Ascent: 2020 Young Women's Ministry Guide

By R.H. Boyd Publishing Corporation

Ascent is a practical resource that guides young women on their faith walk. This year-long study guide includes weekly lessons, bylaw recommendations, journaling opportunities, social media references, and enhanced activities included throughout the book.

• Language: English
• Publisher: R.H. Boyd Publishing Corporation
• Release date: Jan 1, 2020
• ISBN: 9781681676517

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FROM THE PUBLISHER

To Our Loyal Readers,

May peace, joy, and blessings gracefully welcome you into 2020. This New Year ushers in a new decade full of possibility and responsibility, and it represents a time for reflection on the lessons that we have learned in order to propel our future.

At R.H. Boyd Publishing Corporation, we understand the need for a holistic approach to educating and leading the community of faith and secular markets. We want to take the opportunity to focus on the alleviation of social concerns impacting disenfranchised communities. Through the context of this perspective, we are emphasizing the importance of the following issues through our mediums:

• Social Justice

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• Entrepreneurship

• Multigenerational communication

• Access to education

• Health and wellness

• Gender equality

• Leadership training

• Civic engagement and voting rights

• Green initiatives and climate change

Through the inclusion of these topics in our lessons, we hope to encourage conversation and action. Customers will also notice the new look to many of our titles, and a survey is forthcoming to better provide our customers with the best quality products.

This year, we are focusing on having 20/20 vision and Seeing Clearly Through Christ through the instruction in Habakkuk 2, stating for us to write the vision and make it plain. Our campaign for storytelling and co-creation, Tell Your Story, is a call for our community to write the past to inform the future. There is great pride in our story, and we must control the narrative so that it maybe glorified.

We all have the duty to positively affect change for current and future generations. One of the most significant ways of doing so is through exercising our right to vote. I encourage you to actively participate in local and national elections and become well-versed in policies that will directly impact your communities.

I am truly grateful for the opportunity to thank you for your unwavering support through the years. For the past five generations, we have told the story of our people. It is my joy to tell yours.

Onward,

LaDonna Boyd

Fifth-generation President/CEO

Ascent:

Young Women’s Ministry

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R. H. BOYD, D.D., LL.D.

Founder (1896–1922)

H. A. BOYD, D.D.

(1922–1959)

T. B. BOYD, JR., D.D.

(1959–1979)

T. B. BOYD III, D.D.

(1979–2017)

LaDonna Boyd, MBA

President/CEO

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Keaton Bell, B.BA.

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(Associate Editor)

Landon Dickerson, M.T.S.

Monique Gooch, B.A.

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Sinclaire Sparkman, B.S.

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Table of Contents

Poem: Arise Woman of God

Inspirational Scripture

To Do Is Our Ultimate Goal

SECTION I

Ascent: Young Women’s Ministry Essentials

Theme, Key Thoughts, Emblem

The Work of the Kingdom: Our Primary Mission

Galatians 2:20; 2 Thessalonians 1:12

Daily Reminder for One’s Life Journey

Weekly Lessons

APPENDIX I

Bylaws for the Ascent: Young Women’s Ministry

APPENDIX II

How to Organize and Conduct Your Ascent: Young Women’s Ministry Meeting

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Scriptures taken from the New Revised Standard Version of the Bible, © 1989 by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

Scriptures taken from the Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyrighted 1946, 1952, © 1971, 1973 by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A., and used by permission. All rights reserved.

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Arise, Woman Of God

Rise up, O woman of God

In what He has given you,

The things God has laid on your heart,

Rise up, go forth, and do

Unlock what God has placed within,

The potential you have inside

The world is waiting for your release

To expand your wings and fly

Arise in your God-given gifts

For this is your finest hour

Arise in the Lord’s holy might,

Ignited and empowered

For God is calling you to come forth

To impact this world for Him,

Don’t hold back or limit yourself

Let His power arise within

And take His message to the world

To those that have lost their