Women's Empowerment Summit - Refined by Fire
About this Event
Women's Empowerment Summit - Refined by Fire, THEME: From Generation to Generation
Join us in person for an inspiring day at the Women's Empowerment Summit where strength meets resilience. Get ready to connect, learn, and be uplifted by amazing stories and powerful workshops designed to ignite your inner fire. This is your chance to grow, share, and celebrate the incredible journey of womanhood with an awesome community. Don't miss out on this empowering experience!
Sisters Keeping the Covenant, founded in 2004 by Rev. Dr. Maxine Thomas, is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit ministry dedicated to promoting healing, wholeness, and wellness for women and teen girls. Through transformative initiatives such as the Women’s General Assemblies, Women’s Empowerment Summit, My Sister’s Keeper Bible and Leadership Academy, and the Tea Talk with Dr. Maxi Podcast, the ministry has impacted thousands of lives through dynamic preaching, teaching, writing, and innovative outreach.
Rev. Dr. Maxine Thomas serves as Co-Pastor of St. Andrew AME Church in Memphis, Tennessee, alongside her husband, Rev. Troy I. Thomas, Senior Pastor. A passionate servant leader, Co-Pastor Maxine is deeply committed to advancing God’s kingdom by equipping, empowering, and uplifting His people with love, wisdom, and unwavering faith.
Agenda
🕑: 08:30 AM - 09:30 AM
THE EARLY BIRD CATCHES THE WORD
🕑: 09:30 AM - 10:15 AM
The Early Bird Catches The Word
Host: Co Pastor Rev. Dr. Maxine Thomas
Info: TOPIC: "FAMILY REUNION" A family reunion is more than people gathering in the same place. It is a reminder of who we are, where we come from, and whose we are. The Bible is filled with family stories—some beautiful, some complicated, and some painful. Yet God continually works through families to accomplish His purposes.
🕑: 09:30 AM - 10:15 AM
Opening Service of Worship
Host: Min. A. Nicole Tate-Wilburn
Info: "SET IT OFF" Women Desperate for Change - When women become desperate enough to change, they become courageous enough to move. This session speaks to women who are tired of repeating cycles, tired of settling, tired of hiding, and ready for God to ignite something new.
🕑: 10:15 AM - 10:45 AM
Power-Shop Series A - "THE COLOR PURPLE"
Host: Rev. Dr. Jacqueline Capers
Info: This session explores the journey from being defined by what happened to us to discovering who God has called us to become. What did the women before us endure—and what are we determined not to pass down?
🕑: 10:15 AM - 10:45 AM
Super Star Seminar - GIRLS - "Barbie"
Host: Sis. Iyana Mapp
Info: Discovering Who You are Beyond Your Image - Barbie has spent generations being defined by what she looks like, what she wears, and what she does—doctor Barbie, teacher Barbie, lawyer Barbie, astronaut Barbie, etc. The movie opens the door to a deeper question:
Who am I when I take away the titles?
🕑: 10:45 AM - 11:15 AM
POWER-SHOP B - "AKEELAH AND THE BEE" Speaking Power Into Your Potenial
Host: Rev. Tiffany Lett Martin
Info: Akeelah’s story becomes a powerful metaphor for women who have gifts they have not yet fully recognized. Sometimes the greatest thing a woman needs is somebody who can see her potential before she can see it herself.
🕑: 10:45 AM - 11:15 AM
Super Star Seminar - GIRLS - The Daughters of Lady Mae Greenleaf
Host: Rev. Kamaria McAllister
Info: You don’t have to be perfect to be a Superstar.
You don’t have to hide your pain to be strong. You don’t have to earn love. You don’t have to become someone else to have value. You can heal, grow, speak, dream, and become the woman God created you to be.
🕑: 11:15 AM - 11:45 AM
POWER-SHOP C - "HOW STELL GOT HER GROOVE BACK"
Host: Rev. Tricia Muriel
Info: You can be responsible and still have joy.
You can serve others and still care for yourself.
No matter what age you are, you can still dream.
When did you stop doing the things that made you feel alive?
🕑: 11:15 AM - 12:15 PM
Super Star Seminar - GIRLS - Brown Sugar and All That's Nice
Info: Make up Party and Karaoke with the King
🕑: 11:45 AM - 12:15 PM
POWER-SHOP D - "FOR COLORED GIRLS" -- Healing The Soul
Host: Overseer Shirley Smalls
Info: Sometimes the soul carries wounds that the body has learned to hide. For Colored Girls provides a lens through which women can name painful experiences, recognize how those experiences have shaped them, and begin the journey from surviving to healing.
🕑: 12:30 PM - 01:30 PM
LUNCH - INTERGENERATIONAL LUNCH EXPERIENCE
Info: Each table intentionally seats women from different generations.
🕑: 01:00 PM - 01:30 PM
CROWNING GIRLS FOR SUCESS by Miss Black America
Info: Miss Black America of the Miss Black America Beauty Pageant will Crown each girl for success
🕑: 01:30 PM - 02:30 PM
Super Star Seminar - GIRLS - "Mama I Want To Sing"
Info: Philadelphia's Got Talent
🕑: 01:30 PM - 02:30 PM
MULTIGENERATIONAL PANEL DISCUSSION--"The Women of Brewster Place"
Host: Dr. Kimberly Atkins- Moderator
Info: This panel allows women across generations to discuss the wounds, expectations, pressures and victories that often remain unspoken.
PANEL SEGMENT 1
“RASPUTIA”
Healing the Hurt Behind the Armour
Question: What are we protecting when we become hard?
Message:
Sometimes what looks like strength is actually unresolved pain.
PANEL SEGMENT 2
“BARBIE” Identity and Radiant Self-Worth
Question: Who are you when you stop performing for others?
Message:
You don’t have to become somebody else to become enough.
PANEL SEGMENT 3
“FOXY BROWN”
Beauty, Brains, and Boldness
Question: What happens when a woman stops apologizing for being gifted, beautiful and bold?
Message:
“I will not diminish my brilliance to accommodate somebody else’s insecurity.”
PANEL SEGMENT 4
“CARMEN JONES”
Grace for the Complicated Woman
This is an important theological conversation because women are often expected to be perfect while simultaneously carrying enormous burdens and challenges.
Question: Can we give women
🕑: 02:30 PM - 03:00 PM
POWER SHOP E - "THE WOMAN KING" - She was Born to Lead
Host: Rev. Kamaria McAllister
Info: This Power-Shop explores the journey of General Nanisca and the women of the Agojie as a framework for helping women recognize that leadership is not something they must wait to be given—it is something they can cultivate, embrace, and steward. What would happen if every generation of women understood that leadership is not reserved for someone else?
🕑: 02:30 PM - 03:00 PM
Super Star Seminar - GIRLS "Health Shop"
Host: Rev. Natalie Mitchem
Info: Health, Nutrition, and Diet
🕑: 03:00 PM - 04:00 PM
Closing Service - COME TO THE ALTAR
Host: Min. Traci Thomas
Info: Come to The Altar -
This is not just a session—it’s an encounter. In this sacred atmosphere, God does deep, transformative work. Like gold refined in fire, every burden, hurt, and hidden place is brought before Him for healing and renewal. Expect release, restoration, and a powerful move of God that leaves you stronger, purified, and empowered.
Where is it happening?
Event Location & Nearby Stays:
USD 65.00
