
If you're involved with a church or other organization,
bring the Will Play for Food Tour to you. The tour provides all the promotional
materials you need—posters, flyers, Internet and e-mail advertising,
national advertising through media such as Air1 radio and Christian Music
Planet magazine—all at no cost to you. We also set you up with people
to help organize and underwrite your promotional campaign. And the artists
on the tour have volunteered to pass up hotels and stay with host families—not
only to cut costs, but also to lead their audiences by example.
To find out about dates, go to www.inconcert.org.
To learn more and get involved with the Will Play for Food Tour, go to
www.christianmusic.org/cmp/features/wpff_tour.html
or call (253) 874-8400 or (615) 297-2021.
Help Design The Perfect Women's Event
What if you had the power to choose top Christian artists and speakers to create a phenomenal women's event? What if the topics and features were ones you specifically requested? Who would you select to appear at this event, tailored exclusively to Christian women? Does the thought make you giddy with excitement?
The good news is that YOU have a central role in selecting awesome Christian women for this event! Positive Christian Woman desires to give you top-notch speakers and artists that you enjoy and that you want to hear. This is no ordinary Christian women's event, because it is designed largely according to your feedback, and not by one person's programmed agenda.
We would love to hear from you. Help us serve you the finest Christian women's event around by providing us with your personal suggestions. We greatly value your input. Thank you for your part in helping us create successful and effective Christian women's events!
Help design the perfect women's event.
Engage the World with World Week
World Week is a hands-on educational program that you can use to learn
about global issues—from health to the environment to justice and
peace—from a Christian perspective. Walk a few miles to collect a
bucket of water and learn how difficult it is for the women who make that
trek several times each day to sustain their families' health. Add up
all the trees it would take to provide the energy you use in your house
every day. Take in 10 friends and relatives for several days to simulate
what it's like to suddenly care for people orphaned by AIDS.
With each activity, World Week offers guides with instructions and questions to talk about together. World Week is a great teaching tool and the perfect chance to share ideas and values and get to know your friends and family in a more meaningful way. To find out about more World Week events and to request guides, visit the World Week website.
A Wave of Love
Christian Artists & Media Respond to the Southern Asia Crisis
We've all watched in amazement over the last weeks as the death count in Southern Asia has risen to numbers that seem almost too large to comprehend. Rescue workers from all over the world are scrambling to save lives and stretch their resources to keep the death toll from climbing even more. If they don't get the help they desperately need immediately, thousands more will die in the weeks to come.
