BENEFIT DINNER/SILENT AUCTION & FINANCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY
We only do one fundraising push per year. And in the month of June, we are asking that everyone dig a little bit deeper in their pockets in support of what we do here at WHOLE, DGM and WHOLE Women’s Conference.
We also believe in being financially accountable and have released our 2012 profit/loss sheet. You may download it HERE.
Your gift will provide us with much needed office supplies, keep our online community of nearly 2,000 women going (and free), supply books and resources to women who can’t afford them, aid in funding our September conference (and free to attend) and enable us to take our message to the Transkei region of South Africa to lead a retreat for women who have been prostituted and abused — who desperately need to hear how much Jesus loves them and desires to see them healed. And of course much more!
Also in June, join us on Friday, June 21 for WHOLE Women Ministries’ first annual Benefit Dinner & Silent Auction** at Old Shawnee Town in Shawnee, KS. All proceeds will benefit WHOLE Women Ministries and our projects Dirty Girls Ministries & WHOLE Women’s Conference.
Doors open at 5:30pm. Dinner at 6pm. If you cannot attend, but would like to make a donation, you can do so now.
**We are still in need of auction items. If you wish to donate an item for our silent auction, we would love to hear from you! We also welcome hands to help us in setting up and tearing down the event space. Please reply to this email or give us a call at 913 667 9492.
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WHOLE WOMEN’S CONFERENCE — SPEAKERS AND HOSTS
Mark your calendars! WHOLE Women’s Conference is coming Saturday, September 7. WHOLE 2013 will be held entirely ONLINE via web streaming and entirely FREE to attend. CLICK HERE TO REGISTER!
Our keynote speakers include:
- Annie Lobert, founder of Hookers for Jesus
- Dannah Gresh, author & founder of Pure Freedom
- Lisa Whittle, author of {w}hole and more
- And worship by Audrey Assad
Additional testimonial speakers will also present on a variety of topics including Emotional Health, Porn/Sex Addiction, Motherhood, Rape/Sexual Abuse, Forgiveness, Singleness, Adultery, Teen Relationships, Insecurity and more.
HOSTS: We are earnestly seeking Church Leaders, Women’s Ministry Leaders, College Ministry Leaders, Student Ministry Leaders and any other ministry leaders who work with teen girls and/or adult women … to serve as local community host sites for the webcast.
Check out our 17-minute informational webinar (now available for your viewing pleasure) to learn more about being a conference host or contact us today to sign up!
SPONSORS: Just because we can offer this conference free of charge, that certainly doesn’t mean it is free for us to put on 
We will be relying even more heavily on advertising partners and sponsors to pull off WHOLE 2013. We have an assortment of sponsor options to choose from. If you are interested in being a financial sponsor, please check out our sponsor page.
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EPOCH AWARDS
Our Founder & Executive Director Crystal Renaud has been nominated for an Epoch Award. Finalists will be announced in July with the ceremony taking place in October.
The Epoch Awards honor the unsung heroes; the people who cross the boulevard or the world to serve where poverty, drought, HIV/AIDS, sex trafficking, homelessness, and fear reign. For these heroes, this is more than planting churches and discipling – this is life.
If selected, WHOLE will share in $50,000 in cash grants which would be very exciting! But it is truly an honor just to be nominated.
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FIFTY SHADES: NOT YOUR MOTHER’S ROMANCE NOVEL
“It’s not a shirtless man with a big busted woman on the cover anymore. And it’s not a woman being seduced by the stable boy in the barn. From what I’ve researched about this series of books, the main sexual themes throughout are BDSM (bondage/discipline/sadism/masochism), control, violence, damage from childhood abuse, etc.” —Crystal Renaud
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THE “M” WORD
“Instead of writing an article about the issue of female porn addiction, the reporter’s agenda was to write a piece that pegged me as a woman “on a crusade against masturbation”—who was only parading around as a ministry about porn. At the time of its release not much exposure came from it. So I was hoping it was dead and buried and I could take it all as a lesson learned. But what’s unfortunate about the press—is that nothing is ever as dead and buried as you might think.” —Crystal Renaud
