{"id":5545,"date":"2018-02-06T03:38:00","date_gmt":"2018-02-06T03:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/clone\/2018\/02\/06\/women-today-news-item-8933-press-for-progress-2018\/"},"modified":"2023-09-08T14:42:27","modified_gmt":"2023-09-08T12:42:27","slug":"women-today-news-item-8933-press-for-progress-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/women-today-news-item-8933-press-for-progress-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Press for Progress 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As the world celebrates International Women&#8217;s Day on March 8, we invite sisters in every city, village, community, and home where a disciple of Christ lives to join in &#8220;Press for Progress 2018.&#8221; <em> &#8220;Sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. Yet one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward to Christ Jesus.&#8221; <\/em> \u2013 Philippians 3:14 <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/bc2b9dd0-f727-4bba-bb6c-7e657ef98c43.jpg?ssl=1\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>Prepare for progress <\/b> &#8211; March 7th will be our day of prayer and fasting. Ask God to direct you in his steps for the next day. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>Press for progress <\/b> &#8211; March 8th is our day of acting on what God&#8217;s Spirit has put on your heart.  Some ideas to consider: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>On Wednesday, have a women&#8217;s midweek to break the fast together. Share your plans for March 8th. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Host a girl&#8217;s night out at your home. Start with a prayer for women&#8217;s needs throughout the world. Invite neighbors to bring an item that will be given to women and children at a women&#8217;s shelter. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Host a women&#8217;s brunch. Invite speakers\/guests to share what God has done in their lives to be a confident and spiritually\/emotionally healthy women. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Start a Bible discussion group at your school, office, or workout facility. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Click <a href=\"https:\/\/pressforprogress.wordpress.com\/contact\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a> to sign up for updates and watch the invitational video below: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"750\" height=\"442\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/q5eOeW9fQQ0\" title=\"Women's Day 2018 | International Churches of Christ\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the world celebrates International Women&#8217;s Day on March 8, we invite sisters in every city, village, community and home&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":5546,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ghostkit_customizer_options":"","ghostkit_custom_css":"","ghostkit_custom_js_head":"","ghostkit_custom_js_foot":"","ghostkit_typography":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"post_folder":[151],"class_list":["post-5545","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-womens-ministry"],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/bc2b9dd0-f727-4bba-bb6c-7e657ef98c43.jpg?fit=576%2C201&ssl=1","author_info":{"display_name":"dtadmin","author_link":"https:\/\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/author\/dtadmin\/"},"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phsvEw-1rr","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5500,"url":"https:\/\/disciplestoday.org\/clone\/press-for-progressinternational-womens-day\/","url_meta":{"origin":5545,"position":0},"title":"Press for Progress\u2014International Women\u2019s Day","author":"dtadmin","date":"March 2, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"March 7\u2014A memorable day. 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