Presenters, Partners, and Provisions

Ideas for guest presenters:

• Lay minister

• Parish nurse

• Physician specializing in women's medicine

• Nurse practitioner

• Director or staff at a community health clinic

• Local college or seminary student

• College or seminary faculty

• Pastor

• Psychologist or professional counselor

Ideas for co-sponsors and partners for your event:

• Other Women of the ELCA units

• Your congregation's youth and family groups

• Ecumenical women's groups

• Local nonprofit organizations working with women and children

• Community health services

• Seminaries, colleges, and high schools

Suggestions for food, resources, and supplies:

• Provide health-conscious meals and refreshments.

• Have plenty of drinking water available throughout the event.

• Find out if your caterer would be willing to donate any excess food to a local women's shelter or other agency.

• Decide on the materials you want participants to leave with.

• Feature and sell Women of the ELCA resources.

• If a guest presenter has published any books, those should be available.

• Determine whether you can offer a few free registrations to local underserved women and girls.

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