Presbyterian Women
Presbyterian Women (PW) is a national women's organization open to all women of the Presbyterian Church (USA) who choose to participate in or be supportive of the organization in any way. It's the national women’s organization of the Presbyterian Church (USA), with a history of more than 200 years and more than 300,000 members. If you're a Presbyterian and a woman, you are already a PW! We have no membership rolls or dues; we seek only to faithfully serve God:
- to nurture our faith through prayer and study;
- to support the mission of the church worldwide
- to work for justice and peace, and
- to build an inclusive, caring community of women.
Presbyterian Women at ELPC
All women at ELPC are invited to participate in any of the PW sponsored activities:
- Monthly Horizons Bible Study (September to May/June) and business meetings;
- Theme-based fall and spring retreats and churchwide gatherings;
- Sewing and funding mosquito nets for NetWorkers Malaria Prevention Project;
- Collecting for the Thank Offering and Birthday Offering that support missions and health ministries around the world;
- Providing financial support for a number of local and global mission agencies, as well as helping with community mission projects;
- Funding scholarships for ELPC’s graduating high school seniors;
- Organizing our “Celebrate the Gifts of Women Sunday” each spring;
- PW Holiday Tea, Children’s Santa Shop, and Cookie Bake (the cookies are served at ELPC events and the city’s prison ministry).
Check the calendar, the monthly Reaching Out newsletter, or the weekly NewsFlash for more details.
PW is organized at all levels of the PC (USA)—in congregations, presbyteries and synods as well as in the General Assembly. This connectional system allows ideas and information to continually flow back and forth to strengthen the work of PW and the ministry of the PC (USA).
For more information, watch this video, or click to the PW page at the national PC(USA) website.
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