Rev. Dr. Lael C. Melville welcoming people to While You Wait Ministries events

Upcoming WUW Events

Seminars, workshops, special gatherings, community experiences, and other opportunities to connect with While You Wait Ministries.

Serve & Volunteer

Put faith into action through service projects, community outreach, and opportunities with WUW and our community partners.

Virtual Experiences

Connect through HOPErs Community gatherings, live teachings, workshops, conversations, and online experiences.

Whether you attend, serve, or connect online, there is a place for you to participate in what God is doing through this community.

Gather. Serve. 

Grow Together.

while you wait minstries
events

Save the Date: Waiting Well book reading, December 5
Save the Date

Waiting Well Book Reading

Saturday, December 5
Time and location coming soon

Mark your calendar and join us for a special book reading. Bring a friend and come spend some time with us.

More details coming soon.
Check back here for the time, location, and how to RSVP.
Hope in the Hallways
Now Enrolling

Hope in the Hallways

Faith-based college transition mentorship
Virtual cohorts • One-on-one mentorship • Family support

Getting into college is the easy part. Hope in the Hallways guides students through the transition from high school to college with mentorship, small-group cohorts, and family involvement, so they step onto campus with confidence, purpose, and practical life skills.

Led by Rev. Dr. Lael C. Melville alongside a team of educators, counselors, and mentors.

Learn More →
Digital Couples Journey
Fighting for Us
With Christ at the center, we fight for us.
FIGHT
Available Now • Digital

Fighting For Us Six-Week Journey

$29.99 • Work at your own pace
Closing live call with Dr. Lael: Thursday, November 19, 7:30 PM Central on Zoom

Keep fighting for your marriage, one letter of FIGHT each week. The journey includes Scripture and teaching recaps, Monday audio prayers, at-home breakouts, date night challenges, and a printable workbook.

Missed the seminar?
The Six-Week Journey is open to every couple, whether or not you attended in person.
Start the Journey →
November Prayer and Perspective Companion Journal
Free Download

November Companion Journal

Prayer & Perspective
Designed to walk with you through each week of the month

Don’t just read the devotionals and move on. Use the November Companion Journal to slow down, reflect, pray, and capture what God is showing you throughout the month.

Get the Journal →
Get involved with the Melville Family Foundation
Community Partner • Volunteer Opportunity

Melville Family Foundation Volunteers

Serving families across the Dallas metroplex
Food security • Education • Economic stability

While You Wait Ministries is proud to support the Melville Family Foundation, which works to improve the lives of underserved children and families through food security, academic opportunity, and economic stability.

Volunteer sign-ups are managed by the Melville Family Foundation.
Visit the volunteer page to see current opportunities and sign up to serve.
View Volunteer Opportunities →
Volunteers serving at the North Texas Food Bank
Community Partner • Volunteer Opportunity

Put Faith Into Action

North Texas Food Bank
Serve neighbors facing hunger across North Texas

Faith shows up in how we love our neighbors. Grab a friend, your small group, or your family and spend a few hours helping get food to families who need it.

Volunteer sign-ups are managed by the North Texas Food Bank.
Visit their volunteer page to find a shift that works for you.
Find a Volunteer Shift →
While You Wait Ministries

Upcoming WUW Events

Discover upcoming While You Wait Ministries gatherings, service opportunities, community partner events, and virtual experiences designed to help you connect, serve, and grow in faith.

Rev. Dr. Lael C. Melville at a While You Wait Ministries community event
Signature Speaking Areas

Conversations That Help People Move Forward.

Dr. Lael speaks at the intersection of faith, leadership, psychology, purpose, and lived experience, helping audiences make meaningful connections between what they believe and how they live.

Faith in the Waiting Season

Encouragement and practical teaching for people navigating uncertainty, transition, delayed answers, and seasons when the next step is not yet clear.

Faith • Hope • Perseverance • Purpose

Leadership, Purpose & Calling

Helping leaders connect calling with action, lead with wisdom, and remain grounded in purpose while carrying significant responsibility.

Leadership • Calling • Decision-Making • Impact

Women, Wellness & Whole-Person Growth

Honest conversations about emotional wellness, spiritual formation, identity, resilience, and creating space to grow without losing yourself in the process.

Identity • Wellness • Resilience • Growth

Relationships, Community & Connection

Practical and faith-centered conversations about marriage, healthy relationships, community, communication, and building spaces where people can grow together.

Marriage • Relationships • Communication • Community
Speaking topics can be shaped around the goals, audience, and theme of your event.
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