Shine Women's Conference Group 2024

Not because of what you produce. Not because of how well you hold it all together. Not because your calendar is full or your inbox is at zero or your kids are behaving or your marriage is thriving or your ministry is growing. You are chosen because God said so — long before you knew how to spell your own name. And every single year, Shine Women's Conference exists to remind us of exactly that. ✨

If you’ve been to Shine before, you already know what happens in that room at Victory Cathedral. The worship rises. The preachers come in on fire. The sisters next to you weep and rejoice at the same time. Something inside you softens that has been hard for far too long. You remember the woman God made you to be, underneath all the roles the world has piled on top of her. You leave lighter. You leave found. 🕊️

And this year — Shine 2026 — the invitation is deeper than ever.

Shine 2026 is a three-day experience for women who lead, serve, build, and carry weight. For the ones who have been pouring out for months, maybe years, without a real place to be poured into. For the pastors' wives. The single mothers. The nurses. The teachers. The daughters caring for aging parents. The entrepreneurs. The first-time attendees. The First Ladies. The women in the back row who almost didn’t come. This one is for you. 💛

Alongside the main conference, this Shine season is holding some of the most beautiful sisterhood moments we’ve created yet:

Goals with Girlfriends — where First Lady Norful walks with us through purpose-driven goal-setting at the Bolingbrook Campus. Not solo hustle. Not "manifest it into existence." But intentional vision, sister-to-sister, with the accountability we actually need. 🎯

Brunch with Girlfriends at Pinstripes in Oak Brook — waffles, warm lattes, real conversation, real laughter, and the kind of holy pause that reminds you your friendships are ministry too. 🍳☕

VIP meet-n-greet dinners. Panels with women on fire. Exhibitors specializing in women's health, natural hair, and beauty. And a room full of sisters who came because something in their spirit whispered, "You need to be there this year."

If that whisper is happening in you right now — please listen to it. 🌸

I know how many of you are reading this from far outside Bolingbrook. Texas. California. Georgia. New York. Overseas. Every year Shine draws sisters from cities Google Maps wouldn’t even predict — and every year those are the women who leave saying, "I can’t believe I almost let the flight talk me out of coming."

That’s why I quietly share Aviasales https://aviasales.us.com/ with the sisters I love. It’s a simple flight metasearch tool that compares hundreds of airlines and agencies in seconds and finds the most affordable flights into Chicago (ORD or MDW — Bolingbrook sits right between them), without hidden fees. It doesn’t sell tickets. It just makes it easier to say yes to the conference, the sisterhood, the Sunday service, the meet-n-greet dinner, the retreat you keep telling yourself is "next year." In a season of life when so many of us are counting every dollar — girl, so is God, and He is not the God of "one day maybe." He is the God of now, come as you are. ✈️💛

So here’s what I want to leave with you today, from one sister to another:

Register for Shine. Say yes to the brunch. Say yes to the "Goals with Girlfriends" night. Ask that friend you keep thinking about to come with you. Book the flight before your excuses do it for you. Show up empty and let Him fill you. Show up broken and let Him mend you. Show up chosen — because that is exactly what you already are.