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Each of these ladies are involved in
ministries apart from ABWC including children's, women's, music, health,
drama, youth and education. They bring a wealth of talent, gifts
and skills to us that makes ABWC a ministry that truly disciples women.
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Alabaster Box
Women's Conference was founded in 1999 and held its first one-day event
in July 2000. From its beginning our philosophy is to teach women to get
health and stay healthy so that they can give their all to their Lord
and Savior. The first event included 12 workshops on diverse tops
addressing women's health (mind, body and spirit) and drew more than 100
women of various backgrounds. Registration was $10 which included lunch.
While adequate for the attempt to break the box, the ABWC team quickly
saw the new for a more flexible venue than a church setting. The
University Seventh-day Adventist church fellowship hall, classrooms and
sanctuary was barely enough to contain all that the women had to offer.
Twelve entrepreneurs displayed their products in a tight space along the
borders of the fellowship hall. Women and girls sat in chairs designed
for toddlers in one classroom. We learned from that experience that if
God gives you a vision, "THINK BIG." We still thank God for small
beginnings.
The following
year, with the help of the founder's sister, ABWC was hosted in the
lovely New Otani Hotel and Garden located downtown Los Angeles and drew
women from as far away as northern California, Arizona and Las Vegas,
Nev. We continued the one-day conferences until our fifth anniversary.
In 2006, armed with the theme, "Power in the House," we took a leap of
faith and stretched out to three-days, 25 workshop offerings, seven
keynoters and an entire track for teen girls. In 2008 Alabaster Box was
hosted at the Warner Center Marriott in Woodland Hills, Calif. The new
venue with two heated pools and located within walking distance to a
Westfield shopping Center provided extended amenities to our
participants.
ABWC is
not an annual event. We have been blessed with the opportunity to get
involved with women's health initiatives all year round including
domestic violence prevention, HIV/AIDS awareness, diabetes and
overweight prevention, heart health and more by collaborating with the Office
of Women's Health, DHHS. ABWC trains women to
facilitate health workshops. We collaborate with churches and
organizations to provide literature, speakers and funding when available
to educate women about urgent health issues like the obesity epidemic
and the spreading of HIV/AIDS. We support with resources, technical
skills, coordination, planning, development and even graphic design and
printing.
Our scope
has broadened and our mission remains to educate women get healthy in mind, body and spirit and ready to "Pour their oil out for
Him"
Thank you
for stopping by our website. If you would like to get involved in ABWC,
please write us at
info@abwc.org.
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