It was a 10 hour car ride but worth all the road travel! Ruth Coghill, Canadian Programs Coordinator and Margaret Gibb, Director of Women Together held a Peer Care Retreat for 8 key leaders in this part of Northern Ontario. What a privilege to hear the stories of key leaders, the life-lessons they have learned in their development journey and to see where God has placed them today in leadership positions impacting the North.

A Leadership Training Day, held September 10, was exceptional. Our topics included the call of God, how it comes, what it entails and how we are equipped to fulfill it plus an interactive session on Memorizing Scripture. The women were ready to hear the challenge from God’s Word and are mobilizing themselves to make a difference in the North. It is a privilege to know these leaders who are so effective in their sphere of influence. For them, like all of us….”There is More!”

Women Together has had the privilege of working with Farzana Mubarik, from Faisalabad, Pakistan by providing Online Women’s Conferences. Thanks to today’s technology, we are able to be projected on screen and also see the 60-70 women who gather in Faisalabad to be part of the conference. This is the second Women Together Online Women’s Conference in Faisalabad. It’s amazing to experience!

Joining Margaret Gibb, on June 25, 2016 was Veronika Nuzhna, from Poltava Ukraine as the second speaker. Topics were: “How God Sees Us” based on the story of the Samaritan woman and “Never Give Up.”

Having women from Canada, Ukraine and Pakistan join in an Online Women’s Conference truly captures the heart of Women Together – a global ministry for women! We come together because of our love for Jesus, passion to serve one another and mutually learn from each other.

The Women Together Canada Programs Team spent a profitable week at the National House of Prayer in Canada’s National Capital, Ottawa.

Our team: Ruth Coghill, Elaine Olson, Ellen Krahn, Terri Lynn Blanchard and Margaret Gibb had excellent training on praying for nation. Visits to the Parliament Buildings and attending Question Period in the House of Commons helped to gain new perspective on our responsibility to develop Women Together in our multi-ethic nation.

Eighteen days and 8 cities! Our speaking and ministry schedule was full for our Women Together team: Debby Baril, Chris Ball, Veronika Nuzhna and Margaret Gibb.

For Margaret Gibb, this was the 7th trip to Ukraine. It is the nation of her heritage!
On this trip we did a variety of ministry – many Women’s Conferences and gatherings, a first-ever interdenominational conference, leadership training sessions,

Pastor’s Wives events and our first-ever Women Together School of Leadership in Kiev.

Nineteen Women Pastors, Pastor’s Wives and Women in Ministry Leadership gathered for 3 days of training at a seminary in Kiev. The training, interaction, fellowship, practical instruction and spiritual encouragement made this to be a leadership-transforming experience. This was our first but will not be our last!
More Women Together Leadership Schools are coming up in Ukraine in 2017.

Founder and Director of Women Together, Margaret Gibb, had the privilege of spending one week in Novokuznetsk – a mining city of 700,000 in Siberia. It is in this city that a caring and amazing church, founded by Ilya and Janet Bantseev, started Teen Challenge, a ministry to drug and alcohol addicts.

“This was one of the most exciting experiences I have had in overseas ministry with women, because I was able to hear amazing stories of how Jesus was the answer in the lives of desperate women.” comments Margaret Gibb.

Teaching consisted of delving into the stories of Bible women who were also desperate! Basic leadership training was presented. And the most meaningful part of the week, was praying for each woman and presenting each of them, a prayer journal to begin the journey of closer communication with God.

Janet Bantseev, overflowed at their response to this gift said to Margaret Gibb, “they probably have never had such a beautiful book given to them. Imagine, it will be used for personal prayer!”

The amazing result of the Teen Challenge program in Novokuznetsk, for both men and women, is that church and business leadership comes from this group of people. That’s how amazing life-changing transformation is when God is at the center of dedication and commitment.