Ministries
It is our hope that the ministries and resources we provide will deepen your desire for a life of service to the Lord and prompt you to follow him wherever he leads you.
NEWIM’s Ministries
Retreats. Relationships. Resources.
Women draw near to Jesus
Connect on zoom and in-person with other women from around the country
Women retreat together and become friends
Retreats
Guided Silent Retreats
Spend a day being guided through a Silent Retreat
Download a guide to help structure your personal Silent Retreat
The Springs Retreat—various locations
Spend 3 days (2 nights) with 30-40 women being gently guided through a Personal Spiritual Retreat
Three Rivers, CA (Central California, just south of Fresno) - Held twice a year
Pastors’ Wives Retreats
Spend a weekend with women who also are married to a pastor. Connect. Be Refreshed.
PASTORS’ WIVES RETREAT - Pajaro Dunes, California
PASTORS' WIVES RETREAT - Newport Beach, California
Relationships
Opportunities to form new friendships
Prayer Support
We’d love to pray for you. Your prayer request will be kept confidential. We also meet every week for prayer via Zoom and would love to have you join us. Email us and we’ll get back to you with the zoom link.
Local, Small Group, In-Person Gatherings
Spend a few hours getting together with other women who serve Jesus in your area.
Meeting together with other women who live nearby
Online Gatherings
Encouragement and Inspiration for Writers
Reading books together and discussing them via video conferencing with friends
Resources
Anne Graham Lotz and Anne Barbour
Many women in NEWIM generously share their Bible Studies, resources for those who are speakers or authors, and other information helpful for those leading ministries in their churches. You’ll find Abiding in Christ—a resource for leading a group through a guided Silent Retreat, and a guide for beginning a ministry of prayer for your church staff.
We also provide links to research articles and podcasts that will help you flourish in ministry. Over the years, we’ve had Anne Graham Lotz, Jill Briscoe, and others speaks at our conferences. Their keynotes are available as free audio messages.
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Encourage Women in South Africa
Beautiful Women Retreats provide opportunities for women to retreat in Cape Town and Johannesburg, South Africa. Stay up-to-date!
NEWIM-Cape Town Chapter now Beautiful Women Retreats
Dear Supporters and Newim of USA Board Members
I am so excited and yet so humbled by God for this past 7-9 July weekend retreat. A while before we even had a speaker or a theme, we were FULL in registrations and sponsorships. Every single bed was taken! We had to turn 8 ladies away as the venue could only take 34 and we were already over by 2 ladies. This amazing newim board of cape town did not hesitate to share a double bed! Just so that 2 ladies who had NEVER retreated before, could do so.
I am writing to thank you for your support of our 7-9 July "Only Believe" weekend retreat where 36 women were able to "find His lap and His heartbeat" What a tremendous time of worship, fellowship, but more importantly the Message of the Gospel was made SO plain to us through our speaker Ana van Rhyn. Our venue was a beautiful venue surrounded by mountains, waterfalls and vineyards. It was an extremely COLD time as weather here hit on minus degrees this winter season so far. And along with power outages or rolling blackouts, women huddled around the various fireplaces and got to meet each other. At this retreat there were 9 FIRST TIME ATTENDEES!
On the Saturday, (which we call the Oasis time, using some of Jackie Rettbergs material),we were able to spend a good time of reflection and silence followed by each one of us making and designing a plaque based on the word TRUST
Our speaker Anna, took us through the lives of 3 women. Leah, Esther and Mary the mother of Jesus. Throughout the weekend each woman was able to take a piece of stick (wooden kindle) and write on it the thing in their lives that caused them not to Believe God. This was released into a big fire on the last day.
You will be able to find our photo album of the weekend on our Facebook and Instagram pages. We are updating our website soon, so apologies for the outdated one!
Your support in prayer and finance enabled us to sponsor 17 ladies in total including part sponsorships for the newim team.
This retreat again confirmed to us HOW MUCH women all over the world NEED to find Him. The CHURCH is not doing enough to get women "running to the well" to find Jesus. At Beautiful Women Retreats we are passionate and determined that every single retreat is not about us but as well as for us. Some of our board members have faced many hardships this year, and as a team it was the most precious time for each of us too to find Him.
We look forward to our 10-12 November retreat later this year. Although we have again not yet confirmed our speaker or the venue, women are paying their deposits. Especially those who missed out at the July retreat. I attach a reel taken from this past retreat advertising for November. Photos can be found on Facebook.
We thank you so much for your prayers for us always.
May God bless you and your families.
Glenda McMinn
mcminnglenda@gmail.com
Beautiful Women retreat in Cape Town, South Africa, July 2023.
See all of the photos and read testimonies:
Want to Support Women in South Africa?
You can DONATE to NEWIM and designate your contribution to Provide Scholarships for South African Women to Retreat. Every year we seek to raise $2,500 for this ministry.