Virtuous Women: Slippers, Praise, and Service
Elizabeth Rivera
In Dauphinee Chapel, you stumble upon several dozen girls in PJs and slippers, singing at the top of their lungs. Slumber party? Nope, you’ve walked into Virtuous Women, PUC’s only ministry just for girls — or rather, women. Virtuous Women is a vibrant group of young women who are seeking the Lord and together figuring out exactly what it means to be virtuous.
Virtuous Women meets once a month ready with powerful speakers, fun giveaways like fuzzy slippers and jelly beans, and two all-girl praise bands to help the girls get their jam on and sing the stress away. It’s a place for girls to come as they are (PJs and slippers encouraged) to support each other in Christ as they navigate the fun, work and stresses of college life. It is a place of fellowship where girls can meet together to grow in God and with each other.
But what happens in Virtuous Women doesn’t stay in Virtuous Women; there is also an outreach ministry that goes out and helps the community. Their last project included organizing a team of girls to help an elderly woman in Napa clean her neglected home.
Virtuous Women also has projects and programs going round the month such as cooking classes, clothes swaps, and compliment boxes. For those in need of a weekly pick-me-up, there is also a small group subset of Virtuous Women, which meets every week and is lead by Jessica Shine, PUC’s worship and outreach pastor.
Other options slated for the “VW” callendar include a self-defense class, stress management event, and financial readiness event. But whatever the schedule holds, Virtuous Women will always have plenty of fun, fellowship and worship.