It will also give your ministry a good reputation if you're careful to stay within your budget. As time passes and the value of Women's Ministries is proven and more appreciated, there should be money in every church budget for Women's Ministries. When your ministry is new in your church, you may not have the financial support that you would like. You may have to raise the money yourself. Women can cook.
Women can bake.
Women can put on musical programs. Women can have garage sales. And there are many other ways. The more carefully planned and successful your programs are, and the more they can be seen as a benefit to the church, the more likely you will be to be able to get funding from the church for future programming. Define the needs in your church so that you are meeting real, previously unmet, needs.