For Churches
Beautiful Womanhood is a Christian Marriage Mentoring Program designed to raise up lay leaders, strengthen marriage, build community among women, and therefore reduce the need for personal ministry in your church.
The Beautiful Womanhood Book includes:
- A Mentor Guide to encourage and prepare each mentor to lead a discussion group of up to 6 women.
- A curriculum with 12 lessons relevant to every marriage. Each lesson ends with discussion questions, an action step to apply the lesson at home, quotes and Bible verses, a prayer, topics to discuss with the reader’s husband, and suggested reading. Learn more about the Beautiful Womanhood curriculum.
- Instructions and suggestions for using the curriculum in three formats: mentor-hosted meetings, church-hosted meetings, or a twelve-week class.
- A Hostess Guide with ideas and inspiration for creating a warm, comfortable atmosphere for the group to flourish.
To generate excitement in your church and community about the Beautiful Womanhood program and prepare mentors for their new role, you may host a Beautiful Womanhood Seminar led by dynamic speaker and ministry founder, Sandy Ralya. Learn more about hosting a Beautiful Womanhood Seminar in your church.
Church Leaders:
*Need help supporting women in their marriage?
*Looking for an effective program which raises up mentors?
“Because of all the interaction occurring in the Beautiful Womanhood Program, the women are helping each other and calling the church less for personal ministry.”
--Dorie Meendering, Women’s Ministry Director Resurrection Life Church
Mentors
*grow in ministry skills
*challenged to share from personal experience—struggles and success
*taught to lead small groups
"I just wanted to tell you (so many times) how much I love the Beautiful Womanhood Program and how blessed and excited I am to be a part of it. The girls (younger women) are just wonderful. So many dynamics take place each time we meet or see each other. They are all good friends too and compare “notes” all the time. The love you said would develop is much deeper than I expected. The other night when we met, one of the girls stated, “I love my husband!” She clarified that she has always loved her husband, but with a huge smile, reflective expression on her face and a satisfied tone in her voice, she again said, “I love my husband!” This was especially rewarding as my co-mentor and I have had heavy hearts for this marriage and have been praying extra. Of course, we are so blessed to see and hear the changes in all of their marriages."
--Cheryl Mote Eureka, Montana
Mentored
*develop meaningful, godly relationships
*challenged with penetrating questions getting to the heart of issues
*experience safety as their mentor reveals stories from her own experience
"Through Beautiful Womanhood, I have been challenged but not condemned, realized my mistakes, seen areas of my life that needed improvement, and been given hope and practical steps to make changes. The word "beautiful" isn't a normal part of my vocabulary used to describe myself. Now, I don't laugh or choke when I hear it applied to me."
--Dorie Barron, Wyoming, MI
