March 2024 - Vital Connections Daybreak

Marketplace Women had a lively discussion on both the excitement and exhaustion we experience when making unlikely allies. In our professional and personal lives we must often find the difficult balance between standing up for something we believe while not creating a wider divide. Jesus wants us to love others, even when we disagree. Unity is not necessarily uniformity and we can walk hand in hand without always seeing eye to eye.

February 2024 - Vital Connections Daybreak

Marketplace Women gathered together for an insightful discussion on Wisdom and why it is something that we should be reaching for. The Bible tells us that Wisdom is valuable, will help us navigate the complexities of life and will keep us closer to God. The group of seniors from Biola University who joined us enriched our conversations and broadened the scope of our perspectives. It was a good reminder that we should pray before we Google!

January 2024 - Vital Connections Daybreak

Marketplace Women started the year with a bang at our first VC of 2024. With an inspiring topic about the power of asking the right questions, just like Jesus did, attendees identified multiple areas, personally and professionally where the right questions would make all the difference! Guests also received a free eBook entitled “Now That’s a Great Question”, a fun list of 366 questions, one for every day of this leap year and a moleskin journal from our January sponsor, Wright Ford Young & Co.

December 2023 - Christmas Service Project

Marketplace Women gathered together last evening to put together 50 Christmas stockings for displaced women supported by WISEPlace. WISEPlace is the only OC based nonprofit leading the effort to end homelessness for unaccompanied women. The volunteer event was a great way to start our holiday season and to be reminded of how we can make a difference in the lives of others!

November 2023 - Vital Connections Daybreak

It was an enlightening morning as Marketplace Women met together to share how we keep our light from being dimmed in the Marketplace. When our light shines bright, we become relevant to those around us, we influence for good and create a unique an positive experience. But most of all, we point others to Jesus.

October 2023 - Vital Connections Daybreak

Marketplace Women were excited to be back to meeting in person at the first 2023-2024 Vital Connections! Continuing to inspire women to integrate their professional, personal and spiritual lives in the marketplace, the group shared the joy and blessings of God-ordained connections. In a new venue with a new President and some new faces, the morning was both inspirational and fun!

September 2023 - Annual Business Showcase

What an awesome time we had gathering in person to share where God has planted us to be His hands and feet in the Marketplace. The evening event, held at the beautiful Tangram Interiors, was filled with great food, inspiring conversation and lots of networking. Incoming President, Sarah Downing was officially introduced by now, President Emeritus, Nicole Ospina, which made the evening even more memorable!

April 2023 Garden Spring Tea - Trust and Restore

It was a beautiful morning of fellowship and wonderful delicacies among God’s beauty as Marketplace Women gathered for our first annual Spring Tea! Inspiring music, presentation and prayer by North East of the Well, an organization whose mission is based on the chapter of John 4 in the Bible, made the event anointed!

December 2022 Service Project at WISEPlace

The Ladies of Marketplace Women had the opportunity to serve the women of WISEPlace by stuffing stockings with holiday cheer! We were blessed by the stories we heard and the theme of the night was Trusting the Reason for the season!

September 2022 Summer Gathering

Marketplace Women were blessed to once again gather in person for our Annual End of Summer Gathering! In anticipation of this year’s focus on TRUST, our TRUST the Creator Gathering was a relaxed evening of charcuterie and creating our own word bracelets. With a table filled with delectables and a background of lively conversation and laughter, our bracelets came to life with words like Trust, Healthy, Run To You, Perfect Peace and more. It was a wonderful way to start our 2022-2023 season!

September 2020 Virtual Summer Gathering

Marketplace Women gathered via Zoom for a relaxing evening of catching up and learning some tips and tricks to creating beautiful charcuterie boards. Armed with various cheeses, breads, crackers, meats, fruits, nuts, garnishes and more, participants prepped and displayed a variety of delectable treats. The results proved to be as beautiful as they were delicious!

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June 2020 Virtual Business Showcase

In spite of everything that 2020 has brought with it so far, Marketplace Women ended the 19-20 season the same way they started...with vision! It was an inspiring Virtual Business Showcase as women shared their businesses, laughed and prayed looking forward to the kingdom work ahead! "She wraps herself in strength, carriers herself with confidence and works heard, strengthening her arms for the task at hand." Proverbs 31:17

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