{"id":550,"date":"2026-07-01T15:50:15","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T22:50:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ccncn.org\/jt\/?page_id=550"},"modified":"2026-07-14T10:23:16","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T17:23:16","slug":"womens-ministries","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ccncn.org\/jt\/womens-ministries\/","title":{"rendered":"Women&#8217;s Ministries"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide has-contrast-color has-base-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-2ebc95adb441dc40da61d28b7c46966d is-layout-grid wp-container-core-group-is-layout-0bb28dac wp-block-group-is-layout-grid\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-contrast-color has-base-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-99994a7e74b8fc9efdda2ee3abfba6c6 wp-container-content-d013a922 has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-small-font-size\">Administrative Team<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><br><strong>Council Facilitator<\/strong><br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ccncn.org\/ContactUs.php?to=WMFacilitator\">LaDonna Harris<\/a><br><br><strong>Recorder<\/strong><br>Anna Felciano<br><br><strong>Financial Coordinator<\/strong><br>Andie Raymond<br><br><strong>Director of Communications<\/strong><br>Shannon Gomez<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-contrast-color has-base-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-3c81adc4b3426b5b23a199fc8fb09979 wp-container-content-f0576c21 has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Who We Are<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Disciples Women in the CCNC-N Region are an active group of women who serve Jesus Christ through mission, worship and study. Our current and future opportunities are outlined here. You can also check out what&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.discipleshomemissions.org\/ministry-programs\/disciples-womens-ministries\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Disciples Women<\/a>&nbsp;are doing across the world.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Our women\u2019s council has a board of women who come together several times a year. We pray, laugh and plan together for the future of the women in the CCNC-N Region. We cooperatively work with the women of the NCNC UCC Region as well. Please&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ccncn.org\/ContactUs.php?to=WM\">email us<\/a>&nbsp;with any questions, ideas and prayers requests<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u201cKnitting with Intention: A Ministry with Crafts\u201d by Rev. Gwynn Fuqua<\/strong><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ccncn.org\/ministries\/Womens_Ministries\/assets\/Fuqua_Gwynn.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of Gwynn\">The Crafts &amp; Music fellowship at Alameda First Christian began in early 2016 when Rev. Gloria Wilson, Nancy Tajima and I began meeting on Tuesday afternoons to work on our personal projects and invited others to join us.&nbsp;Some brought knitting, some brought crochet, some painted pictures, some sewed wall hangings for the narthex, and some brought musical instruments. The prayer squares ministry grew out of that fellowship.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/ccncn.org\/ministries\/Womens_Ministries\/assets\/Knitting_With_Intention.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more \u2026<\/a><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><br>CCNC-N Women\u2019s Ministries Council Purpose Statement:<br><strong>To empower women in their faith for spiritual growth and mission by<\/strong>:<br><br>~ Presenting opportunities for support and fellowship, mentoring and spiritual growth<br>~ Providing education and leader development for congregational and community involvement<br>~ Equipping women to use their influence and put their faith into action to carry out the mission and message of Jesus Christ.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>CCNC-N Women\u2019s Ministries Council<br><\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ccncn.org\/ministries\/Womens_Ministries\/Council_Job_Descriptions-Rev-12-1-14.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CCNC-N Women\u2019s Ministries Council Job Description<\/a>&nbsp;(pdf)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><br><strong>GOING GLOBAL with&nbsp;International Disciples Women<br><\/strong>Our very own&nbsp;Rev. Denise Turner is a&nbsp;representative to the International Disciples Women Ministries (IDWM). Read her letter in which she tells us about the mission and focus of Disciples Women at an international level.&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/ccncn.org\/ministries\/Womens_Ministries\/assets\/Denise_Turner-20151109-Letter_to_Women.pdf\">Read her letter here.&nbsp;<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-contrast-color has-base-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-8b7480377a3c01245cd0d0a804ec976f wp-container-content-d013a922 has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-small-font-size\"><strong>IMPORTANT LINKS<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.discipleshomemissions.org\/ministry-programs\/disciples-womens-ministries\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">General Office of Disciples Women<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ccncn.org\/wm_resources.php\">Disciples Women Resources<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/globalwomenconnecting.org\/\">Global Women Connecting<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Women\u2019s Ministry Newsletter<br><a href=\"http:\/\/visitor.r20.constantcontact.com\/d.jsp?llr=dckyxacab&amp;p=oi&amp;m=1101684025411&amp;sit=uqph95lcb&amp;f=1b91da00-de79-4e13-9aea-243ec4af7fbb\">Subscribe<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Administrative Team Council FacilitatorLaDonna Harris RecorderAnna Felciano Financial CoordinatorAndie Raymond Director of CommunicationsShannon Gomez Who We Are Disciples Women in the CCNC-N Region are an active group of women who [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_tribe_ticket_capacity":"0","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":"[]","_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false,"_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"footnotes":"","_tec_slr_enabled":"","_tec_slr_layout":""},"class_list":["post-550","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"mb":[],"mfb_rest_fields":["title"],"ticketed":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ccncn.org\/jt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/550","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ccncn.org\/jt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ccncn.org\/jt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ccncn.org\/jt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ccncn.org\/jt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=550"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ccncn.org\/jt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/550\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":931,"href":"https:\/\/ccncn.org\/jt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/550\/revisions\/931"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ccncn.org\/jt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=550"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}