WOW! Scholarship Fund

Accessibility is one of WOW!’s top values. One third of WOW! participants are in ministry or another service profession. And in 2023, 47% of Refresh: Silent Retreat participants attended with a discount or scholarship, and half of Spiritual Direction participants received a subsidized rate.

Your gift to WOW!’s Scholarship Fund enables us to make WOW!’s offerings available to everyone.

I really appreciated that WOW! provided scholarships to soul care as well as silent retreat when I was unemployed with no money. It was amazing I could have a free resource when I didn’t have the means. They knew I was just starting off with my business. I had just figured out how to launch an LLC. Once I had the means to give,  I thought, Why would I not give to the organization that gave so much to me?  I just knew I wanted to invest in WOW! because of how WOW invested in me when I really needed it.”

Grace Choi

Founder of Karis Consulting Group and Founder of the New York Coalition of Asian-American and Pacific Islander Churches

The Power of Collective Wonder

As we reflected on our first 10 years of ministry in 2022, we asked friends to share how the WOW! community has impacted their spiritual journeys. May their stories give you hope and courage to pursue the wonders God desires for your life. Whether you find yourself seeking new perspectives or somewhere along the path of holy restoration, you are invited to engage more deeply with God and our WOW! community. Our ministry is made possible through the collective generosity of many individuals. Thank you for making room for wonder with us!

Join the table, a community of allies whose monthly support enables pathways that affirm and empower women. Will you take a seat?

STORIES OF WONDER

MARILYN LAW

CONTEMPLATIVE PRAYER TEACHER, MINISTER, NEW JERSEY

WOW! gives a platform for many women, including myself to contribute to spiritual formation work they offer. For me leading contemplative reflections with their board and also the overall WOW! community of friends has been meaningful for my own passions to serve God. As we explore together, going beyond our training and skills, we help one another thrive. God is using WOW! to see the value of women in serving in God’s Kingdom and not competing with men. Women are partners and co-heirs alongside men to steward what God has given us. I love the fellowship with the WOW! Team; As we pray and share life and ministry together weekly, we experience God speaking energy and life into us. It is a reflection of Christ Jesus’ love, the Holy Spirit’s healing and empowerment to be God’s children.

jessica hwang

TEACHER, MOTHER, WIFE, NEW YORK

My name is Jessica and I’ve got a wacky 1 year old Jocelyn and an awesome partner Vinny. We live on Roosevelt Island and started attending a church in the neighborhood called Mosaic this summer. I’m currently a teacher working in the west village with 8th graders and finding my way through the work/mom world. I’m so grateful to God for what He has done through WOW. Especially in the last 5 years, WOW has helped shape my vision of marriage and leadership that joins in God’s work. Receiving teachings from women, as well as learning about women and men partnering together from WOW has nourished me and broadened my understanding of God’s heart and good purposes. From learning how to study scripture from Anna Lee-Winans or understanding what marriage can look like from Drew Hyun, to being cared for And prayed over on Zoom by Christians I don’t even know, I can see how WOW has discipled me and helped me draw near to God. The church I attend is led by a female pastor, and as this is a new experience for me, I’m so grateful for the affirmation of God’s calling for women. Looking back on my time with WOW, it’s clear to me that God was laying a foundation to be amazed by how He works through women and men as leaders and partners together. And I will always feel such fondness and tenderness for the leaders of WOW, who welcomed and discipled me and my family with such love and humility. I hope we can be people of faith like them.

erika dayle siu

PUBLIC POLICY SPECIALIST, CHICAGO

My name is Erika Siu, and I am a public policy specialist. WOW! was a gathering of candlelights for me. When I joined in my singular light, my calling as a woman, in whom my Creator is fully pleased, erupted in a flame of encouragement and hope. With every step, through the early Board meetings where we imagined a future for WOW! and set out its goals and objectives, to the meetings and retreats, where God’s palpable presence never fails, I am so grateful for this group. And because of the women of this group, with whom I have been able to journey over the past decade, I have been so blessed and enriched. WOW! to me is a home, where I can fully be and grow into all that I am destined to become.

“I first joined WOW!’s Bible study when I was a fresh grad from seminary. I hadn’t realized how hard it would be as a female minister, though somebody already told me so. It was a great preparation before I started serving as a minister at church. Throughout the years, the WOW! team connects to me and brings me in to the programs that benefit my soul and ministries. I really appreciate all the check-ins, prayers, support and friendship.”

Chelsia Tam

Part-time Minister, Bayside Community Bible Church

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