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Monday, October 1, 2018 – First Lady, Minister Doretha Long,
Scripture Cathedral Ministries, Landover, Maryland
Monday, October 8, 2018 – Senator Barbara A. Robinson,
Baltimore, Maryland
Monday, October 15, 2018 – Minister Nicole Hickman,
Salem Baptist Church, Montrose, Virginia
Monday, October 22, 2018 – Lady Yvonne Carter, Assistant Pastor
Agape I Way of the Cross Church of Christ, Int’l., Washington, D.C.
Monday, October 29, 2018 – Dr. Arnetha Bowens,
The Lion of the Tribe of Judah Community Tabernacle
Baltimore, Maryland
Call in to Experience how God will WOW you as Women!
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Monday, October 1, 2018 – First Lady, Minister Doretha Long,
Scripture Cathedral Ministries, Landover, Maryland
Monday, October 8, 2018 – Senator Barbara A. Robinson,
Baltimore, Maryland
Monday, October 15, 2018 – Minister Nicole Hickman,
Salem Baptist Church, Montrose, Virginia
Monday, October 22, 2018 – Lady Yvonne Carter, Assistant Pastor
Agape I Way of the Cross Church of Christ, Int’l., Washington, D.C.
Monday, October 29, 2018 – Dr. Arnetha Bowens,
The Lion of the Tribe of Judah Community Tabernacle
Baltimore, Maryland
Call in to Experience how God will WOW you as Women!
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Helping Other People to Excel and Experience GOD
2018 Women’s Conference Call
Theme: WOW! Women of the Word
This conference ministers to the blind, visually impaired, disabled and enabled—all of the Body of Christ
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2018 Women’s Conference Call
Theme: WOW! Women of the Word
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