Leadership Certification Seminar for Women

This year’s leadership seminar in the beautiful countryside outside of Basel was placed under the main theme “enrich, empower, outreach.” Women of all ages and from various countries and ethnicities were invited and 29 ladies answered the call. The goal of these seminars is to encourage each other and to establish networks in ministry for the church and society. At the same time it was so good to meet old friends and establish new friendships. The topics were presented by the leaders of the Women’s Ministries in Switzerland, Austria and Germany: Heidi Albisser, Gerd-Laila Walter, Angelika Pfaller and Hannele Ottschofski. Some of the core topics were “Prayer Ministries”, “Philosophy of Women’s Ministries,” “Strengthening new members,” “Reclaiming Ministries” and “Women of the Old Testament.” Three women of the OT were portrayed in monologues and we studied women who were wise and courageous and how they trusted in God and followed His plans. As usual the catering by Ursula and Elmar Stöckli was excellent. If you want to know more about these seminars plan to attend yourself. After a prayer of blessing and consecration the women were dismissed with the desire in their hearts to be a part of God’s mission: “Jesus, I want to help. Show me my gifts, my calling and my place.”
According to a report by Chris Pohling-Plösser