Ladies’ Ministry at Emmanuel

Our Secret Sister program is designed to give our ladies the opportunity to minister secretly to other ladies in the church by praying for them, writing encouraging notes, and giving small gifts. Once a year, we have a Secret Sister’s fellowship during which the former Secret Sisters are revealed, and new ones are chosen. All ladies who wish to be involved will fill out an information sheet telling personal details such as family information, birthday, hobbies, favorite foods, colors of house, and, most importantly, prayer requests. At the end of the evening, the slips of paper are exchanged. Each lady then has a new Secret Sister for whom they are responsible to minister to for the rest of the year. The next Secret Sister’s Fellowship will be January 17, 2012 – “A Warm Heart and Hands”.

Emmanuel Baptist Church’s Ladies’ Spring Banquet is for the purpose of evangelism, introducing new ladies to our church, and fellowship for our own ladies.  A different committee of ladies is chosen each year to plan, organize, and decorate for this banquet.  It is a highlight of the year. Our next Ladies’ Spring Banquet will be held on April 28, 2012. Our speaker will be Mrs. Dave (Renee) Gamble.

In the fall, our ladies enjoy a fun trip to the Hendersonville area.  They go to an apple farm and pick out delicious, fresh apples to bring home, do some shopping in the area, and eat lunch together.  The fellowship is the best part of the trip.

In addition to all this fun, our ladies are very ministry minded.  Our church families are divided into Caring groups.  These groups care for each other in a variety of ways: notes, phone calls, meals, etc.  They also take turns preparing for banquets and church fellowships, and bridal and baby showers.  We are truly a family here at Emmanuel.