Presbyterian Women in the PC(USA)

Exciting news for Presbyterian women and all who are called to care for God's creation ... 🐝💧🌵

🌟Presbyterians for Earth Care will host a virtual Bible study based on the nine-lessons of the PW/Horizons Bible study, Let Justice Roll Down: God's Call to Care for Neighbors and All Creation, by Patricia K. Tull!

Every fourth Sunday evening, beginning September 22, Revs. COURTENAY WILLCOX and LUCY YOUNGBLOOD, of Presbyterians for Earth Care, will lead a 75-minute discussion on PW's nine-lesson study (https://www.presbyterianwomen.org/bible-study/justice/).

To learn about the leaders, details about the study and its author, how to sign up or acquire a copy of Let Justice Roll Down, please visit https://presbyearthcare.org/bible-study-pw-2024-2025/.

2024-2025 PW Bible Study
Let Justice Roll Down:
God’s Call to Care for Neighbors and All Creation

Prayer from Lesson Nine, Sustaining Creation’s Health for All

God who creates and recreates,
renew our vision and invigorate our souls,
that we may both see and seek the world you desire for all.
Help us translate hope into daily actions in the corner of the earth that we call home.
Amen.

Purchase this Bible study and find more resources at https://www.presbyterianwomen.org/bible-study/justice

Molly McCarthy of Savannah has done it again! ♥️🎨 Isn't that wonderful?

With love, skill, and a generous and faithful heart, Molly has transformed Presbyterian Women's extraordinary bandanas--PW blue (https://ow.ly/QGBo50T6WFI) and PW "Wear Orange" (https://ow.ly/ex3L50T6WFJ)--into extraordinarily plush and plucky pillows, worthy of gracing any sofa or chair. Look closely and spy the PW logo charm (https://ow.ly/ziO350T6WFH), which adds sparkle to the blue pillow.

Feeling inspired? If so, click to order the bandanas and charm from the PW Shop; or call toll free 800/533-4371 (Monday through Friday, 10 to 5 ET) and request item PWR16424 (blue bandana, $5 + shipping); item PWR16425 ("Wear Orange" bandana, $5 + shipping) and/or PWR07400 (PW logo charm, $6 + shipping).

2024 Thank Offering materials are now available!
Booklets, posters, placemats, offering envelopes and bulletin covers and inserts are all available for free.

Go to presbyterianwomen.org/thank to see all the promotional materials available. Some are downloads and others are available in print.

Want to show a Thank Offering video? Find it at https://ow.ly/Evx350T644G

Help spread the word about giving to the Thank Offering this year!

Consider gracing a water bottle or other adhesive-friendly surface with a vinyl sticker that commemorates Presbyterian Women's recent Churchwide Gathering! $5.00 each (+ shipping)

“Do Everything in Love” vinyl sticker (2.5” square) (https://ow.ly/r86k50Smqq9), item CWG24008

St. Louis Arch and Courthouse vinyl sticker (featuring a flock of plucky bluebirds!) (2.25” x 3”) (https://ow.ly/Xw6w50Smqq7), item CWG24007

PW Logo Clear Vinyl Sticker (2.5” x 3”) (https://ow.ly/yHBV50Smqqb), the background is clear so your PW logo will pop!, item PWR24409

Bluebird Banner Vinyl Sticker (6” x 1/5”) https://ow.ly/askG50Smqq8, a bluebird in flight proclaims the 2024 CWG via a banner, item CWG24006

Limited quantities! Plan to purchase at the Presbyterian Bookstore or click to order from the PW Shop (or call 800/533-4371, Monday—Friday, 10 am to 5 pm ET)! Online orders accepted 24/7. The PCUSA Store will be closed July 4 and 5.)

Calling all educators, readers, scrapbookers, crafters, sharers, speakers and leaders! 📣 The Horizons magazine pop-up sale https://ow.ly/yYak50SFqUy) is the perfect time and bargain--items are free, you pay shipping--for your next project or to stock your library. The sale includes most Horizons magazines from 2023 and earlier! And as a bonus, your favorite feline will receive a new box (or two) to explore.

The iris is the official flower of St. Louis. So, in honor of the 2024 PW Churchwide Gathering recently held in St. Louis, will you make a gift for a symbolic bouquet of irises?

Whether your bouquet commemorates your time at the 2024 Gathering or a previous one, your attendance in person, online or in spirit, your gift will benefit PW’s Annual Mission Fund, which supports in whole or in part every mission and ministry of Presbyterian Women.

Click https://ow.ly/7bue50T4aBf for a flier to read and share or give online (https://ow.ly/EgAT50T4aBg) or send your check to Presbyterian Women, Remittance Processing, PO Box 643652, Pittsburgh, PA 15264-3652, and add "Bouquet/Annual Mission Fund" in the notes line of your check. A downloadable card is available to print and share for online givers.

2024-2025 PW Bible Study
Let Justice Roll Down:
God’s Call to Care for Neighbors and All Creation

Prayer from Lesson Eight, Intergenerational Justice

God and guide of every generation, our children could well say with Jerusalem’s exiles, “The parents have eaten sour grapes, and the children’s teeth are set on edge.”
We do not wish this to be so.
Help us as we take responsibility now for the sake of future generations.
Amen.

Purchase this Bible study and find more resources at https://www.presbyterianwomen.org/bible-study/justice

🌟Hey there, PW friends! Conquer FOMO ("fear of missing out") by choosing to stay informed about Presbyterian Women! Simply sign up to receive PW e-news you can use, straight to your inbox. Visit www.presbyterianwomen.org and enter your email address in the News & Updates box located at the bottom right of your screen! 🎉✨.

During the PW Churchwide Gathering I had the pleasure of watching women line up before and after each plenary session to take pictures with this lovely version of the Presbyterian Women in the PC(USA) logo.
A huge thank you to Charles Wiley who shared his time and talents by making this special piece for us. We will cherish it!

Presbyterian Women's Churchwide Gathering starts tomorrow, but today Presbyterian women are already meeting in St. Louis and living out the PW Purpose and its commitment to building inclusive, caring community.

The Racial Equity Dialogue (RED) Training is equipping individuals to start, reignite or continue a RED team for PW in the Synods. Trainees will help PW in the Synods have vital conversations about how race impacts one's experiences in the world.

Contact your PW in the Synod moderator for details on how and when you might participate in a synod RED team.

These tables will soon carry lots of interesting books, PW logo items and Bible studies…this is the location of the Presbyterian Bookstore at the Gathering. 📚

Behind the scenes of the Churchwide Gathering…soon the Living PW Logo will be put together and ready for photo ops!! 😎😀🥰

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Yay, WE did it!!

After surviving a pandemic, a storm and 7 months of the actual work being done by 17 students, volunteers and staff members, our 835 reusable tote bags are on the way to the national Presbyterian Women Conference in St.Louis! Wow, we are very satisfied with our great teamwork! We have created supplementary income for all those students.

Thank you to our community for their support!

Our heartfelt gratitude to the Presbyterian Women in the PC(USA) for this partnership!

2024-2025 PW Bible Study
Let Justice Roll Down:
God’s Call to Care for Neighbors and All Creation

Prayer from Lesson Seven, Economic Climate Justice

God of this planet, our world is not only being overtaken by nature’s forces, but it is also being divided by unequal harms, especially to the most vulnerable of your people.
Grant us your peace.
Lead those of us who are secure as we seek to help restore justice for all. Amen.

Purchase this Bible study and find more resources at https://www.presbyterianwomen.org/bible-study/justice

Today is PW Gives Day (https://ow.ly/TliP50SOmOF), a day Presbyterian Women sets aside each year to commemorate the founding of Presbyterian Women! Through PW Purposeful participation, prayer, leadership, and financial support—with the blessing of the Holy Spirit—we can align our feet to walk the path toward another 36 years as Presbyterian Women.

A message from Kathy Reeves, Moderator, PW Board of Directors, 2021—2024:

As leaders called to ministry through Presbyterian Women, PW Gives Day is an opportunity for each of to participate in building up and supporting the many ministries and programs of PW. If not us, then who? 2024 commemorates 36 years of PW. Won’t you join me in giving $36 for 36 years or perhaps even $360 for 36 years? A gift of any size affirms the witness that is PW.

💕 Make a gift online at https://ow.ly/TevY50SOmOG. Then select PW Gives Day and your gift amount. Please scroll and type “PWGDay24” in the comments box as well as your church and presbyterian (or synod) information. Or mail your gift to Presbyterian Women, Inc., PO Box 643652, Pittsburgh PA 15264-3652. Please indicate “annual fund” and PWGDay24 in the memo line of your check.

💕 Have a PW story to share? If so please contact Carissa Herold, [email protected], or send your story to Carissa Herold, Presbyterian Women, 100 Witherspoon St., Louisville KY 40202-1396.

Available Now! Etchings in Diversity: Book Two
This book of short stories is the next volume of the 1999 classic, in which Presbyterian Women of different cultural backgrounds share their faith stories. It is designed for study and group discussion so that Presbyterian Women may enlarge their vision of what it means to be “an inclusive, caring community.” Both editions are also available as a PDF download. Click to order from the PW Shop: https://www.presbyterianwomen.org/?s=etchings

The continues! We’ve shared our Churchwide herstory flash backs and now with less than two weeks to Opening Plenary…we’re packing! ✈️👜

Join Presbyterian Women by wearing these colors in support of bringing awareness to our justice concerns.
🖤Thursday: Thursdays in Black
❤️🧡Friday: MMIWG2S and UN’s UNiTE Campaign

Peep our P-Dubs!!! Share with us what fashions you’re bringing! The Churchwide Gathering logo on a T-shirt or tote…how about “Do everything in love” shoes! Be on the lookout for the one at the Gathering wearing these kicks of love! ❤️

The Churchwide Gathering of Presbyterian Women is in 14 days! 💕And today, we have just five months until Christmas! But one important date for Presbyterian Women is in just six days: PW Gives Day, July 31, which commemorates the founding of Presbyterian Women.

Community is the foundation of our lives as Presbyterian Women. That is why we gather. We gather in our local churches, at our regional events, and at our triennial Gathering (14 days until...!); and more recently, we sometimes gather virtually. We come together to chart our way forward (as individuals and as a faithful body) to participate in each point of our Purpose: Bible study, mission, advocacy through the pursuit of justice and peace, strengthening our denomination. Although we could rename our gatherings as events or conferences, the word “gathering” suggests, perhaps, that we are together, even when apart, and our coming together is our time to gather…our bodies, hearts, witness … to the glory of our loving Creator through Presbyterian Women.

On PW Gives Day, let us celebrate the community that is Presbyterian Women, the community that unites each of us in faith and tradition and often friendship, as well as provides us with a way to live into God's call on our lives. In the comments below, share about the importance of gathering as PW in your life or community. And if you are so moved, please consider supporting Presbyterian Women on PW Gives Day with your financial gift.

Give online at presbyterianwomen.org/give (select PW Gives Day and your gift amount. Please scroll and type “PWGDay24” in the comments box as well as your church and presbytery (or synod) information); or mail your check to Presbyterian Women, Inc., PO Box 643652, Pittsburgh PA 15264-3652. Please indicate “annual mission fund” and PWGDay24 in the memo line of your check.

2024-2025 PW Bible Study
Let Justice Roll Down:
God’s Call to Care for Neighbors and All Creation

Prayer from Lesson Six, Climate Change

God of our lives, keep us calm but attentive.
In the words of Saint Francis’s prayer, may we be instruments of your peace.
Where there is doubt, let us sow faith; where there is despair, hope; darkness, light.
Teach us the joy of participating with all our hearts in your new creation on earth. Amen.

Purchase this Bible study and find more resources at https://www.presbyterianwomen.org/bible-study/justice

The clock ⏰ is ticking ... Time to make your reservation! 😀

Participant, exhibitor, volunteer, if you haven't done so already, please make time within the day or two to reserve your room at the grand Marriott St. Louis Grand. (💡Add a day or two before or after to explore St. Louis and surrounding area.)

To receive the very special PW Gathering special rate, visit https://ow.ly/Zjsu50SCJ5s (best option) or call 877/303-0104; to request the group rate, request “Churchwide Gathering of Presbyterian Women 2024 Room Block” or “Presbyterian Women Room Block.” To use Marriott points, you will need to reserve your room by telephone.

If you have a question or two or three, then drop an email to [email protected] and note in the subject line: I have a Gathering question!