Final part today:

• Recognise most women staff are more emotionally involved in their ministry and find it harder to switch off.
• Women may not have the same output levels as men (eg they might meet with less women but know them better; men might meet with more men but know them less).
• Often women can be the only female on the staff. This can be lonely for them. Ask them what it feels like to be the only woman on the staff and if that’s ok. Encourage them to meet with women outside of the church to talk about ministry issues with.
• SINGLE WOMEN – have to run their own home as well as full time job, tend to work longer hours, can easily burn out. Living on their own – nobody to talk to at the end of the day – can be an issue (women like to talk out their day). May not have husband and children to look after but are often involved in extended family, particularly ageing parents (can get overlooked). Holidays – sometimes hard to sort out. Having a day off when all friends are working is hard.
• CHILDREN’S WORKERS – have lots of admin to do (eg photocopying, cutting, colouring, gluing etc) which can be disheartening when they’ve been trained to teach the Bible / have degrees, have to rely on lots of volunteers (and are often let down by them), physically exhausting job (lifting and carrying, managing groups of children) Eg after weekend away!