2026–2027 Events
Saturday, October 24 | 9:30 a.m. Refreshments | 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. Program
Kerr Dining Hall
Topic: Bringing the Things That Hurt to the God Who Heals
The Women’s Council of Gordon-Conwell warmly invites you to join us for our Fall Café event on Saturday, October 24 with guest speaker Rev. Amy Howard.
Amy Howard is an ordained minister, spiritual director, author, podcaster, doctoral candidate, and mother of six boys. She is the co-founder of Trinitas, (a spiritual direction certification program), and she is the founder of Encounter Culture Mission Collaborative, a teaching and healing movement focused on helping ministries, ministers, and ordinary people live a sustainable, embodied faith.
Bring a friend for this café style interactive discussion — We look forward to seeing you!
Registration deadline is October 23.
Wednesday, December 2 | 11:00 a.m. Program | Kaiser Chapel
12:15 p.m. Luncheon | Kerr Dining Hall
All Day Christmas Market | Great Hall
Topic: Advent Lessons & Carols
The Women’s Council of Gordon-Conwell warmly invites you to join us, with the Gordon-Conwell Community, for our Lessons and Carols event on Wednesday, December 2. This worshipful program includes Scripture readings, traditional Christmas music as well as a Christmas devotional with guest speaker Cynthia Fantasia. Continue the joy with fellowship around festive luncheon tables. Inspire your gift-giving with artful handcrafts and delicious baked goods available for purchase at the annual Christmas Market.
Cynthia Fantasia served as Pastor of Service and Women at Grace Chapel, Lexington, MA, and speaks nationally and internationally. She is the author of In the Lingering Light: Courage and Hope for the Alzheimer’s Caregiver, a contributing author in Mothers Have Angel Wings and 30 Ways to Embrace Life. Ordained in 2007, she received her Doctor of Ministry degree from Gordon Conwell Theological Seminary. She and her late husband have three adult children and five grandchildren.
Registration coming soon. Bring a friend and enjoy this festive day together!
Date: October 8, 2026
Topic: Better Together: Life-Giving Relationships in Community
Date: April 14, 2026
Topic: Women’s Council Spring Tea Luncheon
Date: February 28, 2026
Topic: Navigating Our Identity as Christian Women
Date: December 3, 2025
Topic: Celebration of Advent–Lessons and Carols
Date: October 23, 2025
Topic: A Great and Productive Door has Been Opened to Me
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Date: April 10, 2025
Topic: The Timeliness of a Testimony: The Outcome of God’s Restorative Work in the Lives of His People
Date: December 4, 2024
Topic: Celebration of Advent–Lessons and Carols
Date: October 24, 2024
Topic: Influence or Usefulness? What a Failed 19th Century American Missionary Wife Teaches Us about Using Our Voices in the Kingdom of God
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Date: April 4, 2024
Topic: Suicidal Christians and How to Help Them
Date: December 7, 2023
Topic: Celebration of Advent–Lessons and Carols
Date: October 26, 2023
Topic: Divine Whispers
Date: April 6, 2023
Topic: God’s Longing for Us
Date: December 7, 2022
Topic: Celebration of Advent–Lessons and Carols
Date: October 13, 2022
Topic: At Wisdom’s Gates from Proverbs 8-9
Date: April 7, 2022
Topic: Union with Christ and Christian Community
Date: Thursday, Dec 2, 2021
Topic: Celebration of Advent – Lessons and Carols
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Date: Thursday, October 14, 2020
Guest Speaker: Dr. Patricia Batten
Topic: Trusting God in the Midst of Fear
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Date: Thursday, April 2, 2021
Topic: Blessed Be the Tie That Binds – Student Spotlights
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Date: Thursday, December 3, 2020
Topic: Celebration of Advent – Lessons and Carols
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Date: Thursday, October 15, 2020
Guest Speaker: Liz Arthurs
Topic: The Ripple Effect
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